Guwahati: In a historic appointment, 2006-batch IPS officer from Assam Sanjukta Parashar has been appointed Inspector General (IG) of the CRPF’s elite jungle warfare unit, the Commando Battalion for Resolute Action (CoBRA).She is the first woman officer to head the 10-battalion-strong force.Parashar, an IPS officer of the Assam-Meghalaya cadre, will succeed 1996-batch IPS officer Danesh…
The tremors were felt in Nolai, Barkhedi, Khajuri, Napakhedi and Awar (Representational Image) JHALAWAR: Three mild tremors struck four to five villages in Nolai Gram Panchayat of Pirawa block in Rajasthan’s Jhalawar district on Tuesday morning, triggering brief panic and prompting students and staff at a government upper primary school to evacuate the building as…
If BJP wins Nagaon, party will secure all 126 Assam seats in 2031: Himanta Biswa Sarma NEW DELHI: Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarm on Tuesday made a big claim that BJP could win all 126 assembly seats in the state in the 2031 Vidhan Sabha elections if it wins the Nagaon Lok Sabha bypoll…
Hays said she had lost the shade that had previously made the yard comfortable- AI image A British Columbia woman who allowed her neighbours to trim some trees in 2021 later found that much more had been cut down to improve their view of Shuswap Lake. A provincial court judge has now ruled that the…
Tamil superstar Dhanush has multiple films in his pipeline, including ‘OM’ with director Rajkumar Periasamy. As the film is set to hit the big screen next month, the latest buzz suggests that his next upcoming action entertainer, tentatively referred to as ‘D56’, has reportedly been titled ‘Padayal’.According to a report by Valai Pechu, the film…
India made one change to their playing XI. Ravi Bishnoi replaced the injured Varun Chakaravarthy. (Image credit: Agencies) NEW DELHI: India captain Shreyas Iyer won the toss and opted to field against Afghanistan in the second T20I at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi.India won the opening T20I by seven wickets and currently lead the…
The girder launch operations were undertaken in stages in June and Aug Mumbai: Central Railway has completed all works pertaining to the railway span of the reconstructed Sion Road overbridge (ROB). The completion marks a significant milestone in the CSMT-Kurla fifth and sixth railway lines project under Mumbai Urban Transport Project (MUTP)-II B, while bringing…
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Annadurai 117th birth anniversary Chennai: Chief minister C Joseph Vijay, former chief minister Edappadi K Palaniswami and the leader of the opposition Udhayanidhi Stalin were among the leaders who paid tribute to former chief minister and DMK founder C N Annadurai on his 117th birth anniversary on Tuesday.In a post on X, Vijay recalled Annadurai’s…
Hyderabad: A little over a year after it invested $40 million in HRtech unicorn Darwinbox, Teachers’ Venture Growth (TVG), the late-stage venture and growth investment arm of Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan (OTPP), has made a follow-on investment in the Hyderabad-based startup as it deepens its AI play and expands globally. The financial terms of the…
