Vikash Dhorasoo was part of the France squad that played the FIFA World Cup 2006 final in Germany Panaji: Every four years when the FIFA World Cup is round the corner, Vikash Dhorasoo inevitably springs to mind. He’s at the centre of discussions when people who really haven’t followed the sport, wonder why India do…
Varanasi: A 10-day training programme on Mainstreaming Promising and Future Vegetable Crops: Production Technology, Seed Systems and Market Linkages, organised by ICAR-Indian Institute of Vegetable Research (IIVR) here concluded on Wednesday.The programme aimed to create awareness and strengthen participants’ understanding of the nutritional, medicinal, economic and commercial importance of promising and future vegetable crops.Participants were…
Hikes range from up to 15% for degree colleges and up to 30% for diploma colleges Ahmedabad: The Gujarat Technical Fee Committee has announced new fees for 41 self-financed technical colleges that had sought a hike of more than 5%, granting them an average increase of up to 15% for degree colleges and up to…
The drive was initially launched on orders of the Punjab and Haryana high court to clear public footpaths, road berms, and govt land. Panchkula: The Haryana Shehri Vikas Pradhikaran (HSVP) has abruptly suspended its citywide anti-encroachment campaign in Panchkula following recent court directions, leaving illegal structures on public land unchecked once again.The drive was initially…
An AI-generated illustration of a man posing as a bank official Pune: Sangvi police on Tuesday registered a case against a man from Badlapur in Thane district for allegedly duping a woman (44) of Rs 2.2 lakh between March last year and Sept.The fraudster promised to help the woman repay an outstanding car loan. She…
Surat: The owners of embroidery units in the city have launched a social media counter-campaign featuring more than 1,000 workers as they seek to blunt the impact of viral protest videos linked to an ongoing labour agitation demanding changes to working hours and weekly paid leave.The move comes amid unrest in the embroidery sector, where…
Itanagar: The Arunachal Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC) on Wednesday criticised the BJP-led state govt over its handling of the proposed 11,000-MW Siang Upper Multipurpose Project (SUMP), questioning why a preliminary feasibility report (PFR) was being prioritised over obtaining the explicit consent of affected indigenous communities.In a statement, APCC general secretary and spokesperson Kon Jirjo Jotham…
Samajwadi Party candidates Prof. Ram Gopal Yadav and Dhanraj Parimal Nathwani arrive to file their nomination papers for the 2026 Rajya Sabha elections in the presence of party national president Akhilesh Yadav in Lucknow on Wednesday. Lucknow: Dhanraj Parimal Nathwani, a group president at Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL), is Samajwadi Party’s ‘surprise’ pick for the…
Rajkot: An 80-year-old gynaecologist was kept under ‘digital arrest’ at her home for four days and made to transfer around Rs 58.5 lakh to the accused through RTGS.The fraud came to light when Vishal Desani, a constable attached to the Cybercrime police station, was alerted by bank officials. He immediately reached the woman’s residence and…
A hybrid Kusum project that generates power without disturbing crops Jaipur: Jodhpur discom has emerged as the state’s leading contributor under Kusum scheme, commissioning 3,822 MW of solar capacity aimed at solarising agricultural power connections.Jaipur and Ajmer discoms have commissioned 774 MW and 759 MW, respectively, under components A and C of the scheme. Together,…
