NEW DELHI: Taking responsibility for the NEET-UG episode, which he said “should not have happened”, Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan accused Rahul Gandhi of exploiting students’ anxiety for political gain and promised a “radical” overhaul of NTA, including moving NEET to computer-based testing (CBT) next year.In an interview to TOI, Pradhan said criticism was legitimate…
Kolkata: Three men, Gopal Dhara (42), Dipankar Mondal (25), and Shankar Bhuiyan (55), have been arrested by Anandapur Police for their involvement in an illegal soil smuggling racket operating on govt land near Ruby Crossing. Acting on a complaint by Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority, officers raided the vacant plot and arrested them for excavating soil…
An uprooted tree crashed onto a parked car at Purushottam Chowk, Dadar TT, on Wednesday. Fire Brigade and BMC personnel cleared the fallen tree amid rainfall. No injuries were reported Mumbai: The overnight downpour in the first 24 hours of the much-delayed monsoon onset pushed the city’s rain gauges into triple digits, with several pockets…
New Delhi: Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) commenced construction work at Central Secretariat Metro Station for Central Vista corridor Wednesday. The station is being developed under Phase V(A) as an extension of existing Magenta Line from Janakpuri West to RK Ashram Marg.Central Secretariat station will become a triple interchange station, where new Magenta Line station…
Udhay, Kanimozhi condemn TVK govt for trying to arrest DMK youth cadreTNNChennai: Leader of opposition Udhayanidhi Stalin and DMK MP Kanimozhi on Wednesday condemned the alleged attempt by police to arrest DMK Gen Z coordinator Anbananthan Ariyappan after entering his house in Rayakottai, Krishnagiri, at midnight.In a post on X, Udhayanidhi alleged that the TVK…
Patna: Education minister Mithilesh Tiwari on Wednesday inaugurated the new building of the Bihar Sanskrit Shiksha Board.Speaking on the occasion, he said he would treat the board’s problems as his own and make every effort to resolve them. “The state govt is fully committed to the preservation, promotion and development of Sanskrit and Indian culture…
Kelly Kislaya | TNNRanchi: The Ranchi Municipal Corporation (RMC) has made it compulsory for all Bulk Waste Generators (BWGs) operating within its jurisdiction to register on the central Solid Waste Management (SWM) portal. The civic body’s directive comes in accordance with the provisions of the Solid Waste Management Rules 2026.Under these guidelines, any establishment having…
Sanjay Sahay & ASRP Mukesh Documents being seized at Rims during CID in Ranchi Ranchi: The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) on Wednesday searched the Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences (Rims) and examined documents after complaints of irregularities in MBBS admissions and tender allotments. The probe has expanded amid recent fake certificate cases in Jharkhand’s medical…
JAMMU: At least 25 people were injured after a minibus ferrying pilgrims to Shri Sukrala Mata Temple in Billawer, in J&K’s Kathua district, plunged into a gorge in Simbli area on Wednesday. Officials said four of the injured were in critical condition.The minibus was ferrying devotees from Goran and Sumb villages in Samba district to…
Kolkata: Five people were killed and 20 others injured after a 32,000 sq ft under-construction warehouse at Taratala came crashing down around 11.30 am on Wednesday, burying around 40 labourers under tonnes of concrete slabs, mangled iron beams, steel and corrugated tin sheets.Nearly 400 personnel drawn from the Army, National Disaster Response Force, State Disaster…
