CM Suvendu Adhikari and defence minister Rajnath Singh at the Garden Reach programme Kolkata: CM Suvendu Adhikari on Sunday announced that the Bengal govt has reserved 20% posts in the police, fire brigade, forest and civil defence departments for retired Agniveers and also hinted at the reintroduction of NCC in schools and colleges in the…
Untreated effluents enter Hindon near Sidhdharth Vihar Ghaziabad: The National Green Tribunal has directed Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board to disclose the names and full particulars of officers against whom complaints have been filed over violations linked to Hindon pollution.The direction came after UPPCB filed an affidavit on Aug 14 before the tribunal stating that…
Goalkeeper Som Kumar is playing regularly in the second tier of Slovenian football Panaji: Som Kumar could have easily opted for the comfort of Indian football after signing a four-year contract with Kerala Blasters FC in 2024.Still a teenager, the youngster had made a name for himself playing for youth teams in Europe and invited…
Gorakhpur: A 25-year-old man who jumped into the Rapti river was rescued by personnel of the 26th Battalion PAC’s flood relief team in Gorakhpur on Sunday morning.Resident of West Champaran district in Bihar, Laddu Manjhi leapt into the river near Ramghat in the GIDA police station area around 9 am. Witnesses said he began drowning…
India’s water-security challenge needs to be addressed through a combination of policy reforms, technology, sustainable finance and community participation, experts said at a two-day national conclave on water management that concluded in Ahmedabad on Sunday. Ahmedabad: India’s water-security challenge needs to be addressed through a combination of policy reforms, technology, sustainable finance and community participation,…
The current vacancy figure shows an improvement over the previous academic year, when approximately 250 seats remained vacant. Ludhiana: A total of 200 seats out of 1,000 remain vacant at the Senior Secondary Residential Meritorious School in Ludhiana, even after the completion of the final round of counselling in the first week of August.The institution…
Former diplomat Navdeep Suri Chandigarh: Amid the ongoing special intensive revision (SIR) in Punjab, former diplomat Navdeep Suri on Sunday said he faced trouble establishing his citizenship after representing India in three countries.A resident of Amritsar, Suri took to X on Sunday, tagging Election Commission and putting out a series of posts about being told…
Pune: The 14-year-old daughter of NCP (SP) MLA Rohit Pawar’s personal assistant, who had been missing since Saturday night, was found dead near a building drain in a town in the district on Sunday morning.Additional superintendent of police (Baramati division) Ganesh Biradar told TOI, “It was a case of suicide. The girl allegedly jumped from…
Surat: A 27-year-old dentist has lodged a police complaint against her neighbour, accusing him of stalking and harassing her.The woman, who works at a private hospital in Singanpor, said the incident occurred at around 8.30pm on Saturday after she left work. According to her complaint, she was standing outside a medical store when the accused…
Aizawl: The Tlabung branch of the Young Mizo Association (YMA) in south Mizoram’s Lunglei district, bordering Bangladesh, has rejected a recent claim by a former West Tuipui legislator that Tlabung was historically a “homeland” of the Chakma people and formed part of the Chittagong Hill Tracts before being brought under British administration in the Lushai…
