Panaji: Manisha Usgaonkar, who was nominated as Congress candidate for the Valpoi constituency in the 2022 assembly elections, dropped a bombshell on Monday when she claimed that Congress president Girish Chodankar demanded Rs 10 lakh from her before the elections.Speaking to a local news channel, Usgaonkar said that Chodankar invited her to his home around…
Varanasi: Banaras Hindu University (BHU), as the national coordinator of the Institute of National Importance (INI) on SWAYAM (Study Webs of Active-Learning for Young Aspiring Minds) platform, on Saturday announced the launch of 142 new online courses for July semester, offering learners across India and abroad access to high-quality education from premier institutions.Out of the…
Ahmedabad: After hearing appeals for over two years, Gujarat High Court has fixed Tuesday to deliver its verdict in the 2008 serial blasts case, in which a special trial court had convicted 49 people, awarding death sentence to 38 and life imprisonment to 11.Of the 78 people put on trial before a special court in…
Chandigarh: Services of three assistant professors serving in DAV institutions in Chandigarh and Punjab have been terminated after Panjab University (PU) withdrew approval to appointments made on the basis of PhD degrees obtained from CMJ University, Meghalaya.The faculty who faced the action include an assistant professor of computer science at DAV College, Sector 10, Chandigarh,…
Rescue personnel carry out operations with the help of earthmovers after heavy rainfall triggered a landslide near the Missing Link section of the Pune-Mumbai Expressway on Monday Pune: An exceptionally intense spell of rain battered large parts of the state in the 24 hours ending Monday morning, triggering widespread damage and snapping road and transport…
Surat: The promise of extraordinary returns and claims of vast overseas wealth cost a Surat textile trader Rs 90 lakh. Police are investigating a cheating case in which a couple allegedly lured the trader into investing money before using forged Dubai-related documents to reassure him when repayments failed to materialize.Athwalines police have launched an investigation…
Guwahati: Football fever has moved from television screens to store shelves, with sportswear shops across the city witnessing a rush of fans eager to don the jerseys of their favourite team.Store owners said Argentina and Portugal jerseys are the top sellers, driven by fans of Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo.“We have jerseys of teams from…
Ayodhya: A sense of relief swept through Ayodhya on Monday evening after the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust announced key decisions, including the acceptance of resignations of senior office bearers, in connection with the alleged donation theft controversy at the Ram temple.The trust’s announcement, made after a nearly three hour meeting, was welcomed by…
Rajkot: A routine ride to school on Monday left a 17-year-old Class X student dead, after a vehicle struck his two-wheeler from behind in Jamnagar. CCTV footage of the crash has surfaced, helping police trace the vehicle involved and launch an investigation.Alauddin Odia (17) was killed in the accident that occurred in the Pawanchakki area…
FICCI Sports Committee comprising over 20 delegates representing India’s sports industry jointly with Business France recently visited Paris and Marseilles to engage with leading experts in the industry across business and governance.The visit to the Marseilles Velodrome football stadium was a lesson in maximizing sports infrastructure for sustainability and smart deployment. The historic stadium founded…
