New Delhi: While the demand for Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan’s resignation continued amid the ongoing CJP-led agitation, several Delhi University (DU) colleges shared posts from their official social media handles backing the minister.The posts came a day after DU, through its official X handle, said students’ concerns were being exploited by “vested interests”.At the…
The accident site at Gautam Nagar, Balkum, where a contract worker died after a tin roof collapsed and a tree trunk fell on him during a tree removal operation on Thursday. Thane: A 42-year-old contract worker engaged by the Thane Municipal Corporation’s tree authority was killed while clearing a fallen tree in Balkum on Thursday…
Nine men injured in explosion Bengaluru: Nine migrants from West Bengal, who were daily-wage workers associated with an engineering firm, sustained severe burns after a leaking LPG cylinder caused an explosion in their paying guest accommodation in Bommasandra-Hebbagodi, Electronics City, early Thursday. They were staying in a single-bedroom unit with a small kitchen and bathroom.Police…
TNGECL starts giving NOC for stalled solar plant projects Chennai: In a relief to investors in solar plants in the state, Tamil Nadu Green Energy Corporation (TNGECL) has started issuing no-objection to projects that were kept in abeyance since the TVK govt took over.Electricity and law minister R Nirmalkumar had alleged malpractices in granting approvals…
Hyderabad: Student activists hold placards and raise slogans during a students’ solidarity protest against alleged paper leak scams and violence against students, at the Osmania University, in Hyderabad (PTI Photo) Hyderabad: Tension briefly flared near Osmania University on Thursday after the Disha Students Organisation (DSO) alleged student activist Mahipal was picked up by the Osmania…
On Thursday, the city recorded a maximum temperature of 31.1 degrees Celsius On Thursday, the city recorded a maximum temperature of 31.1 degrees Celsius On Thursday, the city recorded a maximum temperature of 31.1 degrees Celsius On Thursday, the city recorded a maximum temperature of 31.1 degrees Celsius On Thursday, the city recorded a maximum…
Extortion charge against BJP members Kolkata: BJP has suspended a local party worker in Behala and started a probe against a Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha functionary in Sinthee after FIRs were registered against them for allegedly trying to extort lakhs of rupees from property owners and traders to “allow them constructions”. A promoter, Kashinath Mondal,…
Ghaziabad: An eatery owner from Gurgaon allegedly got his childhood friend shot dead by hired assailants before trying to pass off the killing as a road-rage attack by two bikers. The motive, police said, was a festering business rivalry over two adjoining eateries at Sheetla Mata Mandir in Gurgaon.The murder allegedly took place around Wednesday…
Inadequate scientific storage facilities for coconuts and cashew nuts lead to considerable losses for farmers, while godowns for storing agricultural inputs remain scarce across the state, said a source Margao: With the Goa State Amritkal Agriculture Policy, 2025 (GSAAP-2025), having completed over a year on paper without commensurate implementation on the field, attention is now…
Varanasi: A day after a sack containing codeine syrup was found floating in the Ganga in Varanasi, Chandauli police seized a consignment of 7,200 bottles of codeine syrup worth around Rs 15 lakh from an abandoned truck near the Kori underpass under Alinagar police station on Thursday.Police are trying to ascertain whether the consignment was…
