Mumbai: In a major administrative restructuring exercise aimed at improving efficiency and reducing operational costs, the commerce and industry ministry plans to merge 20 offices housing 12 organisations across Mumbai into a single integrated campus, a template which may be repeated in other parts of the country.Addressing a press conference, commerce and industry minister Piyush…
New Delhi: Students across the country are appearing for the second phase of the Class X Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) board examinations starting Friday. Mathematics standard and mathematics basic papers were scheduled on the opening day of the optional improvement and compartment exam cycle.The board has received nearly 6.7 lakh applications for the…
Chennai: VCK MP D Ravikumar on Friday urged chief minister C Joseph Vijay not to offer ministerial berths to AIADMK rebel MLAs who backed the TVK govt during the trust vote, warning that such a move would raise serious questions of political morality and ethical propriety.In a post on X, Ravikumar said that the 25…
RJD state president Mangni Lal Mandal Patna: RJD on Friday launched a sharp attack on the NDA govts at the Centre and in Bihar over the recent hike in petrol and diesel prices, alleging that the increase was deliberately delayed until the conclusion of assembly elections.RJD state president Mangni Lal Mandal accused the BJP-led govts…
Bokaro: A special POCSO court in Bokaro sentenced a 21-year-old man, Dhananjay Singh, to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment (RI) for attempting to rape a 16-year-old girl in 2025. The court of Additional District Judge (ADJ-III) Devesh Kumar Tripathi found the accused guilty under various sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) and the POCSO…
Hazaribag: The ministry of micro, small & medium enterprises, Govt of India, organised an entrepreneur awareness & special vendor development programme with the PHD Chamber of Commerce & Industry at Nagar Bhawan, Hazaribag, on Thursday. The event focused on ministry initiatives, including the National SC-ST Hub Scheme, and on helping central ministries, departments and CPSEs…
Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Thursday felicitated three girl students who bagged the top three positions in the PSEB Class 12 results. Mann hailed Supneet Kaur from Mansa, and Suhani Chauhan and Divyanshi from Ludhiana, who scored a perfect 500 out of 500. The chief minister presented each student with a cash prize of Rs…
Kolkata: The revision in fuel prices might hit Kolkata’s public transport sector hard. Following international market volatility and escalating tensions in the Strait of Hormuz, the price of diesel has crossed Rs 95 per litre mark. While economists said that central interventions managed to prevent a worse price shock, the Rs 3 hike has pushed…
Thane: A 52-year-old man is feared to have drowned in the Mithbunder creek, two days after he went missing after leaving his footwear on the banks, officials informed.According to Yasin Tadvi, in-charge at the Regional Disaster Management Cell, Kopri resident Datta Shinalkar left home Wednesday morning, but as he remained unreachable till the next day,…
New Delhi: Lieutenant governor TS Sandhu on Friday reviewed the progress of amendments proposed and implemented under Delhi’s deregulation exercise, aimed at simplifying governance procedures and improving ease of living and ease of doing business in the capital.Officials said key reforms implemented under Phase I of the deregulation exercise for 2025-26 include simplification of the…
