Rajnath Singh (ANI image) Karandighi (WB): Hitting the campaign trail in West Bengal, defence minister Rajnath Singh Wednesday slammed CM Mamata Banerjee for deindustrialisation of the state, alleged a reign of fear and appeasement on her watch and projected the polls as a fight for land and existence by the local population against infiltrators.“You want…
Kolkata: Sati Chatterjee, a former professor of English literature at Jadavpur University, passed away on Friday at her Lake Gardens residence. The 91-year-old academic was suffering from a lung infection.In 1950, Chatterjee joined Presidency College to study English literature and was a cherished student of professors Subodh Chandra Sengupta and Taraknath Sen. Her father was…
Rajkot: Seven people were killed and several others seriously injured at Chharad village in Lakhtar taluka of Surendranagar district in the wee hours of Monday. The victims were part of a large group of Bharwad community pilgrims travelling on foot.The accident occurred around 1.30am, when a speeding truck, allegedly driven by one Aditya Oghaniya, rammed…
Hyderabad: The Telangana health department has approved the establishment of 79 new dialysis centres comprising 416 beds (GO 115) across govt hospitals to ensure dialysis services are available within a 25-km radius, particularly benefiting patients in rural, tribal and remote areas. This also includes the addition of 155 beds to 67 existing centres.New dialysis centres…
Ahmedabad: Two warring families and one dead man. Tension gripped a village in Gandhinagar’s Dehgam taluka after the alleged teasing of a young woman triggered a clash between two families from the same community.A young man allegedly teasing his female friend escalated into a rioting-like situation, police said, adding that the youth and the girl…
Fatehgarh Sahib: A bus carrying pilgrims returning from Baisakhi celebrations at Anandpur Sahib overturned near Bassi Pathana late Tuesday night, leaving eight dead and more than 22 injured.The accident occurred near Himmatpura village on the Morinda–Chunni road, just 3-4 km from the destination of the victims, Main Majra village. ASI Balveer Singh of the Bassi…
On Wednesday, the deadline for withdrawing nomination forms for the 2026 Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation elections, 22 nomination forms were withdrawn from various wards in the city. BJP candidates were declared elected unopposed to the seats reserved for women in Thaltej and Vasna wards.In the 2021 elections, a candidate from Congress withdrew her nomination for a…
Bengaluru: A dialysis unit was launched at Vanivilas Hospital, the state-run maternity centre, Tuesday. The facility will benefit pregnant women, particularly those from economically weaker sections, with pre-existing kidney disease. Until now, patients from Vanivilas were referred to other hospitals for dialysis, but the new unit is expected to reduce risks for both mother and…
Experiencing a Giant Sequoia is more than just an experience with nature; it’s an experience of sheer impossibility. Within the Sierra Nevada Mountains of California, a veritable forest full of these ancient giants defies our understanding of biology and the scale of living organisms. Consider how truly large an organism must be to exceed the…
Hyderabad: An Independent Expert Working Group (IEWG), which undertook a comprehensive analysis of Socio-Economic, Educational, Employment, Political and Caste (SEEEPC) Survey 2024, has said 135 castes (of 242 castes) in the state are considered more backward than the average caste in Telangana as their composite backwardness index (CBI) score is more than 81. Of the…
