Dumka: The Deoghar district administration has asked telecom operators to ensure mobile connectivity and high-speed internet services in the temple town during the month-long Shravani Mela, which begins on July 30.Deputy commissioner (DC) Saurabh Kumar Bhuwania on Monday held a meeting with representatives of government and private telecom service providers to ensure robust telecom infrastructure…
Ranchi: All PM SHRI schools in the state will soon be equipped with smart classrooms, with the Jharkhand Education Project Council (JEPC) inviting proposals to select agencies for the installation and three-year maintenance of digital facilities across 288 institutions.The digital intervention, approved by the education ministry, positions JEPC as the nodal implementing authority to scale…
MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal (ANI photo) NEW DELHI: India on Tuesday said the ongoing protests in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir are the result of Pakistan’s “decades-long systemic exploitation and denial of fundamental rights”. The MEA accused Islamabad of responding to public dissent with excessive force instead of addressing people’s grievances.The remarks were made by ministry of external…
The high-power committee was formed by the govt to audit under-construction high-rise buildings after the Taratala warehouse collapsed, claiming 16 lives Kolkata: The high-power committee formed by the govt to audit under-construction high-rise buildings after the Taratala warehouse collapse has cleared only 11 of the 136 projects surveyed so far. The remaining projects are stuck…
Mumbai: The Centre and state will provide Rs 11,200 crore each for the urban challenge fund to take up civic infra projects in cities across Maharashtra.Nearly Rs 22,400 crore required for the projects will be raised from the market. At a meeting to discuss the fund, CM Devendra Fadnavis said it would help overcome the…
New Delhi: Al-Falah University group chairman Jawad Ahmed Siddiqui, in custody in two money laundering cases, Monday urged Delhi High Court to release him on interim bail.Siddiqui, who is seeking the relief on account of his wife’s cancer treatment, told a bench of Justice Saurabh Banerjee that he is ready to wear a GPS tracker…
MTC was already operating 25 such buses. The facility has now been extended to 44 more schools across the city and suburbs, bringing more students under the scheme. Chennai: As many as 3,365 students from corporation and government-aided schools used Metropolitan Transport Corporation’s exclusive free school buses on Monday, the first day of the expanded…
Rapid urbanisation has significantly changed the character of several towns in Bihar Patna: The state govt has begun the process of a major reorganisation of urban local bodies, proposing new municipalities, upgrades to existing civic bodies, expansion of municipal limits, and the merger of adjoining urban areas after the 2027 Census.Urban development and housing minister…
Chatra: Three members of the Rahul Dubey-led criminal gang were arrested during a raid in the Tandwa coal belt area on Tuesday. Firearms and ammunition were also seized from them, police said.The accused were identified as Sanjay Murti, Alok Kumar and Ajay Karmal, all in their thirties. Murti and Kumar are residents of Bokaro district,…
SC refuses interim stay on CBSE’s three-language policy NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to stay the Central Board of Secondary Education’s (CBSE) three-language policy for the 2026-27 academic session, observing that ‘learning a language never goes waste’, while agreeing to hear petitions challenging the policy in detail next week.A bench comprising Chief…
