Kolkata/Burdwan/Howrah: The Bengal Special Task Force (STF) on Monday arrested a 21-year-old college student in Howrah for allegedly being involved in a plot hatched by suspected Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) operative Hamim Mondal to abduct junior state minister Umesh Rai’s son.STF officers said Aditya Singh, alias Raj, a second-year BCom student at Umesh Chandra College in Kolkata,…
Noida: The Noida Entrepreneurs Association (NEA) has urged the Noida Authority to extend the deadline for making industrial plots operational by two to three years, citing delays caused by environmental restrictions, procedural requirements and labour shortages.In a letter to the Authority, the association said the existing five-year deadline from plot allotment to operationalisation is no…
Panaji: The Corporation of the City of Panaji will soon clean and desilt drains to tackle waterlogging in the city, mayor Rohit Monserrate said on Monday. He said that sewerage works may have affected two stormwater drains, which will be reopened and cleaned shortly.On the perennial problem of flooding at the Patto complex, Rohit said…
MoU was exchanged by BLW deputy chief engineer Saket and VMC additional municipal commissioner Durgesh Mishra Varanasi: Banaras Locomotive Works (BLW) and Varanasi Municipal Corporation (VMC) signed an MoU on Monday for the implementation of an integrated storm water drainage project worth Rs45.30 crore.The MoU was exchanged by BLW deputy chief engineer Saket and VMC…
Ahmedabad: Three Gujarat hospitals were bestowed honours at the 16th Indian Organ Donation Day celebrations in New Delhi by NOTTO under the ministry of health and family welfare (MOHFW).While IKDRC received the award for excellence in leading govt hospital in organ transplantation, Civil Hospital received one for best non-transplant organ retrieval centre. New Civil Hospital…
Bathinda: Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Badal and Bathinda MP Harsimrat Kaur Badal on Monday welcomed the Miri Piri Khalsa March procession on its arrival in Badal village. They paid obeisance to Guru Granth Sahib and participated in langar sewa. Speaking on the occasion, Sukhbir Badal said, “It is our good fortune that we…
Pune: The city unit of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has written to the state chief electoral officer to extend the SIR drive up to Sept 1. The party said the administrative machinery would not be able to complete the exercise by Aug 8.AAP functionaries said that teachers are managing additional duties as BLOs but face…
The agreement marks NAU‘s third international technology transfer Surat: Navsari Agricultural University (NAU) has entered into an international technology transfer agreement with Nepal-based Modern Agriculture & Herbs Business Farm Ltd for its patented innovation NOVEL, an organic liquid nutrient developed from banana pseudostems.Vice-chancellor R M Naya signed the agreement with the firm, which operates as…
Shillong: Two masked men hurled petrol bombs at the Meghalaya Pollution Control Board office on Monday, causing damage but no injuries.The attack on the Meghalaya State Pollution Control Board (MSPCB) office took place between noon and 12:30 p.m. Officials said two places inside the compound were targeted before the attackers fled.“There were two petrol bombs…
Lucknow: As the monsoon session of the UP legislature began on Monday, BSP national president Mayawati said that the four-day session is extremely brief.“The sessions of UP legislature are continuously decreasing in duration. With such a brief session of the legislative assembly, will it be able to achieve its true objective – which is the…
