Digha/Tajpur: Subhankar Majhi doesn’t know of the intense political battle centred around fish. The East Midnapore fisherman is more concerned about his livelihood, because even as his day still begins with brine and salty air, it’s now ending with empty nets.For 26 years, Majhi’s world has been measured in tides and catch.The rhetoric of “Maachhe-Bhaate…
MUMBAI: The traffic on Mumbai-Pune Yashwantrao Chavan Expressway will be temporarily diverted for a few hours on April 23 and 24 on account of bridge maintenance work.In a release issued on Tuesday, the Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC) said the block is planned from 12 am to 3 pm on April 23 and 24,…
Pack of stray dogs inside hostel premises Insect found in food provided in mess at LHMC Students protest poor hostel conditions at LHMC on Monday Insect found in mess food at LHMC Pack of stray dogs inside hostel premises Insect found in food provided in mess at LHMC Students protest poor hostel conditions at LHMC…
Chennai: City police personnel on poll duty and hence eligible for postal ballots have been given one more day to cast their votes. A total of 18,971 police personnel were eligible to vote through postal ballots. On April 18, at least 10,000 personnel cast their votes. Officials had scheduled 9,703 personnel to vote on April…
Patna gears up for the BPSC assistant public sanitary and waste management officer exam on Thursday, with District Magistrate Thiyagarajan S M emphasizing a zero-tolerance policy for malpractice. Over 21,000 candidates will appear across 32 centres. Strict security measures, including a ban on electronic devices for candidates and staff, will be enforced to ensure a…
India’s two big landfills — Jawahar Nagar landfill in Hyderabad and Kanjurmarg landfill in Mumbai — figure in world’s top 25 super-polluting methane emission waste disposal sites, shows a new study by University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).The study ranks 25 waste facilities in 18 countries responsible for the highest methane emission rates, ranging from…
Dinhata: Munawwara Bibi runs her finger slowly down a voter list taped to the wall of her local panchayat office. “My name was here during the Lok Sabha polls… how can it disappear,” the 65-year-old homemaker murmurs. It’s her fourth visit to the office since SIR led to the deletion of her name from the…
Mumbai University is investigating allegations of question paper leaks for three BCom sixth-semester subjects MUMBAI: The Mumbai University said on Tuesday evening that it was inquiring into allegations that question papers of three subjects in its ongoing sixth semester TY BCom examinations had been leaked and circulated through a WhatsApp group linked to a private…
NEW DELHI: The bar for entering the IITs has steadily risen, with the JEE (Main) cut-off for JEE (Advanced) for general category climbing to a record 93.4 percentile in 2026, up from 89.7 in 2019, reflecting intensifying competition and a sharp post-pandemic surge in high scorers. Cut-offs across all categories — EWS, OBC-NCL, SC and…
Chennai: NTK chief coordinator Seeman concluded his campaign on Tuesday with an appeal to voters to shun the corrupt politicians as well as actors who wish to become chief ministers.Winding up his final poll speech at Karaikudi constituency, where he is contesting, Seeman said a vote was a powerful weapon which should be used to…
