Kolkata: With buses dwindling on roads, phased suspension and short-termination of auto routes as part of Durga Puja traffic management left office-goers and metro commuters stranded during the evening rush on Wednesday.Kolkata Police began imposing the curbs 4 pm onwards, leaving commuters stranded at metro stations and major intersections just when they needed transport the…
Ghaziabad: Fifty electric vehicle (EV) charging stations will be set up at govt offices, public parking lots as well as on arterial roads under the first phase of PM E-Drive scheme. A total of 238 locations across UP have been approved for EV charging points under the scheme.Assistant regional transport officer (administration) Ashok Kumar Srivastava…
Construction of 20-bed primary health centre at Headland-Sada is slated to be completed in time. Vasco: Mormugao MLA Sankalp Amonkar on Wednesday said the construction of the 20-bed primary health centre at Headland-Sada would be completed by Jan 2028, as scheduled.Amonkar made the statement after inspecting the site along with officials from the Goa State…
Varanasi: A teen girl was killed while her cousin suffered injuries when a trailer truck hit their motorcycle in Katra area under Mubarakpur police station in Azamgarh district on Wednesday morning.Mubarakpur police station in-charge Shashi Chand Chaudhary said the girl student died on the spot while injured boy was rushed to hospital. Police seized the…
Gandhinagar: Two state govt undertakings, Gujarat Energy Ltd (GEL) and GSPL Transmission Ltd (GTL), have paid a record dividend of Rs 384.7 crore to Gujarat govt for 2025-26, marking the highest-ever single-year payout by state-controlled companies.Chief minister Bhupendra Patel received the dividend cheques from GEL managing director and GTL vice-chairperson Avantika Singh in Gandhinagar on…
CM Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu at Kaza in Lahaul-Spiti on Wednesday Shimla: Himachal Pradesh chief minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu said on Wednesday that moral education would be introduced in Himachal Pradesh schools from the next academic session.During an interaction with students of a CBSE school in Kaza, Sukhu said the syllabus was being prepared for the…
Pune: Traffic police have requested people to use public transport as much as possible with heavy vehicular rush being expected on both Pune-Mumbai expressway and the old highway this weekend through Tuesday.The district administration has already ordered the diversion of heavy and large vehicles from the old highway to alternative routes from Thursday to prevent…
Surat: Umra police have registered a case against a 17-year-old boy for allegedly raping a 17-year-old girl he met on Instagram. The two had been communicating on the social media platform for a couple of months before deciding to meet in person. The meeting allegedly ended in sexual assault, police said.According to the FIR, the…
The meeting between Samagra Shiksha-Assam (SSA) officials and the teachers’ union Guwahati: The Assam State Primary Teachers’ Association has urged the Samagra Shiksha-Assam to stop teachers from using personal smartphones to mark attendance on the Shiksha Setu portal, saying the practice could allow them to register attendance without entering school campuses and potentially skip classes.At…
LUACTA members with CM Yogi Adityanath Lucknow: The Lucknow University Associated Colleges Teachers’ Association (LUACTA) has urged chief minister Yogi Adityanath to address 20 pending demands of higher education teachers in Uttar Pradesh, including restoration of the old pension scheme and an increase in the retirement age from 62 to 65 years. LUACTA president Manoj…
