Patna: Chief election commissioner Gyanesh Kumar will arrive in Bihar on Aug 16 for a two-day visit during which he will launch Electoral Literacy Club 2.0 from Patna.The upgraded initiative will be launched at a conference on Electoral Literacy Club 2.0 and ECINET at Gyan Bhavan on Aug 17. The first phase was launched in…
Rubio credited the personal relationship between US President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the continued growth in bilateral ties US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Saturday extended warm wishes to the people of India on the country’s 80th Independence Day, saying the relationship between New Delhi and Washington was growing stronger….
CM Suvendu Adhikari at the opening of the MLA Football Cup in Bhowanipore Kolkata: Chief minister Suvendu Adhikari on Friday appealed to industrialists here to join hands with the govt to rebuild Bengal, stressing the need for the state’s industrial revival.“I look forward to your participation in rebuilding West Bengal, a state that once contributed…
Mumbai: The Dindoshi Sessions Court granted anticipatory bail to Assistant Police Inspector (API) Devendra Kate in a case registered by Amboli Police alleging sexual relations on a false promise of marriage, forced termination of pregnancy and criminal intimidation.Additional Sessions Judge Neeta S. Anekar allowed Kate’s anticipatory bail registered under BNS sections 69, 89 and 351(2)…
New Delhi: For 86-year-old Shyamji Slawan, Partition is not merely a chapter in history. It still haunts him as a vivid nightmare that he, as an eight-year-old child, endured on a train his family took from Lahore to Jalandhar.Shyamji can still feel the panic in the air, hear the screams of people being hunted down…
Chennai: An 80-year-old woman who lived alone in an apartment in T Nagar was found murdered on Friday, and Pondy Bazaar police arrested her domestic help, and detained her two accomplices, in connection with the crime. Police also recovered 12 sovereigns of stolen gold jewellery.The victim, Radha, had been living for the past seven years…
Patna: Bankipur MLA Prashant Kishor on Friday attacked the state govt over law and order and the alleged rise in synthetic drug abuse, saying a crime-free society was impossible under the current leadership.Referring to the recent firing near IGIMS in Patna, Kishor targeted CM Samrat Choudhary and the govt. “As long as Bihar’s leadership remains…
Data will remain confidential, can’t be used for legal evidence, govt benefits or public disclosure NEW DELHI: The second phase of Census 2027 — involving population enumeration — will, for the first time, capture caste “as declared by the respondent” among its 40 fields, which include new ones such as number of bank accounts, place…
Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Friday questioned the assigning of census duties to govt school teachers after school hours or on weekends, calling it “arbitrary”.More than 31 teachers were directed to give details of residence, school, area assigned for census and duty hour to the ASG by Friday evening.“Teachers work from 10 am to…
Firemen rescue 582 stranded passengers after a Monorail rake got stuck between Bhakti Park and Mysore Colony for two hours on August 19, 2025 Mumbai: The President’s Medal for Gallantry has been announced for 13 fire officials and personnel, including the Chief Fire Officer of the Mumbai Fire Brigade, on the occasion of Independence Day…
