Ranchi: A day after an advisory issued by the Central Consumer Protection Authority (CCPA) restricted eateries from levying additional “arbitrary” charges on customer bills, restaurant and eatery owners across the city on Thursday said the move would cause them losses. CCPA further said that the price displayed on the menu shall be final, exclusive only…
Gumla: A 32-year-old man and his four-year-old daughter were killed, while his wife and another daughter of the same age sustained injuries after their two-wheeler collided with a car near Sahu Dabha on NH 23 in Gumla on Wednesday. The deceased man has been identified as Kuldeep Gope. Sisai police station in-charge Neeraj Kumar said,…
In a case of sheer irony, the National Medical Commission (NMC) has been asked to direct state govts to fill up huge numbers of vacant posts in the medical teaching service in a time bound manner, when three quarters of posts in NMC’s four autonomous boards are lying vacant.The undergraduate medical education board, the post…
Kolkata: EC has the power to transfer state or Centre officers to conduct a “free and fair” election, its counsel told Calcutta HC on Wednesday, while senior advocate Kalyan Banerjee counter-questioned how the state will function for a month without its officers.The debate on whether EC could transfer 73 state officers before the Bengal assembly…
Mumbai: Autonomous colleges affiliated to Mumbai University will have to ‘mandatorily’ seek approval for all their programmes and courses from the university’s academic council. Till date, colleges were only expected to ‘inform’ the university of the new courses they planned to offer. Additionally, these colleges will have to submit their examination committee minutes and status…
Image used for representational purpose only NEW DELHI: The budgetary allocation for Delhi Fire Service has been increased by over 27% – from Rs 530 crore in 2025-26 to Rs 674 crore in 2026-27.In her budget speech, chief minister Rekha Gupta noted that Delhi witnesses numerous blazes every year, many of which devastate entire families….
TVK ticket aspirants and NTK candidates have set their eyes north and kick-started campaigns across the constituencies.Jeppiaar Institute managing director Marie Wilson, who is TVK’s candidate for RK Nagar, started meeting people last week. He has been going door-to-door, seeking votes and distributing pamphlets. He promises supply of clean water, a smart-parking button system in…
Gaya: Two youths died when their speeding bike collided head on near Kewali village under Chandauti police station area early Monday morning.The deceased were identified as Akshay Kumar (22) of Dharampur village under Keshru Dharampur panchayat and Subhash Kumar (25) of Belma village under Panchanpur police station area. According to eyewitnesses, the intensity of the…
Jamshedpur: South Eastern Railway (SER) general manager Anil Kumar Mishra on Monday said that the model railway station project at Tatanagar will be completed in two and a half years.At present, a drive is underway to remove encroachment from the railway land and shift utilities, he added. The railway is building a state-of-the art model…
Ranchi: The traffic department on Monday said that the vehicular movement would be controlled in several parts of the city in view of the processions which would be taken out during Ram Navami on Thursday and idol immersion of Chaiti Goddess Durga on Saturday.Traffic wing said that entry of heavy vehicles would be prohibited in…
