Jaipur: A pilot social audit of govt schools in Rajasthan began at Shrimati Kamla Devi Budhiya Govt Higher Secondary School in Hirapura Wednesday. Students, parents and school management committee members took part in a public hearing to review the implementation of schemes under Samagra Shiksha and identify gaps in delivery.Twenty schools have been selected for…
SRINAGAR: A Jammu NIA court has rejected the bail application of Hurriyat Conference member Shabir Ahmad Shah in connection with a 30-year-old case of mob violence during a terrorist’s funeral procession in Srinagar, observing that there is “a well-founded apprehension” that if released, he is likely to continue such activities “to the detriment of national…
A long-running dispute between a South Texas ranch owner and an oil company over access to a shut-in well took another turn October 1, when a Texas appeals court ruled that state law allows the operator to cross neighboring private land to reach the well for plugging work. The ruling came from the Texas Thirteenth…
Motivational quote of the day by Mel Gibson: ‘Nothing ever goes according to plan. But the mistake is to think that the journey was not worth it,’ a powerful life lesson on accepting what we cannot control and moving forward(Image Credit: @melgibson_fanpage on Instagram) You can’t have ‘Mad Max’ or ‘Lethal Weapon’ without Mel Gibson….
Shreyas Iyer (Pic credit: BCCI) NEW DELHI: India captain Shreyas Iyer has made a stunning leap into the top 10 of the ICC T20I batting rankings after his breathtaking maiden century, while Axar Patel has also broken into the elite list following a dramatic rise in the latest update.Iyer has jumped 18 places to seventh…
General:It will start the day with a clean, forward pull and you will feel it early. The Moon feeds your zeal, Jupiter looks favorably upon learning and judgment, which means that your mind remains active and at work and not wandering.You will have a more active and vigorous movement than normal, but not scatter-brained. You…
New Delhi: A month after a building collapse in Satya Niketan left students worried about the safety of their accommodation, reports of tremors across the city Tuesday night briefly revived those fears. Although the initial alarm soon gave way to relief, for students living in the area’s tightly packed paying guest accommodations and rented rooms,…
Mumbai: With some of the infrastructure at the Pise water pumping station nearly five decades old, BMC is building a backup facility at the site with the capacity to supply 455 million litres per day (MLD).The project, which includes construction of a new pickup weir with gates on the Bhatsa river, is around 60% complete….
Bengaluru: An AI-based survey of 2,493.5km of roads across Bengaluru North City Corporation’s seven divisions and 72 wards has identified 14,393 potholes, with 82.1% of the surveyed roads classified as being in good-to-adequate condition.The survey, conducted using real-time images captured through dashcams, found 1,426.8km of roads in good condition and another 607.1km with minor surface…
Chennai: Madras high court on Wednesday refused to restrain the DVAC from taking any coercive action against a Class-I contractor of state water resources department, who challenged a 2024 communication sent by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to the Tamil Nadu DGP in connection with its probe into alleged ₹4,000 crore illegal sand mining.The first bench…
