Senior advocate Billwadal Bhattacharyya was appointed as additional advocate general of Bengal on Friday. He is the second AAG to be appointed this week after senior advocate Rajdeep Mazumder. “The govt reposed faith in me. It will be my duty to live up to the expectation. It’s a new govt, which brings a lot of…
The Delhi-Meerut Namo Bharat corridor currently records an average daily ridership of nearly one lakh commuters Ghaziabad: NCRTC has introduced eight additional Namo Bharat trips during peak hours on the Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut route from Friday. The decision has been made to meet the higher ridership demand amid rising temperatures and Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s appeal for…
The restructuring of Asian competitions and poor performances of Indian clubs has seen India drop to 15th in West Asia and 26th overall in Asia Panaji: From competing in the top tier of Asian football just three years ago, Indian clubs have been demoted to the AFC Challenge League, the third tier, for the 2027-28…
Varanasi: The head constable of the 34th Battalion PAC was suspended after a video surfaced on social media showing his violent altercation with a woman near the Satyanarayan temple near Gate No. 4 of the Kashi Vishwanath Temple. According to reports, during a dispute over removing flower vendors, the constable threw the woman’s goods on…
People up to the block-level can now file RTI applications online Gandhinagar: Filing Right to Information (RTI) applications in Gujarat has become significantly easier as the state’s online RTI portal has finally been extended to local civic bodies, collectorates, and police commissionerates. Moving beyond the offices of various departments located in the Gandhinagar secretariat, citizens…
Payal DhawanLudhiana: Punjabi singer Yashinder Kaur, alias Inder Kaur (Mundian Kalan), was shot dead, with the autopsy confirming two bullet injuries — one piercing her chest and another lodged in her forehead.The post-mortem was conducted by a board of doctors, including forensic experts Dr Karan, Dr Vishal Chopra and Dr Mandeep. Following the examination, the…
Chandigarh: Excessive screen time is normalising alcohol use and driving risky sexual behaviour among teenagers. These are the findings of a medical study into adolescent digital habits.Researchers from the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER) reached 85 students at Shri Jainendra Gurukul Senior Secondary School in Panchkula, delivering a targeted behavioural intervention…
A suspicious APK file used by cybercrooks to scam cellphone users in India Pune: Cybercrooks used ‘.APK files’ disguised as wedding invitations to target two people and duped them of Rs 8.5 lakh collectively between May 2 and 17.Separate cases have been registered with the Khadak and Faraskhana police stations on Thursday. An Android Package…
Surat: A father’s attempt to curb his children’s ‘Free Fire’ addiction spiralled into a tense episode, as three minor siblings fled home with Rs 15,000 after being scolded and travelled across cities before being traced and rescued after four days.The search for siblings — two brothers aged 14 and 11, and their 9-year-old sister —…
Dimapur: Nagaland State Biodiversity Board chairman Y Kikheto Sema on Friday said the state lost about 794.88 sq km of forest cover between 2013 and 2023, citing the India State of Forest Report.He made the statement at the International Day for Biological Diversity 2026 observation at St Xavier College, Jalukie, in Peren district. Sema, who…
