Now, an integrated portal for scholarships in Maharashtra Mumbai: The Maharashtra govt will roll out a new integrated scholarship platform, MahaScholarship, on the MahaDBT 2.0 portal from the 2026-27 academic year, bringing all post-Class 10 scholarship schemes under a single digital system. A press note issued by the higher and technical education department said the…
A cybersecurity analyst monitors digital forensics data on multiple screens as a cyberfraud attack targets online banking and identity theft systems. Bengaluru: A 58-year-old para-athlete and shot-putter, awarded Padma Shri in 2021, allegedly lost Rs 90,000 from his account in an online fraud despite alerting the bank after receiving suspicious OTP messages late at night.Venkatesh…
CHENNAI: Free trade agreements offer the Indian textile industry a significant opportunity to expand its share in the EU, UK, and other markets, as they boost competitiveness. Large players, including Gokaldas Exports, KPR Mill, Arvind, Welspun Living, Vardhman Textiles, and Pearl Global Industries, have signaled export growth in these markets. Some, such as Trident and…
Hyderabad: Telangana’s govt degree colleges will introduce 11 new courses under the Apprenticeship Embedded Degree Programme (AEDP) from this academic year, expanding the total number of courses to 24 across 96 colleges, commissioner of technical education A Sridevasena said on Monday.Addressing a press briefing, she said the programme aims to enrol 8,000 students this year,…
Gurgaon: A 17-year-old boy died after an SUV allegedly collided with his scooter near a school in Sector 93 on Sunday evening.Police said the accident took place near Shri Chaitanya School when Vikrant Yadav — a resident of DLF Garden City in Sector 91 — was heading towards Vishal Mega Mart around 8.10pm. The driver…
Kolkata/Contai: Mass resignations are causing civic bodies to collapse across Bengal, including in Trinamool strongholds, exposing growing organisational strain within the party.On Monday, North Barrackpore municipality was pushed to the brink after 16 councillors tendered their resignations. The churn has also intensified in Bhatpara, Kanchrapara, Halisahar and Garulia. Most resigning councillors described their move as…
With Noida International Airport preparing for commercial operations, India Meteorological Department (IMD) has approved a dedicated weather monitoring station there Noida: Despite being Delhi’s neighbours, and now supporting a population of more than 70 lakh people, Noida and Ghaziabad have never had full-fldeged weather stations. That is now finally going to change.With Noida International Airport…
Margao: In what tribal leaders described as a historic occasion, the Tawadkar and Velip factions of Goa’s Scheduled Tribe movement called a truce , with tribal welfare minister and Canacona MLA Ramesh Tawadkar vowing to sink differences in the interest of the community.The reconciliation is significant given the bitter public fallout between Tawadkar and the…
Varanasi: Power workers of Purvanchal under the banner of Vidhyut Karmachari Sanyukt Sangharsh Samiti UP on Monday held a demonstration at the managing director’s office at Bhikhareepur, expressing their strong opposition to the proposed privatisation of the state’s electricity distribution system.Electricity employees, engineers, junior engineers, technical staff and contractual workers participated in the demonstration.Addressing the…
Dharmendrasinh Barad was shot in the foot during a scuffle with a crime branch officer Dharmendrasinh Barad, an accused wanted in an attempt-to-murder case, was shot in the foot during a crime branch operation near Sola Bhagwat in Ahmedabad on Monday, May 26 Dharmendrasinh Barad was shot in the foot during a scuffle with a…
