Kolkata: The state govt on Wednesday formally constituted the 7th Pay Commission, tasking it with examining and recommending changes in the pay structure, allowances, pension and other benefits and service conditions of state govt employees and pensioners, with a direction to submit its recommendations within six months. The govt plans to pass the benefits by…
The reforms were recently reviewed by BMC commissioner Ashwini Bhide at a meeting of senior health officials Mumbai: The BMC has drawn up a three-phase roadmap to modernise its public healthcare system, with plans to introduce AI-powered diagnostic services, smart outpatient departments (OPDs), online hospital bed allocation and 24×7 dispensaries.The reforms were recently reviewed by…
Arvind Kejriwal has urged the Central Government to refrain from taking action against students demonstrating at Jantar Mantar NEW DELHI: AAP national convener Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday appealed to the Centre not to initiate any action against students protesting near Jantar Mantar over the alleged NEET-UG paper leak, warning that any “misadventure” would prove “counterproductive”…
Rival groups attacked each other with knives, stones and broken bottles. Chennai: Weapon-wielding students from Pachaiyappa’s College and Government Arts College, Nandanam, clashed at Guindy railway station on Tuesday afternoon, disrupting commuters.Police said the rival groups attacked each other with knives, stones and broken bottles. Mambalam railway police arrested three people and seized three long…
Patna: Jan Suraaj state president Manoj Bharti on Wednesday accused the Patna administration of intimidating the party’s workers, functionaries and traders who are supporting it ahead of the Bankipur assembly bypoll.Addressing reporters, Bharti said a seven-member Jan Suraaj delegation met the state chief electoral officer (CEO) on Wednesday and raised what he described as three…
Ranchi: The body of traditional healer Ramesh Thakur, 53, was discovered at his Khorha Toli accommodation under the Sadar police station limits on Wednesday, police said.A resident of Tapovan Colony, Kokar, Thakur was allegedly struck multiple times on the head with a heavy object on the intervening night of Tuesday and Wednesday, police added.Quoting tenants,…
Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha functionaries protest outside JPSC office in Ranchi on Wednesday Ranchi: The Jharkhand Public Service Commission (JPSC) on Wednesday postponed its scheduled state civil services mains exams, scheduled to take place from July 25 to July 27, after the CID arrested five persons, including deputy examination controller Shweta Gupta, following raids linked…
NEW DELHI: The Centre is unlikely to remove Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan despite mounting demands for his resignation, as it believes he cannot be held responsible for the NEET paper leak, news agency PTI reported, citing a senior government functionary.According to the report, the government is, however, willing to favourably consider the demand for…
Kolkata: Kolkata Police and Bidhannagar Police have launched separate investigations into two fraud cases that allegedly cheated residents of Ekbalpore and New Town of more than Rs 2.29 crore.In one of the biggest financial frauds reported under Kolkata Police this year, Ekbalpore police registered a case after a complaint was lodged on July 20. Investigators…
Thane: A domestic dispute over a saree allegedly ended in a murder in Badlapur East, where a 30-year-old woman was arrested for allegedly killing her husband with a pressure cooker lid before strangling him to death and attempting to pass off the crime as a heart attack.The accused, Sunita Hariram Singh, 30, was arrested after…
