Jaipur: Vote counting in 10 booths across Jaipur, Jodhpur and Kota municipal corporations and Suket municipality in Kota district was disrupted Monday after EVMs malfunctioned and the votes recorded on them could not be retrieved, forcing the State Election Commission to order a repoll.The repoll will be held from 7am to 6pm on Sept 16….
NEW DELHI: Flagging the issue of prosecuting agencies filing voluminous evidence and naming large number of witnesses in corruption cases, Supreme Court disapproved of the practice, saying it leads to protracted hearing and long pendency.While acquitting a person in a 33-year-old corruption case on the ground that CBI failed to prove that he received pecuniary…
The Panama-flagged vessel was also struck on Sunday (Representative image: AP). The US military on Monday rejected a claim by Iran’s Revolutionary Guards that an oil tanker collided with a naval mine in the Strait of Hormuz.According to US Central Command (CENTCOM), which oversees American military operations in the Middle East, the Panama-flagged vessel was…
Discarded fruit peels could help recover valuable materials from used lithium-ion batteries at a pilot recycling plant in Singapore. Researchers from Nanyang Technological University (NTU) developed a process that uses waste from oranges, lemons and pineapples to dissolve battery material and extract metals needed for new batteries. The facility, operating near Pioneer since late 2022,…
General:Today asks for restraint. Not fear, restraint. The chart shows that there is more leaving than entering and can leave your mood less pleasant. Mars causes anger, Saturn presses on responsibilities and the Moon shows weaknesses in your relationships and money. So tread carefully.You may feel that others are provoking you, wasting your time, or…
New Delhi: Delhi High Court has asked MCD and NDMC to issue seizure memos to street vendors within 24 hours of confiscating their goods, and to videograph the entire process.In a recent order, a bench of Justices Prathiba M Singh and Vikas Mahajan specified that the seizure memos should mention the date of the seizure,…
Gurgaon: A 55-year-old security guard returning home from work on his cycle was killed in a hit-and-run when a speeding vehicle hit him near Hero Honda Chowk early Saturday morning.The deceased Islam Khan belonged to Hardoi in Uttar Pradesh and was a resident of Naharpur Rupa. Khan worked as a security guard at Bestech Tower…
Devotees offering prayer on the occasion of Ganesh Chaturthi at Shree Siddhi Vinayak Devasthanam on Muktaram Babu Street in Kolkata on Monday. Photo by Indranil Das Kolkata: From barely 350 last year to over 800 this year, the number of Ganesh Pujas in Kolkata and its fringes has emerged as a major community celebration, with…
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…
