Cops outside JU during an ABVP rally on Monday Kolkata: Calcutta High Court ex-judge Pranab Chatterjee will head the five-member committee set up by Jadavpur University to probe the campus vandalism and violence on Aug 19 and 20, vice-chancellor Chiranjib Bhattacharjee announced at a meeting attended by all stakeholders of the institution on Monday.Subha Shankar…
Noida: GB Nagar administration has formed tehsil- and area-wise teams to check sugar hoarding and profiteering amid a rise in prices despite adequate stocks.“The teams have been instructed to conduct regular campaigns in their respective areas to detect illegal stockpiling and profiteering. Officials have also been directed to take strict action as per rules wherever…
Panaji: Goa govt is set to introduce a sweeping overhaul of the state’s only jail at Colvale, with dedicated enclosures for transgender prisoners, tighter surveillance to curb organised crime behind bars, probes into sexual harassment, and the creation of open and semi-open correctional institutions.State govt will pass the new Goa prisons and correction service bill…
Gorakhpur: Actor and two-time Lok Sabha MP Ravi Kishan was honoured with the ‘Sarvottam Nagrik Samman 2026’ for his outstanding contributions to Indian cinema, arts and public life.The award was presented by Meghashreya Foundation on Sunday at a ceremony in Mumbai, said PRO of the MP, Pawan Dubey. Maharashtra Governor Jishnu Dev Varma, state cultural…
Ahmedabad: The promise of earning Rs 500 per Rs 1 lakh processed allegedly lured a Nadiad distributor and several others into a gold-loan scheme. Investors claim they put in Rs 2.5 crore but received only Rs 30 lakh in commission before payments stopped.The matter has now reached the CID Crime Ahmedabad unit.The 44-year-old complainant said…
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,…
