Aspirants take part in the Tiranga march in Ranchi on Saturday Ranchi: Aspirants protesting at Jaipal Singh Munda Stadium over alleged irregularities in recruitment examinations conducted by the Jharkhand Public Service Commission (JPSC) and Jharkhand Staff Selection Commission (JSSC) have given the state govt until Aug 18 to accept their demands, failing which they will…
Jugsalai police distributed food in Garib Nawaz Colony Jamshedpur: Residents of low-lying areas along Subernarekha and Kharkai rivers heaved a sigh of relief on Sunday as water levels began receding overnight after flooding homes and colonies across the city.Many families, however, continued to stay at safer places as intermittent rain in the region and neighbouring…
NEW DELHI: After earlier uncertainty, there are now clear indications that barrierless tolling on national highway (NH) stretches, coupled with e-notices for violations, is inculcating greater discipline among road users.At Choryasi toll plaza on NH-48 in Gujarat, the first to go live, e-notices fell from 1.7 lakh in May to 1.1 lakh in June and…
Asish Banerjee was a five-time MLA from Rampurhat Rampurhat: Former Bengal minister, assembly deputy speaker and five-time Rampurhat Trinamool MLA Asish Banerjee was found dead in a party office adjacent to his home on Sunday morning. The 74-year-old neta’s body was hanging from the ceiling fan and police recovered a one-page purported suicide note in…
In a letter dated August 12 to Canadian Consul General Jeff David, Powai Action Forum member Ratan Sharda said broad pavements used by residents for nearly 25 years had been barricaded or obstructed, leaving pedestrians without safe walking space Mumbai: The controversy over barricaded footpaths along Central Avenue in Powai’s Hiranandani Gardens has now reached…
New Delhi: Educational institutions must encourage children to speak out about any conduct causing them fear or insecurity, Delhi High Court has said, upholding the five-year imprisonment of a school teacher for sexually assaulting a girl student.HC said a child reposes trust and confidence in a teacher and such trust is sacred to the teacher-student…
IIT Madras launches musical fountain, exclusive gym for girl students within the campus Chennai: IIT Madras on Saturday launched an exclusive gym for female students, a musical fountain on campus and an exclusive space for outside-classroom activities as part of its student wellness initiatives.IIT Madras director V Kamakoti launched these facilities after Independence Day celebrations…
Jan Suraaj protest in Buxar: Jan Suraaj’s Buxar unit staged a two-hour symbolic sit-in in water-filled potholes on Buxar Golambar-Dumraon road via Jaso and Nandaon on Sunday, protesting its poor condition. Party’s district president Bajrangi Mishra and party workers were joined by local residents. Mishra accused BJP MLA Anand Mishra of failing to fulfil his…
DC and SSP honour the band team on Independence Day, in Dhanbad on Saturday Dhanbad: The singing of Vande Mataram at both the beginning and end of the local administration’s official Independence Day event in Dhanbad drew widespread appreciation from people across different sections of society, including the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), which called it…
DGP Mishra said police arrested 103 Maoists, including politburo member Misir Besra, while 46 others surrendered so far Ranchi: Sustained police operations have considerably weakened Left-wing extremism (LWE) in Jharkhand this year, DGP Tadasha Mishra said at the Independence Day function held at the police headquarters on Saturday.Highlighting the results of anti-Maoist operations, Mishra said…
