Ahmedabad: A student who clears Class 12 through the supplementary examination conducted by the Gujarat Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board within two months of the board exams can pursue medical or engineering courses on the strength of marks obtained in the second exam, but do not qualify to apply for the Primary Teacher Certificate…
Alwar: A 44-year-old engineer died by suicide after allegedly jumping in front of a train near Dhigawda railway station on the Rajgarh-Malakheda rail route in Alwar district Sunday.The deceased was identified as Gagan Aggarwal, a resident of Moti Nagar Kali Mori in Alwar city.His elder brother, Nirmal Kumar Aggarwal, lodged a complaint against Gagan’s wife…
Every day in every Indian city, from the cramped lanes of Old Delhi to the gated high-rises on Bengaluru’s Outer Ring Road, is a losing battle. Cars spill onto footpaths, two-wheelers clog intersections and residents welfare associations send angry messages about who parked where first. What began as a minor inconvenience for the city has…
Kolkata: Even while refusing an interim stay on assembly speaker Rathindra Bose’s June 3 decision to appoint Trinamool rebel camp neta Ritabrata Banerjee as the leader of opposition, the Calcutta High Court on Tuesday said the appointment will be a provisional decision valid for only two months till a single bench disposes Mamata Banerjee-loyalist MLA…
Thane: The medical officer at the Kalyan-Dombivli Municipal Corporation’s Rukminibai Hospital has been served a show-cause notice for allegedly providing incorrect information regarding dog bite cases on Sunday, civic officials informed on Wednesday.The facility actually attended to 58 dog bite patients on Sunday, but Dr. Sandeep Pagare, medical officer at the facility, apparently failed to…
New Delhi: Parts of Delhi witnessed short but intense showers, bringing temperatures down Tuesday.Safdarjung, the city’s base station, recorded 2.8 mm of rainfall between 8.30 am and 11.30 am. Palam, Jafarpur and Janakpuri received 9.1 mm, 10.5 mm and 5.5 mm, respectively, while Najafgarh logged 24 mm during the same period. Palam had also recorded…
Copper spheres (Instagram) In a recent update, 29 large metal spheres were excavated in Bhanauli village of the Musafirkhana area, Amethi district in Uttar Pradesh on Tuesday, August 18. The discovery spread a sudden panic among villagers during foundation excavation. The objects, initially described as cannonball- or shell-like, were soon taken into custody by police….
India beat Wales in the World Cup opener. (Pic credit: Hockey India) NEW DELHI: India made a confident start to their FIH Hockey World Cup campaign, defeating Wales 3-1 in their opening Pool D match at the Wagener Hockey Stadium in Amstelveen on Saturday. Captain Harmanpreet Singh led from the front with a brace, scoring…
Calcutta High Court (file picture) Kolkata: Calcutta HC on Monday referred to the dispute over Congress’s Nowda party office as akin to the Delhi ‘masnad’, “first the Ghori dynasty, then the Sultanate, Mughals and the British.” The court refused to interfere in Congress neta Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury’s case, directing him to approach the civil court.Chowdhury…
Accused harboured a grudge against the supervisor for getting his brother fired from his job at the petrol pump the previous month Mumbai: A case of ‘attempt to commit murder’ was registered against a motorist after he tried to run over a petrol pump staffer with his car, dragging him for a short distance before…
