New Delhi: Delhi Development Authority (DDA) has intensified work on its project to develop a five-star hotel facility in Sector 23, Dwarka, on a licence fee basis. It has signed an agreement with a developer and expects the project to create around 800 direct employment opportunities. According to officials, the hotel will be operated on…
Manu Iyer and Sridhar Parthasarathy Chennai: Bluehill.VC, a venture capital firm, has closed its Rs 400 crore maiden fund, with institutional participation from SIDBI, govts of Kerala and Uttar Pradesh, alongside family offices and ultra-high-net-worth individuals (UHNIs) from India and the Middle East.It is the maiden fund of the deep-tech focused firm founded by Manu…
Patna: Two MBBS final-year students have been arrested in connection with irregularities in the NEET-UG and re-NEET UG exams conducted by the National Testing Agency (NTA) in 2026, the EOU of Bihar police said on Thursday. One of the accused, Ujjwal Raj, a resident of Motihari in East Champaran district, was arrested outside an exam…
Heaps of waste have accumulated at several places across the Adityapur Municipal Corporation limits Heaps of waste have accumulated at several places across the Adityapur Municipal Corporation limits Heaps of waste have accumulated at several places across the Adityapur Municipal Corporation limits Heaps of waste have accumulated at several places across the Adityapur Municipal Corporation…
one of kanwariyas after being rescued Dumka: NDRF personnel rescued two kanwariyas after they nearly drowned while taking a holy dip in the Shiv Ganga pond at Basukinath on Thursday.Rajesh Kumar Singh, 40, a resident of Dhanbad, ventured into deep water while bathing and began to drown. His companion, Nishikant Singh, 42, also from Dhanbad,…
Congress MPs Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, KC Venugopal and other opposition netas stage a protest on Parliament premises Thursday NEW DELHI: Marred by protests by the opposition throughout its sittings, Parliament’s monsoon session turned out to be all but a washout, more so in terms of debates, and the rancour was reflected in the decision of…
Nalanda Complex in IIT-Kharagpur —— Santanu Mondal Kolkata/Kharagpur: A second-year IIT Kharagpur engineering student died after reportedly falling from the third floor of the Nalanda classroom complex. Ankit Sharma (18), who hailed from Rajasthan, was pursuing mechanical engineering. He joined the institution in July 2025 and was a boarder of Gokhale Hall.According to police, he…
The Bandra Bandstand project is aimed at improving a heavily used waterfront recreation and tourism zone Mumbai: Mumbai’s waterways and western waterfront could see a fresh infrastructure push, with the Maharashtra Maritime Board clearing key steps for the Mumbai Water Metro, work at the Radio Club and a makeover of Bandra Bandstand, while also approving…
New Delhi: Professor Sumit Sarkar, one of India’s influential historians of modern India and a leading Marxist historian, died on Thursday. He was 87.For generations of students, Sarkar’s name was closely associated with the study of modern Indian history. Through a lifetime of scholarship, he worked to shift the focus of historical inquiry towards socio-economic…
Chennai: State social justice minister Vanni Arasu on Thursday said the state govt would consider enacting a separate law against caste killings after the Basha committee submitted its report.Speaking to reporters at Secretariat after a review meeting on caste killings, Vanni Arasu said the govt had already directed officials to take stringent action without any…
