The new rules, notified on June 12, replaces the previous framework governing RTI applications in Maharashtra Pune: Right to Information (RTI) activists and regular users have raised an alarm over the state govt’s newly notified RTI Rules, 2026. Critics alleged that several provisions will create significant barriers for citizens, effectively diluting the spirit of the…
Ahmedabad: A Gandhinagar woman has accused a man she met through a matrimonial website of concealing his identity, luring her into a relationship on the promise of marriage and later blackmailing her with their private photographs and videos. The complaint, registered with the Women’s Police (West), was the second FIR of a similar nature lodged…
Ishan Kishan, Glenn Maxwell Ishan Kishan produced one of the fastest centuries ever scored against Afghanistan in ODI cricket, reaching the three-figure mark in just 71 balls during the second ODI of the three-match series in Lucknow on Wednesday.The India wicketkeeper-batter moved past Glenn Maxwell’s famous 76-ball hundred against Afghanistan during the 2023 ODI World…
New Delhi: Marking 12 years of the Narendra Modi-led govt, Delhi BJP Wednesday held a cleanliness drive across 256 organisational mandals in the capital. MPs, MLAs, councillors and functionaries cleaned markets, temples, parks and public spaces. Launching the campaign, Delhi BJP chief Harsh Malhotra urged citizens to avoid littering and praised MCD and private sanitation…
Surat: The Association of Indian Universities (AIU), a century-old apex body representing more than 1,200 universities across the country, has entrusted Veer Narmad South Gujarat University (VNSGU) vice-chancellor Kishorsinh Chavda with preparing concept notes on key policy issues concerning higher education institutions in India.The assignment follows Chavda’s presentation of an agenda during the 100th Annual…
KALYAN: Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Limited (MSEDCL) has assured that electricity supply to illegal jeans-wash units operating across the Kalyan division will be disconnected within seven days, following a protest by social activists and environmental groups outside its office on Tuesday.The agitation was held at the MSEDCL Kalyan Division office premises in Tejashree Compound…
The sanctions waiver in place since almost the start of the US-Iran conflict has benefitted India. (AI image) In wake of the US-Iran understanding for a peace deal and the signing of an MoU, the Trump administration has quietly let the sanctions waiver for Russian crude oil to lapse. US President Donald Trump had earlier…
Ulhasnagar Mayor Ashwini Nikam conducted a late-night inspection, uncovering significant lapses in the city’s readiness for the impending monsoon ULHASNAGAR: With the monsoon knocking on the door, Ulhasnagar’s civic preparedness came under sharp scrutiny after Mayor Ashwini Kamlesh Nikam conducted a surprise midnight inspection on two wheeler across several parts of the city and found…
Students who appeared for the CBSE Class 10 second board examinations are still waiting for an official update on their results. While several reports have suggested that the results could be declared by the end of June, the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has not yet confirmed any date or time.The wait has become…
Guha being taken away by cops on Wednesday Kolkata: Former North Bengal Development minister Udayan Guha on Wednesday became the fourth Trinamool Congress minister to be arrested since the change of govt in Bengal.Dinhata and Kolkata cops along with central force personnel raided Guha’s flat in a housing complex in Kankurgachhi and took him into…
