Bengaluru: A liquor party during office hours has landed nine rural development and panchayat raj (RDPR) department officials in Bengaluru Rural district in trouble for leaving villagers without access to basic public services while they gathered at the foothills of the sacred Siddara Betta for a booze-and-meat party.After photographs and videos of the gathering went…
No promotion, no pay rise: Tamil Nadu’s super-speciality seats go begging Chennai: Govt doctors in Tamil Nadu are shunning super-speciality training because the additional qualification brings no assured promotion, salary increase or posting in the field in which they train, doctors’ associations said, leaving the state with hundreds of unfilled seats in disciplines critical to…
Hyderabad: Telangana govt will send 10-15 govt teachers on study tours abroad every year on the lines of IAS/IPS officers to acquire knowledge and upgrade their skills, chief minister A Revanth Reddy has announced.“The state govt is trying to improve the quality of education in govt schools and the state is spending Rs 1.08 lakh…
Kolkata: The CBI’s investigating officer in the RG Kar rape-murder case has been changed, with Sandeepani Garg being appointed as the new IO. On Thursday, the RG Kar victim’s mother demanded custodial interrogation of the students who were seen or reported to have had dinner with the victim on Aug 8. “Those who had dinner…
Ahmedabad: With the India Meteorological Department (IMD) issuing a red alert for July 31 and Aug 1, Ahmedabad Rural Police on Thursday issued a traffic advisory urging motorists to avoid unnecessary travel on the Sanathal-Bavla highway in view of forecasts of heavy rainfall.Police advised commuters to drive cautiously, maintain a safe distance from other vehicles…
Panchkula: Eligible voters in Panchkula can file claims and objections, correct errors in electoral rolls and apply for inclusion in the voter list till Aug 30 under the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise.Hearings on claims and objections will be held from July 31 to Aug 30. Voters whose names, parents’ names or other details contain…
Delegations of MIT-WPU and Berlin School of Business and Innovation during the MoU signing event Pune: MIT World Peace University (MIT-WPU) inked a strategic memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Berlin School of Business and Innovation (BSBI), Germany, to strengthen academic collaboration, joint research and global learning opportunities.The partnership is aimed at facilitating academic and cultural…
Guwahati: Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Thursday announced a six-month moratorium on loan repayments for flood-affected borrowers in the four worst-hit Upper Assam districts, besides financial relief for small traders and assistance to rebuild namghars damaged in the recent deluge.The announcement followed a special meeting of the State Level Bankers’ Committee (SLBC), chaired…
Lucknow: The Lucknow Development Authority (LDA) has approved road and drainage projects in 10 municipal wards under the Regional Infrastructure Fund for 2026-27, stepping in to execute works that the Lucknow Municipal Corporation (LMC) could not take up due to fund constraints.The proposals, submitted by the civic body, were cleared at a fund committee meeting…
JAIPUR: Five elderly farmers from Kuchaman lay face down on SMS Hospital beds, their bodies still on doctors’ advice, but their minds gripped by terror. They had entered a govt hospital’s operating room in Kuchaman Monday hoping cataract surgery would clear their fading vision. Two days later, at SMS Hospital in Jaipur, they were fighting…
