Chief minister Suvendu Adhikari interacts with students at the Kanya Ratna Divas programme on Friday. pic by Basabdatta Sarkar Kolkata: The state govt has decided to double the annual financial grant for girl students from Rs 1,000 to Rs 2,000 under the girl child education scheme ‘Kanya Ratna’, which was earlier called ‘Kanyasree’ in the…
Margao: Snake bite cases and consequent deaths must now be reported to health authorities, after the Directorate of Health Services notified the condition under Section 57 of the Goa Public Health Act, 1985. The order which comes into force with immediate effect, has brought snake bite cases within Part II of Chapter VII of the…
The Narol police have arrested three members of an inter-state Mewati gang allegedly involved in cheating ATM users by swapping their debit cards and later withdrawing money from their bank accounts. Ahmedabad: Narol police arrested three members of an inter-state Mewati gang for allegedly cheating ATM users by swapping their debit cards and later withdrawing…
Artist Alak Kumar paints a scene from India’s partition in 1947 on the eve of the Independence Day Patiala: In the courtyard of his home in Mehas village near Nabha, 95-year-old Bant Ram narrates a story that has stayed with him for nearly eight decades — of a Muslim-majority village once known as Mahesh Nagar,…
Pune: NCP (SP) MLA Rohit Pawar on Friday demanded criminal action against civic officials and contractors allegedly responsible for the July 8 Moshi waste-to-energy depot tragedy and sought Rs 1 crore compensation for each victim’s family.He said that suspension of officials concerned was not enough and warned of a protest if the demands were not…
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh is likely to get a prolonged spell of monsoon rain, with the India Meteorological Department predicting widespread showers and isolated heavy to very heavy rainfall in several parts of the state till Aug 19. Monsoon winds have shifted northwards, bringing more moisture and increasing rain activity over Uttar Pradesh, with maximum temperatures…
Jawaharlal Nehru (L) heads Tele-MANAS Centre of Telangana, CLN Gandhi retired from transport dept as addl commissioner In classrooms of generations past, an attendance register could sometimes sound like a roll call from India’s freedom movement. Many parents named their children after national heroes. Today, those names are hard to find. But you can still…
This undated poster provided by the Michigan State Police (MSP) Seventh District shows suspect Chad Hickman (Picture credit: AP) Five people were killed in a shooting in northern Michigan on Friday, while the suspected gunman was also found dead after a large-scale search, police said.One other person was critically injured and taken to hospital.Michigan State…
‘Thudakkam’ box office collection day 8_ Vismaya Mohanlal film. ‘Thudakkam’ has witnessed a rise in its box office earnings on the second Friday. The film, which marks Vismaya Mohanlal’s debut, collected Rs 1.11 Cr in India net on Day 8.According to Sacnilk, the latest collection represents a 30.6% increase over the Rs 85 lakhs earned…
Rishabh Pant (Getty Images) NEW DELHI: Sri Lanka’s last Test win against India came under Angelo Mathews in 2015 in Galle—the venue for the first Test starting on Saturday. He was a new captain thenWhile all the talk leading up to the series has been around spinners playing the key role, Mathews highlighted that playing…
