Ranchi: The Railway Protection Force (RPF) rescued a 15-year-old girl from Ranchi railway station on Monday, officials said on Tuesday.An RPF patrolling team spotted the girl alone and in a distressed state on platform number 2/3. During questioning, she told the team that she was a resident of the Bermo area in Bokaro district and…
Ranchi: Street vendors will soon get another dedicated vending zone near the registry office in Morabadi, which is coming up at a cost of Rs 3.26 crore. On Tuesday, RMC commissioner Sushant Gaurav inspected the under-construction site, which is being developed as part of the objective to clear footpaths and streamline street vending. Once ready,…
Opposition unites for CJP demands NEW DELHI: Several opposition parties came out in support of the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP)’s protest againt paper leak of NEET-UG and other competitive exams and their demand for the resignation of Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan.The central government is yet to respond to the demands of the protesters. The…
Rain in Kolkata on Monday A waterlogged street in north Kolkata Rain in Kolkata on Monday A waterlogged street in north Kolkata Rain in Kolkata on Monday Kolkata: The city received a few spells of rain for most part of Monday, but the rainfall pattern was marked by a massive north-south divide. While Dum Dum…
BMC hopes to begin construction next month Mumbai: BMC plans to integrate the city’s first seawater desalination plant at Manori with Mumbai’s existing water distribution network through a 7.2km underground tunnel to Charkop and further to Mahavir Nagar in Kandivli.A proposal seeking approval to award the contract at Rs 2,241.3 crore to Afcons Infrastructure Ltd…
In a recent advisory, IIT Roorkee has reminded its students and staff to stay clear of political debates on social media platforms NEW DELHI: IIT Roorkee has issued an advisory cautioning students and staff against using social media to express support for “any political movement like the current one.”The institute said the communication, issued on…
Udhayanidhi Stalin, Tamil rapper Arivu CHENNAI: Leader of opposition Udhayanidhi Stalin on Tuesday condemned the arrest of Tamil rapper ‘Therukkural’ Arivu for speaking against NEET.Udhayanidhi said on X that the TVK govt was attempting to silence voices opposing the entrance examination. “The voices raised against NEET deserve to be heard, not silenced,” Udhayanidhi said. The…
Astroturf for hockey in Patna Patna: Bihar’s first international-standard hockey ground in the state capital is set to be ready by August, with work on the long-delayed Astroturf stadium at the NCC campus behind Rajendra Nagar Physical College entering its final phase. The remaining work is expected to be completed by Aug 15.The Rs 8.44-crore…
Hazaribag: A 37-year-old vocational teacher was found dead under suspicious circumstances along the Chatra-Dobhi stretch of NH-22 in Ghanghri village on Tuesday, triggering a blockade by villagers demanding investigation and compensation.The deceased, Mukesh Yadav, a resident of Ghanghri village, was posted as a vocational teacher at Govt Plus-Two School in Pratappur block. His body was…
NEW DELHI: Congress leaders, including Lok Sabha leader of opposition Rahul Gandhi, Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, party general secretary KC Venugopal and several other MPs, staged a protest at Lok Kalyan Marg in Delhi on Tuesday, demanding Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s and Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan’s resignation.The demonstration comes amid the ongoing political…
