Delhi is undertaking a month-long special intensive revision of its electoral roll, with over 13,000 booth-level officers verifying nearly 1.5 crore electors door-to-door. (Representative image) NEW DELHI: Over 13,000 booth-level officers (BLOs) will fan out across the city from Tuesday to begin a month-long special intensive revision (SIR) of the electoral roll, covering nearly 1.5…
Mumbai: The State Blood Transfusion Council (SBTC) is reviving the forgotten practice of auditing blood banks across the state, but with a twist: instead of transfusion officers, the ultimate responsibility for the quarterly audits will now lie with the institution heads, such as the deans of state-run medical colleges, the director of BMC hospitals, and…
CHIKKABALLAPUR: A 26-year-old physiotherapist was found dead in a locked room at a homestay near Nandi Hills on Monday, while her boyfriend was found unconscious beside her. Police suspect he attempted suicide after killing her.The victim, Sai Surabhi of Jayanagar in Bengaluru, worked at Sri Sathya Sai Hospital in Muddenahalli. Her boyfriend, Sanjeeth Ali, 25,…
Hyderabad: The Singareni Collieries Company Limited (SCCL) hasestablished a state-of-the-art Cardiac Catheterization (Cath) Laboratory at the Ramagundam-I Area hospital for the benefit of the Singareni employees and workers.The Cath Lab has been established in Godavarikhani, where a large number of Singareni employees (around 33,000) reside, and it will benefit thousands of serving employees, their families,…
Ashoknagar oilfield Dharmendra Pradhan, minister for Petroleum & Natural Gas and Steel dedicates the 8th producing basin of India, Bengal Basin to the nation, at Asokenagar, in North 24 parganas district, nearly 50km from Kolkata. …….kamalendu bhadra Kolkata: Ashoknagar in North 24 Parganas is poised to emerge as Bengal’s newest energy hub, with commercial crude…
Panaji: Chief minister Pramod Sawant on Monday urged locals and opposition parties not to create trouble over govt’s plan to build IIT Goa’s campus on govt land at Farmagudi. He said the project will not affect the Katamgal Dada shrine located in the vicinity.Sawant said he asked Ponda MLA Ramakrishna ‘Sudin’ Dhavalikar and Priol MLA…
Ahmedabad: The city’s Dariapur area was gripped by tension on Sunday evening after a dispute between two groups escalated into violence, injuries and damage to vehicles. Police rushed to the locality to maintain law and order in the area, which falls on the rath yatra route. Cross-complaints have been filed.According to one complainant, the trouble…
Chandigarh/Mohali: The Congress, BJP, Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) and the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) on Monday intensified their attack on the AAP govt over the Jaagat Jot Sri Guru Granth Sahib Satkar (Amendment) Act, alleging that the legislation was enacted without consulting Sikh stakeholders and accusing the Punjab govt of bypassing established religious institutions.Congress…
Death for 65-year-old in Nasrapur child rape-murder case PUNE: Tears rolled down the cheeks of family members of Nasrapur rape-murder victim as the special fast track court pronounced death sentence to the convict (65) on Monday.The three-year-old girl’s parents described the sentence as a step towards justice for their daughter. Her mother said, “We are…
Lucknow: The investigation into the alleged embezzlement of Ram Temple donations gathered pace on Monday as the Ayodhya Police recorded the statement of Champat Rai, the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust general secretary who has now resigned.Police officials confirmed the development, saying statements of several Trust functionaries and other persons associated with the temple’s…
