Healthy pupil-teacher ratio at state schools Kolkata: The state school education department is set to launch a drive to rationalise the pupil-teacher ratio (PTR) at state-run schools to ensure balanced classroom teaching and learning. The department has prepared an SOP for the transfer of teaching and non-teaching staff from zero-enrolment schools as well as teachers…
A car collided with a stationary dumper near Rajapur, claiming four lives MUMBAI: Four people, including a newly married woman and her 15-year-old nephew, died after the car they were travelling in collided with a stationary dumper near Rajapur on the Goa-Mumbai Highway.The accident took place at 6. 45am on Wednesday.The family of four, including…
New Delhi: A 27-year-old woman from Manipur has alleged that a bike taxi rider associated with a cab aggregator assaulted and abused her during a ride in May. Police registered a case this month and have bound down the rider, Sushil Kumar (24), claiming the dispute stemmed from an argument over speeding and the fare….
Chennai: Madras high court has issued notices to the state and Union govts on Wednesday, seeking their response on whether shrimp hatcheries located along the coast are required to comply with coastal regulation zone (CRZ) notifications issued by the Centre.The first bench of Chief Justice S A Dharmadhikari and Justice G Arul Murugan took up…
Patna: An 11-year-old boy was hit by a school van and dragged for around 1.5 km in Gopalganj district on Wednesday. The incident took place between Yadavpur Mor and Banjari Mor under Town police station area. The boy is undergoing treatment and is in a stable condition, police said.According to eyewitnesses, the boy was trapped…
MUMBAI: Home Credit India Finance, a subsidiary of TVS Holdings, signed a share purchase agreement on Wednesday, to acquire Varthana Finance which specialises in lending for education, in an all-cash deal valued at Rs 967 crore.The transaction will result in Varthana becoming a wholly owned subsidiary of Home Credit India, and a step-down wholly owned…
Mamata Banerjee (File Photo) KOLKATA: Had she gone for some “setting”, neither she nor her party would have been forced “to face torment”, Trinamool chief Mamata Banerjee said on Wednesday. In a Facebook Live session, the former CM said she had never compromised on her principles and will never do so. Banerjee said she would…
File photo: NCP-SP Working National President and MP Supriya Sule NEW DELHI/PUNE/MUMBAI: Even as NCP (SP) politician Jayant Patil’s late Tuesday night meeting with CM Devendra Fadnavis intensified speculation about whether the Sharad Pawar-led outfit was getting closer to BJP, the party’s MP Supriya Sule said on Wednesday that if the BJP-led NDA govt’s delimitation…
New Delhi: Central Delhi’s bustling markets like Karol Bagh have a new pair of high-tech outposts shrinking the distance between the crime complainant and the cop.Police have rolled out integrated facilitation booths at the Kalka Das and Arpit Gol Chakkar. The two modern glass outposts right in the high-footfall heart of the commercial hub will…
Chennai: Space-tech startup Agnikul Cosmos believes the biggest opportunities in the space sector lie beyond launch services and says its reusable rocket technology could cut launch costs by up to 80%. As it prepares for its first orbital mission, the startup plans to test recovery of an orbital-class rocket booster on a barge – India’s…
