Lucknow’s Durga Puja pandals are scaling up and how! Lucknow’s Durga Puja has evolved from a modest Bengali community celebration into a citywide festival of epic proportions, with themed pandals, towering idols and months of preparation now drawing lakhs of visitors annually. The numbers tell the story of this dramatic scale-up. In 1914, Lucknow hosted…
Patna: Of the 164 candidates who filed nominations for the eight graduates’ and teachers’ constituencies of the legislative council, Election Commission (EC) rejected the nominations of 12 candidates for errors in their papers.This leaves 152 candidates in the fray for the elections to the eight seats, scheduled on Oct 23.The constituencies include four graduates’ seats…
Jaipur: A pilot social audit of govt schools in Rajasthan began at Shrimati Kamla Devi Budhiya Govt Higher Secondary School in Hirapura Wednesday. Students, parents and school management committee members took part in a public hearing to review the implementation of schemes under Samagra Shiksha and identify gaps in delivery.Twenty schools have been selected for…
Nagpur: The proposed Rs952.32-crore Kolar-Kanhan barrage near Bina village in Kamptee taluka could provide Nagpur with an additional water-security buffer, but the project will require over 1,200 hectares of land.The barrage is being planned as a long-term water-security measure for Nagpur. The civic body does not have a reservoir of its own and depends on…
Rajkot: Gujarat, India’s largest tea-consuming state on a per-capita basis, accounts for an estimated 8-10% of the country’s total tea consumption. The state’s tea market is valued at around Rs 3,000 crore annually.Gujarat has hundreds of tea brands that procure leaves from tea-growing states, particularly Assam, and blend teas from different gardens to maintain a…
Badal was rescued from the Porahat forests near Chaibasa in Dec 2025 Rajni was given a 20-pound cake Badal was rescued from the Porahat forests near Chaibasa in Dec 2025 Rajni was given a 20-pound cake Badal was rescued from the Porahat forests near Chaibasa in Dec 2025 Jamshedpur: The 21st birthday of elephant Rajni…
Surat: Surat City police have invoked the Gujarat Control of Terrorism and Organised Crime (GUJCTOC) Act against eight alleged members of an organised gang led by Bhushan Patil, following the murder of Pravinsinh Shirsath alias Amba in the Dindoli area.Shirsath was killed on July 30 this year, following a dispute with Patil. Dindoli police subsequently…
The proposal will come up before the Vadodara Municipal Corporation’s (VMC) standing committee on Friday Vadodara: The city’s PM e-Bus service is set to incur an expenditure of Rs 26.55 crore over five years on ticketing, electronic ticketing machines (ETMs), ticketing software and fare and revenue collection for an initial fleet of 100 buses.The proposal,…
BJP state chief Pankaj Chaudhary Felicitates Vadnagar-Kashi Bike Yatra Participants Varanasi: After covering the challenging route from Vadnagar to Kashi on motorcycles, Seva Yatris — party workers who travelled from Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s birthplace Vadnagar to his karmabhoomi Kashi — were felicitated by Uttar Pradesh BJP president Pankaj Chaudhary at Sampurnanand Sanskrit University under…
Two additional suspects were arrested in connection with the murder of Shiv Sena division chief Pradeep Purnekar. THANE: The Thane Crime Branch has arrested two more accused in connection with the murder of Shiv Sena (UBT) division chief Pradeep alias Balu Purnekar, taking the total number of arrests in the case to three.The arrested accused…
