KOLKATA: Suvendu Adhikari was on Friday unanimously elected the BJP legislative party leader at a meeting of newly elected MLAs in the presence of Union home minister Amit Shah, paving the way for him to become Bengal’s ninth chief minister.Making the announcement after a 30-minute closed-door meeting with the MLAs, Shah said, “Eight proposals were…
Panaji: A long delay in completing the audit of accounts of the Azossim-Mandur panchayat since 2018-2019, slow pace of laying pipeline along Pilar-Old Goa road and criticism about biodiversity management committee’s (BMC) functioning raised some dust at the recent gram sabha.At the meeting chaired by sarpanch Prashant Naik, the members alleged that disbursal of development…
Benchmark equity indices gave up most of their intraday gains on Wednesday, with the Sensex ending marginally higher and the Nifty closing in the red as renewed hostilities between the United States and Iran dampened investor sentiment.The 30-share BSE Sensex rose 64.42 points, or 0.09%, to settle at 73,983.18.The index had surged as much as…
Shimla: The BJP on Saturday stated that the CBI investigation into the death of Vimal Negi, a chief engineer in the Himachal Pradesh Power Corporation Limited (HPPCL), raised serious questions about the functioning of the state govt.Addressing a press conference at the BJP state headquarters here, the party’s state general secretary Sanjeev Katwal said that…
Chandigarh: Sixteen years after the Centre enacted the Clinical Establishments (Registration and Regulation) Act to regulate healthcare facilities and curb unethical medical practices, Punjab is yet to implement the law. Though Punjab notified its own Clinical Establishments (Registration and Regulation) Act in Oct 2020, the state govt has still not framed the rules needed to…
New Delhi: Delhi govt will organise Yamuna Riverfront Cleanliness Campaign 2026 on June 14 with the objective of restoring Yamuna’s glory, cleaning its riverbanks and raising public awareness about environmental conservation, said CM Rekha Gupta on Sunday.The campaign is expected to see the participation of nearly 500 social, religious, educational and voluntary organisations, along with…
Kick streamer Clavicular, whose real name is Braden Eric Peters, is now in serious legal trouble after a viral livestream shocked viewers online. In the clip, he and others were seen on an airboat in the Florida Everglades, where they appeared to fire multiple shots at an alligator in the water. The video quickly spread…
F-1 visa slots are vanishing in minutes in India, triggering concern among students. After months of no-show, the US started releasing visa slots for F-1 students but the slots are vanishing within minutes, pushing students to panic and anxiety about whether they would make it well before their academic session begins this Fall in US…
Tension prevailed near Govt Mother and Child hospital in Chintamani, Chikkaballapur district, Monday after relatives of a 23-year-old woman, who died days after undergoing a tubectomy, refused to accept her body and demanded action against doctors concerned.Narmada, a resident of Batlahalli village in Chintamani taluk, was admitted to hospital on April 23 for the procedure….
Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta NEW DELHI: Chief minister Rekha Gupta took a decision to implement the Disaster Management Act (DMA), 2005, on Friday. Reportedly, the CM took the decision keeping in mind the massive fire at a south Delhi hotel, allegedly built in violation of norms that claimed 21 lives, news agency PTI reported.The…
