Chennai: The education department has commenced the distribution of books for upper primary, high school and higher secondary classes.The Tamil Nadu Textbook and Educational Services Corporation has delivered at least 3.72 crore books for Classes IV-XII to the godowns. As many as 6.46 lakh out of 13.01 lakh books for Class I; 5.81 lakh out…
Hyderabad: Hours before Union Minister of State for Home Bandi Sanjay Kumar’s son, Sai Bhageerath, moved the Telangana high court seeking bail, the Cyberabad Police altered the charges against him, invoking harsher provisions of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act in an alleged case of sexual assault involving a minor girl.A notice was…
Singh also ordered a committee-based inquiry into alleged encroachments and drainage obstruction near Ambience Mall Nearly 14 lakh metric tonnes of legacy waste remain at the landfill site Singh also ordered a committee-based inquiry into alleged encroachments and drainage obstruction near Ambience Mall Singh also ordered a committee-based inquiry into alleged encroachments and drainage obstruction…
Kolkata: Newly appointed chief secretary Manoj Agarwal on Tuesday promised a transparent, corruption-free administration and said BJP govt would begin implementing promises made in the party’s ‘Sankalp Patra’ within the first 100 days in office.Issuing a strong warning against corruption and administrative misconduct, Agarwal said the new dispensation was committed to building a clean and…
Ghaziabad: A 15-year-old girl allegedly jumped to her death from the 15th floor of a highrise in Siddharth Vihar on Tuesday afternoon. Police said that the girl was upset after her mother scolded her earlier in the day. No suicide note was recovered and investigation is underway.According to ACP (Kotwali) Upasana Pandey, the girl lived…
Panaji: State govt has drafted the Goa Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions (Labour) Rules, 2026, aimed at strengthening worker safety, protecting labour rights and simplifying compliance for businesses by streamlining multiple labour laws.The draft rules, aligned with central labour laws, have been placed in the public domain, with govt inviting objections and suggestions within…
Gorakhpur: Farmers in the southern region of Gorakhpur are set to receive improved and uninterrupted irrigation facilities as the Yogi govt accelerates modernisation of the Chaudhary Charan Singh Gola Pump Canal project.Officials said nearly two-thirds of the work under the Rs 22.29-crore project has already been completed. Constructed in 1957, the canal system is undergoing…
Ahmedabad: The deadline for confirming admissions under the Right to Education (RTE) Act has been extended to May 15 after thousands of students were found to not have secured the allotted seats. The move aims to ensure that no eligible student is deprived of admission due to delays in confirmation.According to official data, a total…
Chief secretary H Rajesh Prasad directs sports dept to pursue national, international events Chandigarh: The UT Chief secretary Tuesday directed the sports department to fast-track all projects planned for 2026–27 and ensure their timely completion.Key projects include installation of CCTV cameras across all sports complexes, laying of astro-turf at the hockey stadium in Sector 18…
Pune: Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education is in the process of digitising all student data from 1965 to 1990. The state board has also decided to host all its data in its own servers instead of rented servers, said Trigun Kulkarni, chairperson of state board.“The data post 1990 is already available…
