An amateur treasure hunter’s discovery of the Watlington Hoard in Oxfordshire has rewritten English history. Image Credit: The Portable Antiquities Scheme/ The Trustees of the British Museum, via Wikimedia Commons Well before the undulating terrain of Oxfordshire came to be a peaceful haven for those on foot, the region around Watlington was a battleground in…
New Delhi: After observing complete abstinence from work on Thursday, the coordination committee of district court bar associations called off its symbolic strike launched over the long-pending demand for enhancement of pecuniary jurisdiction of district courts.“The movement will be intensified if genuine demands, which are for the benefit of public at large and litigants in…
Sunetra Pawar at a Janta Darbar in Baramati on March 13 Mumbai: Two weeks after he was overlooked for the MLC polls, with the party giving the ticket to Zeeshan Siddique, party spokesperson and former MP Anand Paranjape resigned from the NCP.The Thane-based leader is likely to join the Shiv Sena under Eknath Shinde. He…
Excise team with two peddlers Hyderabad: Excise sleuths have intercepted two undergraduate students at Dhulapally and seized a variety of narcotic substances worth ₹2.58 lakh from their possession. Both the accused were arrested under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act.Acting on a specific alert, the excise state task force (STF) team intercepted an…
Chandigarh: Chief secretary H Rajesh Prasad Thursday directed the transport department to optimise routes, improve operational efficiency and ensure infrastructure readiness for expansion of the e-bus fleet, while stepping up commuter-friendly services.At a high-level review of the Chandigarh Transport Undertaking (CTU) and State Transport Authority (STA), Prasad also called for strict implementation of the Safe…
Shillong: Meghalaya CM Conrad K Sangma on Thursday flagged off a new fleet of police vehicles at the Police Officers’ Mess, Golflink, Shillong, aimed at strengthening mobility, operational preparedness and public service delivery of the Meghalaya Police.The police department has procured 95 vehicles at a cost of about ₹30 crore. Of these, 79 were acquired…
Jaipur: The education department has sent a show-cause notice to 175 govt schools over low enrolment numbers.The department started the academic session on April 1 this year as part of an ambitious plan to increase enrolment in govt schools.As per records on its portal, the department has identified schools where a significant decline in student…
NEW DELHI: Questioning the appointment process for chief election commissioner/election commissioners where a panel of PM, a Cabinet minister and the leader of opposition, pick the candidate, Supreme Court on Thursday said that the present system allows the govt to appoint a person of its choice as two out of three member would favour it…
Super-rich NRI Paul Parmar sentenced to five years in prison over fraud in New Jersey. Parmjit Parmar, a 55-year-old Indian-origin man from New Jersey, has been sentenced to five years in jail, followed by three years’ supervised release and a payment of $125 million over his involvement in a large-scale conspiracy to defraud investors, in…
