New Delhi: The Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) Thursday announced a protest at Jantar Mantar on June 20, alleging inaction on its demand to remove Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan over the NEET-UG paper leak row.CJP spokesperson Saurav Das and activist Ashutosh Ranka said the organisation has been leading protests across the country, seeking justice for…
CHENNAI: The Hindu religious and charitable endowments (HR&CE) department has cancelled 46 temple-linked infrastructure projects worth Rs 245.85 crore that had been announced but were yet to take off, citing court-related hurdles and concerns over the financial burden on temples. The funds will be used for improving temple premises and amenities for devotees.The scrapped projects…
Each response is logged into a live civic database that is building a real-time, data-driven food safety map for the city Ahmedabad: Food inspectors are no longer the only people judging hygiene at street food stalls in the city. You can walk up to a registered stall, scan the displayed QR code and rate the…
Outgoing chief justice of Calcutta HC Sujoy Paul Kolkata: Adjudicating nearly 60 lakh Special Intensive Revision (SIR) cases within a compressed timeline was a “herculean task” that Bengal’s judicial officers successfully completed, outgoing Chief Justice of Calcutta HC Sujoy Paul said during his farewell speech on Friday, describing the exercise as “a new and unknown…
A girl in Dattawadi spends a long time filling several plastic bottles with drinking water from a low-pressure supply to ensure her family has enough water for the next two days Pune: The civic administration on Friday tweaked the much-criticised alternate-day water schedule in parts of Shivajinagar, Model Colony, Gokhalenagar and Fergusson College Road, replacing…
Times News NetworkPanaji: Goa govt honoured a family member of freedom fighter Baburao Thorat from Chandrapur, Maharashtra, with Rs 10 lakh monetary assistance on Thursday, in recognition of Thorat laying down his life in a satyagraha against the Portuguese regime in 1945. After presenting the assistance at the state Revolution Day event, chief minister Pramod…
India’s foreign exchange reserves recorded their steepest weekly decline in months, falling by $9.985 billion to $671.625 billion in the week ended June 12, mainly due to a sharp drop in gold reserves, according to RBI data released on Friday.The country’s forex reserves had declined by $711 million in the previous reporting week to $681.610…
India’s wicketkeeper Sanju Samson, front centre, being congratulated by head coach Gautam Gambhir (PTI Photo) Former India pacer S Sreesanth has taken aim at head coach Gautam Gambhir, questioning the extent of the former opener’s contribution to India’s recent white-ball success and arguing that players deserve far more credit for the team’s achievements.India have enjoyed…
The makers of ‘The Paradise’ have officially introduced actor Raghav Juyal as Vikram Maalik, one of the film’s most important characters. With Nani as the lead actor and Srikanth Odela as the director, the film is one of the most anticipated movies in Indian cinema at the moment. The anticipation level is very high after…
The current Ebola outbreak was declared on May 15 (AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa) The World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday warned that a deadly Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is spreading quickly, even as response efforts are being scaled up.“The outbreak remains serious and is evolving very fast. However, I have seen…
