The cadre was identified as self-styled sergeant major Yangsin Khocha, a resident of Phangsun village under Namtok police station in Arunachal Pradesh’s Changlang district Dibrugarh: Security forces apprehended an active NSCN (IM) cadre during a special operation in Ledo, Tinsukia district, on Friday.The cadre was identified as self-styled sergeant major Yangsin Khocha, a resident of…
LDA building sealing, file pic Lucknow: Architects across Uttar Pradesh are preparing to approach the state govt seeking what they describe as a level playing field after housing development authorities began initiating an empanelling process for professionals involved in preparing building plans and maps.With a lack of clear guidelines and what practitioners call prevailing confusion…
Jaipur: The upcoming urban local body elections in Rajasthan, scheduled for Sept 9 and 11, are proving to be a midterm review of the BJP govt under chief minister Bhajan Lal Sharma, testing its two-and-a-half-year performance, grassroots organisation and electoral appeal.The elections covering 309 urban local bodies assume added significance as the same urban electorate…
Slippages on Kanpur-Lucknow Expressway point to design issue, not construction defect; stretches will need bottom-up rebuild. (AI-generated image) NEW DELHI: Slippages on sections of the Kanpur-Lucknow Expressway within days of its inauguration point to a design issue, not a construction defect, a top govt official has said, adding that simple patchwork repairs will not solve…
Quote of the day by Brock Lesnar (Image via: WWE) Brock Lesnar’s quote offers a genuinely candid look at the competitive mindset that can make defeat considerably harder to accept than it might first appear. “Nobody likes to lose, and I’m a sore loser,” he said, “especially when I feel I gave the first fight…
What a pleasant lift in the air. You get up with more enthusiasm and your day appears ready to be a good match. Venus the ruler of your life enhances your social savvy and charm and the Moon encourages confidence in public spaces. This is why happiness is more natural in our times, even with…
New Delhi: Nearly 47.6 lakh registered voters in Delhi are unlikely to find their names in the draft Special Intensive Revision (SIR) electoral roll to be published by Election Commission Monday, with around one-third of the capital’s 1.4 crore electors unable to submit their enumeration forms during the verification exercise.Election officials said many voters were…
The protesting students ended their hunger strik in the presence of state tribal welfare minister Ashok Uike Mumbai/Pune: The tribal students ended their 17-day hunger strike late Saturday after the state complied with their demands, prompted by a stern warning from Bombay high court earlier in the day.The protests in Pune, Nagpur and Nashik had…
Bengaluru: The investigation into the alleged job-for-cash scam in the Karnataka Public Service Commission (KPSC) took a major turn on Saturday, with the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) contemplating the arrest of senior IAS officer Gyanendra Kumar Gangwar after questioning him for nearly 21 hours over two days.Gangwar arrived at the CID headquarters on Palace Road…
Chennai: CPM state secretary P Shanmugam on Saturday criticised the state govt’s decision to release water from the Mettur dam for 45 days from Sept 1, saying the duration would be insufficient for samba paddy cultivation and could work to Karnataka’s advantage in the Cauvery water dispute.Water resources minister N Anand had announced that chief…
