The West Bengal Medical Counselling Committee (WBMCC) is likely to announce the NEET UG 2026 Round 1 seat allotment result on August 31. Candidates seeking MBBS and BDS seats under the state quota can check their allotment online through wbmcc.nic.in. Those allotted seats must download the allotment letter, follow the reporting schedule and complete admission…
Mumbai: BMC received recommendation letters for the transfer or promotion of as many as 225 officials and employees over the past year. The recommendations were made by Union ministers, state cabinet ministers, MPs, MLAs, MLCs and corporators cutting across party lines, as mentioned against respective names on the list. This information was obtained by activist…
New Delhi: A three-year-old boy was rescued after he was allegedly kidnapped in west Delhi’s Khyala by a woman for raising him as her son after having six daughters.The child had gone missing on Aug 27 while playing at GGS Hospital, where his mother had gone to get medicines, police said. After a PCR call…
Tagore, Chakravarthy meet CM Chennai: A day after Tamil Nadu tourism minister R Rajesh Kumar warned that Congress would pull its two ministers out of the state cabinet if TVK failed to accept Rahul Gandhi as the prime ministerial candidate for the 2029 Lok Sabha election, the ruling party chose not to respond publicly. Meanwhile,…
Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad Ahmedabad: International offers powered a new milestone in IIM Ahmedabad’s 2026 final placements for its flagship PGP, with the Indian Placement Reporting Standards (IPRS) report pegging the maximum earning potential (MEP) at $243,000—about Rs 2.31 crore—its highest international MEP since IPRS was introduced in 2011.The new peak overtook the earlier…
A woman mourns the loss of her son outside a cremation ground, in Chitwan, Nepal Kolkata: Six days after the devastating flash flood in Nepal, families of the 37 Bengal tourists still missing in the disaster zone are getting around to confronting questions they had until now been afraid to even articulate: What if their…
Pune: A 40-year-old finance firm executive driving under the influence of alcohol lost control of the wheel and crashed his car into the median around 5.50am on Sunday.The incident happened at Wakad Chowk on the Hinjewadi-Aundh Road. The accused, a resident of Aundh, has been charged under sections 125 (act endangering life or personal safety…
Porvorim: A total of 16 govt Bills were introduced on the first day of the monsoon session on Monday, including the Goa Prisons and Correctional Services Bill, 2026, which proposes a sweeping overhaul of the state’s only prison at Colvale.The proposed prison legislation provides for dedicated enclosures for transgender prisoners, tighter surveillance to curb organised…
Hotfix units often located in residential areas Surat: Rampant use of banned single-use plastic sheets by hotfix units and the dumping of the resulting waste in public places have emerged as a major concern for citizens and Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC).After protests by residents and political parties, the civic body has intensified enforcement, issuing 2,054…
Gold has entered a corrective phase after failing to sustain above the recent rally highs near Rs 163,000–166,000. Gold price prediction today: The medium-term case for investment in gold remains intact, despite recent fall in prices, says Manav Modi, Senior Analyst, Commodity Research at Motilal Oswal Financial Services Ltd. Let’s take a look at his…
