Ranchi: Members of Ajsu Party on Sunday burnt a symbolic effigy of the state govt at Albert Ekka Chowk, demanding a CBI inquiry into alleged irregularities in examinations conducted by the Jharkhand Public Service Commission (JPSC) and Jharkhand Staff Selection Commission (JSSC).The party also sought the withdrawal of cases filed against students who had earlier…
MLA Sofia Firdous at the Divya Daan blood donation camp Officials of FMU and AIDMI at the signing of the MoU MLA Sofia Firdous at the Divya Daan blood donation camp Officials of FMU and AIDMI at the signing of the MoU MLA Sofia Firdous at the Divya Daan blood donation camp A blood donation…
Mangaluru: Ahead of the state cabinet meeting on Sept 18, a delegation from the BJP Dakshina Kannada unit met chief minister DK Shivakumar and submitted a memorandum listing 44 demands for the district.Led by BJP Dakshina Kannada district president Sathish Kumpala, the delegation’s key demand was recognition of Tulu as Karnataka’s second official language. “With…
Under its ‘Sahbhagita’ initiative, the traffic police is inviting citizens to flag recurring traffic issues and parking bottlenecks through a QR code-linked Google Form Lucknow: Lucknow Traffic Police has launched a citizen-participation programme to identify chronic traffic problems and collect practical solutions from daily commuters.The initiative, titled ‘Sahbhagita’ (participation), invites residents to report recurring congestion…
Four boats at Almatti’s Silver Lake and Kudalasangama now run on solar energy, promoting green tourism and cleaner waterways Boats in Kudalasangama and Almatti are now equipped with solar panels Vijayapura: Silver Lake, a popular tourist attraction within the Almatti Dam complex, has offered boating services since 2006. Kudalasangama, a major pilgrimage centre in neighbouring…
The DGP said preliminary findings suggested that the victims may have consumed tainted rum. DIMAPUR: At least nine people have died at Tuensang district hospital over the past three days after reportedly consuming spurious liquor, prompting Nagaland director general of police Rupin Sharma to issue an alert advising people to abstain from drinking alcohol.The victims…
Lucknow: Listen carefully to a conversation of a Lucknowite and the boundaries between Hindi, Urdu and Awadhi begin to blur. A sentence may have Hindi as its grammatical base, borrow the warmth of Awadhi and turn to Urdu for courtesy or refinement.On Hindi Diwas, this everyday linguistic traffic tells a story stretching back centuries.“Lucknow’s language…
KOLKATA: A renewed demand for dissolving the West Bengal Medical Council (WBMC) has surfaced after Association of Private Hospital and Nursing Home (APHNH) alleged the council of providing license to doctors who obtained fake degrees. Various doctor oganisations have also demanded a thorough probe into the issue.One of them is allegedly working as a gynaecologist…
Mumbai Municipal Corporation introduced an amnesty scheme for occupation certificates (AI image used for representational purpose only) MUMBAI: The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has rolled out a standard operating procedure (SOP) for an amnesty scheme to grant Occupation Certificates (OCs) to certain buildings that do not have them, despite families already living in the premises.The…
Forest officials search the fields near Bhapsa village for signs of leopard movement on Sunday Bettiah: Two deer were found dead in the Semrahwa fields near Bhapsa village in West Champaran district on Saturday evening, raising suspicion that a leopard may have killed them.Villagers spotted the carcasses and informed the forest department. A team of…
