Gujarat police appointed nodal officers in every district and established dedicated support teams to investigate complaints and coordinate field-level action Gandhinagar: Bank accounts used to quietly channel stolen money have come under the scanner in Gujarat’s anti-cybercrime drive. The state govt says action against 913 mule accounts helped expose cyberfraud transactions worth Rs 2,289 crore….
Farmers around Nande have completed ploughing and field preparation and are now waiting for the monsoon showers to begin sowing Pune: The delayed onset of the southwest monsoon has raised concerns among farmers and agriculture officials in Pune district, with the sowing of key pulse crops such as green gram (moong) and black gram (urad)…
Panaji: Considering the number of commercial establishments operating in the Anjuna and Vagator areas and the noise mapping data of the Central Road Research Institute (CRRI), the Goa state pollution control board is likely to recommend to the department of environment to notify Anjuna-Caisua village panchayat as a commercial area under the provisions of noise…
Pune: A 62-year-old daily wage worker was arrested in the early hours of Wednesday on the charge of attempting to rape his granddaughter, a Std III student, around 8.30pm on Tuesday in his hutment.The Parvati police on Wednesday afternoon produced him before a city court and he was remanded him in police custody till May…
Cate Blanchett said the #MeToo movement “got killed very quickly” in Hollywood, speaking Sunday at the Cannes Film Festival.In a wide-ranging staged conversation, Blanchett lamented that the tide of #MeToo has been turned in Hollywood, where she has been outspoken about gender equality. Cate Blanchett on #MeToo movement in Hollywood “It got killed very quickly,…
Panaji: The Goa Coastal Zone Management Authority (GCZMA) has found violations on Varca and Cavelossim beaches in Salcete, where illegal construction was carried out destroying sand dunes and sand dune vegetation.The tourism department made a complaint to the GCZMA last year, stating that vehicles are plying illegally on Varca beach and extracting sand, altering natural…
NEW DELHI: As concern grows over student stress, suicides in coaching hubs, dummy schools and safety lapses at private institutes, the Centre is weighing the possibility of both a national law to regulate the coaching sector and redesigning entrance exams to make private coaching less decisive in JEE, NEET-UG and CUET-UG. The reason: a nine-member…
JAIPUR: The Rajasthan High Court on Wednesday fixed May 18 for hearing a contempt petition filed by former MLA Sanyam Lodha over the delay in holding elections to urban local bodies and panchayati raj institutions.The court said it will first hear the state govt’s application seeking more time to conduct panchayat and municipal elections.The state,…
US, Iran blame each other for ceasefire violation Barely a week after the United States and Iran announced an interim ceasefire aimed at halting nearly four months of conflict, both sides accused each other of violating the agreement, raising fresh doubts over its durability on late Friday (local time).The latest escalation began after a cargo…
Every year, thousands of Indian families face the same painful dilemma: give your child a world-class education, or keep them close to home. For most, it has felt like an impossible choice. American World School Chennai (AWSC) has made that choice unnecessary.The Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC) accredits 5,800 premier American schools across…
