The activists said they would move the Bombay high court challenging the validity of the new rules Mumbai: The controversy surrounding Maharashtra’s recently notified Right to Information (RTI) Rules, 2026 has escalated with a group of prominent transparency activists and former information officials issuing a legal notice to the state government demanding that the rules…
Despite SC order, many schools skip gratuity for teachersBengaluru: Gratuity for teachers has become a sore point between management and teachers in many schools. While the Supreme Court ordered schools to give gratuity, teachers allege that many schools in Bengaluru are skipping the mandate, citing lack of funds.Recently, teachers of a private school on Bannerghatta…
About 1.6 lakh saplings were raised in the nursery and transplanted during the rainy season to give them the best chance of survival Against the backdrop of one of Tamil Nadu’s most industrially battered coastlines, forest officials have pulled off what they believe is an environmental triumph — in the Ennore Creek area of Tiruvallur…
Suvendu Adhikari and Samik Bhattacharya at the event on Thursday Kolkata: Autocracy and arrogance are not part of BJP’s ideology, and Bengal’s history has never accepted them, CM Suvendu Adhikari and Bengal BJP president Samik Bhattacharya said on Thursday.At an event to mark the day when Emergency was declared on June 25, 1975, the CM…
Investigations suggest Goyal (R) masterminded the plan, with Chaudhary (L) allegedly assisting in the fatal push, killing Ketan (M) PUNE: During custodial interrogation, Siya Goyal and Chetan Chaudhary blamed each other for masterminding the murder of Ketan Agrawal.According to a Pune Rural police officer, Goyal told investigators that she had informed Agrawal she did not…
Guwahati: Launching a sharp attack on the Centre’s education policies under the Congress’ nationwide ‘Chatroon Ki Goonj’ campaign, Jharkhand agriculture minister and senior party leader Shilpi Neha Tirkey on Thursday held the Union government “morally responsible” for repeated examination paper leaks and what she called “systemic failures” in the conduct of major tests.She demanded the…
Kota: Kota police have said no Pakistan link has been established so far in the investigation into a case involving alleged religious conversion, obscene online content and fake social media identities, even as claims of a wider racket continue to circulate.Investigators have also said no videos involving local women or girls have been found so…
NEW DELHI: The government has appointed senior IPS officer Mahesh Dixit as the next Director of the Intelligence Bureau (IB), the country’s domestic intelligence agency, PTI reported on Thursday.The appointment was approved by the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet, headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Dixit, a 1993-batch IPS officer of the Andhra Pradesh cadre,…
A man dives in the Limmat river during a heat wave in Zurich, Switzerland (AP Photo/Laurent Cipriani) Switzerland recorded its hottest June temperature ever on Thursday when thermometers in the northern city of Basel reached 38C, surpassing a national June record that had stood since 1947, as an intense heatwave continued to grip large parts…
Centre has introduced a risk-based compliance mechanism to ease industry compliance with Quality Control Orders (QCOs), allowing eligible manufacturers to follow a simplified certification route while maintaining product quality and consumer protection. The Centre has introduced a risk-based compliance mechanism to ease industry compliance with Quality Control Orders (QCOs), allowing eligible manufacturers to follow a…
