Patna: Canara Bank organised a series of programmes under its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiative at Ashray Vriddhashram near Beur Jail on Thursday. The programme was led by the bank’s executive director, Bhavendra Kumar.As part of the initiative, 35 elderly residents of the old-age home underwent eye examinations conducted by ASG Eye Hospital. Spectacles were…
Dumka: A 55-year-old private security guard was mowed to death by a loader at the coal dumping site of Dumka railway station siding late Wednesday, with his son witnessing the fatal accident.The deceased, identified as Mantosh Kumar Khirhar, a resident of Tarajora village under Jama police station limits, had been working at the coal siding…
उत्तर प्रदेश के मिर्जापुर में लालगंज तहसील के ड्रमंडगंज में विंध्य की पहाड़ी पर स्थित लहुरियादह कस्बा कभी पानी के लिए तरसता था. यहां के लोग आजादी के बाद भी पानी के लिए संघर्ष करते थे. और पढ़ें पहाड़ी पर मौजूद इस गांव की कुल आबादी 1,500 के करीब है. गांव में कुल 100 घर…
Ranchi: Silent or inactive ration cards that have been lying unused for the past six months would be suspended from October 1. Over four lakh ration cards of ineligible beneficiaries have been deleted, the state food, public distribution, and consumer affairs department said on Thursday.Appealing to ineligible families to voluntarily surrender their cards before the…
File Pic: Mona Agarwal (PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: Indian para-shooter Mona Agarwal secured a quota place for the 2028 Paralympic Games in Los Angeles after winning silver in the women’s 10m Air Rifle Standing SH1 event at the WSPS World Championships in Changwon, South Korea, on Thursday.The 38-year-old finished with a score of 250.0, just…
NEW DELHI: A senior Indian space scientist on Thursday said that the orbiter of the Chandrayaan-2 mission, which was said to be a failed mission after its lander crashlanded on the south pole region of Moon, is still alive and is helping in planning and executing subsequent Indian lunar missions.During the AEDEX conference at Yashobhoomi…
Vehicles stuck in congestion on VIP Road Kolkata: An unexpected gesture from the airline carrier saved the day for Tollygunge resident, Rashmi Kothari. She was scheduled to fly from Kolkata to Bengaluru on an 8.25 pm Akasa flight on Wednesday. She had left home around 5.40 pm, expecting the journey to take about an hour….
The opposition parties in the BMC demanded that the proposal be sent back to the administration for reconsideration Richa PintoMumbai: Frustrated with recurring footpath encroachments and what they describe as a lack of sustained action under the BMC’s Pedestrians First initiative, residents of Breach Candy have devised a “BMC Footpath Report Card” in an attempt…
New Delhi: Delhi High Court has taken a dim view of Delhi Development Authority (DDA), Union Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) and Land & Development Office (L&DO) for the delay in finalising a policy for converting properties from leasehold to freehold. It gave the authorities a “last and final opportunity” to submit the…
82 teams battle it out at Times NIE critical thinking quiz Chennai: A team from Chennai Public School-Anna Nagar emerged as winners of the Times NIE Inter-school Critical Thinking Quiz held at the Vels University campus in Pallavaram on Thursday.As many as 82 teams competed in the quiz, which, unlike a conventional quiz that rewards…
