Chennai: Madras high court has issued notice to the Tamil Nadu govt on a plea seeking introduction of an income ceiling for admission under the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act. The law mandates that 25% of seats in private schools be reserved for students from SC, ST and economically disadvantaged…
Hyderabad has 50% of its mandals in the over-exploited category and another 43% in the critical category, underscoring the scale of groundwater depletion Close to 200 borewell trucks lined up near Komghatta road near Kengeri to protest against the Diesel price hike in Bengaluru on Sunday 16th September 2018. Hyderabad: Is Hyderabad heading towards a…
Kolkata: Security aide of former mayor and ex-MLA Sovan Chatterjee was arrested after being accused of molesting the minor daughter of his associate, police said.The accused, identified as Sanju Sharma, was arrested following a complaint lodged at Rabindra Sarobar Police Station by the close associate. The complaint alleged that she too was physically assaulted when…
Ghaziabad: A 25-year-old man wanted for allegedly raping a 13-year-old girl was shot at and arrested after the latest gunfight with police in Loni Border early on Monday.Cops were on the lookout for Siraj after the minor’s father filed a complaint on May 30 stating his daughter had been raped three months earlier, leaving her…
Chief minister Pramod Sawant meets jal shakti minister C R Patil, in Delhi Panaji: Chief minister Pramod Sawant, on Monday , said that the union govt has assured over Rs 280 crore to take up improvement work of Anjunem dam and the repair of its canal. He held a meeting with union minister for jal…
Ahmedabad: The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) launched the MYBYK bicycle and e-bike rental service at Kankaria lake on Monday. The facility enables residents and visitors to conveniently rent a bicycle or e-bike from designated MYBYK hubs set up near Gate No. 1 and Gate No. 3 of the lake and experience cycling along the lakefront….
Chandigarh: Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal on Monday inducted 31 independent candidates, who were elected as councillors in the recent civic body elections, into the party fold.Sukhbir said another 20 independent councillors would soon join the SAD. Addressing a press conference here, he said the SAD had supported these candidates during the…
Rainclouds fill the skyline in Kochi. An IMD official said nothing can be projected about arrival of monsoon in Maharashtra till its onset in Kerala Pune: Uncertainty over the southwest monsoon’s progress has deepened after it failed to make its normal onset over Kerala by June 1, prompting experts to remain cautious about predicting its…
Lucknow: Students of LLB 3-year and 5-year programmes will now have to work hard all year round instead of just studying before the examination.In compliance with new rules of Bar Council of India (BCI) and norms recommended in the National Education Policy (NEP), Lucknow University has decided to revise the evaluation pattern.According to new norms,…
PHED additional chief engineer Ramchandra Raar meets villagers of Kekri Block in Ajmer Ajmer: Villages in Ajmer are facing hard times as drinking water supply here has been severely affected. Villages like Sanpla, Sapali, Supa, Gopalpura, Kheri and Shankali in Kekri block have not been receiving supply for the last 10 days. Many illegal connections…
