Kolkata: State govt has directed all district administrations to begin re-verification of caste certificates issued since 2011, including those distributed through Duare Sarkar camps. The backward classes welfare department issued the directive on Friday, covering around 1.69 crore certificates issued over the past 15 years.Of these, around 1 crore are SC certificates, 21 lakh ST,…
Navi Mumbai: A 37-year-old man working as a seafarer in Merchant Navy, while racing on his sports bike competing with his friends on the Palm Beach Road, was severely injured as he crashed into a cab at the junction of Moraj Circle at Sanpada on Thursday early morning around 3.20 am. The sports bike and…
DELHI: Members of the National Students’ Union of India (NSUI) staged a protest outside the National Testing Agency (NTA) office over the alleged NEET-UG 2026 paper leak, demanding a ban on the agency. Earlier on Friday, a Delhi court remanded accused Dhananjay Lokhande to six days of CBI custody in connection with the NEET-UG 2026…
Chennai: A police ministerial staff has said a woman deputy inspector-general (DIG) of police assaulted him and threw footwear at him at the Armed Reserve headquarters at Kilpauk, following a dispute over an e-office file number.The Tamil Nadu Police Ministerial Staff Association condemned the incident and adopted a resolution demanding action against the DIG, M…
Madhubani: Shaikh Mohammad Shams Alam, the pride of Madhubani, has once again lit up the international stage with a stellar performance that has earned him qualification for the Asian Para Games 2026.Shams came third and won a bronze by clicking 2:17.80 at Falkenberg, Sweden on May 9, in the 100m breaststroke (SB4 category) at the…
NEW DELHI: Delhi-based businessman and Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi’s husband, Robert Vadra, was granted bail by Delhi’s Rouse Avenue Court on Saturday in the Enforcement Directorate’s money laundering case linked to the controversial Shikohpur land deal in Gurugram.The court granted him relief on a personal bond of Rs 50,000 along with one surety, and fixed…
Kolkata: Former food minister Rathin Ghosh was questioned for eight hours by the ED on Friday in connection with the alleged civic recruitment scam. Ghosh, who reached the agency’s Salt Lake office at 10am, had skipped five previous summonses.“I do not know why I have been called. I will know once I go inside,” Ghosh…
Navi Mumbai: CIDCO and the Africa India Economic Foundation (AIEF) signed and exchanged an agreement on Thursday at Mantralaya to enable the formation of an SPV (Special Purpose Vehicle) for creating Africa India International Development Zone (AIIDZ) and the proposed Africa India Business Centre (AIBC) in Navi Mumbai. The agreement was signed in the presence…
Delhi’s push for public transport faces a major hurdle: unsafe and unusable footpaths NEW DELHI: Amid rising fuel prices and PM Modi’s appeal to people to reduce dependence on oil by choosing public transport, Delhiites are asking a question: What happens after our metro or bus rides end?A commuter steps out of a metro station…
Chennai: A crime inspector attached to the Tiruvottiyur police station has been suspended for failing to act on repeated complaints alleging that liquor was being sold illegally at the bar attached to a Tasmac outlet at Tiruvottiyur.Sources said a departmental inquiry revealed that the Tiruvottiyur law and order inspector was on leave for the past…
