Kolkata: The crackdown on blood banks flouting norms continued in the city with the health department starting a probe into six more blood banks. Sources cited allegations of multiple irregularities, including selling of blood and plasma to neighbouring states illegally, organising blood donation camps bypassing regular norms, and others.A few days ago, the department ordered…
Railway station hawker eviction Kolkata: No new hawker will be given vending rights in stations with high footfall, Eastern Railway’s Sealdah division has decided. Stations with relatively lower footfall may be allowed to accommodate a drinking water stall or two, but vendors will not be issued selling licences for platforms of congested stations any more,…
Pune: In order to curb the production of illicit liquor, Pune rural police have initiated a programme to provide alternative employment to persons and families involved. This comes on the back of the illicit hooch tragedy in Pune city and Pimpri Chinchwad, which claimed the lives of 22 people.Special Inspector General of Police (Kolhapur Range)…
Chennai: Following the uproar over the delay in appointing new principals to govt arts and science colleges, the higher education department is speeding up the process, and more than 100 colleges are likely to get new principals within the next four weeks.Professors said the new academic year started with the vacancy of principal posts in…
The week opens with work pressing on your shoulders like summer heat before rain. Early in the week, you won’t get much by wishing or waiting. You’ll have to push, repeat yourself, and stay with the task till it bends in your favour. The good part is that your courage is alive. Even if you…
The court took grave note of the brutality of the crime and the lack of remorse shown by the accused Palghar: The District and Additional Sessions Court in Palghar on Friday sentenced a 46-year-old man to death for the rape and murder of a nine-year-old girl in a tribal hamlet of Dahanu on Sept 27,…
With the Independence Day approaching, the Tricolour has become available for sale in shops across local markets Pune: On a day when the local BJP unit has appealed citizens to participate in the Tiranga Rally to be held on FC Road on Tuesday, NCP corporator Amol Balwadkar opposed the plan, saying that the procession during…
Every parent notices little bedtime habits that seem oddly specific. Some children clutch a favourite toy, some insist on a bedtime story, while others have one quirky habit that never changes: no matter how carefully they are tucked in, one leg somehow ends up sticking out from under the blanket. It’s an amusing sight, but…
UPI: Government is also expected to prescribe an upper limit on the maximum MDR that can be charged. Will you have to pay for UPI payments going ahead? The government is expected to permit the levy of a Merchant Discount Rate (MDR) of 0.25% to 0.4% on UPI transactions above Rs 2,000 made to businesses,…
Does it ever feel like you don’t belong in this crazy world? Do you feel like you’ve been here before? An old soul? The science of numbers has for you a fascinating answer. There is a secret code about your soul’s journey in your birthday. Most of us keep coming back to earth again and…
