NEW DELHI: Days after a high-stakes election marked by record turnout, the Election Commission on Friday ordered repolling in 15 polling stations across Magrahat Paschim and Diamond Harbour in South 24 Parganas, declaring the April 29 voting void. Fresh polling will be held on May 2 from 7 am to 6 pm, the poll body…
Guwahati: Assam tabled a bill on Thursday to create an authority for developing satellite cities around Guwahati.The Guwahati Satellite City Development Authority Bill, 2026, was introduced amid opposition from several groups on Guwahati’s outskirts to the proposed satellite townships and cities in rural belts beyond the present city limits.The bill proposes the Guwahati Satellite Cities…
Mohali: Rajya Sabha MP Satnam Singh Sandhu on Tuesday urged the Centre to establish a legally backed joint flood management mechanism for Punjab, Haryana and Himachal Pradesh, citing recurring floods and shrinking reservoir capacity due to siltation.Raising the issue through a special mention in the Rajya Sabha, Sandhu called for a long-term flood mitigation strategy…
A US delegation is expected to visit India next month for trade negotiations under the proposed bilateral trade agreement (BTA), Commerce Secretary Rajesh Agrawal said on Friday, PTI reported.“We expect the US team to visit soon..not this month..may be next month,” Agrawal told reporters.However, he said the dates for the visit have not been finalised…
AI tools helped expose CBSE portal flaws; IIT experts flag serious security gaps in OSM vendor NEW DELHI: The controversy surrounding the Central Board of Secondary Education’s (CBSE) On-Screen Marking (OSM) system has taken a fresh turn, with a high-level team of experts from IIT Kanpur and IIT Madras reportedly finding that artificial intelligence tools…
BJP candidate Suvendu Adhikari is leading in Nandigram in the early trends as vote counting continues in the West Bengal constituency.Counting is currently underway in Nandigram, one of the most closely watched seats in the state this election cycle. Suvendu Adhikari, the sitting MLA and BJP candidate, who holds a postgraduate degree and has previously…
Tarn Taran: Two friends were killed when the car they were travelling in collided with a truck that had broken down and was parked along a service lane near the District Administrative Complex here.The deceased include 25-year-old Anmolpreet Singh, a resident of Piddi village, and 35-year-old Sukhraj Singh of Rure Asal village.According to information, the…
A govt press release said an auxiliary grant scheme is being implemented under the Women and Child Development Department Mumbai: The state govt has issued a revised and comprehensive set of guidelines to expedite the recovery of dues under Revenue Recovery Certificates (RRCs) and recovery warrants, giving special priority to cases received from the Maharashtra…
Varanasi: Power Finance Corporation Limited (PFC) on Friday signed an MoU with the Varanasi Municipal Corporation for the rejuvenation and development of ponds, kunds (water reservoirs) and community wells across the city under its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiative.The agreement was signed in the presence of mayor Ashok Tiwari, PFC chairperson and managing director Parminder…
Ahmedabad: A man and his brother-in-law were allegedly cheated out of nearly Rs 24 lakh by two persons owning mobile shops. The accused allegedly got 15 credit cards issued using documents of the duo. They swiped the cards for Rs 5 lakh and siphoned off Rs 19 lakh through bank transactions, according to a complaint…
