Ranchi: Election Commission (EC) has approved the appointment of 311 additional assistant electoral registration officers (AEROs) across the state to expedite the disposal of claims, objections and discrepancies in voter rolls during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR). The hearing phase is scheduled to begin on Aug 24.Chief electoral officer (CEO) K Ravi Kumar said on…
Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann meets Governor; seeks 10-day parole for Jagtar Singh Hawara on “humanitarian grounds” Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Singh Mann on Wednesday met with the Governor to recommend a 10-day parole for Jagtar Singh Hawara on humanitarian grounds, citing the deteriorating health of the prisoner’s mother.Jagtar Singh Hawara is currently serving a life…
The car which plunged into a pond in Kestopur on Wednesday.. photo Mayukh Sengupta Kolkata: A 42-year-old corporate executive, who was learning to drive a newly purchased car, died after the vehicle plunged into a pond in Kestopur on Wednesday morning. Cops suspect that she had possibly pressed the accelerator instead of the car brake…
Rahul Narwekar has urged Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw to include the slogans ‘Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Ki Jai’ and ‘Jai Bhavani, Jai Shivaji’ in announcements made on every train arriving at or departing from CSMT Mumbai: Maharashtra Legislative Assembly Speaker Rahul Narwekar has urged Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw to include the slogans, ‘Chhatrapati Shivaji…
New Delhi: Chief minister Rekha Gupta and BJP national president Nitin Nabin participated in a Tiranga Yatra on the Kartavya Path Wednesday.Speaking on the occasion, Gupta appealed to Delhi residents to hoist Tricolour at their homes, take pictures and post them on social media. “The freedom fighters have given our country Independence. Now it is…
Chennai: Thoraipakkam police arrested a 31-year-old bike mechanic on Tuesday for sexually harassing a 22-year-old woman near a private college bus stop on Rajiv Gandhi Salai. The accused was produced before a court and remanded to judicial custody. Police identified the accused as Manikandan, a resident of Thoraipakkam. The complainant, a 22-year-old woman from Madurai…
Patna: The health department has directed all district hospitals to ensure the availability of 70 types of surgeries and strengthen their referral mechanisms, with health secretary Kumar Ravi asking hospitals to conduct basic diagnostic tests before referring patients to higher centres.The department has also asked hospitals to make ventilator-equipped ICUs functional and ensure dedicated operation…
Ranchi: A special Pocso court here on Wednesday sentenced a man to death for the rape and murder of a six-year-old girl in 2020. Sources said the accused was convicted under sections 376 (AB), 302 and 201 of IPC and Section 6 of the Pocso Act on Monday. The sentence was pronounced on Wednesday after…
Police personnel interact with protesters at Jaipal Singh Munda Stadium Ranchi: Political temperatures remained high in Jharkhand on Wednesday as the deadlock between the state govt and protesting JPSC-JSSC aspirants deepened, prompting authorities to tighten security around chief minister Hemant Soren’s Kanke Road residence ahead of Independence Day.The protest entered its 19th day at Jaipal…
On June 29, SIA filed a chargesheet in the abduction, torture and killing of Bhat SRINAGAR: Sarvanand Kaul Premi was a poet. Sarla Bhat was a nurse. Both were Kashmiri Pandits who stayed behind when militancy erupted and were killed in 1990. More than three decades later, J&K police’s SIA revived unresolved cases from the…
