File picture of members of a youth club in Moodu Perampalli, Udupi, planting rice for mass feeding Bengaluru: Chief minister DK Shivakumar’s ambitious plan to set up 10,000 youth clubs in the state appears to draw inspiration from a model deployed by former West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee, reigniting a debate over whether such…
Chennai: Rats dart through corridors and cockroaches crawl near beds while patients undergo treatments. This is the situation at the ₹380 crore 1,000-bed Kalaignar Centenary Super-Speciality Hospital at Guindy, which was opened in 2023.“We see the pests near patients’ beds in the wards, and sometimes even in their food. Though the hospital staff clean the…
Hyderabad: The committee to identify and recognise Telangana movement activists is working towards submitting its report within a defined timeframe, committee chairman K Keshava Rao said on Thursday.The panel has already begun consultations with political parties and plans to hold discussions with various organisations and individuals associated with the statehood movement. The committee would collect…
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Kolkata: The state school education department on Thursday reiterated that in-service teachers are not permitted to engage in private coaching and warned of action against violators.The order, issued with reference to Section 28 of the RTE Act, 2009, and a Calcutta High Court order, said the department had received complaints against some school teachers for…
Ghaziabad: Substandard and expired food products worth over Rs. 7 lakh were seized during surprise inspections in the Sahibabad Industrial Area, an official said on Thursday.The operation was carried out by the Uttar Pradesh Food Safety and Drug Administration (UPFSDA) at two separate commercial establishments located in Site-IV of the industrial hub.The largest seizure involved…
Panaji: State govt on Thursday regularised 300 illegal houses constructed on govt land, comunidade land and land owned by individuals under the Mhaje Ghar scheme. State govt urged the people who have still not applied under the Majhe Ghar scheme to regularise their houses to apply.Chief minister Pramod Sawant said that a total of over…
Varanasi: On the eve of World Environment Day, divisional railway manager of North Eastern Railway, Ashish Jain, along with divisional officers, conducted a plantation drive on Thursday in the circulating area of Banaras Railway Station under the Mission LiFE campaign.Besides, eco-friendly exhibitions, drawing competitions and several other programmes were organised at stations of the Varanasi…
Ahmedabad: A couple, both teachers, leave home together on Wednesday for census duty. On the way, the woman “goes missing” and the man approaches police to file a missing person’s complaint. Only, the woman — Reena Zala, 45, a teacher at Chaloda Primary School — is found dead near the Narmada Canal on the outskirts…
The residents managed to douse off the fire and rescued the injured, who were then taken to a hospital. Ludhiana: Three of a family suffered severe burn injuries after an LPG cylinder gas leak led to a blast in their one-room rented accommodation in Bachittar Nagar of Jamalpur area on Thursday early morning. The incident…
