Ranchi: Experts said the biology section of National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test-UG (NEET-UG) comprising 45 questions each on botany and zoology was easy but lengthy, while around 10 questions of physics were of moderate complexity.Students appearing for the medical entrance test held on Sunday had to answer 180 questions on physics, chemistry, botany and zoology (biology), each…
NEW DELHI: BJP is looking to take down the opposition in one of its few remaining strongholds West Bengal, while its rivals hope to hold their line in their redoubts in eastern and southern India, with the results to five assemblies polls – Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Assam, Kerala and Puducherry – set to offer a…
Kolkata: Park Street police have launched a manhunt for two men on a motorcycle who allegedly stalked and molested a woman early on Thursday. The duo targeted the victim twice, escalating from verbal abuse and obscene gestures to physical assault, first at Park Street and then near Russell Street.The suspects fled after the woman resisted…
Kolhapur: Bombay HC’s Kolhapur bench set an 80-day deadline to complete the scrutiny of 1,320 primary member societies before holding polls for the new managing body of Gokul dairy, one of the state’s biggest milk cooperatives. The societies are facing show-cause notices for alleged violation of Cooperatives Act. The managing body’s current term ends on…
New Delhi: When a residential building in Vivek Vihar turned into a furnace, the difference between life and death rested on split-second acts of bravery.Trapped between intimidating walls of flames and jammed exits, the residents’ narrow path to survival was shaped by a group of bravehearts who refused to succumb to fire or panic. Even…
Chennai: An employee of a private hotel was arrested on Saturday for misappropriating funds worth 31,500 at his place of work in Perambur.Police who verified CCTV footage at the hotel, said the accused, Deepak Kumar, 19, from Bihar, had been misappropriating the money in small amounts over a period of time. The incident came to…
Patna: Four people were killed after their car rammed into a parked truck at Ratanpur village under the Motipur police station area in Muzaffarpur district on Sunday. All four occupants died on the spot while a biker was injured and admitted to hospital.The victims were identified as Krishna Kumar, 35, Sonu Kumar, 25, Mantosh Kumar,…
Chatra: In an attempt to evade police checks, traffickers allegedly used a wedding poster on a vehicle to smuggle narcotics, but the ploy was busted after police seized around 252 kg of doda (poppy husk) from an SUV on the Lawalong-Bagra Road in Lawalong block on Sunday.Acting on a tip-off that a vehicle carrying a…
Daltonganj: A two-month-old spotted fawn was released into the protected forest of Nawa under the Medininagar forest division, Palamu, late Saturday after being rescued from a village, where it had strayed in search of water.Rakesh Pandey, a forest personnel, said the fawn strayed into human habitation from Nawa jungle in search of water.A resident of…
NEW DELHI: Multi-state electoral verdict on May 4 will be shaped not only by broad swings but by a cluster of constituencies where margins are tight, candidates are high profile and local dynamics are unusually intense.After the counting begins and trends trickle in, these seats offer early clues to momentum, alliance cohesion and voter sentiment…
