Kolkata: Lucky electors, whose appeals for restoration of their voting rights were cleared by the tribunals, felt they had a “much bigger responsibility” now as they could finally be able to vote despite the initial hurdles. In the previous elections, some of them had skipped voting but this time, they said, they would definitely vote…
The labour unrest had turned violent on April 13 Noida: Weeks after a violent labour unrest in the city, when workers pointed to rising LPG prices as one more blow to already stretched household budgets, the district administration has decided to distribute 15,000 5kg free trade cylinders among factory and migrant workers, especially those who…
Panaji: The Bombay high court on Tuesday slammed the water resources department for turning a blind eye to 70-plus illegal borewells identified in and around one housing colony at Chimbel.“If this is the situation in one area, we can imagine what it is like across the state. What’s disturbing is you have 70 borewells in…
Varanasi: Shivprasad Gupt Divisional Hospital in Kabirchaura will transform into a super multi-speciality healthcare complex. The 318-bed hospital will be demolished, and a 500-bed multi-super-speciality hospital will be constructed at Rs 315 crore. In the new facility, patients from Purvanchal will get quality and affordable healthcare services, diagnosis, treatment and emergency medical aid, all under…
According to 2026 policy, new investors have to pay Rs1 lakh or 0.5% of fixed capital investment (whichever is higher)Ludhiana: Industrialists in Punjab are protesting a new 0.5% non-refundable upfront fee mandated under the state’s 2026 industrial guidelines. To avail of fiscal incentives, investors must now pay either Rs1 lakh or 0.5% of their fixed…
Shimla: The proposed visit of President Droupadi Murmu to the Atal Tunnel on April 29 was cancelled due to inclement weather, officials said on Tuesday.An official communication to this effect was sent to the state govt by Group Captain Arpit Kala, Deputy Military Secretary to the President, on Tuesday evening.The President is currently on a…
Dimapur: An unidentified person was found hanging from a tree at Khuochiezhu, in Forest Colony of Kohima on Tuesday.According to a release from the Kohima Police, a call was received at around 10:38am reporting a body seen hanging from a tree. Acting on the information, a team from South Police Station, led by its officer-in-charge,…
Lucknow: The UP Police recruitment and promotion board is preparing to conduct the massive constable recruitment examination from June 8, following the successful completion of the home guard recruitment test last week.The upcoming exam will be held for 32,679 constable and equivalent posts, with officials estimating participation of over 40 lakh candidates, making it one…
Jaipur: The Rajasthan High Court has expressed strong displeasure over the state govt’s failure to fill 23,820 sanitation worker posts across 309 urban local bodies for over 14 years. A single-judge bench of the court issued notices to the state govt Tuesday and sought a reply within three weeks.The court also flagged the plight of…
Kolkata: Supreme Court-mandated appellate tribunals hearing voter deletions during EC’s SIR of electoral rolls in West Bengal restored voting rights of 1,468 people before Wednesday’s second phase of polls, taking total reinstatements across two rounds in the state to 1,607, officials said on Tuesday.Deletions in second phase stood at six, pushing cumulative removals by tribunals…
