Kolkata: Bengal govt has decided to strip elected panchayat pradhans of their financial powers and transfer them to govt officials through a bill to be introduced in the assembly, panchayat and rural development minister Dilip Ghosh said on Tuesday.The move is aimed at improving financial oversight, transparency and accountability in the execution of development projects.“The…
Noida: Five persons were arrested from a call centre in Sector 1 for cheating around 250 people of a total of Rs 62 lakh by offering them loans at lower interest rates but never disbursing the money.Additional DCP Manisha Singh said the group targeted people looking for loans and lured them with offers of instant…
times news networkPanaji: The directorate of education (DoE) has issued a circular to schools stating that all external individuals or organisations holding programmes inside schools for students will now undergo scrutiny first. The directorate has said that their profile and draft of the lecture to be delivered will undergo pre-event clearance to ensure that no…
Varanasi: In a major crackdown on interstate liquor smuggling, Bhadohi Police seized over 1,000 litres of illegal Indian-made foreign liquor worth around Rs 11 lakh that had been ingeniously concealed inside a water tanker to evade detection. The consignment, allegedly being transported from Panipat in Haryana to Bihar, was intercepted during a pre-dawn vehicle checking…
the medical body emphasised strict preventive measures to mitigate the spread of this dangerous sandfly-borne pathogen Ahmedabad: Amid rising concern over the spread of the deadly Chandipura virus, the Gujarat State Branch of the Indian Medical Association (GSB-IMA) on Tuesday issued a comprehensive medical advisory for both the general public and practicing paediatricians across the…
MC clears 15 new EV charging stations in Chandigarh, network to expand to 51 Chandigarh: Chandigarh is set to get 15 new electric vehicle (EV) charging stations after the municipal corporation gave in-principle approval to Chandigarh Renewable Energy Science and Technology Promotion Society (Crest) to install the facilities on municipal land across the city.The proposal…
(Top left) One of the spheroidal galaxies from the first billion years of cosmic history used in research. (Bottom left) A nearby elliptical galaxy situated about 318 million light years away. (Right) An illustration of the Kormendy relation, comparing the earliest spheroidal systems with elliptical galaxies in the nearby universe Pune: Some of the earliest…
Guwahati: The flood situation in Assam deteriorated sharply on Tuesday, with one death reported from Sonitpur district, taking the toll to three in this year’s first wave of floods.The latest casualty was reported from the Naduar revenue circle in Sonitpur district. The number of affected people surged nearly fourfold in the last 24 hours to…
Lucknow: Nearly two weeks after busting a ‘Mini-Jamtara’ centre operating from Gomtinagar’s Summit building, the Lucknow crime branch has expanded its investigation beyond India, tracing US toll-free helpline numbers allegedly used to target American citizens and uncovering fresh financial and corporate links linked to the racket.According to ADCP (crime) Kiran Yadav, the fraud was part…
Rajkot: A young couple from Madhya Pradesh was found murdered on a farm on the outskirts of Moti Marad village in Dhoraji taluka of Rajkot district on Tuesday morning, just three days after they came here and started working.The deceased, Rohit Chauhan, 17, and his wife, Durga, 22, both residents of Jhabua district, worked as…
