Hyderabad: Girls have surged ahead in Telangana’s degree college admissions this year, securing nearly two out of every three seats in phase I of the Degree Online Services Telangana (DOST) allotments. Their share now stands at almost 65%, leaving boys with just over a third—a striking reversal that has widened steadily over the past five…
KOLKATA: Jadavpur University has unveiled a functional prototype retrofitted electric Ambassador taxi, demonstrating a practical pathway to accelerate India’s transition to electric mobility without forcing the premature scrapping of existing Internal Combustion Engine (ICE) vehicles. In a country where millions depend on legacy vehicles for livelihood, the shift to new, custom-built EV platforms can impose…
Panaji: A four-hour, high-stakes disciplinary meeting between RG’s core executive committee(CEC) and St Andre MLA Viresh Borkar ended in a deadlock and had to be adjourned without resolution.A decision about the party’s future and the president’s post also evaded conclusion.The CEC had convened to address disciplinary action initiated against Borkar, who has been at the…
Gandhinagar: Union home minister Amit Shah, who chaired a security review meeting in Bhuj on Friday, has directed district magistrates of border districts to strictly monitor and report on demographic changes.An official statement said on Saturday that Shah also asked district administrations of border districts to chalk out SOPs to ensure identification of infiltrators and…
Mayor Sham Lal Bansal takes charge Panchkula: Reviving the old cycling track project will be among the priorities of newly elected mayor Sham Lal Bansal.Bansal, who formally assumed office on Saturday, said Panchkula was the first city in Haryana to introduce dedicated cycling tracks — a concept that had received widespread appreciation from residents. He…
Members of Congress Pune unit stage a protest outside the state excise office Pune: Members of the Youth Congress staged a protest outside the state excise office in Pune on Friday and attempted to lock the office from the outside, as the death toll in the hooch tragedy in Pune and Pimpri Chinchwad rose to…
Lucknow: Antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) therapy is emerging as an effective targeted treatment for cancers affecting multiple organs, doctors at KGMU said at a workshop organised by the Georgian Alumni Association on Saturday.Organising secretary and radiotherapy department faculty, Prof Sudhir Singh, said ADC therapy combines a cancer-targeting antibody with an anti-cancer drug to deliver medication directly…
Congress functionaries during shramdaan in Ajmer Saturday Jaipur: Rajasthan Congress functionaries, including Leader of Opposition Tikaram Jully and PCC chief Govind Singh Dotasra Saturday joined MGNREGA workers for a symbolic shramdaan in Farkiya village of Ajmer district, accusing the BJP govt in the state and Centre of trying to weaken the rural jobs scheme.Jully, Dotasra…
NEW DELHI: Putting a child’s right to know about his biological father on a higher pedestal in comparison to a person’s right to privacy not to be compelled to undergo a DNA test, Supreme Court has directed a man to go through the test on a paternity suit filed by a youth who claims to…
More than 400 people were arrested and seven police officers were injured across France after celebrations following Paris Saint-Germain’s Champions League triumph descended into violence, authorities said on Sunday.According to the French interior ministry, 416 people were detained nationwide, including 283 in Paris, as clashes broke out between police and supporters after PSG’s victory in…
