Hyderabad: Former minister T Harish Rao alleged that the state govt was quietly reducing its paddy procurement target from 90 lakh metric tonnes to 75 lakh metric tonnes. He said that if the govt continues on this path, it may soon declare that procurement has been completed while thousands of farmers are still waiting to…
Kolkata: IIM Calcutta’s decision to put 10 dogs in a newly-built enclosure has triggered reactions from alumni, teachers and students. More than 100 alumni have written to the institute, opposing the move.Director Alok Kumar Rai said, “The institute identified a space and created an enclosure covering 40 ft by 20 ft for the furry friends…
School education minister Vanlalthlana during the inauguration of the centre Aizawl: School education minister of Mizoram Vanlalthlana on Friday inaugurated the NE’s first-ever “New Age Tech Skills Centre” at the Government Comprehensive Model School, Model Veng locality in Aizawl.The centre has been established under the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiative of Bharat Forge Ltd, a…
NEW DELHI: Aam Aadmi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal on Friday hailed the party’s victory after it won a majority of the urban local bodies in Punjab.AAP achieved an impressive victory in 102 civic bodies by winning 862 of the 1,765 wards counted so far. A total of 1,977 wards went to the polls on May…
A political dispute has erupted over the legal exemption allowing Sikhs to carry kirpans in public after Reform UK pledged to repeal the protection following a recent murder conviction.The debate was triggered by the case of Vickrum Digwa, 23, who was convicted of murdering 18-year-old university student Henry Nowak in Southampton using a 21cm kirpan,…
US stocks opened higher on Friday, extending their record-setting rally as strong earnings and growing optimism around artificial intelligence outweighed concerns about inflation and the economic impact of the conflict involving Iran.The S&P 500 rose 0.4 per cent in morning trade, building on six consecutive gains and putting the benchmark index on track for a…
Sonakshi Sinha has leased out her upscale apartment in Mumbai’s Bandra West to the Consulate General of the State of Kuwait for a yearly rent of Rs 1.92 crore, property registration documents accessed by CRE Matrix revealed.The apartment has reportedly been rented for the residential use of Kuwait’s Consul General Emad Abdul Aziz Al-Kharaz along…
Supreme Court on Friday said clearing the Teacher Eligibility Test (TET) is mandatory for in-service teachers and extended the deadline to pass the exam till August 31, 2028, for them to continue in service.A bench of Justices Dipankar Datta and Manmohan dismissed more than 65 review petitions filed by state governments, teachers’ associations and individual…
Rajasthan Royals’ Vaibhav Sooryavanshi (ANI Photo) Vaibhav Sooryavanshi added another extraordinary chapter to his dream IPL 2026 season by becoming the first player in T20 history to score 500 runs in the powerplay during a single tournament. The Rajasthan Royals youngster achieved the milestone during Qualifier 2 against Gujarat Titans on Friday, continuing what has…
Kalyan: BJP’s Kirit Somaiya on Friday alleged a massive fake birth certificate racket in the Kalyan-Dombivli Municipal Corporation (KDMC) and Ulhasnagar Municipal Corporation areas, claiming that thousands of bogus birth certificates were issued illegally.Addressing the media, Somaiya, after meeting chiefs of both civic bodies, alleged that more than 2,000 fake birth certificates had been issued…
