Lucknow: A total of 5,513 candidates registered for the free IAS/PCS coaching scheme, administered by the department of social welfare till June 1, the state govt said on Tuesday.Of the total, 2,848 candidates finalised and locked their applications. Interested candidates may continue to apply until June 18, following which the entrance examination will be held…
Surat: State chief minister Bhupendra Patel on Sunday inaugurated the newly constructed ‘Jamnaba Vidyarthi Bhavan’, a modern student hostel developed by Shri Saurashtra Patel Seva Samaj to provide advanced educational facilities for students of the Patidar community.The grand facility, built at Valak Patiya , is equipped with residential and study amenities for 1,000 students, along…
Extortion charge against BJP members Kolkata: BJP has suspended a local party worker in Behala and started a probe against a Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha functionary in Sinthee after FIRs were registered against them for allegedly trying to extort lakhs of rupees from property owners and traders to “allow them constructions”. A promoter, Kashinath Mondal,…
Many Delhi voters face potential deletion from the electoral roll (Representative image) NEW DELHI: The names of 15-20% of Delhi’s 1.45 crore registered voters are at risk of being deleted from the electoral roll before the publication of the draft electoral roll on Aug 17.During the near-month-long door-to-door enumeration of voters, most booth level officers…
Traders at Maidan Market say they will take some time to pack their wares and shift A hawker, whose name is not registered with Metro, packs his goods, ready to move Traders at Maidan Market say they will take some time to pack their wares and shift A hawker, whose name is not registered with…
Rajkot: A surveillance and enforcement drive conducted by the Rajkot Municipal Corporation (RMC) across food establishments led to 154kg of stale and inedible food being seized and destroyed.The drive focused on checking the quality of raw materials and the use of approved starch in farali items, including farali pattice, which are in high demand during…
Bengaluru: A 23-year-old nanny, a native of Manipur working in Bengaluru, has accused her employer’s spouse of illegally confining, assaulting and starving her at their residence on the campus of Indian Institute of Management Bangalore in Bilekahalli on Bannerghatta Road.In a complaint filed with Mico Layout police station, the woman, C Nianghaunuam, said she had…
Ahmedabad: On Monday, the city experienced a sunny day with maximum temperature reaching 34.3°C. The minimum temperature was 26.7°C. Both were 1.7 and 1.6 degrees higher than normal respectively. According to India Meteorological Department (IMD) forecast, the city and the state at large have slim chances of major rainfall even as sporadic light to moderate…
(Top row, from left) Pradeep Chauhan, alleged ringleader and IT head of the examination centre; Arun Kumar; and Vivek Kumar. (Bottom row, from left) Sandeep Bhati, Nishant Raghav, Shakir Malik; and Amit Rana. Noida: As NEET, India’s main medical entrance exam, finds itself in choppy waters after a paper leak, yet another exam fraud has…
NEW DELHI: If the first four days are any indication, monsoon session of Parliament is staring at a washout, with the opposition digging in its heels over its demand for resignation of education minister Dharmendra Pradhan, rebuffing invitations from govt for a discussion, reports Subodh Ghildiyal.Amid protests, Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha failed to transact…
