Patna: CM Samrat Choudhary on Sunday directed officials to prioritise the convenience and safety of devotees while developing Chhath ghats along the Ganga and ordered the creation of a 6.5-km water channel on the river’s southern bank from Kurji to Kali Ghat to ensure adequate availability of Ganga water during the festival.Choudhary issued the directions…
NEW DELHI: For the first time since the Covid pandemic, fatalities on national highways (NHs) declined last year, even as overall road deaths rose in India. Govt data submitted in Lok Sabha last week shows that deaths on NHs, including Centre-run expressways, fell by 4.1% to 62,122 in 2025 from 64,772 in 2024.Among states and…
KOLKATA: Kashmira Sheikh, 36, visited the Kultali Jamtala branch of PNB in Bengal’s South 24 Parganas to check whether the subsidy for her LPG cylinder had come through. She froze at the sound of what the bank official said was the latest “credit” to her account — Rs 99,99,99,997.She lives in an asbestos-roofed house and…
MUMBAI: The year was 2016. Shadab Momin was wiping the floor at the juice centre where he worked when the unthinkable happened. His ex-girlfriend walked in. Her brother asked for a one-litre Cola.Momin, hands still sticky from the day’s shift, stopped mopping, handed him the bottle and refused to look at the woman who had…
NEW DELHI: Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke, in an interview with journalist Barkha Dutt, said he received a scholarship from Boston University and also took an education loan to pursue his studies in the United States amid questions raised by RTI activist Amit Tiwari over his education expenses.Dipke’s remarks came after Tiwari sought…
Frank Jayasinghe: A man the world needed Corleigh StixrudFrank Jayasinghe, a great influence of mine, indeed of many in the field of international education, passed away on Friday, July 31, in Colombo, Sri Lanka. He was 93.He will deservedly be remembered and celebrated for his role in bringing the International Baccalaureate curriculum to India as…
Patna: A fact-finding committee constituted by the All India Congress Committee (AICC) has begun its inquiry into allegations of police excesses during students’ protests over the alleged NEET paper leak in Patna and other districts on July 22, as well as during the Bihar bandh on July 25.Addressing a news conference, NSUI national in charge…
The attack is believed to be linked to Yadav’s recent skit outside Parliament over the alleged donation theft at the Ayodhya Ram temple. NEW DELHI: High drama unfolded at the New Delhi address of Independent MP Pappu Yadav Sunday after a man allegedly threw a slipper at him and another allegedly brandished a knife when…
Green blueprint for Kolkata Kolkata: Kolkata’s next phase of growth must be guided by where the city can expand safely and where expansion must stop. A new IIT Kharagpur study, ‘Heat island, pollution load and urban sprawl in the Kolkata metropolitan city of India during 2000–2020: implications for its sustainability’ shows that two decades of…
Palghar: A public hearing conducted by Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) on Sunday for the proposed environmental clearance of stone quarry projects at Gargaon in Palghar district witnessed strong opposition from local villagers and environmental activists. Despite the protests, the hearing was completed under heavy police security.The proposed quarries at Gargaon and Khaniwade in Boisar…
