Aizawl: Nine districts of Mizoram, except Aizawl and the southernmost Lawngtlai, have achieved 100% digitisation of enumeration forms in the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, in line with Election Commission of India instructions, officials of the state chief electoral officer (CEO) said on Wednesday.The enumeration forms digitisation now stands at 99.96%, the…
Bengaluru/Lucknow: Pitching Uttar Pradesh as India’s next major destination for investment, CM Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday told business leaders that the state has emerged as a “3S model of safety, stability and speed” — three factors he described as critical for industry and economic growth.Addressing corporate leaders at the Uttar Pradesh Global Growth Dialogue 2026…
Six students of the college were suspended for ragging Rajkot: After seven resident doctors of its orthopaedics department were booked for ragging on Saturday, Bhavnagar Government Medical College was on Monday informed of another complaint alleging harassment of junior students, this time in its gynaecology department.The University Grants Commission (UGC) told the college that it…
Jaipur: A 40-year-old trader was found dead in a hotel room in Jaipur’s Narayan Vihar area Wednesday, leading police to probe allegations of murder levelled by his family and examine the role of a few friends who were allegedly in the room with him the night before.Police said the deceased, Guru Prasad Chaudhary, was a…
Government removes ‘bonus’ clause for early completion of NH projects in hill states NEW DELHI: In its bid to ensure quality construction of highways in hills, govt has removed the ‘bonus’ incentive for early completion of projects in hill states. The road transport ministry has also mandated that newly cut slopes withstand at least one…
Suffer with your own rule , rather than frolic under someone else’s rule “What is the price of comfort if it costs your freedom?”For centuries, the vast grasslands of Mongolia have produced a culture that values self-reliance above convenience. Few sayings capture that spirit more powerfully than the traditional Mongolian proverb:“Suffer with your own rule,…
Airlines turn to AI to save fuel; IndiGo to start trials for thriftier take-offs NEW DELHI: After doing everything humanely possible to cut fuel burn, Indian airlines have turned to artificial intelligence (AI) to help save the prohibitively expensive black gold. IndiGo has asked its pilots to save fuel during the time when the aircraft…
Anushka Yadav (Pic credit: AFI) NEW DELHI: A star was born at the National Inter-State Championships on Wednesday as Uttar Pradesh’s 18-year-old hammer thrower Anushka Yadav produced a stunning performance to rewrite Indian athletics history and become the youngest national record holder in the country.Competing at the Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar, the teenager from Baleni…
New Delhi: Door-to-door visits will start in Delhi from June 30 as part of a special intensive revision (SIR) of voters’ lists to cleanse and update the electoral rolls which includes nearly 1.5 crore voters.The booth-level officers (BLOs) will do the door-to-door enumeration till July 29, distributing pre-printed enumeration forms to all existing voters who…
