Hyderabad: The Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT), Hyderabad bench, has ruled in favour of retired IPS officer AK Khan, holding that a senior officer cannot be paid less than a junior. The bench found that the govt’s earlier decision to deny Khan’s request for a pay upgrade was illegal and discriminatory.The tribunal set aside the previous…
A senior MCG official said upgrades will be carried out as per plan and are expected to cover road strengthening, drainage improvements and parking management DTCP has made clear that reclaimed land will remain part of the public right of way A senior MCG official said upgrades will be carried out as per plan and…
Kolkata: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday praised the Election Commission for conducting the first phase of Bengal polls with “minimal violence” and a “record turnout,” attributing the high voter turnout to a “storm of change” sweeping the state.Speaking at a rally in Krishnanagar, Modi said: “In the elections I have seen in the past…
In Class 12, Himanshi Sharma of KCS Girls Inter College, Surajpur, topped GB Nagar with 456 marks out of 500 (91.2%), while in Ghaziabad, Timothy Mandal of Maharishi Dayanand Vidyapeeth Inter College topped with 93.4% Noida: Students in both GB Nagar and Ghaziabad came out with flying colours as both districts moved up in rankings…
Panaji: State govt is moving forward with Bicholim’s new veterinary dispensary, with a Rs 13 crore veterinary hospital in Mulgao being executed by Infotech Corporation of Goa Ltd.The project will feature a mini diagnostic lab with X-ray and sonography facilities, making it the third govt veterinary hospital to have the advanced equipment solely for animals.“The…
Varanasi: Two Samajwadi Party MLAs, a district chief, 43 others named and 200 unidentified persons were booked on charges of rioting, unlawful assembly, criminal intimidation and assaulting a public servant by Karanda police following Wednesday’s violent clash in Katariya village.While SHO (Karanda) Santosh Kumar suffered a severe head injury, many others were injured when a…
Ahmedabad: The Gujarat high court on Thursday directed the state authorities to allow some 750-odd candidates, who narrowly failed the last Teacher Eligibility Test (TET) by a couple of marks, to participate in the ongoing recruitment process for 11,000 primary teachers on certain conditions and giving an undertaking.Justice Nirzar Desai ordered the director of primary…
Patiala: The Punjab Roadways Transport Corporation (PRTC) has added 250 new buses in April to improve service across Punjab, thus recovering 33,000 kilometres of the 44,500 kilometres it earlier missed daily because of a severe shortage of buses, officials said in Patiala. Chief minister Bhagwant Singh Mann had flagged off 250 new buses on April…
Pune: The Deccan Gymkhana police on Wednesday arrested a man (34) from Dattawadi and detained his minor accomplice in connection with the murder of 32-year-old Krushal Kasbe of Dhankawdi, former security guard of the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC).“The murder was the fallout of a dispute between Kasbe and the accused, Omkar Kamble of Dattawadi, over…
Surat: Ahead of the Surat Municipal Corporation elections, the Diamond Worker Union Gujarat (DWUG) demanded that diamond workers be exempted from professional tax. The union launched a campaign against the levy and sought support from parties, asking them to include this in their election manifestos.The Surat Congress committee reportedly gave a written assurance that it…
