The church told its members to plant one tree in their own home, and gift the second one to a Muslim or Hindu neighbour for planting in their homes Panaji: A parish in Ponda turned the state’s call for tree plantation over 90 days during the monsoon into an opportunity to link parishioners with different…
Varanasi: With the construction of the Rs 315 crore, 500-bed multi-super-specialty hospital set to begin at Shri Shiv Prasad Gupta (SSPG) Divisional Hospital, authorities on Sunday held detailed discussions to ensure that patient care remains unaffected during the demolition of old hospital buildings and subsequent construction work.The meeting focused on relocating existing medical services and…
Gandhinagar: Villages on the fringes of Gujarat’s fast-growing cities are exploding with construction activity — apartments, shops, gated colonies — approved by panchayats that have neither the expertise nor the means to plan roads, drainage or water supply. Years later, cities take these areas into their limits, and the chaos that comes with it. When…
Representational image of missing children Ludhiana: This industrial city of Punjab searches for three new missing children amid a spike in youth disappearances that has triggered 14 separate police inquiries in just over a week.From a young boy who promised to return in five minutes to vulnerable teenage girls lured away, a community is left…
Rohtak: Expressing dissatisfaction with the pace of investigation into the death of a 19-year-old playschool teacher, the victim’s father announced on Sunday that he would launch an indefinite hunger strike at the mini-secretariat in Bhiwani if justice is not delivered within the next 21 days.The case is being probed by the Central Bureau of Investigation…
Pune: Garage owners and service centres in the city have reported a surge in the number of people approaching them and requesting for an increase in the mileage of their vehicles.Mohammad Shafiq Shaikh said it started some three weeks ago. “People bring their bikes and scooters, most of them quite old, with just one request…
Guwahati: CM Himanta Biswa Sarma on Sunday assigned “guardian districts” to 16 of his cabinet colleagues to speed up development across Assam’s districts.As guardian ministers of the districts, they have been given the responsibility of working closely with the district administrations to ensure smooth implementation of all schemes and programmes.Cabinet minister Atul Bora has been…
Bahraich: Chief minister Yogi Adityanath has notified Ken Nala in Gulra area of Shravasti as a biodiversity heritage site.District magistrate, Shravasti, Annapurna Garg said that it is a significant step which will promote environmental conservation and ecotourism in the region.The CM said that Shravasti is believed to have been founded by Lav, the son of…
Jaipur: A day after raising questions regarding the raids conducted by the state agriculture department, Rajasthan Congress president Govind Singh Dotasra Sunday demanded an impartial investigation into alleged corruption and extortion linked to the action.Dotasra’s demand follows the Anti-Corruption Bureau’s arrest of Rajasthan State Seeds Corporation director Jugal Kishore Vishnoi and his relative Swatantra Jyani…
NEW DELHI: In one of the most stringent examination-security exercises undertaken in recent years, all experts involved in setting, moderating and translating the NEET-UG 2026 retest question paper have been moved to a secure, undisclosed location and placed under strict isolation protocols, with authorities virtually eliminating external communication in the final stages of paper preparation.The…
