Ratna Singh, head of legal affairs at the Cockroach Janta Party, was allegedly detained by police. NEW DELHI: Delhi’s Saket court on Saturday dismissed an application filed by Ratna Singh, head of legal affairs at the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP), seeking an FIR against police personnel for allegedly detaining her at her residence.Singh had also…
A stretch of the Bedthi (Gangavali) river near Yellapur in Uttara Kannada district Bengaluru: Thousands of people from Uttara Kannada are expected to protest in Bengaluru Saturday, demanding scrapping of the proposed Bedthi-Varada river diversion project, which has reached the detailed project report (DPR) stage.The proposed diversion of Bedthi river water to drought-prone plains of…
Hyderabad: Telangana BJP president N Ramchander Rao accused the Congress of spreading a “false narrative” over the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, alleging that Rahul Gandhi was making baseless claims of “vote theft” to discredit Election Commission and other constitutional institutions. He called upon BJP workers, professionals, lawyers and intellectuals to counter what…
Chennai: Creating separate lanes for buses and two-wheelers, taking stringent action against traffic rule violators, designing better roads, and enforcing speed limits were among the key actions proposed by govt officers and researchers to curb road accidents in the state, at a conference held in the city on Friday.Organised by the Citizen Consumer and Civic…
Ahmedabad: Gujarat govt has revised admission rules for pre-PTC (DElEd) colleges, raising the maximum age limit for applicants from 24 to 30 years and increasing the intake per class from 50 to 62 seats. The revised norms also introduce 10% reservation for economically weaker sections (EWS) and 5% for persons with disabilities.The changes aim to…
Cuttack: Orissa high court has dismissed a private paper supplier’s challenge to state govt’s tender for procuring paper for textbooks, observing that tendering authorities have the freedom to frame eligibility conditions according to their requirements.A division bench of Chief Justice Harish Tandon and Justice Chittaranjan Dash, in its Oct 7 judgment, said courts should be…
Guwahati: A Shiva Lingam set inside a palette drum will be the centrepiece of Tokobari Barowari Durga Puja’s themed pandal this year.The concept is the committee’s interpretation of religious symbolism through festive decoration.Artists from Dhupguri in West Bengal’s Jalpaiguri district presented the committee with several designs, including a Shiva Lingam and South Indian temples dedicated…
Kolkata: With over Rs 1,720 crore locked in unpaid vehicle taxes, permit fees and other transport-related dues, the state govt has proposed a 40% waiver to encourage defaulting commercial vehicle owners to clear their arrears. The move comes after a month-long recovery drive yielded just over Rs 100 crore, despite more than 3.5 lakh vehicles…
Overcharging is a common complaint of cab passengers in Pune Pune: Cab and autorickshaw unions have threatened protests over alleged overcharging by app-based cab aggregators and the operation of Rapido bike taxis in the city without RTO permission.Keshav Kshirsagar, the president of Indian Gig Workers Front and Baghtoy Rickshawaala union, alleged that Ola, Uber and…
Punjab education minister Harjot Singh Bains Chandigarh: The Punjab govt’s Maavan-Dheeyan Satkar Yojna and Mukh Mantri Sehat Yojna featured prominently in interactions with parents during the mega parent-teacher meeting (PTM), which saw participation from around 21 lakh parents across 19,200 govt schools in all 23 districts of the state. Ministers and AAP MLAs joined meetings…
