Guwahati: Activists have opposed the felling of trees along the banks of the Deepor Beel, a Ramsar site near Guwahati, for an elevated railway corridor, even as they and the railways describe the project as necessary to prevent elephant deaths in train collisions.Environmentalists demanded that valuable trees along the four-kilometre foothill stretch be transplanted instead…
Gorakhpur: Tension gripped Madan Mohan Malaviya University of Technology on Wednesday after a group of girl students staged a protest, alleging that a male professor had entered their hostel premises unauthorized.The protest, which lasted nearly four hours, saw many students gather at the main gate, raise slogans, and accuse the professor of knocking on their…
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…
Pune:The Maharashtra State Government Employees Confederation (MSGEC) has called an indefinite strike starting Tuesday and 17 lakh employees, including 24,000 nurses of govt medical colleges and district as well as rural hospitals, are expected to join in order to raise long-pending issues.The confederation’s various demands include reinstatement of the old pensionscheme,recruitment to vacant nursing positions,…
Rajkot: A 62-year-old woman from Veraval in Gir Somnath district was allegedly defrauded of over Rs 76.66 lakh in cash and gold jewellery by two men who promised to unearth a hidden treasure using occult rituals, according to an FIR filed on Sunday.Veraval City police registered a case of cheating, criminal conspiracy and criminal intimidation…
The week opens on a bright note. You’ll get honour and respect, and people seem to listen when you speak. That’s not luck, it’s your steady presence finally getting noticed. Business owners may receive orders easily from different sources, and even salaried folks can feel their social standing rise through one good conversation. Still, there’s…
KKR captain Ajinkya Rahane and GT skipper Shubman Gill (Pic credit: IPL) NEW DELHI: Winless and under mounting pressure, Kolkata Knight Riders made a bold call at the toss, bringing in Tim Seifert for Finn Allen as they elected to bat first against Gujarat Titans in their Indian Premier League match at the Narendra Modi…
United flight diverted, passengers evacuated via emergency slides in Pittsburgh A United Airlines flight bound for New York was forced to make an emergency diversion to Pittsburgh International Airport on Saturday after the crew reported a possible security threat onboard.According to The Guardian, Flight 2092 had taken off from Chicago O’Hare International Airport and was…
Hisar: The Hisar police have arrested two youths from Uttar Pradesh with 754 grams of opium , officials said on Saturday. A case has been registered against the arrested under the NDPS Act, and further investigation is underway. According to a police spokesperson, the Barwala CIA team, led by in-charge Pradeep Kumar, had received a…
The makers of director Paul George’s pan-Indian Malayalam film ‘Kattalan’, featuring actor Antony Varghese (Pepe) in the lead, have now revealed the character actor Anson Paul plays in the film, much to the delight of fans and film buffs.Makers took to its Instagram handle to disclose that Anson Paul played a character called Stanley in…
