Kolkata: Bengal chief electoral officer Manoj Agarwal, who oversaw the Special Intensive Revision and the recent assembly polls in the state, was appointed chief secretary on Monday. He will replace EC-appointed chief secretary Dushyant Nariala, who has been posted as principal resident commissioner in New Delhi. The announcement was made by the Suvendu Adhikari cabinet…
Ghaziabad: A special Pocso court has ordered the registration of an FIR against a Provincial Armed Constabulary (PAC) constable accused of repeatedly raping a woman since she was 15, after police allegedly refused to act on her complaints despite being approached multiple times.Additional sessions judge Neeraj Gautam, allowing a criminal miscellaneous application under Section 174(3)…
Panaji: In addition to the danger of heat strokes during the extreme heat, the directorate of health services has also cautioned people against taking respite from the heat by swimming in ponds, springs and other water bodies with stagnant water, where they could risk contracting leptospirosis.State epidemiologist Dr Utkarsh Betodkar said the leptospira bacteria can…
VARANASI: Three killings within a span of 24 hours — two on running trains and one in a hospital — sent shockwaves through Chandauli on Monday morning. All the victims were murdered in cold blood. Police now say that the same person — a former serviceman, who appeared to be a mentally disturbed — was…
Rajkot/Ahmedabad: Fresh from the BJP’s resounding victory in West Bengal, Prime Minister Narendra Modi faulted his opponents, accusing them of placing appeasement politics above national pride and cautioning citizens against divisive and narrow-minded political thinking.Participating in the Somnath Amrut Mahotsav marking 75 years of the temple’s reconstruction, Modi said the rebuilding of the ancient shrine…
Amritsar: A proposal to mandate the national song has sparked a fierce theological debate in Punjab, with Sikh hardliners claiming it violates their faith’s monotheism while the BJP defends it as a symbol of shared patriotism.Iman Singh Mann, working president of the Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar), petitioned the Akal Takht secretariat on Monday to intervene…
Pune: The Maharashtra Registration and Stamps Department has revived a major project to digitise over a century of land and registration records. State registration officials told TOI that the initiative aims to digitise 30 crore pages of historical documents dating back to 1865, a move set to transform property transparency and ease of transactions across…
Guwahati: PM Narendra Modi’s appeal to citizens to conserve foreign exchange by cutting imported fuel use through public transport and carpooling has found support in Guwahati, but residents say the city’s buses largely vanish after 7pm, making the call hard to follow.Guwahati, the biggest city in the northeast, has seen major govt push on infrastructure…
Lucknow: Lucknow University’s Institute of Women and Gender Studies will introduce women and gender studies courses at undergraduate and postgraduate levels from the academic session 2026-27.The BA programme will be a four-year course with 80 seats and follow the entry and exit framework under NEP 2020. The MA programme will be of one year and…
Jhunjhunu: Anil Kumar Sharma, a jawan in the army who died during special training in Uttarakhand, was cremated with full state honours Monday at his village Ramseesar in Sikar. The atmosphere turned sorrowful when Sharma’s mortal remains reached his home. An eight-km-long ‘Shaheed Samman Yatra’ was taken out in his honour. Anil Kumar was undergoing…
