New Delhi: With a few months remaining before the onset of winter when Delhi’s air quality worsens, lieutenant governor Taranjit Singh Sandhu on Monday asked agencies across National Capital Region to coordinate and implement a time-bound roadmap to curb pollution.During a meeting with Commission for Air Quality Management chairperson Rajesh Verma, Sandhu reviewed pollution-control measures…
Kolkata: The state govt will not issue no-objection certificates (NOCs) to new private higher educational institutions for the next two years. Existing private colleges will undergo a comprehensive inspection of their infrastructure, fee structures and overall eligibility to continue operations.Chief minister Suvendu Adhikari, speaking after a meeting at Bikash Bhavan, said the govt would link…
US Navy Secretary John Phelan has been dismissed after months of reported tensions with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Deputy Defense Secretary Steve Feinberg over the Navy’s modernization agenda and shipbuilding priorities, according to US officials.His removal was confirmed in a Pentagon statement posted by spokesman Sean Parnell, who said Hegseth and Feinberg were “grateful…
The theft took place at Swami Vivekananda’s Ancestral House and Cultural Centre on Simla Street on Thursday morning Kolkata: A conman brazenly walked out with furniture from Vivekananda’s ancestral house on Thursday morning. An FIR was registered at the Girish Park Police Station, based on a complaint lodged by the centre’s secretary, Swami Jnanalokananda (65),…
Judgment reinforces that employers cannot retrospectively impose bonus caps after approving incentive awards to employees Bengaluru: A UK employment appeals tribunal has ruled that Wipro must pay a former sales executive the full value of a performance bonus linked to a major contract win. The ruling rejects the company’s attempt to cap the payout at…
Escalating tensions in West Asia have renewed global attention on the Red Sea, a crucial maritime corridor linking Europe and Asia through the Suez Canal. With concerns over potential Houthi attacks near the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, the region’s strategic importance for energy supplies, international trade and India’s economic interests has come into sharp focus amid…
Mother and child care unit new building in Civil hospital at Panchkula Panchkula: Made fully operational after a delay of nearly two years after its inauguration by Haryana chief minister Nayab Singh Saini, the 11-storey Mother and Childcare Hospital is still facing several infrastructural issues, troubling the patients and the staff.After a delay of one…
Mumbai: Even a month after BMC ordered peripheral hospitals to take responsibility for patient transfers and ambulances, the reality remains unchanged as medical staff continue to find loopholes. Late Saturday, a semi-conscious 70-year-old man, Prabhakar Bhimrao — a case of suspected bleeding in the brain — was tossed from MW Desai Hospital without any medical…
You can’t turn your pages if you keep thinking about the book you read before – it’s what the renowned actor, Christian Bale, thinks. Oftentimes, the burden, the experiences, and the past get multiplied into your habits, risking losing yourself in the midst of external chaos. The experiments are meant to be taken as a…
This is an AI image used for representation Ghaziabad: A man has been arrested after seven people were struck down by his car in three separate collisions in the Niwari area Sunday. Police said he was under the influence of alcohol.The victims are Lokendra (49), Vishal (21), Dinesh Kashyap (31), Sapna (36), and her children…
