CHENNAI: Staying non-committal on the implementation of PM Schools for Rising India (PM SHRI) in Tamil Nadu, school education minister Rajmohan reiterated that the state remained firm on the two-language policy.“However, if the Centre denies us our funds citing this, we will directly go to New Delhi to get our share,” he told media persons…
Lucknow: While flames are the most visible during a fire, doctors in the city say smoke inhalation, toxic gases and lack of oxygen are responsible for most fire-related deaths, especially in enclosed spaces such as homes, hospitals and commercial buildings where people get trapped.Medical experts, referring to the massive fire in a three-storey commercial building…
Bill Nye (Image: Wikipedia) A plastic bottle lies beside a walking trail. A discarded food wrapper blows across a park. Someone notices it, shakes their head, and walks on. A second person stops, bends down, and throws it in a nearby bin.The difference between those two reactions takes only a few seconds. Yet it says…
Mohali: A 27-year-old Mohali man allegedly died by suicide after jumping into a canal, with his family accusing his wife and in-laws of mental harassment. Police have registered a case against the wife and her parents and launched an investigation.The deceased, Rohit of TDI City, had married Payal, a resident of Nabha, in Feb. According…
Lucknow: Expediting the implementation of Chief Minister’s cashless medical scheme for teachers, the education department has developed a dedicated portal for the registration of eligible personnel and their dependents.The department has also designed the cover and back page of the card to be issued to over 15 lakh teachers and non-teaching staff deployed in state-run…
Strange scattered pink boulders led researchers to a massive secret beneath Antarctic ice. Image credit – Gemini Underneath the West Antarctic ice sheets lies an enormous buried structure of granite that has been discovered by scientists through the link between peculiar pink boulders on the surface and unseen rock below the ice cover. Geologists claim…
Pune: Three personnel of the Highway Safety Patrol and three traffic wardens allegedly attempted to extort Rs5 lakh from a tourist by threatening arrest, after falsely claiming drugs had been found in his car.The tourist’s friend filed a complaint with the Kamshet Police. Assistant police inspector Aakash Pawar of the Kamshet police said, “We are…
NEW DELHI: Delhi Police on Thursday said it had identified and blocked more than 400 Pakistani social media handles allegedly spreading misinformation and rumours amid the ongoing protests, urging people not to fall for fake content circulating online.Addressing the media, deputy commissioner of Police (DCP) Sumit Jha said the same social media accounts had also…
NEW DELHI: A 13-year-old boy was allegedly strangled to death in south Delhi’s Bhati Mines area, police said on Wednesday. The victim was a Class 9 student, had gone out to play with friends on Tuesday evening but failed to return home, following which his family lodged a missing complaint. During a search operation, police…
Navi Mumbai: The Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC) has started Maharashtra’s largest 50-bed dialysis centre, free-of-cost, at the Vivekananda Cultural Center building in Vashi Sector 14, officials said. The cost of dialysis, around Rs 3,000 to Rs 3,500 per session, made it unaffordable for many patients, if done two to three times a week. Municipal…
