India celebrates Engineers Day on Sept 15 in memory of Sir Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya, whose dams, reservoirs and civic projects continue to serve the country. But the occasion should prompt more than ceremonial speeches and felicitations.It should also make us ask a difficult question: has India given its engineers the authority they need to build the…
Poll Counting at Bhawani Niketan and celebration by the candidates or supporters after the declaration of results outside the counting centre in Jaipur, Rajasthan on 14 September 2026 Jaipur: As Rajasthan announced urban local body (ULB) poll results Monday, Shri Rajput Karni Sena president Mahipal Singh Makrana claimed that around 70% of the winning independent…
TMC’s 20 rebel Lok Sabha MPs merged with little-known NPCI after defection Jalpaiguri/Kolkata: West Bengal’s rebel-MP saga got a fresh twist Monday, with Cooch Behar MP Jagadish Prasad Basunia claiming 17 of 20 TMC defectors who joined the little-known NCPI following the Mamata Banerjee-headed party’s defeat in assembly elections in April would cross over to…
A hacking operation that began in early 2024 reached far beyond the companies directly targeted. A 26-year-old Canadian man, Connor Riley Moucka of Kitchener, Ontario, has admitted taking part in a campaign that compromised data held by at least 165 customers of a US-based software company. The stolen material ran into billions of records and…
Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt’s eldest son, Maddox, has officially dropped ‘Pitt’ from his surname.A Los Angeles judge approved his petition to change his name during a hearing on Monday, September 14. The court has officially allowed the 25-year-old to legally take the name ‘Maddox Chivan Jolie’. Maddox drops ‘Pitt’ surname Maddox had filed the…
General:Some days hand you flowers and fog together. This is one of them. On one side, honour, respect, and easy public goodwill are very much possible. On the other, your own mind may wobble, asking, “Am I sure?” The Moon and Venus bless your image, while Mercury creates second thoughts.So yes, this can be the…
New Delhi: In a reshuffle of Delhi Higher Judicial Service, 28 judges were transferred by the high court Monday.Special CBI judge Sushant Changotra, who was hearing a money laundering case linked to a land deal in Haryana’s Shikohpur involving businessman Robert Vadra, has been transferred to the southwest district courts in Dwarka, while additional sessions…
Building plans, including those for additions or alterations to existing structures, will require approval from the competent authority and an occupation certificate Gurgaon: Haryana govt has revised its policy for setting up nursing homes in licensed residential colonies, allowing qualified doctors to establish such facilities on residential plots taken on lease for a minimum of…
Kolkata: Data from 2022-23 and 2023-24 show a dip in student enrolment in several state-aided universities with exceptions being Calcutta University, Jadavpur University and West Bengal State University, where the slide is marginal. But transferring teachers to those institutes under the new transfer bill would not help, said professors, pointing out that fresh recruitment and…
Greater Noida: Traffic police have issued an advisory ahead of Bauma CONEXPO India 2026, scheduled at India Expo Mart from Sept 15 to 18, with around 10,000 visitors expected each day.Traffic will continue to move normally during the exhibition, but temporary diversions may be introduced if congestion builds up around the Expo Mart roundabout.If the…
