Vinesh Phogat (Image credit: PTI) GONDA: What was expected to be a routine domestic ranking-series wrestling tournament in Uttar Pradesh’s Gonda district turned into one of the most politically and emotionally charged episodes Indian wrestling has witnessed in recent years. The reason stood outside the Nandini Nagar Mahavidyalaya indoor hall on Monday afternoon — three-time…
NEW DELHI: The Calcutta high court on Thursday instructed the newly-elected BJP governmemt in West Bengal to “strictly maintain law and order at the ground level”. The order came after Mamata Banerjee told the court that the police had remained inactive during the post-poll violence, while also asserting that “Bengal is not a bulldozer state”…
Guwahati: Four persons lost their lives in a major fire in the city early on Friday, while another blaze reported in a different locality caused extensive property damage. Rescue personnel said both incidents resulted in significant losses.The first fire broke out at Joymati Nagar in the Jalukbari area at around 2:30 am, about 7 km from…
Madhya Pradesh Public Service Commission announces 158 vacancies for SSE Mains exam schedule 2026 details MPPSC SSE Mains 2025: Madhya Pradesh Public Service Commission has released the notification for MPPSC State Services Examination SSE Mains 2025, opening the application process for eligible candidates who qualified the preliminary examination.The online registration window will begin on June…
New Delhi/Kolkata: Twenty rebel Trinamool MPs informed Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Sunday that they will merge with a relatively unknown party from Tripura— Nationalist Citizens’ Party of India (NCPI) — and urged him to allot them a separate sitting block in Lok Sabha along with the NDA parties.The merger will make NCPI, whose…
Mamata jabs Modi, says PM can boat on Hooghly, not Yamuna KOLKATA: Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee on Friday dismissed PM Narendra Modi’s earlymorning boat ride on the Ganga as a photo-op for political gains and dared him to go into the “polluted” Yamuna in Delhi.“Our Ganga is clean. That is why the PM could enjoy…
Ghaziabad: A district court has acquitted a man accused of celebratory firing during an Independence Day event in 2021 and criticised police for a “designed defective investigation”.Chief judicial magistrate Aishwarya Pratap Singh said the prosecution was built entirely around a social media clip that police never properly secured, examined or produced in court.The court said…
Lucknow: In a step towards social and economic empowerment of teachers, the basic education department will enter into an agreement with the State Bank of India (SBI) during the launch of CM cashless medical facility for teachers on Jul 8 in Varanasi by the chief minister Yogi Adityanath.The initiative is expected to benefit 10 lakh…
Surat: Heavy rain flooded Valsad and other parts of South Gujarat on Thursday. Umargam in Valsad received 684mm of rain between midnight and noon. From noon on Thursday till 6pm, the coastal taluka got 114mm of rain.Two spans of the bridge over the Varoli river were damage in Umargam and a portion of the bridge…
Jaipur: City police Sunday arrested three members of an alleged vehicle theft gang, including its kingpin, and recovered 10 stolen two-wheelers.Police said the accused were involved in multiple vehicle thefts across different police station areas of Jaipur and allegedly committed the crimes to finance drug addiction and personal expenses.Deputy commissioner of police (Jaipur North) Karan…
