Mumbai: Chief minister Devendra Fadnavis on Monday directed the Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC) to fast-track the creation of a statewide charging-station network to support the planned scale-up of e-buses under the ‘Viksit Maharashtra’ vision.The state targets conversion of 50% of the ST fleet to electric by 2029, 80% by 2035 and 100% by…
The National Testing Agency (NTA) on Saturday rejected claims circulating on social media and messaging platforms that alleged a “leak”, advance access or “sale” of the NEET (UG) 2026 re-examination question paper.Reactions on social media reflected frustration and scepticism. One user wrote, “Amazing, isn’t it? Every time there’s a paper leak controversy, NTA ends up…
Times News NetworkChennai: A team of experts from IIT Madras will assist the CBSE in fixing technical glitches in its portal for revaluation process for Class XII students.The team will work alongside experts from IIT Kanpur to improve the technical workflow. An announcement to this effect was made by Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan on…
MUMBAI: Bombay high court quashed, as “illegal and unsustainable” a 2011 DGCA order that had left an Air India pilot grounded, holding that it flouted principles of natural justice. The relief came to Jitendra Varma, 15 years on, in a challenge he filed when he was 46 years old. He had alleged being denied his…
Aizawl: LN Tluanga, Mizoram’s first director of education and one of the state’s most distinguished academicians, passed away at Aizawl Hospital on Sunday afternoon. He was 93.Tluanga, a resident of Mission Veng neighbourhood in Aizawl and an elder of the Presbyterian Church, breathed his last around 3pm. His funeral will be held on Monday.Born in…
New Delhi: Delhi High Court has observed that weekly markets operating in various parts of the city should be well regulated and cannot become a “security nightmare”.It has sought the stand of Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) on a plea by a resident of Uttam Nagar in west Delhi seeking closure of one such market…
Lucknow: With temperatures already crossing 40 degrees Celsius across the state, the department of animal husbandry has issued directions to ensure proper arrangements in all cow shelters.For the protection of animals in the intense heat, the department has made it mandatory to provide water misting systems, coolers, fans, drinking water and shade at cow shelters.Officials…
Lucknow: Chinhat police on Tuesday registered an FIR against two people in connection with the alleged suicide of a young woman in Basant Vihar Colony.The case was lodged based on a written complaint filed by the deceased’s sister, Preeti Kumari. According to the FIR, the victim, identified as Nisha Kumari, died by suicide on April…
Silchar: The Assam Rifles, in a joint operation with Manipur Police, the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and the India Reserve Battalion (IRB), seized 4 lakh Yaba tablets valued at approximately Rs 47 crore in Manipur’s Jiribam district on Thursday evening. One person was arrested in this connection.Security forces launched the operation at Leingangpokpi on…
New Delhi: Delhi Police has busted an online investment scam syndicate and arrested five people—including two school students and three college students — from Uttarakhand.The scam came to light after a resident of east Delhi’s New Ashok Nagar approached cops on April 6 and claimed that he had been duped on the pretext of product-based…
