JALPAIGURI: Trinamool lost control of Mekhliganj municipality in Cooch Behar after its chairman, who defected to Congress on Friday, said six councillors would follow him into Congress. This will be the first civic body to be managed by Congress since the change of govt in West Bengal.Chairman Prabhat Patani received the party flag from state…
The decision to bring Girish Chodankar back appears to have been as much about the absence of alternatives as about conviction in his abilities Margao: Girish Chodankar was brought back as Goa Pradesh Congress Committee (GPCC) president to steady the ship — and soon found himself in a storm he didn’t see coming. Hours after…
Parents will be allowed to revise their school preferences from June 6 to June 8, before the third round of seat allotment Ahmedabad: The admission process under the Right to Education (RTE) Act for private schools in Gujarat completed its second round, with 7,022 seats still remaining vacant across the state, and authorities initiated the…
Mohali: Police on Friday arrested a man wanted for a targeted theft at a gurdwara in Aganpur village. The suspect sustained a fractured leg after trying to break away from officers immediately after being taken into custody near Lalru.The arrest stems from a March 1 incident where a gang of thieves targeted the village place…
Authorities have urged vulnerable groups — including the elderly, outdoor workers and those with chronic illnesses — to avoid peak-heat hours, stay hydrated and seek early medical care Pune: Maharashtra has recorded 292 heatstroke cases and 15 suspected deaths between March 1 and June 4 this year, with six fatalities confirmed so far as intense…
Guwahati: Union home minister Amit Shah on Friday visited the India-Bangladesh border in Tripura and delivered a blunt message that the Centre will not allow demographic change through India’s borders and will rely on fencing and technology-led surveillance to tighten frontier management.Shah went to Tripura after touring the western frontier in Rajasthan and Gujarat.“Whether it…
Chief minister Yogi Adityanath Lucknow: Chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday directed a sweeping modernisation of Uttar Pradesh’s security set-up, calling for deeper integration of advanced technology, stronger infrastructure and more rigorous training to prepare forces for evolving law-and-order and disaster-response challenges.Chairing a high-level review of modernisation, capacity expansion, training, infrastructure development and future action…
Alwar launches World Environment Day tree campaign Alwar: The Alwar administration launched a plantation campaign Friday on World Environment Day at the Sashastra Suraksha Bal Recruit Training Centre in Maujpur village. Collector Artika Shukla, DFO Rajendra Hudda and SSB DIG Sanjeev Yadav kicked off the campaign by planting trees at the centre.Officials said around 20,000…
NEW DELHI: On the eve of its much-touted NEET protest, newly minted online outfit Cockroach Janta Party is learnt to have approached Indian Youth Congress for coordination, even though the overture was not reciprocated by the latter.Sources said a key CJP figure met IYC president Uday Bhanu Chib at the latter’s office. While the details…
Two men behind New Zealand’s largest-ever methamphetamine importation operation have failed in their final attempt to overturn prison sentences of more than 20 years, after the country’s supreme court dismissed their applications for leave to appeal.Baltej Singh and Himatjit Singh Kahlon were convicted over an international drug trafficking network that imported up to 741kg of…
