Varanasi: The headmaster of PM Shri Prathamik Vidyalaya (Pratham) in Azamgarh’s Ajmatgarh area has been suspended for making students do cleaning and personal chores. He has been attached to the Block Education Officer’s office in Ajmatgarh.District Basic Education Officer Rajeev Pathak said that headmaster, Awadhesh Yadav, has been suspended with immediate effect.According to reports, the…
A technician working on setting up a stage where pop superstar Shakira is set to perform a free concert this week was killed on Sunday in Rio de Janeiro.Authorities and organisers confirmed that the man, part of the construction crew, suffered crushing injuries to his legs in a lifting system. Several people have been working…
Ahmedabad: The Diploma to Degree Common Entrance Test (DDCET) for admissions to degree engineering courses was conducted in the state on Tuesday. A total of 20,893 students appeared for the exam, while 936 candidates remained absent. Ahmedabad district recorded the highest participation with 4,633 students, whereas Botad district had the lowest turnout with only 11…
KOLKATA: Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju on Monday said there is a strong wave in favour of the Bharatiya Janata Party in West Bengal, adding that the party wants the state to once again become a growth engine of the country.Rijiju told ANI that people believe only the BJP can restore Bengal after what…
Imagine being a topper of the board exam result, and being mocked for your facial hair. Prachi Nigam is a testament to it. There are stories that arrive wrapped in celebration, and then there are stories that carry an unease beneath the thunderous claps. Prachi Nigam’s story belongs to the latter. It stands as a…
Bengaluru: A routine errand turned traumatic for a police constable after a Rottweiler attacked him in Kalyan Nagar, leaving him seriously injured.Sadashiva Ingalagavi, 49, attached to the Bangalore Development Authority’s Special Task Force, was returning from the Banaswadi sub-registrar’s office on April 16 when he stopped on 1st Main Road in Kalyannagar to take a…
Many firms in Ahmedabad and Surat run early morning or evening shifts to align work hours with the office timings of their clients in the US, the UK and Australia Somewhere in an office block in Ahmedabad, a chartered accountant is preparing the tax return of one of the most famous basketball players who ever…
These women constables have completed training at the police lines at Varanasi RTC Varanasi: Following the Passing Out Parade on Apr 20, UP Police will receive 491 more women constables who have completed training at the police lines at Varanasi RTC. The women, selected through recruitment process, will now shoulder the responsibility of law, order…
Ahmedabad: Putting rider safety into focus yet again, the govt on Friday launched a month-long intensive drive across Gujarat to strictly enforce the helmet rule. The govt began the drive from its own offices, making helmets mandatory for officers and employees. Those flouting the rule face on-the-spot fines, with no exemptions based on rank or…
Adam Back has spent weeks being asked yet again, by various people, whether he is the inventor of Bitcoin. He is not, he says. He has been saying so for years and again since the New York Times suggested in early April, after dissecting writings from the early cypherpunk era, that Adam Back was the…
