Kolkata: Ahead of introducing honours with research in the fourth year of the undergraduate programme, Calcutta University is set to review how many of its affiliated colleges have the required infrastructure.A marathon meeting with the 146 affiliated colleges has been scheduled for Monday and Tuesday, during which university officials will assess how many are prepared…
Varanasi: A district-level peace committee meeting to ensure peaceful conduct of the mourning month of Muharram was held on Wednesday at the Traffic Police Line auditorium. The meeting was presided over by police commissioner Mohit Agrawal and attended by was district magistrate Satyendra Kumar, along with religious leaders/imams/taziadars and members of Civil Defence. The police…
Ahmedabad: Thieves broke into the chairman’s office at Kanoria Hospital and Research Centre near Bhat and decamped with expensive items and cash with a total value of Rs 9 lakh, police said on Tuesday.The theft came to light on June 23, when hospital officials were informed by the chairman, K K Kanoria, who is currently…
Mumbai: Rejecting a plea by the former chairman and the former vice-chairman of the fraud-hit New India Cooperative Bank to allow them to appear through video conferencing from the UK, a magistrate court held that “such kind of abysmal entitlement shown by the accused cannot be entertained”. It said were such pleas to be allowed,…
Surat/Bharuch: The Bharuch police has launched a 21-day training programme for their cops in Kalaripayattu, one of India’s oldest martial arts, to improve physical preparedness and self-defence skills within the force.The initiative focuses on strengthening the ability of police personnel to handle situations such as crowd control, communal disturbances and area domination operations while also…
Varanasi: A 10-day online workshop based on Research Methodology in Social Sciences was inaugurated at Centre for the Study of Social Inclusion, Faculty of Social Sciences, BHU on Sunday with the aim of promoting quality and scientific research in social sciences. The workshop is being organised under the joint aegis of the Centre for the…
Three spelunkers discovered Chauvet Cave in France in 1994. The cave contains ancient artwork dating back 30,000 years. This art shows sophisticated depictions of animals.Image Credits: via Wikimedia Commons December 18, 1994, was late when three men entered the daylight and embarked upon a journey that was to change our view of human history forever….
Chandigarh: Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann on Saturday criticised the BJP-led Centre over the steep rise in fuel prices, saying the burden has once again been passed on to the common man soon after elections while the govt continues to lecture citizens on cutting expenses and savings.He said people across the country are struggling with…
Varanasi: Under the series of national countdown programmes organised by Bharat Adhyayan Kendra and Banaras Hindu University, in collaboration with the ministry of Ayush, govt of India and Morarji Desai National Institute of Yoga (MDNIY), New Delhi, on the occasion of International Day of Yoga–2026, the sixth countdown day of ‘Yoga Mahotsav-2026’ concluded on Monday…
Lucknow: The Centre launched Rural Smart Village Centres (RSVC) nationwide to develop smart and self-reliant villages, with the initiative already rolled out in Andhra Pradesh, Punjab and Karnataka.Existing govt schemes, including the National Rural Livelihoods Mission (NRLM) and other rural development programmes, are being integrated into the RSVC framework, Dr Sapna Poti, director, strategic alliances…
