Kolkata: No punitive or coercive action will be taken against govt employees who do not do yoga on International Day of Yoga; their participation is not mandatory, state govt told Calcutta High Court on Friday.The state coordination committee of the govt employees had approached the single bench of Justice Amrita Sinha, where their lawyer, senior…
Narcotics Bureau cracks major India-Myanmar drug syndicate; key Myanmar-based kingpin Chintuang arrested Guwahati: Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) has cracked a major transnational drug trafficking network operating along the India-Myanmar border with the arrest of a key Myanmar-based kingpin who emerged as a major cross-border supplier of methamphetamine and heroin, officials said on Sunday.The arrest was…
The White House has unveiled a new space-themed website focused on immigration enforcement, using imagery and language commonly associated with extraterrestrials to highlight arrests of people living in the United States without legal authorisation.Launched on Thursday, the website features a design reminiscent of science-fiction films, with neon-green scrolling text set against a backdrop of stars…
Gandhinagar: Union home minister Amit Shah, who chaired a security review meeting in Bhuj on Friday, has directed district magistrates of border districts to strictly monitor and report on demographic changes.An official statement said on Saturday that Shah also asked district administrations of border districts to chalk out SOPs to ensure identification of infiltrators and…
Panaji: Health minister Vishwajit Rane on Friday said the new 30-bedded neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) at GMC will be ready within the next 15 days.“We would get complaints from patients of unavailability of beds in the NICU. This was a long-pending demand. The ward was ready a long time back, but there were some…
Gold remains vulnerable to testing the key $4,000/oz support level and may even slide further. (AI image) Gold price prediction today: Gold prices are facing upward resistance and US Federal Reserve’s policy will continue to determine prices in the near-term, says Vedika Narvekar, Research Analyst – Commodities & Currencies, Anand Rathi Shares and Stock Brokers.Gold…
MUMBAI: Citi’s global CEO Jane Fraser has said that India should not “sell itself short” by focusing disproportionately on short term challenges. It should rather focus on execution and stay confident about its long-term story.Speaking at the Citi India conference, Fraser said that while near-term headwinds persist, the structural case for India remains compelling and…
Guwahati: Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve (KNP&TR) has recorded an unprecedented surge in tourist footfall, with visitor numbers quadrupling during the recently concluded financial year at the Unesco heritage site.Park director Sonali Ghosh said records from 2016-17 to 2025-26 indicate sustained growth in tourism. “The total visitors have increased more than three times in…
Bengaluru: Thousands of medical aspirants who appeared for re-NEET across 68 exam centres in Bengaluru Sunday experienced a day marked by chaos, anxiety, and contrasting emotions, with several candidates complaining that a difficult Physics paper had upset their expectations.By 11.30am, RC College on Race Course Road was among the busiest centres. Parents gathered outside alleged…
Mumbai: The Reserve Bank of India on Tuesday unveiled a nationwide capacity-building initiative for urban cooperative banks, as part of its continuing efforts to strengthen the sector’s resilience and governance standards.The programme, titled Mission SAKSHAM, has been conceived as a mission-mode, sector-wide training exercise aimed at upgrading skills across all levels of urban cooperative banks…
