Kolkata: Bengal has sped up barbed-wire fencing along vulnerable parts of the India-Bangladesh border in North 24 Parganas to curb illegal infiltration. This comes after CM Suvendu Adhikari announced expedited hand over of land to the Border Security Force (BSF). Around 51 km of the nearly 150-km stretch from Bongaon to Hingalganj-Samsernagar remains unfenced, administrative…
Panaji: Amid a bitter feud between St Andre MLA Viresh Borkar and party president Manoj Parab, party functionaries on Saturday said that RG could wind down its presence in the state. Borkar refused to comment on this development, but said that the party “needs to continue” for the sake of the people.Party insiders claim that…
Gorakhpur: Chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Saturday credited Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the flourishing sports culture across the nation, saying that Ahmedabad hosting the 2030 Commonwealth Games, and India bidding for the 2036 Olympics, can work wonders to boost the morale of homegrown talent.The chief minister was speaking after laying the foundation for the…
Farzana was 25 when she came to Ahmedabad from a small town with ambitions to make it big in Bollywood Vatva, Ahmedabad: The ‘ghost’ who waited 34 yrsShamsuddin Khedawala, an elderly taxi driver from Vatva, had been telling clerics for months that he was being haunted. He spoke of sights, voices and sleepless nights. He…
Mayor Saurabh Joshi and MC chief Amit Kumar during a workshop on the implementation of the Solid Waste Management Rules in Chandigarh on Saturday Chandigarh: The municipal corporation Saturday organised a sensitisation workshop on implementation of the Solid Waste Management Rules, 2026, and promotion of waste segregation at source.It was decided that ward-level awareness camps…
Pune: The Maharashtra State Board of Open Schooling (MSBOS) is set for an expansion, with plans to introduce certification for classes X and XII. Currently, the board offers schooling only for classes V and VIII, with a modest enrollment of around 150 students.With this expansion, officials have set an ambitious target of enrolling one lakh…
Dimapur: The Nagaland drug disposal committee for state-level police stations destroyed seized narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances worth over Rs 36.57 crore at the Kohima dumping site, Meriema, on Saturday.SP (N&P) and member of the drug disposal committee Poolicharla Ramanaiah said a total of 24 cases of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances that included 8kg…
Lucknow: Three historic gateways of Chhota Imambada—the south-east gate (Pehla Phatak), north gate (Naubat Khana) and north-west gate (Doosra Phatak)—are going to be restored by INTACH under supervision of Lucknow Development Authority. The gateways, once the principal entrances to the enclosed complex, had deteriorated over time due to ageing, seepage and weathering. It is part…
Garbage piled up under the Ajmeri Puliya in Jaipur Saturday Jaipur: The area beneath Ajmeri Puliya near Jaipur Railway Junction is increasingly becoming a source of inconvenience for commuters and local residents. What was once a busy passage for smooth movement has now turned into a congested stretch filled with illegal handcarts, private buses and…
NEW DELHI: Govt on Saturday appointed two joint secretaries and two joint directors to National Testing Agency (NTA), which is under fire over the NEET-UG paper leak.According to orders issued by the personnel department, Anuja Bapat, an Indian Statistical Service officer of the 1998 batch, and Ruchita Vij, an Indian Revenue Service officer of the…
