New Delhi: The registration for the much-awaited Delhi Lakshmi Yojana, which promises Rs 2,500 in monthly financial assistance to eligible women, opened Saturday with chief minister Rekha Gupta launching the portal, www.dly.delhi.gov.in.The scheme “aims at strengthening women’s dignity, financial security, the culture of savings”, Gupta said at a programme in east Delhi. In a cabinet…
Chennai: PMK president Anbumani Ramadoss dubbed the Tamil Nadu govt’s decision to approach the Supreme Court over the Cauvery water-sharing dispute a “delayed but correct step”. In a statement on Saturday, he cautioned the state against engaging in bilateral negotiations with Karnataka on the river dispute or the proposed Mekedatu dam project.Anbumani noted that the…
Patna: Garbage heaps, overflowing community bins and a lingering stench marked the third day of the sanitation workers’ strike across several parts of the city on Saturday.Household waste has remained uncollected since Thursday, with garbage piling up at street corners, ward collection points and residential neighbourhoods. Intermittent drizzles worsened the situation, turning waste into foul-smelling…
Dhanbad: The Dhanbad Police on Saturday received 40 four-wheelers from the state govt in a bid to enhance the mobility of police personnel and enable faster response to emergencies, crime scenes and law-and-order situations.With this, the Dhanbad police has over 200 four-wheelers operational in 57 police stations and outposts across the district.Flagging off the 40…
Jamshedpur: The East Singhbhum district administration has approved the upgradation of 46 high schools into Plus Two institutions from the next academic session. Also, 15 middle schools would be upgraded to high schools and two primary schools to middle schools, allowing students to continue education in their own institutions.The decision was taken during a meeting…
NEW DELHI: The Centre has announced a series of changes for the NEET-PG exam to be held later in the month, including expanding the choice of test locations, giving candidates more time to plan travel, and increasing the time available per question.The reforms are aimed at making the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test for Postgraduate (NEET-PG) process…
The arrest of a terror suspect has become the talk of the township Kolkata: The 10 residents’ associations at Renaissance Township in Burdwan, from where suspected Jaish-e-Mohammed operative Mohammad Hamim Mondal was arrested on Friday, have convened urgent meetings on Sunday to discuss tighter security measures and stricter checks on tenants moving into apartments and…
Civic officials said Rs 23.1 lakh of the total penalty amount has been recovered specifically from offenders involved in illegal dumping and unauthorised transport of construction and demolition waste Mumbai: BMC has collected a little over Rs 70 lakh in penalties and booked 4,006 violators since the city’s new Solid Waste Management (SWM), Cleanliness and…
New Delhi: Parts of the city saw drizzle that led to humid weather. The heat index at 2.30 pm was 46.5 degrees celsius against the actual temperature of 34 degrees celsius. The maximum temperature is likely to hover around 32-34 degrees celsius Sunday.On Saturday, base station Safdarjung recorded 35 degrees celsius, a notch above normal….
PUDUCHERRY: A 20-year-old college student collapsed while participating in a physical test and was declared dead upon arrival in the hospital in Puducherry on Saturday. The deceased has been identified as Gokul from the Kannamangalam area near Arani in Tiruvannamalai district. Gokul was a second-year undergraduate student at a college in Arani. His father, Babu,…
