Minister Sandeep Singh during TOI Conclave Lucknow: From ensuring 96% of basic facilities including drinking water and separate washrooms for boys and girls to providing tablet PCs to 2.61 lakh teachers, govt schools in UP have undergone major transformation in past nine years, said basic education minister Sandeep Singh at the conclave ‘Defining Years of…
Jaipur: The All Rajasthan State Employees Joint Federation (United) has announced a state-level meeting in Jaipur on May 18 to formulate a strategy for a statewide agitation against what it termed the Rajasthan govt’s “indifferent attitude” towards employees’ demands.The meeting is being seen as the formal beginning of a larger movement by govt employees across…
NEW DELHI: Consumer protection regulator CCPA has imposed penalties of Rs 10 lakh and Rs 5 lakh on Motion Education Pvt Ltd and Career Line Coaching (CLC), Sikar, respectively, for publishing misleading advertisements about JEE and NEET results, and unfair trade practices.In a statement, Central Consumer Protection Authority (CCPA) said the advertisements published by the…
Carla Nelson ends legislative career after years of service in Minnesota Senate Minnesota State Senator Carla Nelson has declared that she will retire and leave the Minnesota Senate when her current term comes to an end. Since being elected to represent the state in 2010, Nelson has been serving communities in both Olmsted and Dodge…
Shadaab Khan, son of legendary actor Amjad Khan, believes no Indian film has yet matched the cultural legacy of Sholay — not even recent blockbuster Dhurandhar.In a recent conversation with journalist Vickey Lalwani, Shadaab also revealed that he had auditioned for a “very solid role” in Dhurandhar but eventually lost out because he did not…
Hardik Pandya (Pic Credit: IPL) NEW DELHI: Ravichandran Ashwin has come out strongly in support of Hardik Pandya, insisting it is unfair to hold the captain solely responsible for Mumbai Indians’ disappointing IPL 2026 campaign.MI, one of the most successful franchises in IPL history, became only the second side to be knocked out of playoff…
Galileo Galilei (Image: Wikipedia) People often assume old quotes survive because they sound wise. Sometimes they survive because they sound uncomfortably accurate.The quote: “There are those who reason well, but they are greatly outnumbered by those who reason badly” by Galileo Galilei feels like one of those lines.It does not sound poetic. It is not…
Keep your cards close today. The Moon stirs your secret corners and Mars makes you reactive, so hidden enemies or jealous eyes can get active if you overshare your plans.As tempting as it might be to argue in response to someone’s provocation in an office meeting, society event, or family WhatsApp group – don’t take…
New Delhi: The city faced a sweltering Friday although the maximum temperature saw a slight fall from a day earlier.The maximum temperature at Safdarjung was 39.8 degrees Celsius, which is normal for the season against 40.6 degrees Celsius a day earlier.The hottest area of the city was the Ridge at 41.4 degrees Celsius, while Ayanagar…
Thane: Maharashtra minister Uday Samant on Friday said former Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Anand Paranjpe was inducted into the Shiv Sena to stop him from the Opposition and added that the Sunetra Pawar-led party was kept in the loop about his induction to avoid any misunderstanding.Paranjpe had resigned from the NCP headed by Deputy…
