Projects need to follow voters, to the added areas in Chennai CHENNAI: Electoral data after SIR underscores that the added areas are growing fast while the core city stays stagnant, underscoring the need for a policy shift in infrastructure investment and timely completion of civic projects. Even after nearly 30% deletions, the electorate in Sholinganallur,…
Audit at private institutes Kolkata: The state higher education department on Wednesday formed teams to visit private institutes, including BEd colleges, primary teachers training institutes and degree colleges, and evaluate classroom teaching, student enrolment and attendance. The inspection is meant to verify if private college students, who first pay high admission fees and then hefty…
Benchmark equity index Sensex erased steep early losses to finish 117 points higher on Wednesday, supported largely by gains in Reliance Industries, even as investor sentiment remained cautious amid elevated crude oil prices and continued weakness in the rupee. The 30-share BSE Sensex advanced 117.54 points, or 0.16%, to close at 75,318.39. The index had…
Renowned actor Sayaji Shinde, who has left an indelible mark with his performances in films like ‘Shool’ and ‘Sarkar Raj’, has embarked on an inspiring environmental campaign known as Sahyadri Devrai. This initiative has successfully planted over 650,000 trees across Maharashtra, all sparked by Shinde’s profound love for his mother and a strong resolve to…
New Delhi: The rain disrupted morning traffic headed to schools and offices across Delhi on Thursday, with waterlogging on several roads slowing vehicles on key corridors and fallen trees adding to commuters’ woes.Among the worst-hit stretches was NH-24 near Ghazipur, where waterlogging severely affected traffic entering Delhi from Ghaziabad. Traffic Police issued an advisory urging…
Fazilka: A clash broke out between a police team and locals during a land dispute in Fazilka on Sunday, with personnel allegedly manhandled and a video of the incident going viral. Police said at least eight people have been booked in the case, including four named accused. Two have been arrested so far, while efforts…
Kolkata: The state higher education department is scrapping PhD entrance test conducted by respective universities and made the National Eligibility Test (NET) mandatory for admission to PhD programmes in state and private universities, as well as aided institutions. The department issued an order to this effect on Monday.Higher education department officials said the state govt…
NEW DELHI: Tamil Nadu chief minister C Joseph Vijay said the cancellation of the NEET-UG 2026 examination exposed “structural flaws” in the system and demanded for the test to be scrapped.Vijay said governments in Tamil Nadu had “consistently and unanimously” opposed NEET since its introduction, arguing that it had “severely disadvantaged the students from rural…
The magistrate returned to Ludhiana and found a bicycle worth ₹40,000, a 10-gram silver coin, and ₹2,000 in cash missing from the property, following which a police complaint was lodged. Ludhiana: Unidentified thieves broke into the house of a judicial magistrate in the upscale BRS Nagar locality and escaped with cash and valuables while he…
Chandigarh: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Wednesday arrested two employees of the Haryana Labour Welfare Board for their alleged role in the multi-crore IDFC First Bank-AU Small Finance Bank funds diversion case, taking the total number of arrests in the case to 27.Special CBI judge Vijayant Sehgal has remanded both accounts officer Jugal…
