Lightning streaks across the sky during rain over the city, in Kolkata……Subhojyoti Kanjilal Kolkata: Tall, dark cumulonimbus clouds (CB) exploded on Kolkata on Thursday, triggering the heaviest 24-hour rain this June in the city. Alipore recorded 84.6 mm of rain. While the downpour forced the mercury to plunge by around six degrees within an hour,…
Panaji: The Corporation of the City of Panaji (CCP) has floated a proposal to redevelop Church Square, one of the capital’s most iconic public spaces, for Rs 5 crore. The plan includes heritage-sensitive paving and landscaped gardens, smart poles with CCTV, Wi-Fi, lighting, and EV charging bays.The revamp envisions a significant transformation of the square’s…
CM Yogi Adityanath addresses the 51st anniversary of the ‘1975 Emergency’ event at Lok Bhawan, in Lucknow on Thursday Gorakhpur: Chief minister combined his development pitch with a sharp attack on the Congress and the Samajwadi Party, accusing them of misleading people on issues related to democracy and the Constitution while recalling the Emergency imposed…
Ahmedabad: The state govt has decided to introduce a major reform in the education system by implementing the Holistic Progress Card (HPC) for Class IX students from the academic year 2026-27. Based on the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020, this new system aims to move beyond marks and ranks and focus on a comprehensive 360-degree…
Chandigarh: Teachers engaged as booth-level officers (BLOs) in the special intensive revision (SIR) of Punjab’s electoral rolls will remain eligible for transfers, provided they complete the ongoing revision exercise, chief electoral officer Anindita Mitra assured a delegation of the Democratic Teachers’ Front (DTF) on Thursday.A DTF delegation, led by state president Vikram Dev Singh, met…
Pune: Siya Goyal and Chetan Chaudhary, arrested in the June 18 murder of Gahunje realtor Ketan Agarwal at Lohagad Fort, have blamed each other for orchestrating the crime, the Pune Rural police said on Thursday, citing their custodial interrogation findings. An officer, however, said evidence pointed to Goyal as the mastermind.Agarwal and Goyal got engaged…
Lucknow: Even as four accused in the Aliganj fire tragedy remain in judicial custody, the building’s co-owner Surendra Pratap Shukla continues to evade arrest, prompting police to announce a cash reward of Rs 50,000 for information leading to his capture.The reward comes amid mounting questions over the pace of investigation into one of Lucknow’s deadliest…
Jaipur: Uncertainty persists over the schedule for Rajasthan’s panchayati raj and urban local body elections, with delays in the reservation process and monsoon-related concerns likely to push the polls beyond July.While the state govt, the Panchayati Raj Department, the Local Self-Govt Department, and the State Election Commission are continuing preparations, the election schedule is yet…
India’s envoy to Bangladesh Dinesh Trivedi NEW DELHI/DHAKA: In a decision that underscores the importance New Delhi attaches to its diplomatic engagement with Dhaka, India’s new high commissioner to Bangladesh Dinesh Trivedi has been accorded status equivalent to Union cabinet minister.Soon after presenting his credentials to President Mohammed Shahabuddin on Thursday, Trivedi — the first…
Saudi broadcaster Al Arabiya’s reporter A correspondent for Saudi Arabia’s Al Arabiya television was killed in Yemen after a bomb planted on his vehicle exploded in the eastern city of Mukalla, Reuters reported on Thursday, citing the broadcaster.Mohammed Aydah, a Yemeni journalist who reported for Al Arabiya and its sister channel Al Hadath, was killed…
