In the assessment conducted in March, only 123 of the 420 govt schools in the district — around 29% — achieved NIPUN status Noida: The district administration has appointed block education officers (BEOs) in Jewar, Dadri and Dankaur after long-standing vacancies hampered monitoring of govt schools, and the district’s performance under the NIPUN Bharat Mission…
two nabbed with 220 kg ganja worth Rs 1.10Cr Varanasi: Under their ongoing ‘Operation Shuddhi’, a joint team of Robertsganj police and SOG in Sonbhadra district arrested two members of an interstate ganja smuggling racket on Monday.The two arrested accused were Bires (45) and Govind (25) of Budaun district.Sonbhadra SP Abhishek Verma said that a…
Ahmedabad: Gujarat High Court on Friday issued notice to Indian Institute of Technology, Gandhinagar (IIT-Gn) and central govt after a candidate for the post of junior superintendent questioned the premier institute conducting interviews for a post, which is prohibited by Centre.The petition was filed by Neeraj Meena, who submitted that he scored 72.5 marks out…
Abohar: A day after a veterinarian was found murdered with his face crushed in a bungalow in Abohar, police on Monday arrested three men from his village, Gidranwali.Police did not disclose details of the crime, its motive or whether the weapon used in the murder had been recovered.Despite the arrests, deceased Amandeep Singh’s family protested…
Pune: A cybercrook posing as a steel supplier duped a real estate developer from Pimple Saudagar of Rs6.5 lakh on the pretext of supplying him with steel at a cheaper rate.The fraud took place between Sept 8 and 11. A case was registered with Sangvi police on Sunday.An officer from Sangvi police said, “On Sept…
Guwahati: A 42-year-old man who had gone for a morning walk was found dead in an uncovered drain along the National Highway in Guwahati’s Lalmati area on Monday, police said.The deceased has been identified as Tutul Borgohain, a native of Sivasagar district in Upper Assam who had been living in a rented house in Basistha…
India celebrates Engineers Day on Sept 15 in memory of Sir Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya, whose dams, reservoirs and civic projects continue to serve the country. But the occasion should prompt more than ceremonial speeches and felicitations.It should also make us ask a difficult question: has India given its engineers the authority they need to build the…
Poll Counting at Bhawani Niketan and celebration by the candidates or supporters after the declaration of results outside the counting centre in Jaipur, Rajasthan on 14 September 2026 Jaipur: As Rajasthan announced urban local body (ULB) poll results Monday, Shri Rajput Karni Sena president Mahipal Singh Makrana claimed that around 70% of the winning independent…
TMC’s 20 rebel Lok Sabha MPs merged with little-known NPCI after defection Jalpaiguri/Kolkata: West Bengal’s rebel-MP saga got a fresh twist Monday, with Cooch Behar MP Jagadish Prasad Basunia claiming 17 of 20 TMC defectors who joined the little-known NCPI following the Mamata Banerjee-headed party’s defeat in assembly elections in April would cross over to…
A hacking operation that began in early 2024 reached far beyond the companies directly targeted. A 26-year-old Canadian man, Connor Riley Moucka of Kitchener, Ontario, has admitted taking part in a campaign that compromised data held by at least 165 customers of a US-based software company. The stolen material ran into billions of records and…
