Ranchi: Mounting pressure on city’s sanitation system ahead of the monsoon came under sharp focus on Monday as the municipal corporation reviewed preparedness across all 53 wards.The meeting, chaired by mayor Roshni Khalkho, was attended by ward councillors and officials from the sanitation and health branch.Key concerns included shortage of sanitation workers, poor garbage collection…
Ranchi: Three armed criminals on Sunday evening clashed with workers and fired in the air at a bridge construction site in Gudgudchuwa village of Khunti district, police said.No one was injured in the incident.Sources said that the assailants came to the spot on a bike and fired several rounds. Police have found two empty cartridges…
NEW DELHI: With several parts of the country reeling under intense heatwave conditions, the Centre on Monday issued a detailed public health advisory warning people against prolonged exposure to extreme heat and urging immediate precautions to prevent heat-related illnesses.The advisory, issued by the Ayush under the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) in coordination with…
Kolkata: Muslim religious figures and community intellectuals on Monday appealed to people to stay away from street protests and avoid confrontation with govt after violence and injuries during a Park Circus gathering on Sunday.The appeals came after clashes broke out during an unauthorised protest linked to partial demolition of two buildings in Tiljala that authorities…
Richa PintoMumbai: The election of 79 winners in this year’s BMC elections – or 34% in the civic House of 227 — has been challenged in court by their rivals. Among the challengers are former BMC corporators, the daughter of a sitting Shiv Sena MP and a former BJP party leader in the civic body….
New Delhi: Both cases relating to the Delhi excise policy — CBI’s revision and criminal contempt proceedings — will now be heard by different judges of Delhi High Court instead of Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma.While Justice Manoj Jain is likely to take up CBI’s plea on Tuesday, a division bench headed by a senior judge…
Chennai: With the National Testing Agency(NTA) announcing a re-exam for NEET UG 2026 on June 21, city’s govt model schools and city’s coaching centres have rejigged their schedule, incorporating crash courses.The school education department, for instance, is set to commence its crash course from Monday in all its model schools and ‘Vetri Palligal’ (a high-performing…
Biharsharif: Nalanda University will organise its third convocation ceremony on Tuesday at the newly constructed ‘Vishwamitralaya’ auditorium on the university campus, where degrees will be awarded to 219 students representing 14 countries.The university’s second convocation was held at its net-zero campus on April 1 this year and was attended by the President Droupadi Murmu. The…
Daltonganj: A 66-year-old woman was crushed to death as she was crawling beneath a long-haul freight train of 116 wagons to cross the railway tracks between Daltonganj and Chiyanki railway stations on Monday, officials said.The incident took place around 9:20 am. The deceased was identified as Sumitra Devi, a resident of Sua Jama Tola, RPF…
Jamshedpur: In a major push to urban sanitation ahead of Swachh Bharat Mission 2025-26, the Mango Municipal Corporation (MMC) and the Jamshedpur Notified Area Committee (JNAC) have jointly inducted 15 new electronic garbage vans into their waste management fleets.The move is aimed at improving waste collection in isolated slum pockets and low-lying areas, where narrow…
