Kolkata: The West Bengal health dept has barred 11 blood banks from collecting blood at donation camps anywhere in the state till further orders. The dept had started an investigation against 11 blood banks accused of severe irregularities, including illegally selling blood collected in West Bengal to other states.“Till the time the investigation process in…
Union home minister Amit Shah on Monday recounted Syama Prasad Mookerjee’s resolve to spread education through vernacular languages. .“It is now time to fulfil Mookerjee’s interest in local languages. I am sure Bengal will achieve that under Suvendu ji’s leadership,” he said. Source link
Pune: Kothrud police registered a case of wrongful restraint against a 35-year-old SUV owner for bursting firecrackers in the middle of the road in Gopinathnagar at around 12.30am on Sunday.Senior inspector Arun Ghodke said, “The SUV owner, a software engineer, was celebrating his son’s first birthday. He drove the SUV out of his society with…
Pune: The Pune district administration has imposed prohibitory orders and tightened safety measures at 10 popular tourist destinations in the Maval and Lonavla areas until Aug 31 to prevent monsoon-related accidents.The locations include the Karla and Bhaje caves, Lohagad and Visapur forts, Lion’s Point, Shivling Point, Tung and Tikona forts, and areas around the Pavana…
Kolkata: A gold jewellery manufacturing company registered a criminal complaint with Girish Park Police Station.In its complaint, the firm has alleged that two freelance artisans misappropriated gold bullion worth around Rs 3.5 crore.According to the complaint,the company employs freelance artisans and contractors to make ornaments on a returnable job-work basis.A manufacturing agreement was signed in…
Kolkata: In a move designed to prioritise student safety and prevent substance abuse, IIT Kharagpur is introducing a help-seeking policy where any student who seeks medical assistance in good faith — whether for themselves or a peer — will be protected from disciplinary action. This is part of the standard operating procedure (SOP) for substance…
A division bench of Justices Neela Gokhale and Amit Jamsandekar granted Tejpal four weeks to surrender after allowing the state’s appeal against his acquittal Panaji: Thirteen years after the assault, the Bombay high court on Thursday convicted former Tehelka editor-in-chief Tarun Tejpal of raping a colleague in a Goa hotel elevator, overturning his 2021 acquittal…
A short Instagram video has sparked a much bigger conversation than anyone expected. Instead of focusing on the property itself, people are discussing something that comes up after almost every stay but rarely makes headlines. How should guests leave an Airbnb when they check out?That question has divided social media after an Airbnb host shared…
A flooded stretch of the road in Waki on the Pune-Nashik highway Pune: Heavy, incessant downpour brought the industrial hubs in the district to their knees on Monday, with several companies suspending operations for the day, in parts of Chakan, Talegaon and Mulshi.The Pune Metropolitan Region Development Authority dispatched teams to rescue around 25 workers…
Indian Grandmaster Vidit Gujrathi (PTI Photo) Indian Grandmaster Vidit Gujrathi’s bid to qualify for the Esports World Cup (EWC) 2026 ended in heartbreak as Dutch Grandmaster Benjamin Bok edged him 2-1 in sets in the final of the India Rising: Road to EWC at the Jio World Convention Centre in Mumbai last Saturday.Bok sealed the…
