Mumbai: In a move set to impact millions of commuters across Maharashtra, the State Transport Authority (STA) on Friday approved a proposal by the Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC) to increase bus fares by an average 13.5%. The revised fares will come into effect from Saturday, said an official.There is no change in fare…
Bengaluru: Classes were disrupted as students of University of Agricultural Sciences (UAS), GKVK, launched a protest alleging that govt illegally expanded eligibility criteria for recruitment to the posts of agricultural officer (AO) and assistant agricultural officer (AAO).They maintained that AO and AAO are specialised technical posts responsible for providing scientific advice to farmers on crop…
Chennai: Tambaram city municipal corporation has cleared about 2.7 lakh tonnes, nearly 45%, of the six lakh metric tonnes of legacy waste accumulated at Appur landfill under its ₹36-crore biomining project.The corporation, spread across 70 wards in five zones, generates about 450 tonnes of solid waste daily. Around 2,000 sanitary workers and 400 garbage collection…
Hyderabad: A former Andhra Pradesh minister is not entitled to govt-provided personal security as a matter of right once the perceived threat to him ceases to exist, Telangana high court has held while upholding the withdrawal of security cover extended to Jalagam Prasada Rao.Dismissing a writ petition filed by Rao, Justice T Madhavi Devi ruled…
Howrah: A 15-year-old national-level rifle shooter from central Howrah, who was due to appear for national squad trials, has gone missing after leaving home on Rathayatra morning to buy milk and other household items. Police have launched a multi-district search after CCTV footage showed the teenager entering Howrah station and walking towards platforms from where…
Varanasi: A 35-year-old shuttering worker died after his motorcycle skidded on a rain-soaked road near Chhitauni village on Friday morning while he was returning home after dropping his son at school, police said.The deceased was identified as Abhishek Upadhyay, a resident of Sirsa village. According to police, he routinely took his child to a school…
Guwahati: Assam govt is exploring a Bollywood-scale biopic on Ahom commander Lachit Barphukan, with Aditya Dhar in talks.CM Himanta Biswa Sarma said during a social media live interaction on Thursday night that preliminary discussions were on with the National Award-winning filmmaker to direct the proposed film.Sarma said the feature film would seek to take the…
Bhilwara: AICC general secretary Sachin Pilot Friday reacted to former Rajasthan chief minister Vasundhara Raje’s recent remarks on maintaining civility in politics, saying that “when a person is in office, his tone is different, and when the post goes away or is taken away, the tone is different.”Pilot’s remarks came in response to Raje’s statement…
The incident occured at a hotel in Thiruvananthapuram NEW DELHI: Congress MP Shashi Tharoor was briefly trapped in a lift at a private hotel in Thiruvananthapuram on Friday before being rescued along with others after the elevator got stuck.Visuals showed a smiling Tharoor walking out of the lift after authorities managed to open its doors.“The…
USCIS says there will be no second round of lottery for H-1B. In a major update, the US Citizenship and Immigration Services announced Friday that there will be no second lottery for FY2027. “US Citizenship and Immigration Services has received enough petitions to reach the congressionally mandated 65,000 H-1B visa regular cap and the 20,000…
