Patna gears up for the BPSC assistant public sanitary and waste management officer exam on Thursday, with District Magistrate Thiyagarajan S M emphasizing a zero-tolerance policy for malpractice. Over 21,000 candidates will appear across 32 centres. Strict security measures, including a ban on electronic devices for candidates and staff, will be enforced to ensure a…
India’s two big landfills — Jawahar Nagar landfill in Hyderabad and Kanjurmarg landfill in Mumbai — figure in world’s top 25 super-polluting methane emission waste disposal sites, shows a new study by University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).The study ranks 25 waste facilities in 18 countries responsible for the highest methane emission rates, ranging from…
Dinhata: Munawwara Bibi runs her finger slowly down a voter list taped to the wall of her local panchayat office. “My name was here during the Lok Sabha polls… how can it disappear,” the 65-year-old homemaker murmurs. It’s her fourth visit to the office since SIR led to the deletion of her name from the…
Mumbai University is investigating allegations of question paper leaks for three BCom sixth-semester subjects MUMBAI: The Mumbai University said on Tuesday evening that it was inquiring into allegations that question papers of three subjects in its ongoing sixth semester TY BCom examinations had been leaked and circulated through a WhatsApp group linked to a private…
NEW DELHI: The bar for entering the IITs has steadily risen, with the JEE (Main) cut-off for JEE (Advanced) for general category climbing to a record 93.4 percentile in 2026, up from 89.7 in 2019, reflecting intensifying competition and a sharp post-pandemic surge in high scorers. Cut-offs across all categories — EWS, OBC-NCL, SC and…
Chennai: NTK chief coordinator Seeman concluded his campaign on Tuesday with an appeal to voters to shun the corrupt politicians as well as actors who wish to become chief ministers.Winding up his final poll speech at Karaikudi constituency, where he is contesting, Seeman said a vote was a powerful weapon which should be used to…
Gaya: With the onset of summer, the health department has started preparations to tackle Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES) and Japanese Encephalitis (JE).According to ANMMCH superintendent Dr K K Sinha, 12 beds in the children’s ward of the hospital have been earmarked for the deadly disease. Besides treatment, the rehabilitation mechanism is also in place, he…
Dhrubajyoti.MalakarThe programme will be conducted at the flight training operational base in Dumka airport, which was inaugurated by chief minister Hemant Soren in Nov last year. The initiative is aimed at equipping local youths with commercial aviation skills while reducing their dependence on institutes outside the state for pilot training.Captain S P Sinha, managing director…
KOLKATA: Two FIRs were registered against BJP’s Kolkata Port candidate, Rakesh Singh, following a skirmish with TMC workers on Monday night. A fortnight ago, Calcutta HC released him on interim bail in the Vidyasagar statue vandalism case. The unrest began on Monday when a BJP meet was allegedly disrupted by TMC. Singh organised a sit-in…
Kolkata: Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi’s rallies in Kolkata and Serampore, scheduled on April 23, have been stalled after Congress failed to secure police permission for the said rallies.Pradesh Congress netas planned three rallies in Kolkata and Serampore for Gandhi. For the Kolkata rallies, nods had been sought for either Ramlila…
