Residents lifted the blockade after the administration assured them of action on their demands Ranchi: A speeding truck ran over a couple from West Bengal in Barenda area of Ranchi district on Sunday morning, police said.Police identified the deceased as Ramesh Mahto, 53, and his wife, Sindhu Bala, 42, residents of Kushi Papadahudum village under…
New Delhi: Congress Sunday accused PM Modi of “calibrated capitulation” before China, claiming the trade deficit with the neighbour has ballooned to unprecedented levels.A day after the meeting between President Xi Jinping and Modi, AICC spokesman Jairam Ramesh asked four questions to the PM, ranging from his statement giving a “clean chit” to China after…
ICMR director general Rajiv Bahl in Kolkata Kolkata: The country might get its dengue vaccine by the end of next year if all goes well with ongoing follow-up on volunteers participating on the phase 3 trial of the home-grown vaccine. ICMR director general Rajiv Bahl, who was in Kolkata on Sunday, said this trial is…
Mumbai: A delegation of teachers and students from across the state met chief minister Devendra Fadnavis in Mumbai today to raise various issues related to the MHT-CET examination. The chief minister heard all their grievances in detail and issued the following directions:All examination centres against which complaints have been received will undergo a forensic audit….
New Delhi: A nine-year-old girl was allegedly sexually assaulted by a 40-year-old neighbour in northwest Delhi’s Swaroop Nagar, police said. The accused was arrested.According to police, the accused took her to his room Monday. The girl told officers that he threatened her and sexually assaulted her.Cops are verifying a claim that the girl was abducted…
Sailing programme for children Chennai: For a group of children, a Sunday evening at sea turned into an unusual classroom, as they learnt sailing, teamwork and responsibility through a 90-minute experiential programme organised by Explorers Club at the Royal Madras Yacht Club.The initiative, led by Air India Senior Commander and Trainer Pilot Capt Soniya Jain,…
Patna: The expansion plan for the Integrated Manufacturing Cluster (IMC) in Gaya will have to take into account green areas, land use and environmental aspects, Bihar industries secretary Kundan Kumar said during an inspection of the industrial cluster on Sunday.According to an official communique, Kumar reviewed the ongoing development and infrastructure works at IMC and…
Rescue personnel searched multiple locations and removed debris to determine whether more people were trapped Dhanbad: At least three people were killed and several others were feared trapped after a portion of earth caved in at an illegal coal mine at Keshalpur Kumhapatti in Dhanbad’s Katras on Sunday.The incident occurred around 7 am, triggering panic…
Mukhia Devi Kumari said the signature campaign is part of a multi-phase agitation and would continue until the issue was addressed Jamshedpur: Jamshedpur: Residents of Potka’s Haldipokhar on Saturday launched a month-long signature campaign against rising dust pollution allegedly caused by the Haldipokhar railway siding.The siding, which began operations in 2022, is on the Tatanagar-Badampahar…
Defence secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh meeting deputy minister of National Defence of Vietnam Senior Lieutenant General Nguyen Truong Thang NEW DELHI: India and Vietnam decided to accelerate defence technology sharing and defence-industrial collaboration during a meeting between defence secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh and deputy minister of National Defence of Vietnam Senior Lieutenant General Nguyen Truong…
