Panaji: The Goa Green Brigade has urged the Panaji range forest office to stop the “clandestine butchering” of heritage roadside trees and adopt a scientific conservation policy, while warning of legal action if scheduled tree work continues.Activists have also sought a halt to the Corporation of the City of Panaji’s plan to trim or fell…
Marking the commencement of the academic session 2026–27, BHU vice-chancellor Prof Ajit Kumar Chaturvedi on Monday performed Rudrabhisheka and offered prayers at Vishwanath Temple on the campus. He was accompanied by registrar Rajan Srivastava, dean of students Prof Ranjan Kumar Singh, directors of institutes, deans of faculties, faculty members, officers, and other senior functionaries of…
Ahmedabad: Electric vehicle (EV) adoption is accelerating in Gujarat, with registrations almost doubling during the first six months of 2026 compared to last year, as buyers increasingly shift towards cleaner mobility options. EV registrations in Gujarat rose 97% from 28,148 units during Jan-June 2025 to 55,344 units during the same period this year, according to…
Chandigarh: Campaigning for the coming Panjab University Senate elections is gathering momentum, with candidates intensifying outreach efforts among members of the university electorate.At a meeting in Mohali, Anandpur Sahib MP Malvinder Singh Kang and former Panjab University Campus Students Council (PUCSC) president and sitting Senator Prabhjeet Singh extended support to Senate candidate Dr Ravinder Singh…
Pune: Online fraudsters cheated an elderly (79) resident of Hadapsar, of Rs 6 lakhs by posing as his relatives stuck in a foreign country. The cheating took place between Jan 2024 and April this year, the Hadapsar police said.According to the police, the suspects messaged the complainant, a retired central government officer, saying that they…
Guwahati: The entire Opposition bench, comprising Congress, AIUDF, Raijor Dal and TMC, staged a walkout after three adjournment motions on different subjects were rejected by speaker Ranjeet Kumar Dass in the Assam assembly on Monday.Leader of the opposition Wajed Ali Choudhury of Congress moved an adjournment motion over irregular electricity supply in the state. “In…
Lucknow: The Bhatkhande Sanskriti Vishwavidyalaya is up for a ‘bold reinvention’ with UP govt out to transform it into a world-class institution.A high-level committee of musicians, dancers, theatre practitioners and academicians sat together with additional chief secretary, culture, Amrit Abhijat, and Bhatkhande VC Prof Mandavi Singh, to chart a roadmap to drive the vision likely…
Former Congress MLA Sanyam Lodha Jaipur: Former Congress MLA Sanyam Lodha Monday moved the Rajasthan High Court with a contempt petition against the state govt and the State Election Commission (SEC), alleging wilful disobedience of court directions mandating timely elections to Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) and Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs). The petition seeks initiation of…
Political parties and Sikh bodies in Punjab have strongly condemned the removal of Diljit Dosanjh’s film “Satluj” from ZEE5 NEW DELHI: Govt invoked security grounds to ask ZEE5 to pull down ‘Satluj’ after its makers released the movie ‘Punjab 95’ under the new name on the OTT platform as the film’s theatrical release remained in…
‘The ocean keeps every secret, but charges salt for storage’ A fisherman in Kochi pulls in his net before sunrise. The catch is ordinary, but the sea behind it is not. It has carried centuries of storms, shipwrecks, drowned cargo, and human silence. None of it is returned in the same form.The proverb “The ocean…
