Kolkata: Security has been tightened across Kolkata for Independence Day, with police stepping up surveillance amid cracking of JeM-Shahzad Bhatti and ISI-backed terror and spying modules in the city in the past month.According to sources at Lalbazar, 6,000 police personnel will be deployed across the city on Friday for the occasion.The security has been planned…
Sreejesh Parattu Raveendran of looks on during the Men’s Quarter Final match between India and Great Britain on day nine of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at Stade Yves Du Manoir on August 04, 2024 in Paris, France. (Getty Images) P R Sreejesh’s stint as India junior men’s hockey coach has ended after 17 months,…
The notification states that the scheme aims to align Punjab’s rural development framework with the national vision of Viksit Bharat@2047 NEW DELHI: The Punjab government has notified the Viksit Bharat-Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) [VB-G RAM G] Scheme, Punjab 2026, bringing the Centre’s new rural employment law into force in the state from…
The accused, Sarvesh Singh (30) was arrested from Tronica City Ghaziabad: A 40-year-old factory manager at a garment manufacturing unit was stabbed to death with tailoring scissors by a junior worker in Tronica City on Monday.The deceased, Anvesh Kumar, headed a team of tailors at the factory, in which the accused, Sarvesh Singh (30), used…
Dibrugarh: Sivasagar district commissioner Mridul Yadav on Friday visited Nanglamoraghat and other vulnerable areas along the Disang to conduct a field inspection as rising water levels in the Disang and Dikhow rivers triggered a severe flood situation in the district.During the inspection, Yadav assessed the overall ground situation and issued necessary departmental instructions to the…
The Haryana Congress on Wednesday released its list of 17 candidates for the upcoming Panchkula municipal corporation elections. Names of three wards 2, 14 and 16, however, have been kept pending. The list was approved by BK Hariprasad, in charge of party affairs in Haryana.Among the key names announced are Payal Sodhi from Ward No….
NEW DELHI: Former Army Chief General (Retd) M M Naravane on Friday said that the armed forces must be kept away from political narratives, while clarifying that individual personnel still retain democratic rights such as voting and personal political views.Speaking to reporters, Naravane stressed the need to maintain institutional neutrality of the armed forces amid…
Ahmedabad: Maheshwari Dodiyar, 19, a native of Godhra, cannot see and hear and has very limited speech capabilities. Conventionally, she could have been seen as the proverbial ‘burden’ on her family. On the contrary, Maheshwari is shouldering the financial burden of her family of labourers. She earns Rs 14,000 per month working as a serving…
CCTV footage shows ABVP members and outsiders entering the university premises KOLKATA: More than 24 hours after Jadavpur University vice-chancellor Chiranjib Bhattacharjee filed an FIR against “unknown outsiders/persons” for the violence and vandalism on campus, police on Saturday claimed they have identified some of those involved in the disturbance.They are, however, yet to make any…
Some days roar, some days simply hum along. This is the second kind. The Sun keeps your pride intact, but the Moon asks you to stay practical. Income and expenditure are likely to balance each other, so the day may not feel wildly rewarding, yet it won’t be disappointing either. Steady. That is the word.A…
