Lucknow: The UP Rajya Vidyut Upbhokta Parishad (UPRVUP) has raised concerns over the testing process adopted for smart meters in the state, alleging that the laboratory used for examining the meters was not authorised to conduct critical tests required under the applicable smart meter standards.The issue pertains to the four-member technical committee constituted by UP…
KOLKATA: The BJP government in the state presented its first budget on Monday, focusing on the remaining eight months of the current financial year.Finance minister Swapan Dasgupta tabled the 2026–27 budget of the government led by chief minister Suvendu Adhikari, nearly two months after the BJP’s victory brought an end to 15 years of Trinamool…
Jaipur: Scarred by a series of high-profile controversies in govt recruitment examinations in the past decade, Rajasthan Public Service Commission (RPSC) has claimed it has built one of the country’s most elaborate exam-security systems, one that has ensured that no recruitment exam held since 2023 has been compromised.RPSC’s assertion comes at a time when the…
Members of Forum for IT Employees said they received complaints from employees at various levels working in several top firms, including multinational companies (MNCs) in the city. Hyderabad: Barely two weeks after the soft launch of a platform to report workplace harassment, the Forum for IT Employees (FITE) has received hundreds of complaints from employees…
Officials of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Tuesday conducted raids at multiple locations in Chennai in connection with a money laundering investigation linked to a ₹180-crore methamphetamine seizure case registered in 2024. Chennai: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) conducted raids at multiple locations in Chennai on Tuesday, in connection with a money-laundering investigation linked to a…
Thane: A community dog was rescued from a nearly 40-foot-deep pit after it accidentally fell inside after straying into an under-construction site in the Nitin Company area in the wee hours of Sunday.The municipal rescue teams were alerted by a local resident who heard the wails of the canine around midnight, following which a team…
Dinesh Trivedi (File photo) NEW DELHI: BJP leader and former Union minister Dinesh Trivedi is likely to be appointed India’s next High Commissioner to Bangladesh, with his “extensive experience” cited as a key factor, PTI reported quoting sources.If confirmed, Trivedi, who hails from West Bengal, which shares a border with Bangladesh, would be a rare…
NEW DELHI: 2026 has been a year of Congress‘ re-emergence in southern India. The party won comfortably in the Kerala assembly elections, entered the Tamil Nadu government by supporting Vijay‘s TVK, and also solved the three-year-long tussle over the chief ministerial post in Karnataka.But, just as it seemed that everything was going Congress’s way, regional…
Bengaluru: This placement season, mechanical and civil students are back in demand in engineering colleges, with many institutions reporting renewed interest in hiring students from core branches. Several colleges have witnessed an increase in the number of companies hiring from core branches for students graduating in 2025-26.Several colleges have been able to place almost 100%…
The Ghatwas primary school is one dilapidated room where students come to study in batches Classes inside a cattle shed at the Kubda Bas school The local chaupal doubles as classroom for the Mali Bas school The Ghatwas primary school is one dilapidated room where students come to study in batches Classes inside a cattle…
