Varanasi: In the early hours of Sunday, two armed men aboard the DDU-Tarighat passenger train gunned down a youth before flinging his body onto the tracks between Alinagar and Sakaldiha in Chandauli district. Panic erupted in the coach as the train slowed, giving the assailants their chance to leap off and vanish into the morning…
Kolkata: State BJP president Samik Bhattacharya on Wednesday alleged that tribal communities in Bengal suffered heavily due to the “politics of hatred” pursued by the previous Trinamool Congress govt.Recounting how President Droupadi Murmu was allegedly slighted during a visit to the state under the previous govt, Bhattacharya said the TMC went to the extent of…
Manjunath’s 2010-model auto features car-style seats, doors with windows, a sturdy roof, partition glass separating the driver and passengers, and air conditioning Manjunath’s 2010-model auto features car-style seats, doors with windows, a sturdy roof, partition glass separating the driver and passengers, and air conditioning Manjunath’s 2010-model auto features car-style seats, doors with windows, a sturdy…
Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) Chairperson S. Ramann MUMBAI: To ensure regulatory guardrails around pension products while giving customers greater choice, Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority plans to roll out a suitability platform that will assess NPS subscribers’ risk appetite and ask suitability-related questions before they select a scheme.“Suitability and risk appetite…
Power related demands The sun rise through electrical poles of power grid at Nunna village near Vijayawada on Wednesday. pic: Mahesh G. Chandigarh: Industrial consumers on Monday voiced serious concerns about rising electricity bills and billing-related issues during a meeting with officials of Chandigarh Power Distribution Limited (CPDL) in Industrial Area, Phase-II.During the discussions, industrialists…
Ahmedabad: For thousands of diploma engineering students in Gujarat, a diploma is no longer the finish line. More are choosing to stay in classrooms instead of heading straight into the job market. Data from the Admission Committee for Professional Courses (ACPC) shows admissions from diploma to degree (D2D) engineering courses climbed from 17,246 in 2024…
Kolkata: Fending off barbs over the RG Kar incident, alleged infiltration, and his “outsider” status raised by the BJP, current MLA and deputy mayor Atin Ghosh appears confident of retaining the Cossipore-Belgachhia constituency for a second term. While Ghosh is confident of a record-margin win, his primary opponent, BJP’s Ritesh Tiwari, has centred his campaign…
Pune: Every reservoir supplying water to Pune city is now brimming, effectively washing away concerns of water cuts until at least summer. In contrast, neighbouring Pimpri Chinchwad has continued with alternate-day supply and 15% additional water cut despite Pavana dam, its primary water source, almost hitting the 100%-mark.Temghar dam, the last holdout in the Khadakwasla…
A butterfly once declared extinct in Britain is now at the centre of one of the country’s most striking conservation success stories. The large blue, which disappeared from Britain in 1979, has been successfully reintroduced and now occurs at 33 sites in south-west England. New figures from the UK Butterfly Monitoring Scheme show its recorded…
NEW DELHI: More than seven years after the Centre informed Parliament that it was consulting states on the creation of an All India Medical Service, a proposed national cadre of doctors on the lines of the IAS and IPS, the plan remains under consideration with the Union health ministry still awaiting responses from states and…
