Kolkata: State govt is preparing to is scouting for office space after CM Suvendu Adhikari on Monday announced the formation of two judicial commissions, set to function from June 1. While one panel will focus on penalising persons involved in corruption, the other will deal with atrocities against women and children.Justice (retd) Biswajit Basu, who…
Noida: In a move aimed at resolving long-pending demands of farmers, the Yamuna Expressway Industrial Development Authority (YEIDA) has decided to disburse enhanced compensation to nearly 340 farmers who had given land for the Yamuna Expressway project more than a decade ago.The farmers, whose land was acquired for the 165-km Yamuna Expressway connecting Greater Noida…
Panaji: The Corporation of the City of Panaji (CCP) on Tuesday approved a budget of Rs 107.2 crore for the financial year 2026-27, with a major focus on social welfare through the proposed construction of a respite centre for special children at Caranzalem. Budgetary provisions for the project have already been made as part of…
UP Police invoke Gangsters Act against 10 over ‘gym jihad’ (File Photo) VARANASI: Police have invoked the stringent Gangsters Act against 10 gym owners in Uttar Pradesh’s Mirzapur on charges of running a racket in which women were allegedly forced to convert to Islam and sexually exploited as part of an operation dubbed “gym jihad”.Gangsters…
Demanding strict rules for online pharmacies and pricing protection for small chemists, the associations are taking the fight national by staging a bandh Wednesday Ahmedabad: What do a former prime minister, former president, a Union minister, and a state health minister have in common? Nothing much, except that their names were allegedly used to generate…
Chandigarh: The Punjab govt has raised Rs 2,500 crore through sale of state govt securities (SGS) to finance capital expenditure and development schemes, triggering sharp criticism from opposition parties over the state’s rising debt burden.According to the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) auction results issued on Tuesday, Punjab raised the amount in three tranches —…
Pune: SRPF has officially cancelled the written examination for recruitment to constable posts at its Group 5 unit in Daund, nearly two weeks after it was put on hold over allegations of question paper duplication, following an internal inquiry.Additional Director General of Maharashtra State Reserve Police Force (SRPF) Rajkumar Vhatkar told TOI that the probe…
Guwahati: Traders in the city fear that prices of essential commodities, including rice grains and pulses, may rise soon amid increase in petrol and diesel prices twice in one week.Petrol and diesel prices increased first on May 15 and again on Tuesday. On May 15, petrol price crossed Rs 100 mark, reaching Rs 101.21 per…
LUCKNOW: As Uttar Pradesh continues to reel under a spell of scorching summer heat, one district in Bundelkhand region stands out for a grimmer reason — emerging as the hottest city in the world twice and in Asia thrice in the past one month.Bundelkhand’s Banda district not only emerged as the hottest place in India…
Ajmer: The Congress units of Rajasthan and Delhi are set to begin a 10-day ‘Chintan’ and training workshop in Pushkar from May 23, in a move aimed at strengthening the party organisation and sharpening its election strategy ahead of upcoming political battles. The programme will focus on key issues such as reinforcing the party’s grassroots…
