Kolkata: The Bengal govt informed the National Green Tribunal (NGT) that several mega surface water-based drinking water projects aimed at tackling arsenic contamination in North 24 Parganas are running behind schedule because of fund shortages, land acquisition hurdles and delays in securing clearances from multiple agencies. Earlier, green-crusader Subhas Datta said that most of the…
Noida: The family of a 24-year-old woman who died after falling from the third floor of her in-laws’ house in Greater Noida’s Jalpura village has demanded a fast-track court trial. They alleged Deepika Nagar was tortured for dowry and pushed off the terrace following a dispute on the night of May 17.Police have arrested four…
Panaji: Nine years after he founded a hyper-local party that stood on anti-migrant plank, Revolutionary Goans’ combative president Manoj Parab announced his resignation from the party and said he was also quitting active politics as he had failed to control internal politics and groupism.Throwing RG into a turmoil that threatens to douse its ‘uzzo’ (the…
Victim, Deepak with his wife and daughter Bahraich: In a tragic incident, a 30-year-old man was allegedly dragged into the Ghaghara river by a crocodile while he was attending his mother-in-law’s funeral in Gonda on Wednesday noon.The victim, Deepak, a resident of Greater Noida, had travelled to his in-laws’ village with his wife and daughter…
Several member colleges have backed the appeal, sending specific subject details to the university and urging an immediate revision of the timetable Ahmedabad: A calendar discrepancy has put thousands of Gujarat Technological University (GTU) students in a fix, after the Semester 4 exams were scheduled on May 28, clashing with Bakri Eid celebrations. Although the…
Youth dies in accidentTNNLudhiana: A youth died and at least two others were injured after a Thar vehicle met with an accident near BRS Nagar early on Thursday. Police said the deceased, Aryan Bir Singh, belonged to Kiran Vihar area in Ludhiana.As per the general diary details registered by Sarabha Nagar police, father of the…
Shimla: The Himachal Pradesh state department of prisons and correctional services has launched a reform initiative titled “Akshar Se Atmabodh” (remission by reading), aimed at encouraging positive behavioural change among prisoners through reading. The programme was first introduced at Model Central Jail, Kanda, on April 28 by director general of prisons and correctional services Abhishek…
Pune: Savitribai Phule Pune University postponed semester examinations for second, third and fourth year engineering students scheduled to begin this week. The university officials said the Second Year Engineering (SE) Semester III examinations under the 2019 pattern, earlier scheduled from May 20 to 25, will now be held after June 11. The Third Year Engineering…
Agartala: The National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) has revealed a decreasing rate in overall crime in Tripura, indicating a mixed but improving crime scenario in the state, with fluctuations in serious offences like murder.According to the NCRB, the total number of cases under the Indian Penal Code (IPC), Bharatiya Nyaya Samhita (BNS), and Special &…
Jaipur: Zinc Football Academy, Udaipur drubbed Royal FC 2-0 on the second day of the first Rajasthan Senior Women’s Football League, organised by the Rajasthan Football Association, at the Rajasthan United Football Club Ground here on Thursday.In the only match played on Thursday, Zinc won 2-0 over Royal FC. For Zinc, jersey number 22 Mona…
