Rural development minister Shrawan Kumar at a meeting in Patna on Monday Patna: The state govt has identified 725 locations for the development of rural haats to provide farmers, self-help groups and local entrepreneurs better market access for their products.Reviewing a meeting on the convergence of development schemes between the rural development department and Nabard…
Government employees in Ranchi voiced their discontent as the Jharkhand government annulled the JSSC-CGL examination RANCHI: A large group of government employees appointed through the JSSC-CGL recruitment process staged a protest in Ranchi after the Jharkhand government cancelled the examination, with protesters sitting on the ground outside the main entrance of the state secretariat and…
Man with China links held for Rs 1,071 crore cyber fraud across 1,090 cases. Photo credit: IANS NEW DELHI: The Gujarat CID has arrested a 25-year-old man from Assam who allegedly masterminded 1,090 cybercrime cases involving Rs 1,071.5 crore across India and maintained links with China-based criminals.The accused, Rafiqul Alam, was arrested by the CID’s…
Kolkata: Two persons were injured as fight broke out at a popular sweet shop in the Karaya area on Friday morning with a BJP Yuva Morcha member and his aide allegedly refusing to pay for some sweets. Police said the incident took place around 11 am on Friday when the store manager was on duty….
CJI Justice Surya Kant was scheduled to be the chief guest at the earlier ceremony. MUMBAI: The Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) has invited Dr C S Pramesh, director, Tata Memorial Hospital, as the chief guest for its 86th convocation, which will now be held on Aug 22.The convocation, which was originally scheduled for…
Himachal Pradesh is under a yellow alert for heavy rain from Wednesday to Friday. NEW DELHI: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast heavy rain in several parts of the country on Wednesday, with heavy to very heavy rainfall likely at isolated places over east Madhya Pradesh.Thunderstorms, lightning and gusty winds are also likely in…
Residents gathered at Perambur MLA office, Chennai TNNChennai: Tension prevailed outside the chief minister C Joseph Vijay’s Perambur MLA office in Sharma Nagar, as residents of Selaivayal in Kodungaiyur gathered over lack of proper roads, drainage, and streetlights in their locality.The residents, who came to submit their petition on Monday morning, said repeated representations to…
Patna: Two 14-year-old boys were feared drowned while bathing in Burhi Gandak river at Bhurkurwa Ghat in Muzaffarpur district on Monday morning. A search operation by the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF), assisted by local divers, was underway, but the teenagers remained untraced till the time of filing this report.The missing boys were identified as…
Rijiju defends police response to student protests (ANI image) NEW DELHI: Union parliamentary affairs minister Kiren Rijiju on Tuesday defended the Bihar and Delhi governments and law enforcement agencies over their handling of student protests, saying security forces managed large crowds without any casualties or serious injuries.“Not a single person died; not a single person…
A fire broke out on the second-floor terrace of the Air Traffic Control (ATC) building at Kolkata airport 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 4am on Tuesday, triggering a…
