SRINAGAR: J&K administration’s move to remove Urdu, previously a mandatory qualification for revenue services, from the newly amended draft recruitment rules has sparked a political row in the Union Territory. The decision comes nearly a year after BJP protested and sought revocation of a govt order that made Urdu a compulsory subject for the naib…
Lucknow: Days after Prime Minister Narendra Modi, while speaking in Lok Sabha, referred to Akhilesh Yadav as a “friend who occasionally extends help”, Samajwadi Party president said he does not need such friends.Akhilesh was addressing a press conference at the party office on Tuesday when he was asked about the nature of help that he…
Kolkata: CM Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday said central forces approached her car while she was at the Dum Dum airport and she asked them to check it, and questioned why vehicles of Trinamool seniors were being checked while those of the PM’s and HM’s were spared.“At Dum Dum airport, central forces approached my vehicle. I…
(Image used for representational purpose only) CHENNAI: At 7am on Wednesday, 24 hours before the polling would begin, S Sathyamurthy, a DMK cadre in ward 121, is already taking a round of the street in Mylapore.He has a voter list folded into quarters in his shirt pocket, and a steely resolve to ensure every DMK…
COIMBATORE: Former BJP state president K Annamalai on Thursday accused the ruling DMK of bribing voters with cash and jewellery. He alleged that the distribution of money and ornaments had been widespread over the past three days, especially in Coimbatore. He criticised what he described as the DMK’s “soft campaign” tactics and urged the Election…
Hyderabad: A new research and development (R&D) centre by Dai Nippon Printing Co, Limited (DNP) was inaugurated at the Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad (IITH).The facility, supported by the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), will focus on work in mobility and healthcare. “Initial projects include developing wireless power systems for electric vehicles and improving methods…
RSS national co-publicity chief Narendra Thakur Lucknow: RSS national co-publicity chief Narendra Thakur reiterated on Thursday that the organisation was engaged in the task of nation-building through the process of individual character-building.Speaking to the media in Lucknow, Thakur said that discrimination within Hindu society based on caste, language, region and similar factors needs to be…
Pune: Maha Metro and PMPML have rolled out feeder bus service from the PCMC Metro station on multiple routes to improve last-mile connectivity, extending the service to 11 stations across 23 routes so far. Regular commuters, however, raised concerns over irregular operations and demanded greater consistency and higher frequency of buses.Maha Metro officials said surveys…
Rohtak: In a major push to make competitive exam preparation accessible to government school students, education minister Mahipal Dhanda on Monday launched the new session of the ‘Super 40’ programme in Rohtak, calling it a “transformational model in public education.”The initiative, aimed at providing high-quality coaching for JEE, NEET and NDA aspirants, was launched at…
Surat: As part of its heatwave mitigation measures, the Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) shifted 1,061 homeless people to shelters over the past month to prevent heat-related illnesses.Officials said the drive was launched at the beginning of April after earlier instances of critically ill homeless persons being found on roads, some of whom later died due…
