Kolkata: Senior PWD officials on Wednesday stepped up preparations to shift the state secretariat to the historic Writers’ Buildings as the incoming BJP govt is apparently unwilling to work from Nabanna.The urgency of the move was underlined by a police inspection on Wednesday, when officers visited different floors of the Writers’ Buildings to assess the…
Police said the robbery occurred during the employees’ lunch break, shortly after they had finished loading cash at the ATM, suggesting the assailants had monitored the team’s movements The van was found on the Delhi-Meerut Expressway, about 10 km away from the ATM kiosk in Crossings Republik area The criminals forced the driver to step…
Panaji: The Bombay high court at Goa on Wednesday directed the regional director of Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), southern region, to complete preparation of the heritage bylaws for 21 centrally protected monuments in Goa by June 15. Fourteen of these monuments are in Old Goa and seven across the state.According to the petitioners, Glean…
Gorakhpur: To mark the inception of National Nurses Week, students of the BSc Nursing (second semester) programme from the Nursing and Paramedical Faculty of Mahayogi Gorakhnath University conducted a heatwave awareness drive in Balapar village on Wednesday.The initiative aimed to educate rural residents about the risks associated with extreme heat and preventive measures. Through role-play…
Ahmedabad: Gujarat’s Class 10 students have scripted history this year by delivering the highest pass percentage ever recorded in SSC exams conducted by Gujarat Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board (GSHSEB). The pass rate for regular candidates stands at 83.86%, improving by 0.78 percentage points over last year. The overall pass percentage, including repeaters and…
Chandigarh: Blaming the Centre for the shortage of storage space for food grains in the state, Punjab food, civil supplies and consumer affairs minister Lal Chand Kataruchak on Wednesday claimed that the required number of special trains for transporting wheat grain had not been deployed, resulting in a “glut-like” situation in mandis.The minister said the…
Surat: The daylight robbery of Rs 50 lakh at the State Bank of India (SBI) branch in Varachha on April 27 was meticulously planned by gangsters operating from inside Patna’s Beur Jail. Investigators believe the gang deliberately chose the day following civic elections, anticipating that police forces would be preoccupied.The heist was masterminded by Kundan…
Dibrugarh: Sivasagar police arrested a Myanmar-trained hardcore United Liberation Front of Asom (Independent) – Ulfa-I militant from Dhyanpathar village in the Palengi area of Sivasagar district under Demow Police Station on Wednesday.The militant has been identified as self-styled sergeant Major Biren Chetia, alias Rontu Asom, a resident of Bezpathar in Dibrugarh district. Police recovered an…
Lucknow: Students at Dr Shakuntala Misra National Rehabilitation University (DSMNRU) will now have the facility to do online practical experiments through Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Roorkee’s virtual labs.The DSMNRU has been officially recognised as a virtual labs nodal centre by the IIT Roorkee. This means, DSMNRU students can access online simulation-based engineering, technology and…
Rajkot: A major gas theft operation has been uncovered in Rajkot district, with police booking three individuals for illegally tapping into a main pipeline of Gujarat Gas Limited (GGL).The complaint was filed at Shapar Veraval police station by Bhavsinh Dodiya, a 37-year-old engineer in GGL’s technical department. The accused —Dipen Thummar, Paresh Thummar and Kajal…
