Kolkata: Abhishek Banerjee, a private firm employee with no connection to politics, along with his wife, Sayani Ghosh, a schoolteacher, is suddenly confronted with a series of questioning by police and civic authorities amid a KMC drive to realise pending property tax from the Trinamool national general secretary. The couple share their names with the…
2 Karnataka govt teachers suspended over participation in RSS Patha Sanchalana (Representative image) YADGIR: Two government school teachers in Karnataka’s Yadgir district have been suspended pending departmental inquiry for participating in RSS Patha Sanchalana (route marches), with the education department holding that their participation prima facie violated provisions of the Karnataka Civil Services (Conduct) Rules,…
Striped hyena in the industrial landscape of West Burdwan Striped hyena in industrial landscape of West Burdwan Kolkata: After elephant, tiger and wolf corridors, researchers have now unearthed two hyena movement corridors in south Bengal — one inter-state connecting the population of mining belt of West Burdwan to the larger source population of neighbouring Jharkhand…
The Green Line station was declared safe and operational Kolkata: A longitudinal crack was detected on an exterior supporting concrete structure of one of Green Line’s City Centre metro station accesses on Wednesday. The discovery sparked concerns, bringing back memories of the Blue Line’s southern terminal Kavi Subhas station being shut down on July 28…
Based on the BDO’s complaint, Salboni Police registered a case against the four under BNS sections 126(2), 132, 351(2), and 3(5) for obstructing a public servant and criminal intimidation Midnapore: Police in Salboni on Tuesday arrested social media influencer Kartik Mahato for allegedly intercepting the vehicle of Salboni BDO Swarnava Haldar, attempting to conduct an…
Panaji: A crucial meeting of the command area development (CAD) board of the Goa Tillari irrigation project, scheduled to be held on Wednesday to decide on a proposal to denotify 3.1 hectares of command area land and a casino firm proposal, has been postponed due to “administrative reasons”, the board’s member secretary said.The meeting was…
Lucknow: A 56-year-old man from Mainpuri, suffering from liver failure, was given a new lease of life in a rare bloodless liver transplant procedure undertaken at city based Apollomedics Super Speciality Hospital. His 45-year-old wife donated a portion of her liver for the surgerySharing details, senior director and head of liver transplant, Dr Abhishek Yadav…
The licence of the flying training school at Jakkur had lapsed three years ago but Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) was persuaded to renew it Bengaluru: Three years after it slipped into limbo after its licence lapsed, the century-old Government Flying Training School (GFTS) at Jakkur, Bengaluru, has received approval from Directorate General of…
Raj Singh’s political connections and past run-ins with police have come under intense scrutiny after his arrest. LUCKNOW: Once projecting himself on social media as a “social worker” and self-styled Kshatriya leader, Ballia resident Raj Singh now finds himself at the centre of one of India’s most sensational political murder investigations — the chilling ambush-style…
AMC to replenish Sabarmati for Jal Yatra from June 22Ahmedabad: In preparation for the traditional Jal Yatra on June 29, the AMC will begin replenishing the Sabarmati, starting June 22. Standing committee chairman Kamlesh Patel said, “This ensures adequate water levels for the religious and cultural events preceding the Rath Yatra.” The AMC is planning…
