NEW DELHI: Twenty rebel Trinamool Congress (TMC) MPs in Lok Sabha are set to merge with the Nationalist Citizens Party and would extend their support to the ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA), said TMC MP Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar on Sunday. This came after hours long meeting with the Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla in New…
Kolkata: A real estate developer narrowly escaped an alleged kidnapping attempt linked to an extortion demand. According to a victim’s complaint, the incident occurred on the evening of April 19 near a petrol pump on Karl Marx Sarani. The developer said that he had been called to the spot under the pretext of a business…
Hyderabad: BJP state president N Ramchander Rao said Congress has proven itself to be thoroughly anti-women by defeating the Women’s Reservation Bill in Parliament on Friday.He said the party’s opposition reveals its discomfort with the idea of ordinary women entering Parliament and state legislative assemblies in large numbers. It also shows that its politics is…
CGBSE Chhattisgarh Board Class 10, 12 supplementary exam 2026 The Chhattisgarh Board of Secondary Education (CGBSE), Raipur, has announced the timetable for the Class 10 and Class 12 supplementary examinations, also known as the Second Main and Opportunity Examinations, for 2026.Students who wish to improve their scores or clear subjects they could not pass in…
Navi Mumbai: The Navi Mumbai Municipal Transport (NMMT) proposed to induct 200 CNG and electric buses into its public transport network under the Green Fleet initiative this year in Navi Mumbai. With 150 CNG and electric buses already in its possession while doing away with the diesel-run buses, NMMT planned to procure 100 more CNG…
Samajwadi Party leaders stage a protest, accusing the BJP of misleading the people on the issue of women’s reservation, during the special one-day session of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly, in Lucknow, Thursday Speaking on the floor of the UP Assembly, senior MLA Kamal Akhtar said the BJP was misguiding the people in the name of…
BLOs will distribute pre-printed enumeration forms in duplicate, explain how to complete them, and assist voters during follow-ups. HYDERABAD: As Telangana begins its Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, questions remain over whether booth-level officers (BLOs) will physically reach every voter.Similar challenges in states like West Bengal and Gujarat, where locked houses, apartment complexes,…
Kolkata: Municipal affairs minister Agnimitra Paul has announced that all the 128 urban local bodies and three industrial townships in Bengal will be placed under 24×7 CCTV surveillance to combat “administrative paralysis and ensure seamless delivery of civic services”.The mandate covers 121 municipalities, seven municipal corporations and three industrial townships. High-definition monitoring systems will be…
Lucknow: A day after three children of migrant labourers drowned in a rainwater-filled pit at a brick kiln in Kushinagar on Saturday, district magistrate Mahendra Singh Tanwar ordered a magisterial inquiry and directed officials to submit a report within three days.The incident occurred in Dinapatti village under the Kasya police station area, where labourers from…
Navi Mumbai: The Panvel City Municipal Corporation’s (PCMC) under-construction public toilet worth Rs 2.3 crore has been razed by Cidco near Utsav Chowk, Kharghar.The PCMC allegedly encroached upon Cidco land. The PCMC allegedly did not obtain a no-objection certificate from Cidco, but most of the structural work of the toilet has been completed. Following the…
