Kolkata: The probe into dismissed BDO Prashanta Barman’s alleged role in jeweller Swapan Kumilya’s murder intensified after the SIT and a team of cops searched Barman’s New Town flat on Wednesday night and a forensic team collected samples from the apartment. The team collected several documents from the house for examination.Last Oct, 48-year-old gold trader…
Sector 62 drain cleaning work is in progress Noida: Noida Authority has set a July 15 deadline to complete the cleaning of all drains even as monsoon sets in. The Authority also launched on Thursday a dedicated helpline — 0120-2423795 — for residents to report complaints amid waterlogging in different parts of the city.Residents, however,…
Rules governing casino operations in Goa have neither been drafted nor notified, rendering the operations potentially unauthorised, the activists said Panaji: Activists pressing for the removal of casinos from the Mandovi river said chief secretary V Candavelou gave no firm commitment on the issue during a meeting on Thursday. Ponnjekars Against Casino raised fresh concerns…
Varanasi: Police in the Sakaldiha area of Chandauli district arrested six people on Thursday on charges of illegal religious conversion. According to police, Sakaldiha SHO Bhupendra Kumar Nishad was on patrol with his team when he received a tip off that residents were being lured and encouraged to adopt Christianity, in a house in Itwa…
Gandhinagar: US-based multinational technology conglomerate Meta has put Gujarat on its data centre map, showing interest in setting up a 168-MW data centre in the state. Even before the ink has dried on Gujarat’s new data centre policy announced on Thursday, the state has received investment intent worth an estimated Rs 8.5 lakh crore.Some of…
Chandigarh: A coalition of student organisations under the banner “PU Against Saffronisation” has demanded the cancellation of an event scheduled at Panjab University on July 20, alleging that it promotes a communal and patriarchal ideology.In a joint statement, the groups objected to the university programme, “Shakti and Srishti”, centred on women and sustainability, which is…
Work on to clear debris on Pune-Lonavla ghat section after landslide Pune: Central Railway on Thursday cancelled 14 trains, including Deccan Queen, Deccan Express and CSMT-Pune Intercity Express, from July 10 to 17 to facilitate ongoing restoration work on the landslide-affected Lonavla-Karjat ghat section, disrupting travel plans and leaving many passengers, especially pass holders, stranded.Other…
Guwahati: Assam tabled a bill on Thursday to create an authority for developing satellite cities around Guwahati.The Guwahati Satellite City Development Authority Bill, 2026, was introduced amid opposition from several groups on Guwahati’s outskirts to the proposed satellite townships and cities in rural belts beyond the present city limits.The bill proposes the Guwahati Satellite Cities…
Lucknow: Students welcomed central govt reforms in NEET and JEE to cut down need for coaching besides classroom studies, but some medical and engineering aspirants in the city said certain provisions in the proposal need clarity.The proposed changes include giving 50% weightage to Class XII board marks, allowing multiple attempts in a year, aligning entrance…
Jaipur: With Rajasthan set to begin a statewide 13-day door-to-door survey of OBC families from July 10 to determine reservation for Other Backward Classes (OBCs) for the upcoming Panchayati Raj and urban local body elections, the State Other Backward Classes (Political Representation) Commission has asked the state govt to ensure that officials deployed for the…
