Panaji: A pilot waste deposit centre at Davorlim has cleared a major garbage dumping black spot, according to the Goa Waste Management Corporation (GWMC). The centre cost around Rs 6 lakh and includes a CCTV camera. It is powered by solar energy. GWMC plans to set up more such centres to remove black spots.Since the…
Ahmedabad: With the three-year tenure of Gujarat University vice-chancellor Neerja Gupta ending on Tuesday, the state govt made an announcement late in the night, appointing senior professor Jagdish Joshi as the in-charge vice-chancellor and ending speculation over who would hold the post next.Typically, as per norms, the process to appoint a new vice-chancellor begins three…
Sangrur: Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann on Tuesday inaugurated an Olympic-standard swimming pool built at a cost of Rs 9.5 crore at War Heroes Stadium in Sangrur and said the district would emerge as a nursery for Asian, World and Olympic champions.Sharing a video from the programme, Bhagwant Mann stated on X: “Today, the people…
Devendra Fadnavis said Android-12 specification did not mandate compulsory purchases, as the system was designed to be flexible and supported by a manual override via the CMMS portal when necessary Pune: Chief minister Devendra Fadnavis on Tuesday dismissed allegations in the state assembly that census officials were forced to purchase new smartphones due to an…
Times News NetworkLucknow: Samajwadi Party’s chief whip in UP Assembly, Kamal Akhtar, resigned from his post on Tuesday. The resignation comes amid reports of his differences with SP’s Moradabad MP Ruchi Veera.However, Akhtar claimed that he resigned on the directions of the party president Akhilesh Yadav. Party sources confirmed that he was asked to resign.“I…
Jaipur: The tourism department will ease homestay rules under the Centre’s Business Reforms Action Plan, raising the room limit from five to at least eight and scrapping key registration hurdles.The reforms, set to be notified soon, will remove the mandatory owner-occupancy requirement and do away with multiple NOCs. Online self-renewal will be the new process…
NEW DELHI: The flood situation in Arunachal Pradesh worsened on Tuesday, with one more person reported dead, taking the toll to four, while over 90,000 people have been affected across all 28 districts of the state, officials said.According to the State Emergency Operation Centre (SEOC), 90,499 people in 251 villages spread across 202 administrative circles…
MUMBAI: Amid a prediction of below normal monsoon season, which has resulted in 22% decline in total area sown under kharif crop in June, finance ministry has called for the need to “reorient” agricultural pricing policies to incentivise the cultivation of climate-resilient crops and disincentivise water intensive ones, along with building water buffers. “The weak…
The countdown to the release of Tom Holland’s ‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ has finally begun, with fans gearing up for the film’s July end release. With advance bookings already raking in the big bucks, early reports indicate that the superhero film will be swinging into theatres with one of the longest runtimes of any live-action…
Paraguay’s Gustavo Gomez, left, celebrates after winning the World Cup Round of 32 match against Germany. (AP Photo) FIFA has broken its silence over the controversial VAR decision that overshadowed Germany’s shock FIFA World Cup 2026 exit, insisting the disallowed extra-time goal against Paraguay was in line with new refereeing guidelines introduced before the tournament.The…
