Three fire tenders took over two hours to douse the flames Kolkata: A fire broke out on the extended open terrace area of the second floor of the Air Traffic Control (ATC) building at Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport in Kolkata around 4 am on Tuesday. Flight operations remained unaffected.Airport officials said that the…
No notice was issued to the Association which has used the playground for over 15 years under renewed permissions from Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority. MUMBAI: Bombay high court will hear on Thursday a petition challenging BMC’s proposal to convert the Neville D’souza Football Ground at Bandra Reclamation into a convention centreThe matter was…
New Delhi: A Delhi court Tuesday granted four weeks’ interim bail on medical grounds to Dr Vatsala Aggarwal, former Director General of Health Services (DGHS), who was arrested in an alleged Rs 700-crore medical procurement scam.On Monday, the Rouse Avenue court had rejected the regular bail plea of Dr Vinod Kumar Ranga, an ex-Central Procurement…
Image Used For Representational Purpose Only CHENNAI: Facing backlash from students’ organisations, the Directorate of Collegiate Education (DoCE) backtracked on its circular that called for action against college students taking part in protests organised by the Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) and left-wing parties.In a circular, dated Aug 17, the DoCE had called upon the school…
Patna: The Patna high court has recorded a major increase in monthly case disposals since acting chief justice Sudhir Singh assumed office on July 12.The high court registry disposed of 17,107 cases within a month, including 3,757 civil cases, of which 2,850 were writ applications, and 13,350 criminal cases, including nearly 12,000 bail matters.Senior advocate…
The Centre told the Supreme Court that the NEET examination security system is “foolproof” and difficult to breach. NEW DELHI: The Centre on Wednesday told the Supreme Court that the system put in place for conducting the NEET examination is “foolproof” and difficult to breach, as the court heard concerns related to the security and…
The drive was conducted to clear roads around Lansdowne Market Kolkata: A pushback drive to clear the roads around Lansdowne Market triggered frantic activity on Tuesday, with hawkers pulling down bamboo frames, removing plastic sheets and trimming stall extensions two days after urban development and municipal affairs minister Agnimitra Paul inspected the area.On Monday evening,…
A Govt Resolution issued earlier this month had ordered MMC to start registrations for homoeopaths who have completed a one-year certificate course in pharmacology Mumbai: The medical education department on Tuesday directed Maharashtra Medical Council (MMC) administrator to suspend the registration of homoeopaths until there is a final court order in the matter. The decision…
Delhi government launched Atal Canteens to combat hunger across the capital. Delhi is a city of many colours and contradictions. It is at once imperial and intimate, monumental and modest. This cosmopolitan city functions through the labour of millions whose names may never make headlines, but whose hands build the capital every single day. For…
The Chief Minister’s Cancer Care Mission will be upgraded at a cost of Rs 673.44 crore. CHENNAI: Chief minister C Joseph Vijay, announced that the annual insurance cover under the Chief Minister’s Comprehensive Health Insurance Scheme had been increased from Rs 5 lakh to Rs 25 lakh and a 400-bed multispeciality hospital would be established…
