Hyderabad: The Congress govt has decided to extend Prajavani services to people at revenue division and mandal level in the state. Presently, Prajavani centres are functioning in Greater Hyderabad, which is a state-level centre, and in all district headquarters.Chief minister A Revanth Reddy on Sunday held a review meeting with top officials at MCRHRD Institute…
Thane: Maharashtra minister Uday Samant on Friday said former Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Anand Paranjpe was inducted into the Shiv Sena to stop him from the Opposition and added that the Sunetra Pawar-led party was kept in the loop about his induction to avoid any misunderstanding.Paranjpe had resigned from the NCP headed by Deputy…
KOLKATA: Police stations in Bengal will have to accept complaints against cop excesses in last five years, CM Suvendu Adhikari said on Saturday in Diamond Harbour after his first administrative meeting with top police officers.Speaking to media after the meeting, Adhikari highlighted four categories, saying that alleged victims of political violence, police brutality, harassment against…
New Delhi: Efforts will be made to curb illegal roadside parking, while modern technology will be deployed to better manage streetlights and strengthen women’s safety, lieutenant governor Taranjit Singh Sandhu said on Saturday.Speaking during an interaction at Delhi Development Authority’s Heritage Week and Rooh-e-Delhi programme at Mehrauli Archaeological Park, the LG said resident welfare associations…
Sattriya exponent Mallika Kandali Guwahati: Popular actor of Assamese film industry Chetana Das and Sattriya exponent Mallika Kandali are among five persons from Assam to be honoured with the Sangeet Natak Akademi Awards for the year 2024 and 2025.Tokari geet (one type of Assamese folk song) exponent Hirak Jyoti Sarma is among the six honoured…
City observatories recorded maximum temperatures between 41.6°C and 42.7°C on Monday Intense heat continued to tighten its grip on the city, and the little respite after sundown also seems to be dwindling.Monday brought one of the season’s warmest nights, with the mercury settling at 31.2 degrees Celsius — 4.5 degrees above normal and only the…
Green Card applications will now get a stronger FBI background check. Checking the FBI database to vet immigration applications is not new, but now the USCIS has gained greater access to the FBI’s criminal history database as a new enhanced security checking begins. CBS News reported that the administration has asked to pause some cases…
70% of hiring growth comes from non-metros as young professionals prioritise quality of life over metro salaries For decades, India’s biggest cities were the default destination for ambitious professionals. Better salaries, larger companies and faster career growth made metros like Bengaluru, Mumbai, Delhi NCR, Chennai and Hyderabad magnets for talent.But that equation may be changing.A…
Panaji: For years, Goa’s liquor supply chain has been like a leaking bottle. Premium scotch has been trucked in from Haryana, evading duties worth crores. Goa-manufactured whisky has moved out to Maharashtra disguised as pharmaceutical supplies. And through it all, the state’s excise department has had no reliable way to track a single bottle from…
Kolkata: Mandatory insurance for all Bengali films and a model code of conduct for shooting units are set to be key measures of Tollywood’s proposed Standard Operating Procedure (SOP), following the death of actor Rahul Banerjee during a serial shoot in Talsari on March 29.Representatives of the Eastern India Motion Picture Association (EIMPA) and the…
