Chennai: PWD minister Aadhav Arjuna on Tuesday said political equations in India would change after the 2029 elections, paving the way for abolition of NEET in parliament.Speaking in the assembly on the ninth death anniversary of Ariyalur student S Anitha, who died by suicide in 2017 due to NEET failure, Aadhav said Union govt had…
A large, unusual fish caught in the floodwaters of the Gandak basinbeing examined by locals at Valmikinagar in West Champaran PATNA: Unidentified fish swept into the Gandak basin have prompted a Bihar govt advisory, while experts say the fish, believed to be goonch catfish, can spoil quickly after death and may pose health risks if…
ইরান এবং মার্কিন যুক্তরাষ্ট্রের মধ্যে ফের শুরু হয়েছে যুদ্ধ। মার্কিন যুক্তরাষ্ট্রের সামরিক বাহিনীর তরফে জানানো হয়েছে ইরানে তারা আঘাত হেনেছে। হরমুজ প্রণালীতে প্রথমে জাহাজে আক্রমণ করেছিল ইরানের ইসলামিক রেভোলিউশনারি গার্ড কর্পস। মধ্যপ্রাচ্যে মার্কিন যুক্তরাষ্ট্রের অনেক সদস্যের উপরেও ইরান হামলা চালিয়েছে বলে অভিযোগ করেছে মার্কিন যুক্তরাষ্ট্রে। আর তারই পাল্টা জবাব দিয়েছে মার্কিন যুক্তরাষ্ট্রও। এই যুদ্ধের আবহে…
अयोध्या के राम मंदिर से जुड़ी एक बड़ी प्रशासनिक नियुक्ति अब अपने अंतिम पड़ाव पर पहुंच गई है. श्रीराम जन्मभूमि तीर्थ क्षेत्र ट्रस्ट के पहले पूर्णकालिक मुख्य कार्यकारी अधिकारी (CEO) के नाम पर आज फैसला होगा. CEO चयन के लिए गठित तीन सदस्यीय सर्च कमेटी ने मंगलवार को अपनी अंतिम रिपोर्ट ट्रस्ट को सौंप दी…
New Delhi: Another positive dope test has hit India’s preparations for the upcoming Asian Games, with wushu medal hopeful Surya Bhanupratap Singh becoming the latest athlete to be provisionally suspended by the National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA).The 30-year-old from Jammu & Kashmir, a 2018 Jakarta Asian Games bronze medallist in the men’s 60kg Sanda, failed an…
Sikkim recorded the highest incidence among Northeast states, with 374 dengue cases in 2024. Using the state’s revised population estimate, the dengue incidence was 57.9 per lakh. NEW DELHI: Climate change, deforestation, unplanned urbanisation and poor drainage are creating conditions for mosquitoes and other disease-carrying vectors to spread into new areas of the Northeast, a…
Soumitra Nandi and Roshan GuptaKolkata/ DarjeelingKolkataIn the wake of the recent tragedy in Nepal, Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Tuesday said the centre and the state would jointly undertake an early scientific assessment of the vulnerabilities of the Himalayan region. Adhikari from a programme at Nabanna Sabhaghar formally launched a new 200-member state level region…
MUMBAI: A govt college is under scrutiny for allegedly outsourcing its courses to private entities to run high-fee courses from its campus even as aided programmes were cut back to make room for them.The state has ordered an inquiry into Sydenham College after a complaint alleged that two self-financed programmes, together potentially generating around Rs…
A 15-year-old girl died at AIIMS Delhi after a long wait for corrective heart surgery NEW DELHI: A 15-year-old girl from Kota, who had been visiting AIIMS Delhi from the age of two for a complex congenital heart defect, died in the hospital early Tuesday, 14 days after TOI reported her family’s long wait for…
Chennai: Hundred days after the TVK govt took office, the municipal administration and water supply (MAWS) department floated more than 1,000 tenders for several low and high-value civic works across the 25 corporations and municipalities. The tenders are seeing competitive bidding, saving upto 30% of project costs to the exchequer.TOI analysed about 10 random tenders…
