HYDERABAD: An ex-sarpanch and her husband in Rajanna Sircilla district were picked up by police on Friday after they locked a govt school in the village for two consecutive days, alleging that their pending bills had not been cleared.The former sarpanch said she spent 22 lakh for construction of a dining hall at ZPHS and…
Kolkata: Sati Chatterjee, a former professor of English literature at Jadavpur University, passed away on Friday at her Lake Gardens residence. The 91-year-old academic was suffering from a lung infection.In 1950, Chatterjee joined Presidency College to study English literature and was a cherished student of professors Subodh Chandra Sengupta and Taraknath Sen. Her father was…
Panaji: Two months after GMC introduced an online appointment system at 12 outpatient departments (OPDs), early morning queues in the tertiary care hospital have not slowed down.Patients’ lack of confidence in the new mechanism, missing awareness, as well as hiccups in the system, could be driving the majority of patients to queue up for two…
Varanasi: In a major crackdown on the illegal sale and smuggling of codeine-laced New Phensedyl cough syrup, Kotwali police filed a 38,000-page chargesheet before the fast track court of an additional district judge on Thursday.A total of 18 persons have been named in the chargesheet, including syndicate kingpin Shubham Jaiswal, a resident of Kayastha Tola…
Patiala: The Patiala police on Friday claimed to have arrested three members of a robbery gang and recovered cash, gold and silver jewellery from their possession.The police also seized a car used by the robbers. The arrests followed a violent housebreaking in the Model Town area of Patiala.Varun Sharma, senior superintendent of police, Patiala, said…
Pune: Four people collectively lost Rs 1.32 crore after cybercrooks lured them to share-trading for handsome returns between Jan and March.Separate complaints were registered with the Vishrambaug, Baner, Kalepadal and Talegaon Dabhade police on Thursday.Fraudsters contacted a retired resident (69) of Sadashiv Peth on a social media platform and offered good returns if the latter…
A man unloads sugarcane from a vehicle for sale Lucknow: Low cane yield, diversion towards Khandsari units, and inadequate payment by many sugar mills to farmers have emerged as the three key reasons that stopped UP from becoming the country’s largest sugar producer in the 2025-26 crushing season.Official sources in the cane development department said…
JAISALMER:Rajasthan’s Mangala oilfield sees rise in production with redevelopment efforts Against the backdrop of heightened geopolitical uncertainty and fluctuating global oil prices, the Mangala oilfield in Barmer has recorded an increase of nearly 2,000 barrels per day (bpd) in crude oil production, driven by focused redevelopment efforts at the mature onshore asset. The rise in…
NEW DELHI: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday launched a sharp attack on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the AIADMK during a poll rally in Tamil Nadu, alleging that the regional party had been hollowed out from within by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union home minister Amit Shah, while accusing the Centre of…
Britons are increasingly choosing UK staycations as rising costs and travel concerns disrupt overseas holiday plans/Image: Getty Images More people in the UK are choosing to holiday within the country this year, as rising fuel prices and concerns over international travel disrupt plans for trips abroad, according to a report by the Financial Times.The shift…
