In Gurgaon, the civic body has issued directions for the formation of QRTs in all zones to ensure effective and time-bound execution of census-related work Gurgaon: Municipal corporation of Manesar (MCM) has recommended an FIR against two staff members from a govt school in Garhi Harsaru and a private school in Sector 1, who had…
Kolkata: The Brigade Parade Ground is set to don a carnivalesque look on Saturday, the day Bengal’s first BJP chief minister takes his oath. As party functionaries and workers get cracking on the preparations, massive waterproof, hangar tents are being set up to seat 50,000 people, 10,000 special invites are being sent out and work…
Ghaziabad: With the self-enumeration window for Census 2027 opening on May 7, the district administration has turned the digital census into a district-wide public campaign, taking it from govt offices to classrooms, housing colonies and social media feeds.In perhaps its most direct push, schools have been asking students to tell their parents to complete the…
Panaji: The National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) data reveals that Goa has a 13.3% crime rate, which is the highest crime rate in terms of rape cases registered in the country in 2024. In 2024, a total of 105 rape cases were registered in the state, and there were 106 survivors in those cases.A total…
Varanasi: Halia police in Mirzapur district on Thursday arrested a 24-year-old man for posting objectionable videos of a woman on social media after she refused to convert to his religion.Mirzapur SP Aparna Rajat Kaushik said the complainant reported that Bablu Mustafa was pressuring his married sister to convert to his religion and when she refused…
Ahmedabad: Senior oncologists on Friday said that multiple factors, including lifestyle and consumption of substances such as tobacco, are responsible for the overall rise in cancer cases. As the burden of disease increases, the focus should be on early diagnostics and intervention. The oncologists were speaking on the occasion of the inauguration of KD Hospital…
Hisar: Police have arrested a woman and her lover after he allegedly raped a 19-year-old woman at a private hotel in Hisar after she was lured on the promise of a job.The woman is the sister-in-law of the victim’s cousin. She brought the 19-year-old from Punjab to Sirsa. According to the FIR, the woman’s boyfriend…
Pune: The city witnessed a sharp rise in violent crimes in 2024 compared to the previous two years, according to the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) data released on Wednesday.Though Pune’s case figures remained lower than some major metro cities, the increase has raised concerns over growing incidents of serious crime. The data showed that…
Guwahati: Assam Advocate General (AG) Devajit Saikia said on Thursday that he has resigned from his post following the end of the present govt’s term.CM Himanta Biswa Sarma tendered his resignation on Wednesday to governor Lakshman Prasad Acharya who asked him to continue as the head of the caretaker govt until the next govt is…
Lucknow: Countries like Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Nepal continue to attract MBBS aspirants from the state who fail to qualify for govt medical colleges and cannot afford Indian private colleges.The trend has been the same since 2021, when the National Medical Commission (NMC) brought the regulation that it will recognise medical degrees of those…
