Hyderabad: The Telangana Gazetted Junior Lecturers Association (TGJLA) urged the state govt to fill around 300 vacant lecturer posts in govt junior colleges across Telangana, warning that the delay is hitting syllabus completion and students’ academic performance.A representation regarding this was submitted to the director of Intermediate education and the Telangana Board of Intermediate Education…
Gurgaon: A real estate developer has been booked for selling the same plot of land to two different individuals, police said. The fraud came to light after a Delhi resident alleged he bought the land from the builder for more than Rs 10 lakh but it was never handed over. He later came to know…
KOLKATA/BURDWAN: West Bengal Police STF on Saturday arrested suspected terrorist Hamim Mondal’s girlfriend, Arpita Sarkar, from Sahibganj in Jharkhand and said they are probing the duo’s alleged plan to foment trouble at Jantar Mantar, the site of recent student protest.Hamim, who was allegedly tracking Bengal chief minister Suvendu Adhikari, was arrested from a residential township…
Noida: Gautam Budh Nagar district is set to get its first Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya (KGBV) that will provide education up to Class 12, the basic education department has announced.A proposal for a Rs 10-crore residential campus at Makoda village of Bisrakh block has been sent. The school is likely to accommodate 200 girls. Officials…
Panaji: A 19-year-old resident of Margao, Yash Mehta, died in a road accident after he was stuck in a car which caught fire on Saturday.Agasaim PI Anant Gaonkar said that the accident took place in the wee hours on Saturday near Sainik Aram Ghar on NH 66.Gaonkar said that 18-year-old Harsh Jain was driving a…
Varanasi: Azamgarh police cancelled the arms licences of accused involved in cases of kidnapping, threatening, extortion and also booked them under Gangsters Act.Azamgarh’s CO (Sagadi) Deshraj Singh said following approval of district magistrate Ravindra Kumar, police cancelled six firearm licences held by persons involved in serious criminal cases. Of the cancelled licences, three belonged to…
Ahmedabad: Gujarat High Court issued a notice to the state govt over AAP MLA Chaitar Vasava’s appeal seeking the suspension of his seven-year prison sentence in an assault and extortion case.Justice V K Vyas on Friday admitted his appeal and sought the govt’s response by Aug 5.As the MLA is looking at disqualification on account…
Green clearance paves way for Sec 39 wholesale mandi Chandigarh: Plans for a second wholesale fruit and vegetable market in Sector 39 have taken a major step forward with the State Environment Impact Assessment Authority (SEIAA) granting environmental clearance to the project.The proposed mandi will occupy nearly 2.9 lakh square metres and will include auction…
Pune: India is witnessing a clear and worsening rise in extreme weather conditions, with scorching heatwaves, deepening droughts and sudden burst of heavy rain becoming increasingly common, a new study has shown.Conducted by scientists from the National Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasting (NCMRWF), India Meteorological Department (IMD) and Atria University (Bengaluru), the study was…
Residents were asked to remain alert and move valuables to safer places Surat: Surat witnessed widespread waterlogging on Friday even as the city did not receive heavy rain. Creeks overflowed after intense rainfall in the district, pushing floodwater into low-lying neighbourhoods and leaving roads submerged in multiple pockets. Tapi river was flowing bank to bank…
