Bernadette Szocs is the reigning European Games champion in women’s singles Panaji: Dempo Goa Challengers showed big intent at Ultimate Table Tennis (UTT) Season 7 auction by signing Bernadette Szocs as the highest-valued player of the auction in Mumbai on Tuesday.The two-time champions’ strategy saw them anchor the squad around elite global performers Szocs and…
Gorakhpur: The Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE) on Thursday declared the ICSE (Class X) and ISC (Class XII) results, triggering celebrations across schools in Gorakhpur.Among the top scorers in Class X, Pavani Maurya of Little Flower School and Akshita Gupta of HP Children Academy secured 99.4% each, bringing laurels to their institution.In…
Chandigarh: Observing that the Right to Information (RTI) Act cannot be used to settle personal scores, the Punjab State Information Commission has said vexatious and non-public-interest applications can be rejected at the level of a public information officer (PIO). It held that such requests disrupt the functioning of public authorities and undermine the spirit of…
Jansatta Dal (Loktantrik) founder and MLA Raghuraj Pratap Singh and Congress MLA Aradhana Mishra arrive to attend the special session of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly, in Lucknow on Thursday, Lucknow: Congress legislative party leader Aradhana Mishra Mona on Wednesday highlighted her party’s record on women’s empowerment, contrasting it with what she described as the Bharatiya…
A witty, meta-theatrical spin on King Lear, Nothing Like Lear blends humour and melancholy through a solo performance “I laugh, therefore I’m a fool.” When Vinay Pathak delivers this line as the goofy clown in Nothing Like Lear, it’s almost as if the play is tipping its hat to the Fool in King Lear, building…
Varanasi: Former Supreme Court judge RK Aggarwal inaugurated the SP Gupta Smriti Vidhi Pustakalaya at Veer Bahadur Singh Purvanchal University (VBSPU) on Saturday, underscoring the role of modern libraries in strengthening legal education.Addressing the programme, Justice Aggarwal said libraries are essential for continuous learning and urged students to regularly study and refine their knowledge. “This…
Ahmedabad: A 26-year-old man wanted in a murder case registered in Bihar’s Aurangabad district was arrested by the city crime branch on Tuesday. The accused, Nazre Alam, a resident of Aurangabad, was wanted in connection with the killing of Dilip Kumar Singh. The case was registered at Barun police station on Jan 1, under relevant…
PGCIL Diploma Trainee recruitment 2026 PGCIL Diploma Trainee recruitment 2026: Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (PGCIL) has released the official notification for recruitment to Diploma Trainee and other posts. A total of 668 vacancies have been announced under this recruitment drive. Interested and eligible candidates will be able to apply online starting April 20…
Hyderabad: Dutch brewer Heineken BV officially inaugurated its first Asia-Pacific Global Capability Centre (GCC) in Hyderabad’s Financial District on Wednesday.Called Heineken Business Service India, the 76,000 sq ft facility is part of the company’s Heineken Business Services (HBS) network and joins existing hubs in Kraków (Poland), Monterrey (Mexico) and São Paulo (Brazil).The centre, which began…
Silchar: Joint inspection by members of four civil society organisations on Saturday revealed gaps in the ongoing flood mitigation works across key drainage channels and embankments in Barak Valley, raising fresh concerns over the region’s preparedness for urban flooding.Accompanied by officials of the Water Resources Department (WRD), including assistant executive engineer Debashis Acharya, members of…
