New Delhi: More than 30 people were injured in stone throwing in the Sansad Marg area Saturday, hours before the students’ protest by Cockroach Janta Party was dissolved.A senior police officer said the injured included over 20 police personnel, six people and three journalists.Delhi Police asked people to avoid going towards New Delhi “unless absolutely…
Chennai: Tambaram Corporation has proposed a ₹165-crore project to restore seven lakes to improve flood resilience, increase water storage and protect the waterbodies from encroachments and pollution.Madambakkam, Veeraraghavan, Nemilichery, Nanmangalam, Selaiyur, Peerkankaranai and Rajakilpakkam will be restored by the civic agency, which has at least 25 water bodies within 84.7 sq km. Of these, around…
Patna: A joint operation by the Cyber Crime and Security Unit (CCSU), Bihar, and the Patna Cyber Police Station has exposed an organised cyberfraud racket operating from the state capital. One accused has been arrested, while two of his associates remain absconding. Police have also seized several electronic devices and digital evidence linked to cyberfraud.The…
Rahul Gandhi said “past can never fight the future”. NEW DELHI: Asserting that “time has come to remove this govt”, Congress‘s Rahul Gandhi said PM Narendra Modi is India’s past while the protesting youth are the country’s future. He added that the “past can never fight the future”. Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge called education minister…
A crater near CGO Complex in Salt Lake has been filled up with debris Kolkata: The civic authorities have started conducting urgent road patchwork as spells of rain have damaged several roads across Kolkata and Salt Lake. KMC roads department has also roped in a mobile road repair van for repair of parts of several…
Poet-academic Kalim Ajiz captured his reason for penning ghazals in a perceptive couplet:Woh jo shairi ka sabab hua woh mamla bhi ajab hua/Main ghazal sunaun hun isliye ke zamana usko bhula na de(The reason for my becoming a poet was a strange incident/ I say ghazals because people should not forget those painful incidents)Whatever the…
New Delhi: On Saturday a special judge took charge of the designated court to deal with criminal cases arising from paper leaks as well as the use of other unfair means in public examinations, court sources said.They said special Judge Anu Grover Baliga took charge of a specially designated Fast Track Court to try offences…
Chennai: A 31-year-old guest worker from Assam died and another worker suffered injuries after a material-lifting hoist trolley fell from the fifth floor of a building under construction on Taramani Link Road on Friday evening.The deceased was identified as Ashraful Alam, 31, a native of Bongaigaon district in Assam. He had been living in Chennai…
Patna: Around 300 saplings were planted and farmers sensitised to the importance of rainwater harvesting during a Van Mahotsav programme at Gauharpur village in Balwapar on Saturday, as part of the ‘Catch the Rain’ campaign of the Union ministry of environment, forest and climate change.Rajesh Ranjan, head of the department of environmental science at the…
Hazaribag: The Chatra administration has ordered a technical inquiry into the structural condition of the Plus II Model High School building in Pratappur block after falling plaster and visible cracks raised serious concerns over the safety of students and staff, officials said on Saturday.The building, constructed around three years ago at a cost of Rs…
