Chennai: Private bus operators have sought govt intervention alleging large price differences in sale of GPS devices (with panic buttons) and reflective stickers required for annual fitness certificate renewal.State transport department officials said steps are being taken to bring transparency in pricing and align with models followed in neighbouring states.At a meeting in Chennai on…
Patna: Sports minister Shreyasi Singh on Wednesday said talented athletes from various disciplines will be sent to the country’s premier institutes and academies for advanced training. “Coaches from the state will also be deputed to other states and national institutions to study best practices and modern training methodologies,” she said after a departmental review meeting.The…
NEW DELHI: Jan Suraaj founder Prashant Kishor on Wednesday said that he had moved to an ashram on the outskirts of Patna till the next assembly polls in Bihar.While talking to reporters in Bihar’s Darbhanga, PK said, “Last night, I shifted out of the place in Patna where I had been living. The Bihar Navnirman…
Image Used For Representational Purpose Only KOLKATA: The West Bengal government has made the singing of Vande Mataram mandatory during morning assemblies in state-run schools and in all government, aided and recognised madrassas, officials said on Thursday.Last week, a notice issued by the school education department directed schools to ensure that the national song is…
Western Railway commenced a massive anti-encroachment drive at Garib Nagar, Mumbai, demolishing hundreds of structures near Bandra station to reclaim valuable railway land. MUMBAI: In the biggest anti-encroachment operations undertaken by Western Railway till date in Mumbai, officials began demolishing hundreds of structures at Garib Nagar near Bandra railway station after securing clearance from the…
New Delhi: AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday hit out at BJP govt, alleging that “entire Delhi was facing power cuts in scorching 45-degree heat”. Govt had pushed the capital 15 years back in terms of power supply, he said.“In the scorching 45-degree heat… Delhiites are in distress. The lights are going out at any…
CHENNAI: The induction of RK Nagar MLA N Marie Wilson and Velachery MLA R Kumar into the cabinet has further strengthened Chennai’s representation in the ministry, adding to the existing band of ministers from the city, including CM C Joseph Vijay, rural development minister N Anand, PWD minister Aadhav Arjuna and school education minister A…
Bettiah: A joint team of the excise department and local police seized 1,386 litres of illicit foreign liquor concealed beneath bricks loaded on a tractor at Bagaha in West Champaran district. The operation was carried out late Tuesday night near Belahwa Mor under the Nautanwa police station area, police said on Wednesday.Acting on a tip-off,…
Bokaro: Chandankyari MLA Umakant Rajak and senior district officials on Wednesday visited the home of three siblings, whose parents were killed in a road accident, and assured them of govt support. Rajak, deputy commissioner Ajay Nath Jha and SP Nathu Singh Meena met Pallavi Manji, 13, and her two brothers Vimal and Vidyut, aged 10…
Dumka: One person was killed and two others were injured after a speeding truck hit two e-rickshaws and a motorbike on the Deoghar Bypass Circular Road late on Tuesday. The deceased man, the police said, was drivers of one of the e-rickshaws and was killed on the spot. However, his identity was not established till…
