Kolkata: With good scores in the class 10 boards, several city CBSE schools have reported that students who earlier wanted to appear for a second board exam have started withdrawing their names. However, schools on Thursday issued fresh circulars to know how many still want to avail of the second chance to improve their scores.At…
Two DIG-rank officers, five SPs, 15 additional DCPs, 40 ACPs, 52 inspectors, 200 sub-inspectors, and around 2,000 constables drawn from neighbouring districts would continue to patrol the roads over the next three day Provincial Armed Constabulary units patrolled the industrial pockets A policeman patrols the area near Dixon Electro Appliances Private Limited factory Two DIG-rank…
Panaji: The Save Old Goa Action Committee has objected to the naming of a historic pillar in Old Goa as “Hath Katro Khambo” in a recent gazette notification, calling it inaccurate. The group submitted photographic evidence showing the monument is identified as “New Pillory” and hundreds of villagers have signed a petition opposing the name…
Villagers block Cholapur road against tearing of Ambedkar flag, poster Varanasi: Angered over tearing of a flag and poster on the entrance gate of Nehia village under Cholapur police station, scores of villagers blocked the road and staged a massive protest on Thursday morning. Heavy police force was deployed to pacify the situation.Camping at the…
Narratives of NurtureVaidehi Kinkhabwala’s latest exhibition, Portraits of the Unknown, pulls the quiet, often overlooked labour of care into a sharp, artistic focus. Rooted in personal experience yet expansive in scope, her works reflect on motherhood and shared responsibility through minimalist, faceless silhouettes. Through a bold palette of crimson set against stark backdrops, the artist…
Agra: Seven days after a boat carrying 38 pilgrims collided with a pontoon bridge and capsized in the Yamuna in Mathura, the body of the lone missing person was fished out around 10am on Thursday, bringing the death toll to 16.Officials said the body of 40-year-old Pankaj Malhotra, which surfaced due to decomposition, was found…
Panchkula: The Panchkula police cybercrime cell has identified over-one-year-old pending fraud cases and drawn up an action plan to crack them, with special teams set to be sent to other states to track down accused persons.Officials said around 20–22 long-pending cases, primarily related to investment fraud, have been shortlisted for focused investigation. Most of these…
Pune: The Pune Municipal Corporation has decided to suspend its drive to remove overhead cables, barely a month after its launch, to develop a regulatory framework aligned with 2023-24 directives from the Union power and communications ministries.The decision was taken at a standing committee meeting held on Thursday. Committee chairman Shrinath Bhimale said the civic…
Itanagar: The self-enumeration process under the house listing and housing census began across Arunachal Pradesh on Thursday.CM Pema Khandu and deputy CM Chowna Mein took part in the self-enumeration process in Itanagar and Namsai, respectively.In a social media post, Khandu wrote, “Took part in the self-enumeration phase of the Houselisting and Housing Census under Census…
A day after the Vikas Nagar fire incident, a Congress delegation met the victims Lucknow: The Congress on Thursday alleged serious lapses in emergency response and relief efforts following a fire in a slum cluster in Khurramnagar, claiming that fire services reached the spot nearly three hours after the blaze broke out.A party delegation led…
