Varanasi: To promote the use of Hindi language in all the central govt related work, a meeting of the Nagar Rajbhasha Implementation Committee (NARAKAS), was held at the GM conference hall on Friday, alongside a literary seminar on noted poet, writer and journalist, Makhan Lal Chaturvedi.The meeting was chaired by chaired by North Eastern Railway…
Ahmedabad: The railways is planning to curate a journey through Gujarat’s lion land, Gir, on a train that will offer passengers a 360-degree view, simulating the sensation of being surrounded by wilderness where jungle royals luxuriate.The Bhavnagar railway division has proposed to run the train with specially created air-conditioned coaches called the Vistadomes, which have…
Bathinda: A day after a 32-year-old trader allegedly died by suicide, Bathinda police on Saturday arrested a woman working as a reader to a judge in the district courts and her husband for criminal conspiracy and abetment of suicide. Police have also initiated an inquiry into the role of Bathinda City-1 DSP, who was named…
Surat: Alleged sexual harassment of a Class 10 girl sent people’s tempers flaring in the Althan area, keeping the locality on edge throughout Friday night and Saturday afternoon.The 38-year-old accused was allegedly thrashed twice by angry residents — first when locals caught him soon after the incident, and again on Saturday when police brought him…
Itanagar: Nineteen out of the 27 districts of Arunachal Pradesh have been declared malaria free, a state govt official said.The World Malaria Day 2026 observance was organised with the national theme, ‘Driven to End Malaria: Now We Can. Now We Must’, at the directorate of health services office at Naharlagun on Saturday.Speaking at the event,…
Lucknow: Run for underprivileged students by social welfare department, Jai Prakash Narayan Sarvodaya Schools, produced a stellar performance in UP Board results. 99.2% of students who appeared for Class X exams and 99% Class XII students were declared successful. Students of Jai Prakash Narayan Sarvodaya Balika Vidyalaya, Nidauri in Ghaziabad showed outstanding performance too. In…
Rajkot: A migrant worker was killed in an industrial accident at an engineering unit near Bharudi village on National Highway 27 in Gondal taluka of Rajkot district on Friday.The deceased, Omkarpal, died after being run over by a crane while assisting in shifting iron rods at the unit. He lost balance and fell as the…
Jaipur: The recent incident of fire at the HPCL Rajasthan Refinery Ltd (HRRL) at Pachpadra in Balotra district has been traced to a localised section within the Crude Distillation Unit (CDU), with initial findings suggesting a technical fault as the probable cause. The refinery, an ambitious project for the state, is now undertaking restoration work…
KOLKAT/CHENNAI: Bengal recorded a historic 93.2% turnout in the first phase of assembly elections, while Tamil Nadu’s final provisional figure settled at 85.1% after a marginal revision, EC data showed on Saturday.More than 3.36 crore voters cast ballots across 16 Bengal districts on April 23, out of a 3.6 crore electorate. Cooch Behar led with…
A foreign worker in the United States has found themselves racing against time after a job loss left them with just three weeks before their visa expires. This prompted urgent advice from strangers on Reddit on how the worker might be able to remain in the country.The worker is on an H-1B visa and explained…
