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…
Six men were arrested with swords in two separate police actions in Madurai in the past two days. Lucknow: Directorate of Narcotics Control (DNC), Lucknow, operating under Central Bureau of Narcotics (CBN), seized 356 grams of heroin valued at about Rs 1.5 crore in the international market and arrested one person during an anti-drug operation,…
Rajkot: Acting on intelligence inputs about preparation and sale of synthetic milk, the Rajkot Range police team raided the premises of six traders and nearby dairies in Haripar village of Kalavad taluka in Jamnagar district and seized 7,150 litres of suspected adulterated milk.The operation also led to the seizure of 120kg of vanaspati ghee and…
Jaipur: Rajasthan Govt Health Scheme has flagged 479 suspected cases in which private hospitals allegedly split diagnostic claims to bypass mandatory pre-authorisation for OPD tests costing more than Rs 2,000.The cases, detected through one month of data analysis, are linked to 238 beneficiaries. Around 50 private hospitals and 60 doctors across Rajasthan are now under…
India’s space price tag comes under scrutiny as Cambridge research flags high launch costs, while the government says key subsidies and savings were overlooked NEW DELHI: A 2026 University of Cambridge study has found that India’s per-kilogram launch costs are four times higher than America’s and, in fact, the costliest in the world. However, a…
Florida began sinking mermaid-shaped reef sculptures More than 300 sculpted reef modules, including ocean-friendly concrete mermaids, now sit on the seafloor off South Florida as part of a growing marine restoration project launched seven years ago. Known as the 1000 Mermaids Artificial Reef Project, the initiative combines public art with habitat creation to help restore…
