Jaipur: Local Self Government (LSG) minister Jhabar Singh Kharra, Wednesday, said the timeline for Rajasthan’s long-pending urban local body (ULB) elections now rests with the State Election Commission and the OBC Commission, asserting that his department has completed all procedures required for the polls.“The State Election Commission and the OBC Commission will now decide the…
Produce IAS officer Sultania in court today: HC to Hyd CP Hyderabad: Telangana high court has issued a bailable warrant against senior IAS officer and principal secretary (Finance) Sandeep Kumar Sultania and directed the Hyderabad police commissioner to arrest him in a contempt case and produce him before the court on Friday at 10.30am.Justice Nagesh…
Lucknow: Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Wednesday said that while the BJP was busy causing splits in other political parties, quite some of its own MLAs in Uttar Pradesh were all set to switch sides.“BJP jo auron ki party tord rahi hai … auron ke sansad cheen rahi hai … UP mein unhin ke…
Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant criticized recent student protests over the NEET exam PANAJI: Goa chief minister Pramod Sawant on Wednesday criticised the recent student agitation over the NEET exam, saying it had “stooped to the lowest intellectual level” after placards demanding jailed activist Umar Khalid’s release surfaced during the protests.While reiterating that students have…
Kota Srinivas Poojary, MP, Udupi-Chikmagalur Udupi: Udupi-Chikmagalur MP Kota Srinivas Poojary said it was “heartening” to see Congress leaders, including KPCC president BK Hariprasad, “overflowing with devotion for Lord Rama”, a sentiment he said was absent during the construction of the Ram Mandir in Ayodhya.“It is a positive development that the Congress party, which has…
Gurgaon: Nearly six weeks after the decomposed body of a 22-year-old woman was found inside a locked bathroom in a private building in IMT Manesar, police have arrested her husband and his alleged first wife for murdering her before fleeing to Nepal. The accused, Ankit, 25, and Rajni Devi, 38, have been remanded in police…
Heavy rains lash Telangana; several districts record over 100mm rainfall Hyderabad: Heavy rains pounded northern Telangana on Thursday, with Mancherial, Jagtial and Adilabad districts recording the highest rainfall as the active monsoon spell continued across the state. The heavy spell led to waterlogging in low-lying areas, overflowing streams and disruptions to normal life.Hyderabad and its…
A stretch in Sector 29 pockmarked with rough patches Noida: Pockmarked with potholes, broken edges and rough patches, but road resurfacing across the city has been put on hold, at least for now.In Feb, the Noida Authority approved a Rs 250-crore plan to resurface about 150 km of road network across the city and set…
Mumbai: A 12-year-old girl was injured after one of the iron barricades put up by an infrastructure company on a street at Malad (E) fell on her while she was playing with her friends recently. Dindoshi Police have registered an FIR against the site supervisor. On April 16, the girl was playing with her friends…
Companies racing to replace entry-level employees with artificial intelligence may be saving money in the short term, but they could be creating a much bigger problem for the future, according to an MIT research scientist. Andrew McAfee, who co-leads the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Initiative on the Digital Economy, has warned that automating away junior…
