Kolkata: EC will deploy 2,193 quick response teams (QRTs) across 152 constituencies in 16 districts for the first phase of assembly polls on April 23.Murshidabad will see the highest deployment with 288 QRTs, followed by East Midnapore (253) and West Midnapore (248). Other districts with significant presence are Bankura (180), Birbhum (161), Malda (157), Purulia…
The skywalk’s inauguration was delayed due to a load-bearing beam blocking one of the entry points Noida: The 400-metre skywalk linking Sector 51 and Sector 52 metro stations will not open for at least a month and a half. NMRC officials said the structure is complete, but a beam at Sector 51 station is blocking…
Panaji: Protests erupted across Goa demanding the arrest of YouTuber Gautam Khattar for allegedly making objectionable remarks against St Francis Xavier during the Bhagwan Parashuram Janmotsav event in Vasco on Saturday.Demonstrations were held outside police stations in Margao, Vasco, Anjuna and Old Goa, with residents seeking immediate action.MLAs across party lines condemned the remarks. Crowds…
BJP has begun holding Mandal-level meetings to mobilise over 50,000 women for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s public meeting in Kashi on April 28 VARANASI: In the wake of the opposition parties derailing a bill to implement women’s reservation in Parliament, the BJP and its women’s wing, Bharatiya Janata Mahila Morcha, have begun holding Mandal-level meetings…
Ahmedabad: A 22-year-old woman sought the Abhayam helpline’s intervention over her elder sister’s behaviour. The helpline received a call from the woman complaining that her elder sister was posting her pictures on social media without her consent. An Abhayam counsellor said, the woman had taken up the issue with her sibling, but there was no…
Image used for representational purpose only CHANDIGARH: More than two months after 24 women staff members of a govt senior secondary school lodged a formal complaint against a male colleague alleging harassment and intimidation, the accused continues to remain on duty, with no interim administrative action taken so far, sources said.The complaint was submitted on…
Pune: The Pune Municipal Corporation on Monday ruled out any plans to impose immediate water cuts in the city, despite mounting pressure from the state irrigation department, bringing major relief for several neighbourhoods already grappling with low pressure and patchy supply.The reassurance comes even as the irrigation department, flagging fears of El Niño and below-normal…
Dibrugarh: A male leopard that had been terrorising residents and killing livestock at the Daimukhia Tea Estate in Tinsukia district’s Doomdooma was captured in an iron cage on Monday morning, bringing relief to the local community after days of fear and anxiety.The forest department had placed the iron cage at a strategic location within the…
LUCKNOW: With the 594-km-long Ganga Expressway set to open for public on April 29, the travelers will be able to cover the distance between Meerut-Prayagraj and vice versa in 6-7 hours, driving down at the maximum speed of 120 kmph. “Designed for speeds of up to 120 kmph, the expressway will cut down travel time…
KOLKATA: “Bulldozer”, “bullets” and “dead miscreants” analogies figured in the speeches of BJP’s central netas who campaigned in poll-bound Bengal over the weekend.Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma’s “bullets for a bullet” rhetoric was matched by defence minister Rajnath Singh, who referred to perpetrators of violence landing up in jail or dead after BJP forms govt…
