Gorakhpur: Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday will inaugurate eastern Uttar Pradesh’s first Centre of Excellence (CoE) at Maharana Pratap Institute of Technology (MPIT), developed in collaboration with Tata Consultancy Services (TCS).Chairman of Tata Sons, N Chandrasekaran, is also expected to be present at the event.Set up at a cost of around Rs50 crore, the…
Ahmedabad: National security advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval on Tuesday described national security as a “complex and multifaceted phenomenon” and stressed that the biggest mistake in assessing a nation’s strength is ignoring the willpower of its people.While factors such as military strength are critical, inherent strength of people often proves decisive in security matters, he said,…
Ludhiana: No books, no uniform, and no answers. It is the ultimate back-to-school nightmare as thousands of govt school students across this Punjab district have begun the new academic year without basic essentials.While private school counterparts began the year fully equipped, students in the state system report a familiar cycle of bureaucratic “disruption” that has…
Amritsar: Rajya Sabha member Vikramjit Singh Sahney has expressed concern over the recent amendment to the Bhakra Beas Management Board (BBMB) Rules, 1974, which opens up top posts to candidates beyond Punjab and Haryana.Sahney said on Tuesday that the move discarded long-standing conventions and diluted the federal spirit by weakening the assured representation of partner…
Pune: A 58-year-old retail businessman from Mundhwa lost Rs1.22 crore between Oct and Dec last year to cybercrooks in an online share-trading fraud after falling for the high returns bait.Pune cyberpolice registered a case of cheating on Monday after verifying the businessman’s complaint application submitted earlier. According to the FIR, the store owner’s phone number…
Surat: The Special Operations Group (SOG) of Surat police has busted a fake learning licence racket in Kapodra and arrested four persons, officials said.Police seized 16 forged licences from the accused, allegedly created using a document-editing application. A case of cheating and forgery has been registered at Kapodra police station.Acting on a tip-off about illegal…
Guwahati: Assam govt has moved the Supreme Court challenging the Telangana High Court’s order granting transit anticipatory bail to Congress media and publicity chairman Pawan Khera in a case linked to his allegations against Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma’s wife, Riniki Bhuyan Sharma.The case was registered by the Crime Branch of the Guwahati Police Commissionerate…
Lucknow: As temperatures continued to rise, mercury levels crossed 40 degrees Celsius mark in southern parts of the state on Tuesday.There is no relief likely in coming days as the Met official predicted that temperatures will rise further by a couple of degrees. Banda recorded 42.6 degrees Celsius, highest in the state, followed by Jhansi…
Rajkot: Police here dismantled a tobacco adulteration operation here and arrested a 50-year-old man for allegedly adulterating and selling spurious tobacco products under the ‘Baghban 138′ brand. The raid, conducted on the evening of April 10, 2026, led to the seizure of spurious tobacco products, packaging machinery and other items worth Rs 84,000.The accused, Jayesh…
Ex-IAS Subodh Agarwal remanded to judicial custody JAIPUR: Retired IAS officer Subodh Agarwal was on Wednesday sent to 14-day judicial custody in connection with the alleged Rs 960-crore Jal Jeevan Mission scam. Agarwal, who was arrested on April 10, had been in police custody. The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) produced him before an ACB court after…
