Employees are seeking release of pending dearness allowance (DA), implementation of the old pension scheme, benefits on central govt lines and withdrawal of the three-year probation period for newly recruited employees Chandigarh: Punjab govt employees will observe a statewide “maha hartal” on Aug 27 to press for their demands, with public transport, hospital OPDs and…
This everyday overcrowding of buses goes largely unchecked, and conductors rarely stop additional passengers from boarding the bus, passengers allege Pune: Severely overcrowded PMPML buses, especially during peak morning and evening hours, have reignited passenger safety concerns after a young girl came under the wheels of a school vehicle while trying to get off the…
Surat: The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) arrested Navsari-based journalist Satshankar Mishra while allegedly accepting a Rs 51,000 bribe from a complainant.According to the ACB, Mishra, who works with a local newspaper, had approached the complainant alleging corruption in govt -approved projects carried out by him. Mishra subsequently published reports related to the alleged irregularities and also…
Guwahati: Assam has moved closer to launching what it describes as India’s first state-owned Earth observation satellite network.CM Himanta Biswa Sarma said the process had reached the final stage of selecting a private partner to build and operate AssamSAT.The project is being designed as a constellation of at least five synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellites…
Mission director, NHM UP, Pinky Jowal (centre) at the review of health facilities meeting Lucknow: A state-level review of 2,562 health facilities across eight districts in Varanasi and Gorakhpur divisions has flagged gaps in infrastructure, equipment maintenance, manpower and availability of essential medicines, prompting the health department to direct officials to take corrective measures.The review,…
Ajmer: Two cases of online fraud were registered Monday in Ajmer, including one in which a private school teacher was allegedly duped after being lured with the promise of high profits on an investment, police said. Police were investigating both matters.In the first case, Digvijay Singh, a teacher in a private school, reported that he…
Spike in Turkish military flights to Pakistan raises concerns over possible weapons transfers NEW DELHI: An unusual increase in Turkish military transport flights to Pakistan in the last few days has raised hackles in Indian defence circles.Open-source flight trackers noted a 60-hour surge of Turkish military transport flights, including Turkish C-130 Hercules and A400M aircraft…
US universities are pausing CPT programs after new memo from ICE. Curricular Practical Training (CPT) is a temporary work authorization that allows F-1 international students in the US to gain off-campus work experience, such as internships or co-op programs, while completing their degree. Unlike Optional Practical Training (OPT), which is approved directly by USCIS after…
Visa crackdown widens as Trump administration targets visitors seeking to remain in US through asylum claims The Donald Trump administration is preparing to revoke the business and tourism visas of as many as 2,00,000 foreigners who have applied for or are currently seeking asylum in the United States, in what could become the largest single…
In late 2028, Nasa plans to send something unusual towards Mars, a spacecraft carrying a working nuclear reactor designed to generate electricity for propulsion in deep space. Space Reactor-1 Freedom is intended to test nuclear electric propulsion beyond Earth orbit, where conventional solar power becomes increasingly difficult to use. The spacecraft will not land on…
