Activists alleged Satyam Verma was arrested because he is a critic of govt policies Noida: Various civil rights organisations and trade unions have come forward to express solidarity with labour activists facing police action in Noida over the April 13 protest in the city seeking a hike in minimum wages.The protest turned violent, leading to…
Panaji: GFP chief and Fatorda legislator Vijai Sardesai, on Tuesday said, “Goa is completely ‘Ram bharose’ (at God’s mercy).”“There’s no vision, no policy, no roadmap. Govt is busy issuing taxi permits and rent-a-cab permissions, and creating chaos where locals and outsiders are forced to fight while tourism collapses,” he said.While those depending on tourism have…
Gorakhpur: In a courageous act, an 18-year-old girl chased and briefly overpowered a youth, who snatched gold jewellery from her family’s shop in Gola area on Monday evening. The entire incident was captured on CCTV.According to police, two youths entered the shop posing as customers and asked to see jewellery. When shown gold earrings, one…
Ludhiana: A massive digital compliance gap has surfaced in Ludhiana’s govt schools, with only 275 out of 1,529 institutions uploading daily attendance on the new MIS 2.0 portal. According to data from April 27, over 1,200 schools either completely ignored the mandate or submitted incomplete records, despite strict government orders.The latest figures show that 576…
Chandigarh: The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) will stage state-wide protests on April 30 against the “extended power cuts being imposed on Punjabis by the Aam Aadmi Party govt in both rural and urban areas”, senior party leader Daljit Singh Cheema said here on Tuesday.“Party activists will hold daylong protests across the state on April 30…
Surat: Counting day in South Gujarat threw up a series of interesting political twists, with close contests, shifting equations and notable firsts across local bodies.In Songadh taluka panchayat, the BJP and Congress ended in a tie, winning nine seats each. A similar neck-and-neck contest was seen in Netrang, where both the BJP and Aam Aadmi…
Guwahati: In a landmark conservation effort, Madhya Pradesh chief minister Mohan Yadav on Tuesday released four wild buffaloes sent from Assam’s Kaziranga National Park into the Kanha Tiger Reserve, marking the species’ return to the state after more than a century.Calling it a “historic day for Madhya Pradesh’s wildlife and ecosystem,” Yadav said the reintroduction…
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Police Recruitment and Promotion Board successfully conducted the Home Guards Enrolment-2025 written exam across the state on Apr 25, 26 and 27, with authorities crediting stringent security measures for a largely peaceful and process free of malpractice .The exam was held in two shifts at 1,053 centres across 74 districts, with elaborate…
Rajkot: A 40-year-old woman filed a complaint at C Division police station in Jamnagar against three persons for allegedly cheating her and others of Rs 6.7 lakh on the pretext of securing jobs abroad and withholding their passports.According to the FIR, the woman, Ila, was looking for work to support her children after separating from…
Students and parents protest outside SDM office in Bundi district Jaipur: Six govt school teachers deployed on election-related work were relieved of their duties Tuesday after students and parents from a govt primary school in Bundi district protested a teacher shortage that disrupted classes for months.The protest was triggered at the Govt Primary School in…
