MVA said govt has failed to provide satisfactory answers on drought and farmers’ issues Mumbai: Boycotting govt’s customary tea party on the eve of the monsoon session, MVA alleged that the loan waiver scheme is fraudulent and sought that farmers’ 7/12 land extracts be cleared. It also accused govt of taking “56% commission” from projects…
Chennai: Six months after the state govt ordered school headmasters to appoint nodal officers to tackle the stray dog menace on campuses, several schools have already forgotten about the rule. The order, issued by the school education department on Dec 9 last year, came in the wake of the Supreme Court’s directives to remove stray…
KOLKATA: Parents of the RG Kar rape-murder victim have now alleged that Abesh Banerjee, a doctor and nephew of former CM Mamata Banerjee, was involved in efforts to conceal evidence after the crime. They have demanded that the CBI summon and question him as part of its ongoing probe.The allegations surfaced a day after the…
Anxious parents outside the NEET examination centre at Cujira on Sunday Panaji: A total of 4,371 students appeared for the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) at 12 centres across Goa on Sunday. The examination was largely incident-free, though a handful of students at two centres alleged they were denied entry to the exam halls.Heavy…
Ahmedabad: A long-running financial dispute culminated in the murder of a 32-year-old man in broad daylight on Ahmedabad’s busy Relief Road on Sunday, leaving commuters shaken.Police identified the victim as Jayshankar Rajput, a resident of Hatkeshwar, and the accused as Shakib Salim Sheikh of Vatva. Investigators said the two had been at odds over a…
Chandigarh: Lok Sabha leader of opposition Rahul Gandhi on Sunday held one-on-one meetings with five top Punjab Congress functionaries in what party leaders described as the final round of consultations before the party finalises its strategy for the 2027 assembly elections.The meetings in Delhi came a day after Rahul discussed the political situation in Punjab…
Lucknow: In a suspected recruitment scam linked to the UP Police constable exam in Basti, a man was duped of Rs 48 lakh by three men who promised his daughter a job and later used fabricated Supreme Court documents to extort money.In FIR filed at Kaptainganj police station, Bajrangi Lal Maurya, resident of Mahulani Buzurg,…
Condition of subway at Jawahar Circle in Jaipur Jaipur: More than two years after they were built to provide a safe crossing for pedestrians, three subways at Jawahar Circle continue to remain largely underutilised, with many people preferring to cross the busy B2 Bypass through moving traffic.The Jaipur Development Authority (JDA) completed the pedestrian subways…
NEW DELHI: Pedestrian deaths are not just a city problem. Govt data from 2019-24 shows that highways and other non-urban roads witnessed a large number of such fatalities. Nearly 30% of more than 1.8 lakh pedestrian fatalities were reported on national highways (NHs) while the 50 million-plus cities had nearly 12-13% of all such deaths…
Gold, Silver Rate Today Live Updates: Apart from geopolitical developments, investors will monitor the People’s Bank of China’s policy decision on Monday, preliminary manufacturing and services PMI readings from major economies, US housing data, Personal Consumption Expenditures (PCE) inflation figures and consumer sentiment data. Statements from Federal Reserve officials will also remain under scrutiny as…
