Mayor Ashok Kumar Tiwari conducts an inspection Varanasi: Following repeated complaints from residents over the poor condition of Chitaipur road, where waterlogging, mud and deep potholes have made commuting difficult, Mayor Ashok Kumar Tiwari, taking cognisance, conducted a surprise inspection of the area on Friday along with senior officials. The road has been dug up…
Gandhinagar: Gujarat govt has formally notified its Gujarat State Data Centre Policy, 2026-29, paving the way for companies to apply for setting up data centres in the state and avail of the incentives and benefits promised under the policy.The policy aims to position the state as India’s leading destination for hyperscale and AI data centres,…
Punjab Congress president Amrinder Singh Raja Warring Chandigarh: Punjab Congress president Amrinder Singh Raja Warring condemned the police action on the state govt employees who have been demanding payment of their pending dearness allowance (DA).Warring said the DA was their rightful due and they must get it and AAP govt is bound to pay it…
A booth for SIR exercise at Salunke Vihar Pune: Verification of “mobile population” of the NIBM-Kondhwa-Undri area and linking them to the 2002 voters’ list under the SIR exercise are posing practical challenges to BLOs.A section of residents, including ex-servicemen or defence personnel transferred over the years and residents living abroad for years, can’t even…
Surat: Cybercrime police arrested two alleged ‘money mules‘’ from Giridih district of Jharkhand in connection with an APK-based cyberfraud case, after a four-day operation 1,800 kilometres away from Gujarat.The accused, Rupalal Mandal (29) and Mukesh Mandal (31), allegedly helped receive, withdraw and transfer money linked to cyberfraud. Police found that bank accounts operated by the…
Agartala: BJP’s oldest alliance partner in Tripura, the Indigenous Peoples’ Front of Twipra (IPFT), has urged the Election Commission of India (ECI) to introduce a separate enumeration form for residents of Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (ADC) areas for the upcoming Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls.IPFT general secretary Swapan Debbarma said a common…
Lucknow: A Lucknow bench of Allahabad high court has directed state govt and other concerned authorities to file comprehensive counter affidavits in a public interest litigation arising out of the Aliganj fire tragedy, warning that ‘evasive replies will not be accepted’.A bench of Justice Rajan Roy and Justice Manjive Shukla was informed by the state…
Rajkot: An afternoon outing ended in tragedy on Friday when four young migrant workers from Rajasthan drowned in the Umai River near Nagara village, in the Wadhwan taluka of Surendranagar district.The deceased are Mohanram, Jeevaram, Khusharam and Ramesh. According to preliminary investigations, the four had come from Rajasthan to work at a solar plant near…
Jaipur: The People’s Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL), Rajasthan, Friday urged the state govt and Central Bureau of Investigation to challenge the acquittal of all accused in the 2015 Dangawas Dalit killings case before the Rajasthan High Court, describing the verdict as a setback in the fight against caste violence.In a statement issued Friday, two…
NEW DELHI: The ministry of external affairs on Friday said that the India “had no role to play” in the recent media interaction made by former Bangladesh prime minister Sheikh Hasina.In a bi-weekly press briefing, MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said that event was organised by a private entity and the government does not endorse anything…
