Kolkata: Within hours of the Supreme Court hearing, the EC on Saturday deployed 165 additional counting observers across Bengal, just 48 hours before the vote counting on Monday. All these officers, who will be stationed at strongrooms with multiple counting halls, are central govt officers. Also, in a first, the EC has deputed 77 police…
In Sept 1927, Khwaja Abdul Hamied (1898-1972), returning from Germany with a doctorate in chemistry, reached Bombay from Columbo. Completely broke, he went to the Khilafat House to see Maulana Shaukat Ali who gave him Rs 50 for the train journey to Aligarh. Hamied went on to found Cipla, the pharma company he and later…
New Delhi: Delhi govt is planning to use artificial intelligence to strengthen governance and improve service delivery across departments. It will engage technology companies, startups and research institutions to develop AI-based solutions for sectors such as healthcare, education, transport, urban planning and air quality monitoring.The initiative aims to identify proven, market-ready technologies that can first…
Chennai: A 31-year-old man died after getting trapped in slush while bathing with friends in Vallur dam on the Kosasthalaiyar River near Minjur in the city on Friday.Aravind Prakash, 31, of Pammal, worked at a private finance company. He went to the dam in the Seemavaram area with friends on his day off on Friday….
An American Fulbright scholar, Isabel Salovaara, has earned a doctorate for her research on the aspirations of women in Bihar. Her study, conducted at state coaching centres, highlights how a 2016 government policy reserving jobs for women has fostered a sense of community and state connection among them. Patna: While most scholars from abroad come…
Around 15 km from Hazaribag town lies Ichak — once the flourishing capital of a powerful dynasty and now a fading symbol of Jharkhand’s rich cultural past. Known as the “temple town” of Hazaribag district, Ichak is dotted with hundreds of ancient temples, ponds and gardens, many of which today stand in a state of…
Dumka: Bodies of a man and a woman were found in Jeetpur forest of Jamtara district on Saturday, police said. The deceased were identified as Sagen Hembrom, 30, a resident of Bodma village under Mihijam police station limits, and Malti Murmu, 25, of Maheshpur under West Bengal’s Salanpur police station limits. Police said Hembrom was…
The Bretton Woods system of monetary management had established rules for commercial relations among the US, Canada, Western European nations, Australia and 44 other countries. NEW DELHI: Government on Saturday named academics Joram Aniya and R Balasubramaniam as new members of Niti Aayog as part of a revamp of the thinktank.PM Narendra Modi congratulated both…
Kolkata: The city and its adjoining districts were lashed by a thunderstorm on Saturday evening that struck with a wind speed of 50 kmph. It was followed by an intense rain that lasted for an hour, followed by a drizzle that continued for another hour. Thunderstorms also struck parts of Howrah, Hooghly, North and South…
Navi Mumbai: Following the death of a 29-year-old labourer after he fell from the 27th floor of a high-rise under redevelopment in Vashi as he lost balance while carrying out drilling work on Tuesday evening, the MNS city president Gajanan Kale has demanded that NMMC should immediately revoke the commencement certificate (CC) of the said…
