Students during the protest at an inter college in Ajmatgarh, Azamgarh Varanasi: Hundreds of students staged a protest at an inter college in Ajmatgarh, Azamgarh, on Tuesday, demanding appointment of teachers for physics, chemistry and mathematics.The students alleged that the college had been running without physics and chemistry teachers since June, while there had been…
Ahmedabad: An early-morning tip-off led State Monitoring Cell straight to a residential locality in Bodakdev, where officers caught two men red-handed unloading a stash of illicit booze worth Rs 4.1 lakh on Wednesday.Police seized 597 bottles of Indian-made foreign liquor and other materials totalling Rs 9.1 lakh, according to a complaint filed by SMC at…
Jalandhar MP and former Punjab CM Charanjit Singh Channi Chandigarh: Former Punjab chief minister Charanjit Singh Channi skipped the Congress Working Committee (CWC) meeting on Wednesday, citing his MA postgraduate examination, even as other senior Punjab leaders attended the party’s highest decision-making body amid the state’s continuing factional tussle.The meeting, chaired by Congress president Mallikarjun…
The operators say state transport department has yet to notify National Informatics Centre, which manages the software used for certificate generation Pune: PUC centres across Maharashtra are forced to charge the old fees for issuing the certificate because the revised rates, effective Aug 17, have not yet been updated in the online system.The operators blamed…
Surat: The under-construction metro rail project in the city, expected to improve public transport once operational, has triggered concerns over waterlogging and drainage blockages even before trains begin running.Construction on two metro corridors spanning nearly 40 kilometres is underway across Surat. Municipal officials say work at several locations has damaged existing stormwater and sewage lines,…
Guwahati: Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed a petition filed by accused Siddharth Sharma seeking transfer of the trial outside Assam in the case related to singer Zubeen Garg’s death.In May, Gauhati high court rejected Sharma’s bail plea, citing “possibilities of influencing witnesses, hampering further progress of the case and high possibilities of fly away” if…
File photo: UP Tourism and Culture Minister Jaiveer Singh with H.E. Junichi Ishidera, Deputy Governor, Yamanashi Prefecture Lucknow: On the second day of their visit to UP, the Japanese delegation will embark on a four-day cultural and tourism journey across UP to experience the state’s living traditions, cuisine, Buddhist heritage and spirituality, with the visitors…
Some of the affected are from different parts of Bhavnagar district. Investigators suspect they got liquor from the same chain of bootleggers Rajkot: Six people have died and at least 25 others were hospitalized after drinking methanol-spiked liquor packaged in “Royal Stag” bottles in Bhavnagar district.Questions emerged later about an alleged delay in police reporting,…
Jaipur: BJP has appointed senior party members as incharges for six divisions to oversee organisational work and election management across Rajasthan ahead of the upcoming civic elections.The appointments were made on the directions of BJP state president Madan Rathore, with lists released on Tuesday and Wednesday by party state general secretary and headquarters in charge…
FSSAI has recently taken action against companies operating in several segments. NEW DELHI: The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has stepped up action against food companies using “100%” claims on product labels and in advertisements, saying several firms have now removed such claims following regulatory intervention.The food regulator said on Wednesday that…
