Panaji: With the 2027 assembly elections in sight, chief minister Pramod Sawant said he will return in May next year to inaugurate the new police headquarters building, after laying the foundation stone on Thursday.The building is being built at a cost of Rs 45 crore through the Goa State Infrastructure Development Corporation.The CM, who also…
Ahmedabad: Money that city’s taxpayers pay to keep their streets from flooding every monsoon never reached the ground. Instead, it was quietly pocketed by the very engineers entrusted to fix the problem, investigation has revealed.The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) has ordered an inquiry into the disproportionate assets of four officials after the municipal commissioner in…
Chandigarh: The UT engineering department has floated a tender for the construction of the PGI-PU pedestrian underpass,.The construction is to be completed in six months at an estimated cost of Rs 8.4 crore. This is the second time the tender has been floated.According to the project plan, the underpass will be around 14 metres wide…
National security information leak Pune: A special court on Thursday framed charges for offences under the Official Secrets Act against a senior DRDO scientist, almost three years after the anti-terrorism squad (ATS) filed a chargesheet against him on June 30, 2023, in an alleged honey trap and spying case.The development paves the way for commencement…
Gauhati Medical College & Hospital Guwahati: Gauhati Medical College and Hospital (GMCH) has introduced advanced catheter-based cardiac interventions for children with congenital heart diseases, marking a first for Assam’s largest public hospital.Over two days, the cardiology department successfully performed multiple complex structural and rhythm-management procedures on patients aged 4 to 15, bringing next-generation cardiac technologies…
Lucknow: Lucknow Police have proposed installing high-rise fencing, CCTV cameras and crisis helpline signboards on two Gomti river bridges connecting the 1090 intersection with Samta Mulak Chauraha following a series of six suicide attempts and river-jump incidents in recent months.The proposal has been sent to the Lucknow Development Authority, or LDA, with a request to…
Jaipur: More than 10,000 new sellers from Rajasthan joined Amazon’s marketplace over the past year, taking the total seller base from the state to over 1.4 lakh. The majority of the sellers offer products ranging from home décor, wooden furniture and ceramic utensils to spices, namkeens and ghee, said a senior official of the company,…
NEW DELHI: One in every three candidates registered for the June 21 NEET-UG re-exam come from just three states — Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra and Rajasthan — according to data from National Testing Agency (NTA).NEET-UG — involving more than 22.7 lakh medical aspirants — is the single-largest national entrance test of the country. It is the…
Indian-origin Texas county judge KP George, who was suspended earlier, has now been sentenced to jail time and probation. An Indian-origin judge in a Texas county, an elected position, who was found guilty of money laundering and was suspended has now been sentenced to 180 days in jail and five years’ probation. Judge Maggie Perez-Jaramillo…
Jim Carrey will soon return to screens for another ‘Grinchmas’ with rumours abuzz that the actor is set to revisit his iconic role as The Grinch. Jim Carrey to return as The Grinch Over 25 years after winning hearts with ‘How the Grinch Stole Christmas’, Carrey is reportedly in talks with Universal Pictures and Imagine…
