NTA begins major recruitment drive after exam reforms with new General Managers and Young Professionals appointments NEW DELHI: The National Testing Agency (NTA) has initiated a major recruitment drive as part of administrative reforms introduced after the NEET paper leak and irregularities reported in other examinations. The agency has dismissed 47 officials and started the…
NEW DELHI: For years, Jhandu Kumar’s days began at a vegetable market and ended in a gym. When life became tougher during the COVID-19 pandemic, he swapped the market for an e-rickshaw, working long hours to support his family while refusing to give up on his dream of representing India.On Friday in Glasgow, that dream…
The Saturn-Dwadashi Trap is a powerful spiritual caution for those who keep putting important responsibilities on hold. Dwadashi is connected with completing what was started, discipline, purity, fasting, correction and Lord Vishnu. Saturn, or Shani, is associated with unfinished work, debt, responsibility, hard work, delays, duty, and karma. When these two energies come together, the…
Centre agreed to no action on protesters: CJP after talks Sugandha.Jha1New Delhi: Representatives of Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) held a second round of talks with the Centre Friday, following which the govt sought time till Saturday afternoon to respond to their demand for Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan‘s resignation. CJP reasserted its agitation would continue…
Mumbai: A viral video from the CJP protest at Shivaji Park on Thursday, showing a policeman allegedly inappropriately touching a woman protester, stirred up a fresh controversy on Friday, with the opposition demanding his dismissal. The police, however, dismissed the charges levelled against the policeman, saying there was no act of misconduct by the officer…
Karnataka chief minister DK Shivakumar with Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge at his residence in Sadashivanagar, Bengaluru Bengaluru: Although expansion of the cabinet has been delayed, chief minister DK Shivakumar and Congress face a complex exercise in striking the right balance between caste and regional representation.Sources say the selection process remains wide open, and almost all…
Hyderabad: A 19-year-old engineering student from a private university in Patancheru has been missing since Wednesday.Her parents lodged a missing person complaint with the police on Thursday. According to officials, the student, who stays in the university hostel, obtained permission to leave the campus on Wednesday but did not return.When her parents were unable to…
Ahmedabad: Heavy rain caused major waterlogging on approach roads and in parts of the city’s Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport on Friday, disrupting passenger movement and delaying 36 flights. Four flights were cancelled.Airport authorities said flight operations continued despite the adverse weather, but advised passengers to leave early, allow extra travel time and check the…
Authorities said crackdowns will continue to curb unauthorised colonies and promote planned development Panchkula: In a major crackdown on unauthorised colonies, the district town planner (DTP) department Friday demolished 16 DPC (damp proof course) structures and dismantled internal road networks in three illegal colonies across Panchkula district.The drive targeted unauthorised developments in Charniyan, Kona and…
A massive pipeline stretches from a dam, highlighting modern water infrastructure and large-scale supply management Pune: The long-pending Andra closed water pipeline project has moved a step closer to implementation after the state irrigation department allowed Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) to start the tendering process for use of land around the dam.The project was…
