Landowners and other interested parties have been given 21 days from the date of publication of the notification to file objections to the proposed acquisition Panaji: The ministry of road transport and highways (MoRTH) has initiated the acquisition of 8,863sqm of private land at Bhoma and Kundaim villages of Ponda taluka for the proposed four-laning…
New Delhi: After 15 years of searching in the rocky streams and waterfalls of the Northeast and eastern India, SD Biju, the “frogman of India”, has found three species of leaping amphibians that are new to science.The team led by Biju, a professor at Delhi University’s department of environmental studies, found three species of Cascade…
Bengaluru: The mystery surrounding the disappearance of a 61-year-old woman ended in horror after police found her body stuffed in a suitcase from Ramohalli Lake, west Bengaluru, Tuesday afternoon.The deceased, Jayamma, a resident of Challaghatta, was a homemaker. A group of people who had gone near the lake for a funeral found the red-coloured trolley…
WBJEEB is expected to release the JENPAS UG 2026 provisional answer key soon on wbjeeb.nic.in, though no official date has been confirmed. Along with it, OMR sheets for both papers may also be issued. Candidates will be able to check their responses, download the key, and challenge any discrepancies using valid academic proof within the…
Kolkata: State finance minister and Rasbehari MLA Swapan Dasgupta has urged organisers of the Deshapriya Park Durga Puja to resolve internal disputes among themselves and keep politics out of puja. A dispute over the management has stalled preparations for the 89th edition of the south Kolkata puja.“If there are disputes among puja committees, the people…
NEW DELHI: Govt has given WhatsApp three more days to respond to its notice over the messaging platform’s proposed username feature. The Meta-owned company has assured the govt it will not roll out the feature in India until consultations are complete.According to a PTI report, WhatsApp sought additional time to reply to the ministry of…
Skoda Auto India has entered the India Book of Records and Asia Book of Records after setting the ‘Fastest Multi-Car Relay of a Single Manufacturer on a Circuit’ at the CoASTT track in Coimbatore. The achievement comes with the company’s new ‘G.O.A.T – Greatest On A Track’ campaign, which focuses on highlighting the performance-oriented character…
Jailer 2 has secured a record-breaking OTT deal worth Rs 160 crore. This is the biggest digital rights acquisition in Tamil cinema history. The Rajinikanth starrer is set for a 2026 release. The film promises a grand scale and mass entertainment. Pre-release business is strong, indicating high expectations for the sequel. Excitement for Rajinikanth’s ‘Jailer…
Physical copies of BMC meeting agendas and proposals will, however, continue to be circulated during the transition towards a paperless system, BJP group leader in the BMC Ganesh Khankar said Mumbai: The BMC has proposed to provide 13-inch tablets to all 237 corporators, including the 10 nominated members, as part of its initiative to digitise…
Hooghly district police arrested Delhi Capitals batter Abhishek Porel late Monday night. KOLKATA: Delhi Capitals player Abhishek Porel was arrested by Mogra police in Hooghly late Monday night after the Calcutta high court directed police to arrest him in connection with a rape case filed by a third-year medical student.Porel was produced before the Chief…
