Kolkata: The state school education department will assess how many schools have rooftop solar systems and identify gap areas. A meeting was held with the central govt regarding the installation of rooftop solar power on Tuesday. A meeting was held for implementing ‘PM Surya Ghar: Muft Bijli Yojana in Govt Schools’, where representatives from the…
Ghaziabad: An eight-month-old fight over a game of gilli-danda turned out to be fatal for a 24-year-old auto-rickshaw driver. He was allegedly stabbed in Vijay Vihar Colony on Tuesday.Police said nearly eight months ago, Aftab was playing gilli-danda with Nadeem, Shyam and their friends at Vijay Vihar Colony. He had a dispute with Nadeem, following…
Mapusa: After a fatal accident that killed a 22-year-old scooterist, the Mapusa traffic cell has begun a drive against illegally parked heavy vehicles on the national highway and service roads in Colvale.Following a representation from the Colvale panchayat, traffic officials registered six cases against heavy vehicles found violating parking rules. Authorities also carried out an…
Varanasi: Banaras Hindu University (BHU) and Varanasi Smart City have partnered to establish an app-based public bicycle and e-bike sharing network on the varsity campus.Once operational, users will be able to access GPS-enabled bicycles and e-bikes through a dedicated mobile application featuring a user-based payment system, allowing riders to pay for usage through the platform….
PGCET will be held in Ahmedabad, Vadodara, Surat, and Rajkot Ahmedabad: Postgraduate Common Entrance Test (PGCET) 2026 for admission to engineering, pharmacy and planning courses will be held on June 27 and 28 at Ahmedabad, Vadodara, Surat, and Rajkot. Conducted by Gujarat Technological University (GTU), the exam serves students who either skipped national-level exams like…
Amritsar: Air India flight AI 479, flying from Delhi to Amritsar, reportedly strayed into Pakistani airspace on Tuesday night before returning safely after receiving a warning from Lahore Air Traffic Control (ATC). The Airbus A321 departed Delhi at approximately 9:18 pm and instead of landing at Amritsar’s Sri Guru Ramdas Ji International Airport, drifted toward…
NCP (SP) working president Supriya Sule Pune: Working president of NCP (SP) Supriya Sule ruled out the possibility of a similar division in her party when she said all their eight MPs are with them. She was speaking against the backdrop of a second split in Shiv Sena (UBT).Supriya claimed that the BJP has misused…
Surat: The death of a Surat man, Sunny Patel, has been confirmed three days after the blast in a Qatar refinery on Sunday evening. On Wednesday, his elder brother Ravi, who also worked in Qatar, identified Sunny’s body. Sunny had gone to Qatar seven months ago for work.Surat district collector Tejas Parmar confirmed Sunny Patel’s…
Itanagar: Arunachal Pradesh Police on Wednesday arrested a 29-year-old man and seized 24.44 grams of heroin from him at the Banderdewa check gate here, a senior officer said.Itanagar Capital Region (ICR) Naharlagun SP Nyelam Nega said the person was identified as Godak Rajesh, a resident of Raga in Kamle district. He was detained at the…
Lucknow: UP’s plantation campaign this year will have an objective beyond environment conservation. The state will have ‘Kapi Van’ or ‘forests for monkeys’ planted in municipal corporations, municipalities and nagar panchayats to control the monkey menace and man-monkey conflict. These plantations will be done away from the residential areas in cities.‘Kapi’ forests will have fruit-bearing…
