Students protest alleged irregularities in Jharkhand Public Service Commission and Staff Selection Commission examinations. RANCHI: The BJP on Sunday stepped up its attack on the Hemant Soren government over the alleged recruitment exam irregularities in Jharkhand, backing students who have been protesting in Ranchi for the past nine days and demanding a CBI probe into…
Prashant Kishor files EC complaint over Bankipur bypoll (Image/PTI) NEW DELHI: Jan Suraaj founder and Bankipur bypoll candidate Prashant Kishor on Sunday alleged that police powers were misused during polling in the Bihar assembly by-election and claimed that voters were intimidated. He said his party has lodged complaints with the Election Commission and police observers.The…
. Author and poet Taslima Nasrin at an event at Rabindra Sadan —— Subhojyoti Kanjilal Kolkata: A commotion broke out at Rabindra Sadan on Saturday during an event marking exiled Bangladeshi author Taslima Nasrin’s return to the city after nearly two decades, when she invited noted Bengali poet Joy Goswami to join her on stage….
Intimate house concerts are emerging as a popular alternative night out MUMBAI: By now, Smridhi Sharma has learnt to carry earplugs to concerts.Booming speakers have made the 23-year-old marketing professional want to protect her eardrums.Three Saturdays ago, though, volume wasn’t the problem.She winced as sections of the audience heckled an indie singer who was opening…
Police recovered two pistols, live cartridges and a stolen motorcycle from their possession. (Representative image) NEW DELHI: Two suspected shooters linked to the Tillu Tajpuria gang were arrested following an encounter, two days after a 37-year-old property dealer was shot dead outside his residence in outer Delhi’s Kanjhawala, police said on Sunday.The accused, identified as…
Cuddalore: NLC India Renewables Limited (NIRL), a wholly owned subsidiary of Navratna Central Public Sector Enterprise NLC India Limited (NLCIL), has bagged an order from Gujarat Urja Vikas Nigam Limited (GUVNL) to set up a 900 MW solar power project in Gujarat.The project was awarded to NIRL through a tariff-based competitive bidding process. GUVNL will…
Patna: A bid to damage the Upper Kiul Main Canal under construction was foiled after timely intervention by police and irrigation department officials, who prevented miscreants from disrupting the irrigation project in Jamui district.Khaira SHO Sanjay Kumar said the incident took place around 11pm on Friday near Bariyarpur village, close to Giddheshwar Hill under Khaira…
The outreach comes as India and China continue efforts to improve bilateral ties after years of strained relations NEW DELHI: Members of the Indian diaspora in China raised concerns over anti-India content on Chinese social media, declining work visas and employment restrictions for spouses during an Open House hosted by the Indian Embassy in Beijing.The…
Arpita Sarkar, a 22-year-old from Jharkhand, is a key figure in a terror probe KOLKATA: Arpita Sarkar, a 22-year-old from Jharkhand’s Sahibganj district, has emerged as a key figure in the Bengal Special Task Force’s probe into an alleged Pakistan-linked terror module.Sarkar, who was arrested from Barharwa, is described by investigators as an aspiring social…
Bombay High Court canteens underwent inspection by the FDA on Thursday. MUMBAI: A day after questioning whether Maharashtra’s Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had inspected canteens run by government and semi-government institutions during its statewide hygiene crackdown, the canteens inside Bombay high court came under the regulator’s scanner.An FDA team on Thursday inspected three canteens…
