NEW DELHI: Chief election commissioner Gyanesh Kumar asserted that the poll panel will “leave no stone unturned” to ensure free and fair elections in West Bengal, outlining a framework aimed at curbing malpractices and boosting voter confidence.In a message to officials overseeing the elections on Monday, Kumar said the Election Commission of India is committed…
Palanpur: Banas Dairy is expected to commission its fourth dairy plant in Uttar Pradesh at Mitli in Baghpat district in the next 18 months, the cooperative’s chairman, Shankar Chaudhary, said.Chaudhary, who is also the Speaker of Gujarat Assembly, reviewed the progress of the under-construction facility located in the Delhi NCR region. The plant will process…
Kolkata: The liver and two kidneys of a 34-year-old fisherman from the Sundarbans, who was declared brain dead after an accident earlier this month, have saved the lives of three patients. Organs from deceased donor, Subodh Das of Kakdwip, were transplanted into the patients after consent received from his family. With this, IPGMER-SSKM opened its…
Hyderabad: Telangana’s Class 10 students achieved their best SSC results in recent years on Wednesday, with the overall pass percentage rising to 95.15%, up from 92.78% last year.School education minister K Keshava Rao announced the results at the Godavari auditorium on the SCERT campus, along with principal secretary Yogita Rana and director of school education…
File photo: Union minister Ashwini Vaishnaw speaks during a cabinet briefing, in New Delhi The Union cabinet on Friday approved a Rs 1,264-crore railway project to add a third and fourth rail line on the Ballari-Guntakal section across Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh, aiming to ease congestion, improve freight movement and strengthen connectivity along a key…
An old iron fitting found among scrap metal in eastern Poland has turned out to be part of a burial that disappeared from the archaeological record long ago. The object, recovered in Hrubieszów, is a shield boss dating to around the 2nd century CE. More unexpectedly, traces of cremated human bone were still preserved within…
Surat Municipal Corporation team shifting residents in Udhna Surat: As the city faces the threat of a third flood in 25 days, the Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) has stepped up relief, rescue and emergency operations following heavy rainfall on Friday.As a precaution, the civic body shifted 2,062 people from low-lying areas to community halls and…
Greenery to Return to Jhuriwala; Pledge Taken to Plant 1,000 SaplingsTimes News NetworkPanchkula: Following the removal of Jhuriwala dumping ground that allowed local residents to finally breathe easy in a clean environment after years, a pledge has now been taken to restore the greenery that was lost to the area.Sector 25 residents and the group…
Benchmark equity indices Sensex and Nifty ended lower on Tuesday as rising crude oil prices and continued foreign fund outflows weakened investor sentiment.The 30-share BSE Sensex fell 416.72 points, or 0.54 per cent, to settle at 76,886.91. During the session, it dropped as much as 562.57 points, or 0.72 per cent, to 76,741.06.The NSE Nifty…
Karnataka minister B Nagendra BENGALURU: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has sought sanction for prosecution from Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot against Statistics and Planning Minister B Nagendra in connection with the Karnataka Maharishi Valmiki Scheduled Tribe Development Corporation scam, in which Rs 90 crore was allegedly siphoned off.Of this, Rs 84 crore has been recovered…
