Panaji: Just four days before his death, Nana Patekar was smiling, dancing, and playing the shamel on a stage in Dona Paula.Dressed in a simple white kurta and scarf, the actor who once painted Mumbai’s zebra crossings for a living did not behave like a chief guest. He joined local folk artists mid-performance, clapped with…
Varanasi: Mau police have registered an FIR against eight named individuals and around 400 unidentified people after a protest march by INDIA bloc constituents turned chaotic on Oct 5.The march, jointly organized by the Samajwadi Party, Congress and CPM under the slogan “Save Vote, Save Nation,” began from Jeevan Ram Hostel Ground and proceeded toward…
Ahmedabad: Gujarat High Court has upheld the conviction of a man accused in fake Indian currency notes (FICN) case by a special National Investigation Agency (NIA) court and reduced his seven-year sentence to the period already served in prison.Mohammed Mahefuz Shaikh has already spent four years and eight months in prison out of the seven-year…
School authorities have been instructed to upload the videos to school websites, post them in parents’ WhatsApp groups and submit a mandatory quota of 10 video clips per school alongside their PTM reports Ludhiana: Punjab govt has directed schoolteachers to record video testimonials from parents about its welfare scheme, “Mawan-Dhiyaan Satkar Yojana,” during a statewide…
Pune: Paying school bus fees through UPI is set to get expensive as the Pune Bus and Car Owners Association has decided to push the burden of MDR on parents.Payment gateways are set to charge a merchant discount rate (MDR) on UPI transactions above Rs 2,000 from Oct 15. Since many operators collect bus fees…
Mizoram governor speaks at the event Aizawl: Mizoram governor Gen. Vijay Kumar Singh on Thursday described the Right to Information (RTI) as a cornerstone of transparent, accountable and participatory governance and not an instrument of confrontation.Addressing the RTI week celebration, organised by the Mizoram Information Commission (MIC), Singh said, “RTI should not be viewed as…
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Jaipur: Fourteen students of Govt Senior Secondary School in Ganipur, Dausa district, fell ill after allegedly consuming poisonous Ratanjot seeds on the school premises.The students began complaining of vomiting and diarrhoea soon after eating the seeds, following which school authorities alerted the health department. As their condition worsened, they were rushed to the sub-district hospital…
File photo: Supreme Court NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Thursday said the Jharkhand’s DGP appointment process prima facie violated its Prakash Singh judgement, which mandated consideration of officers with six months or more residual tenure for the top police post, reports Dhananjay Mahapatra. It issued a notice to Tadasha Singh, who was appointed to the…
US House bill proposes raising serious H-1B violation fines from $35,000 to $250,000 and extending employer bans from at least 3 years to 10 years as Washington’s visa crackdown intensifies. A Republican lawmaker in the US House has introduced legislation that would significantly increase the penalties facing employers found to have committed serious violations of…
