Bengaluru: In a crackdown on narcotics and a simultaneous push to curb drug abuse among youngsters, state govt Tuesday launched two key anti-drug campaigns, Operation RISE (Refuse, Inform, Support, Empower)’ and Beda Bro (Let’s Refuse, Bro) initiative. It also announced plans to destroy 4,276.4 kg of seized drugs valued at Rs 97.9 crore soon.Over 8.3…
Tamil Nadu posts 370 foreign medical graduates in non-teaching hospitals Chennai: Tamil Nadu has allotted Compulsory Rotating Medical Internship positions to foreign medical graduate (FMG) doctors across 13 non-teaching hospitals in the state, accommodating 370 interns who had been on the waiting list maintained by the Directorate of Medical Education (DME) headquarters in Chennai. The…
According to officials, the highest bid touched Rs 1.09 lakh per sq yard Hyderabad: The Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority (HMDA) fetched a record-high bid of Rs 1.09 lakh per sq yard at its Mokila layout auction, held over Monday and Tuesday.The highest bid was more than double the govt-fixed upset price of Rs 50,000 per…
Kolkata: The integrated control room aimed at improving services in govt hospitals across the state is set to become operational at Swasthya Bhawan from Wednesday. The state health department has deployed a 28-personnel-strong contingent to man the control room 24×7 on rotation. In the first phase, the control room will be connected with govt hospitals…
Panaji: A pilot waste deposit centre at Davorlim has cleared a major garbage dumping black spot, according to the Goa Waste Management Corporation (GWMC). The centre cost around Rs 6 lakh and includes a CCTV camera. It is powered by solar energy. GWMC plans to set up more such centres to remove black spots.Since the…
Ahmedabad: With the three-year tenure of Gujarat University vice-chancellor Neerja Gupta ending on Tuesday, the state govt made an announcement late in the night, appointing senior professor Jagdish Joshi as the in-charge vice-chancellor and ending speculation over who would hold the post next.Typically, as per norms, the process to appoint a new vice-chancellor begins three…
Sangrur: Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann on Tuesday inaugurated an Olympic-standard swimming pool built at a cost of Rs 9.5 crore at War Heroes Stadium in Sangrur and said the district would emerge as a nursery for Asian, World and Olympic champions.Sharing a video from the programme, Bhagwant Mann stated on X: “Today, the people…
Devendra Fadnavis said Android-12 specification did not mandate compulsory purchases, as the system was designed to be flexible and supported by a manual override via the CMMS portal when necessary Pune: Chief minister Devendra Fadnavis on Tuesday dismissed allegations in the state assembly that census officials were forced to purchase new smartphones due to an…
Times News NetworkLucknow: Samajwadi Party’s chief whip in UP Assembly, Kamal Akhtar, resigned from his post on Tuesday. The resignation comes amid reports of his differences with SP’s Moradabad MP Ruchi Veera.However, Akhtar claimed that he resigned on the directions of the party president Akhilesh Yadav. Party sources confirmed that he was asked to resign.“I…
Jaipur: The tourism department will ease homestay rules under the Centre’s Business Reforms Action Plan, raising the room limit from five to at least eight and scrapping key registration hurdles.The reforms, set to be notified soon, will remove the mandatory owner-occupancy requirement and do away with multiple NOCs. Online self-renewal will be the new process…
