New Delhi: Former Agniveers may soon get direct recruitment into Delhi Police, Home Guards and Delhi Fire Service without having to appear for written examinations or physical tests. Delhi govt is also considering a 20% horizontal reservation for ex-Agniveers in these services.Under the proposed framework, the vacancies would be earmarked for ex-Agniveers, with their selection…
The doctors had to switch from natural birth to C-section owing to complications Navi Mumbai: A 23-year-old woman had a stillbirth after doctors switched from natural birth to a C-section at a hospital run by Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation in Vashi on Sunday. Family members alleged medical negligence and protested outside the hospital. The hospital’s…
Bengaluru: The nucleus of growth will soon shift from core city areas to suburbs. Govt has plans to establish nine integrated industrial townships, expand mass transit, build new housing and region-wide water and sewage infrastructure across Bengaluru Metropolitan Region in the next decade.Chairing a meeting of the advisory committee on BMR’s economic development Monday, chief…
Vijay asked Jaishankar to take up the matter directly with Colombo Chennai: Tamil Nadu chief minister C Joseph Vijay on Monday urged external affairs minister S Jaishankar to intervene immediately to secure the release of 20 fishermen and 270 impounded mechanised boats in Sri Lankan custody.In a letter to Jaishankar, Vijay expressed concern over repeated…
Hyderabad: BRS deputy floor leader and former minister T Harish Rao on Monday expressed concern over the rise in prices of fine rice and other essential commodities and urged state govt to immediately review the situation and take steps to provide relief to consumers.In a statement, Harish Rao criticised Congress govt, alleging that it had…
Departments currently dependent on groundwater have been asked to identify alternative sources and gradually discontinue the use of borewells Gurgaon: Govt officials and experts have highlighted a sharp variation in groundwater levels across the city. Consequently, the city is set to adopt a targeted groundwater recharge strategy. The variation was discussed at a high-level meeting,…
Kolkata: “Let him (Milan Pradhan) contest,” observed CJI Surya Kant on Monday as the Supreme Court adjourned Bengal govt’s plea challenging the Calcutta High Court’s interim bail to Pradhan for hearing to Oct 7, a day after the elections.The matter came up for hearing before a bench of CJI Surya Kant and justices Joymalya Bagchi…
Ghaziabad: Crackers being packed into a Ravan effigy for Dussehra exploded inside a community centre on Monday, injuring five workers and ripping apart two walls. The blast shattered doors, damaged an adjoining house and sent panic through the neighbourhood as repeated explosions continued for nearly a minute.The explosion occurred around 9.30am at GMC community centre…
Panaji: The Goa Human Rights Commission on Monday said that residents of Saldana Kieran Park, a residential complex at Calangute, faced human rights violations due to the unauthorised commercial use of apartments for daily tourist rentals.The commission recommended that the tourism director seal flats being used for commercial purposes within 30 days. It also said…
SAD functionary Bikram Singh Majithia Patiala: Senior Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) functionary and former Punjab minister Bikram Singh Majithia did not appear before a Punjab Police Special Investigation Team (SIT) on Monday in connection with the 2021 multi-crore synthetic drug trafficking case.Majithia’s counsel and SAD spokesperson Arshdeep Singh Kler appeared before SIT led by Mohali…
