NCP corporators stage sit-in protest against BJP at the PMC headquarters on Friday Pune: The BJP versus NCP conflict deepened on Friday as corporators from the Sunetra Pawar-led party staged a protest in the PMC headquarters alleging that the BJP was deliberately diverting their development funds.BJP members also wrote a letter to NCP chief Sunetra,…
Surat:A team from the National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) visited Surat over three days to study the river rejuvenation initiatives undertaken by the Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) and assess their outcomes. The visit concluded on Friday.On the final day, a joint review meeting was held at the integrated command and control centre. It focused…
The agreement was signed at Nagaland Civil Secretariat conference hall on Thursday Dimapur: Nagaland’s power department has signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) with Tvaksas Renewable Pvt Ltd to set up a 20-MW solar power plant at Tizit in Mon district.The agreement was signed at Nagaland Civil Secretariat conference hall on Thursday, according to a…
Lucknow: The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court has quashed the termination of 26 general category junior engineers recruited by the Uttar Pradesh Jal Nigam in 2013, holding that employees cannot be made to suffer for mistakes committed by authorities during the recruitment process.Justice Irshad Ali, while allowing separate petitions filed by junior engineer…
Jaipur: Bhim Army chief Chandrashekhar Azad Friday staged a protest at Shaheed Smarak in Jaipur over the acquittal of 40 accused in Dangawas case involving the killing of five Dalits in Nagaur in 2015.He met the families of the victims and addressed hundreds of members of the Dalit community who gathered at the protest site….
SG Tushar Mehta asks CJI Surya Kant to examine APTEL’s functioning after Maharashtra govt flags alleged pro-private power developer bias New Delhi: Days after Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis flagged pro-private power developer bias of Appellate Tribunal for Electricity (APTEL) in a letter to PM Narendra Modi, solicitor general (SG) Tushar Mehta on Friday requested…
Indian-American tech entrepreneur Vivek Wadhwa said many H-1B visa holders have fake degrees. Indian-American investor Vivek Wadhwa recently said that he’s aware that 20-25% of people who come to the US on H-1B are frauds. In a podcast with Mark Halperin, the India-born Silicon Valley investor spoke about H-1B abuse and Green Card limbo. “See,…
PM Modi urges wider use of space technology in agriculture, environment and other sectors as India’s private space industry targets major growth. NEW DELHI: PM Narendra Modi on Friday interacted with chief executive officers (CEOs) and founders of 20 space startups, including India’s leading companies Skyroot Aerospace, Agnikul Cosmos, Pixxel, Dhruva Space, GalaxEye, PierSight, Bellatrix…
Rapper KR$NA opens up about his song ‘Boom Shaka’ becoming anthem of student protests Rapper KR$NA has opened up about his track ‘Boom Shaka’ unexpectedly becoming the anthem for student protests held across India in June and July. The rapper revealed he had no idea the song would take on this new identity, calling the…
You’ll need sharp eyes and a quiet mouth today, Gemini. The Moon causes anxiety and Mars at an angle that is difficult makes small dangers seem more significant than they really are. Secret rivalries such as office politics or those who smile at you when they are trying to test your patience can appear through…
