Female candidates outnumbered male candidates during the entrance test, making up 53.88% of the total attendees compared to 46.12% males. Ludhiana: Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) conducted its Common Entrance Test (CET) today for admission to various undergraduate programmes for the 2026-27 academic session. A total of 3,703 candidates appeared for the exam to compete for…
Surat: The Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) has found mosquito breeding at 1,089 construction sites during the week-long drive to curb vector-borne diseases.As part of the targeted inspection exercise, civic health teams surveyed 1,579 ongoing construction projects. Officials said breeding conditions were identified at a large number of sites, prompting enforcement action and fines amounting to…
Jay Pawar, Ajit Pawar’s son, pays homage Pune: Nephews of late deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar and NCP (SP) members Rohit Pawar and Yugendra Pawar on Thursday claimed that justice has eluded their uncle as the plane accident in which he and four others died was now four months old without any progress on finding…
It is a piece of cloth, a gesture of respect among Tamil people. But over the years, the melthundu — ‘mel’ meaning upper, ‘thundu’ meaning cloth — has come to mean much more than that. Forbidden at one point for particular communities, later reclaimed as a mark of protest, and now reimagined in party colours,…
Jaipur: Rajasthan’s medical education department has ordered all medical colleges and attached hospitals to enforce “airtight execution” of standard operating procedures after seven maternal deaths in Kota and Bikaner and post-childbirth complications in eight women in Jodhpur.The order follows an AIIMS, Delhi investigation into the Kota maternal deaths, which flagged the need for proper implementation…
Rajveer Meena during treatment Alwar: A forest employee was injured in a sudden encounter with a tigress while conducting routine tracking in the Reejhauni forest block of the Sarmathura area in Dholpur Friday morning. The employee, identified as Rajveer Meena, was attacked by the tigress T-117 during the inspection of camera traps, forest officials said.Rajveer…
Pune: A loaded diesel tanker caught fire at a fuel station along the Talegon-Chakan road in Telegaon Dabhade on Wednesday evening.Gorakh Shinde, the tanker driver, suffered minor burns. Alert employees at the filling station immediately started to douse the flames. Fire tenders from Talegaon Municipal Council were pressed into action and the fire was brought…
The shops had been developed by the mosque’s manager and sold off or leased out to others Ghaziabad: The district administration has demolished 14 illegal shops on municipal land near Jama Masjid in Modinagar and imposed a penalty of Rs 2.2 crore on the encroachers. Officials said notices had been issued to these shop owners,…
Congress functionaries during shramdaan in Ajmer Saturday Jaipur: Rajasthan Congress functionaries, including Leader of Opposition Tikaram Jully and PCC chief Govind Singh Dotasra Saturday joined MGNREGA workers for a symbolic shramdaan in Farkiya village of Ajmer district, accusing the BJP govt in the state and Centre of trying to weaken the rural jobs scheme.Jully, Dotasra…
‘Hera Pheri 3’ remains one of Bollywood’s most‑awaited sequels, though it has yet to begin production despite an announced start and an announcement video shoot. Sameer Anjaan admits he is unsure if the film will ever be made, while Akshay Kumar confirms it is not progressing now due to unresolved issues. ‘Hera Pheri 3’ remains…
