Gurgaon: The district administration has intensified efforts to digitise rare manuscripts, palm-leaf texts and archival records under the centre’s ‘Gyan Bharatam Mission’. Deputy commissioner Uttam Singh said the national manuscript survey, announced on March 16, 2026, by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, aims to create the country’s most comprehensive digital repository of heritage texts. Under the…
Kolkata: The city and its adjoining districts were lashed by a thunderstorm on Saturday evening that struck with a wind speed of 50 kmph. It was followed by an intense rain that lasted for an hour, followed by a drizzle that continued for another hour. Thunderstorms also struck parts of Howrah, Hooghly, North and South…
Noida: The district administration has created 5,752 house listing blocks (HLBs) across urban and rural areas ahead of the upcoming house listing and enumeration exercise, officials said. A total of 7,135 personnel, including enumerators and supervisors with a 10% reserve pool, will be deployed. House listing and housing enumeration is scheduled to take place between…
Vasco: Judicial magistrate first class (JMFC), Vasco, granted bail to YouTuberGautam Khattar, who is accused of making derogatory remarks against St Francis Xavier.The court, however, declined to accept defence advocate A Prabhudessai’s argument that Khattar’s arrest was not legit. “The procedural safeguards under the BNNS cannot be used to defend an accused who intentionally evades…
Many firms in Ahmedabad and Surat run early morning or evening shifts to align work hours with the office timings of their clients in the US, the UK and Australia Somewhere in an office block in Ahmedabad, a chartered accountant is preparing the tax return of one of the most famous basketball players who ever…
Shimla: The Himachal Pradesh School Education Board will declare the Class 12 examination results on May 4 at 11 am. The results for all streams – Arts, Science and Commerce – will be announced simultaneously.Board chairman Dr Rajesh Sharma said that all necessary preparations for the result declaration had been completed. The Board is ensuring…
Shillong: A high-intensity constituency development workshop hosted by the Meghalaya assembly was held at the State Convention Centre in Shillong on Friday to equip legislators with “data-driven tools” to address local challenges and accelerate constituency-level development.Organised by the Meghalaya Institute of Governance in partnership with the Government Innovation Lab, the Harvard Growth Lab, the State…
Lucknow: BSP president Mayawati on Saturday said govt should have continued keeping petroleum product prices under control, as it did earlier in view of Assembly elections in several states.In a post on X, she said the recent hike in prices of commercial LPG cylinders has triggered apprehension among people that petrol, diesel, cooking gas and…
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SRINAGAR: Gulmarg’s glittering slopes, once blanketed for months, now flicker between white and bare. Seasons shrink. Thaws bite. People ask: Where are the snows of yesteryear? Future of India’s premier ski resort looks increasingly like it’s skating on thin ice — and govt is racing to keep it from sliding off course.Plans are moving fast….
