Kolkata: CM Suvendu Adhikari on Friday hinted at a large-scale overhaul of Bengal’s assembly constituencies combined with a significant increase in the number of members in the state legislative assembly — which may necessitate the construction of a new assembly building.Speaking in the Vidhan Sabha on Friday, Adhikari said: “The number of assembly seats may…
Mumbai: Crucial civic documents, such as birth and death certificates and marriage registration records, will now be made available instantly at BMC’s E Ward office, thanks to a state-of-the-art digital preservation system called Vision AI Vault. Under the new initiative, old civic records will be classified, scanned, and digitally archived using AI technology.The move is…
New Delhi: The controversy surrounding appointments at St Stephen’s College has escalated, with the institution going ahead with the joining of newly appointed teachers despite Delhi University (DU) directing it to refrain from issuing appointment letters pending an inquiry into alleged recruitment irregularities.According to an examination duty roster seen by TOI, several newly recruited teachers…
Chennai: A youth wearing a helmet posed as an electricity board employee and carried out a series of thefts at houses in a residential locality near Ponneri in Tiruvallur district.The incidents were reported from Adithya Garden, a residential area in Krishnapuram near Ponneri, where more than 100 houses are located. According to residents, the suspect…
Patna: City’s gold market has started feeling the impact of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s appeal to citizens to defer gold purchases for a year, coupled with the recent hike in import duty, as jewellers across Patna reported a decline in casual buying.Traders said wedding-related purchases were continuing, but discretionary buying had slowed considerably. Families with…
Bhubaneswar, April 27 (IANS) The National Commission for Scheduled Tribes has issued a notice to the Odisha Commissioner-cum-Secretary of the Scheduled Tribes and Scheduled Castes Development, Minorities and Backward Classes Welfare Department, as well as to the Collector and Superintendent of Police of Mayurbhanj, seeking an Action Taken Report on the death of a tribal…
Ranchi: The Advocates Association, Jharkhand High Court, on Friday requested the Chief Justice to start virtual court practice in the light of the recent crisis in availability of fuel in the capital.Due to the scarcity of fuel and long jams in petrol pumps, the association has written a letter to High Court Chief Justice M.S….
India and the UAE sought to boost their energy, defence shipping and technology ties signing 6 MoUs and announcing investments worth $ 5 billion from the Arab nation into India, as PM Narendra Modi held bilateral talks with President Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan during a brief stopover in Abu Dhabi on his way to…
Kolkata: Against the backdrop of rumblings in the Trinamool following its poll debacle, party chairperson Mamata Banerjee on Friday told candidates who had lost the 2026 assembly elections that she would build the organisation afresh.A party senior quoted Banerjee as telling the candidates: “Those who want to leave are free to go; I will not…
Mumbai: In a major administrative restructuring exercise aimed at improving efficiency and reducing operational costs, the commerce and industry ministry plans to merge 20 offices housing 12 organisations across Mumbai into a single integrated campus, a template which may be repeated in other parts of the country.Addressing a press conference, commerce and industry minister Piyush…
