Panaji: Goa chief minister Pramod Sawant said on Wednesday that while students have the right to protest against the NEET paper leaks, the way the protest was conducted and the language used were “not fit for students”. He referred to a protest at Azad Maidan in the state capital, where placards were displayed seeking the…
Varanasi: A unique expression of India’s guru-disciple tradition was witnessed at Kashi’s Patalpuri Mutt on Wednesday, as several Muslim women performed the aarti of Peethadheeshwar Jagadguru Balak Devacharya Maharaj and sought his blessings by touching his feet on Guru Purnima.Transcending religious, caste and social divisions, the mutt opened its doors to devotees from all communities….
Records show that of the 23,536 days since the first assembly election, the house remained below its sanctioned strength Gandhinagar: A bypoll for Manjalpur assembly constituency will be held on Thursday after the seat fell vacant following the demise of eight-time MLA Yogesh Patel. For nearly two out of every three days since Gujarat elected…
Amritsar/Chandigarh: On the last day of Akal Takht’s one-month deadline to incorporate changes in the amended Jaagat Jot Sri Guru Granth Sahib Satkar Act, Punjab govt told the supreme temporal seat of the Sikhs on Wednesday that it will take up with the Centre the enactment of an anti-sacrilege law for the whole of India…
A BLO camp in Kondhwa for SIR Pune: The state Chief Electoral Officer’s top representatives have said that both maternal and paternal grandparents’ voter details in the 2002 SIR are equally valid for mapping under the current exercise.The enumeration form mentions that grandparents’ details can be used to link voters, but BLOs on the ground…
Surat: Two Right to Information (RTI) applications filed by a city resident have revealed that a committee set up by Gujarat govt in 2023 to investigate the rise in sudden heart attack deaths among youth in the post-Covid period has not yet reached any conclusion. The RTI responses also stated that the government does not…
Guwahati: The recovery of Tutumoni Duwara’s body on Tuesday brought a tragic end to a 10-day search for four members of a family swept away by flash floods in Assam’s Charaideo district.With the recovery, all four members of the Duwara family, who went missing at Lakwa Abhayapuri village on July 19, have been found dead.The…
Lucknow: Taking note of road surface slippage on the Lucknow-Kanpur Expressway within a fortnight of its inauguration, the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has initiated administrative action against officials found negligent in monitoring the project.Deputy general manager of the construction company Vivek Kumar Gupta, engineer Surendra Kumar, who headed the team of independent engineers,…
Rajkot: A 49-year-old woman from Adityana village in Porbandar district’s Ranavav taluka lodged a police complaint, alleging two loan consultants cheated her family of Rs 13 lakh, while facilitating an education loan for her daughter’s study abroad.Based on the complaint filed by Jaya Khuti, Ranavav police registered a case against Jaydeep Ramani and Mouli Talaviya…
Jaipur: Building plan approvals at Jaipur Development Authority (JDA) have slowed after a new order made Fire No Objection Certificates (NOCs) mandatory before final sanction, leaving architects and applicants uncertain about the revised approval process.The July 10 order, issued by additional chief town planner Ankur Dadheech, provides for an “approval in principle” of building plans…
