Panaji: Over 11,000 persons in Goa have carried out their Census 2027 self-enumeration using the online platform, in the first digital Census of the country. The self-enumeration period ends on April 15 in Goa, and up to 10am on April 14, 11,117 had carried out self-enumeration in the state.After the end of the digital Census,…
Varanasi: Family members experienced 24 hours of panic as three children, after attending school in Mughalsarai area of Chandauli district, did not return home and instead boarded a bus to reach their maternal grandparents’ home in Ghazipur on Monday.Chandauli CO (PDDU Nagar) Arun Kumar Singh said that with the help of Ghazipur Kotwali police, all…
Ahmedabad: A State Reserve Police (SRP) jawan on duty at the New State Secretariat in Gandhinagar allegedly committed suicide in the wee hours of Tuesday. He was found hanging from a tree behind Gate No. 3 where he was posted.Inspector A G Solanki from Sector 7 police said that the deceased, Rajendrasinh Gohil, 49, was…
Ludhiana: In a bid to spread public awareness on fire safety, mayor Inderjit Kaur launched the fire safety week at the fire brigade headquarters near the railway station on Tuesday. The programme was launched in the presence of MC assistant commissioner Neeraj Jain, assistant divisional fire officer (ADFO) Jaswinder Singh, other civic officials and fire-fighters.As…
Chandigarh: The Centre has notified key amendments to the Bhakra Beas Management Board (BBMB) Rules, 1974, revising the eligibility criteria for two senior technical positions — member (irrigation) and member (power) — within the board, which earlier were reserved for officers from Punjab and Haryana.Political parties have dubbed the ministry of power’s formal notification on…
Pune: Incomplete work on a pipeline has prevented supply of water to around 15 overhead water storage tanks in the areas of Mohammadwadi, Undri and parts of Kondhwa. While PMC says it has completed laying of the pipeline in maximum stretches, the work is still pending along around 150m on Katraj-Kondhwa Road, for which officials…
Surat: Varachha police arrested four persons for allegedly extorting money using a “gay app trapping” modus operandi. The accused would lure the victim by proposing a relationship and then assault and threaten him to extract money. Police said the accused have five older cases registered against them.According to police, the complainant, an embroidery artisan working…
Guwahati: Four Bangladeshi nationals, including a minor, have been detained for illegally entering India, police said on Monday. A broker who allegedly helped them was arrested in connection with the case.The border branch of police commissionerate, along with a team of Dispur police station, detained these persons on Sunday evening following credible intelligence inputs received….
Devotees offer prayers at Gurdwara Yahiyaganj on Tuesday Lucknow: Devotees thronged gurdwaras on Baisakhi and Khaalsa Saajna Diwas on Tuesday, offering prayers and celebrating the festival with traditional fervour.Baisakhi is celebrated to commemorate the establishment of the Sikh Khalsa Panth by Guru Gobind Singh in 1699, while also marking the Sikh New Year and the…
Ahmedabad: On Oct 4, 2024—barely a month after celebrating her 91st birthday—Asha Bhosle stepped into a recording studio in Versova to lend her voice to a devotional song praising the compassionate and nurturing qualities of Ashapura Mata, the deity revered as a ‘kuldevi’ by several communities in Gujarat.The bhajan conveyed that anyone who approaches Ashapura…
