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NEW DELHI: Uttarakhand may not figure high among states ranked by political weight but it warrants enough importance in the BJP’s scheme of things for its president Nitin Nabin to spend three days touching base with booth-level members, MPs and MLAs and brainstorming with them over winning seats that the party lost narrowly in 2022.While…
Murder victim Harmeet Kaur, 69 Police and bystanders outside a Ludhiana house where an elderly couple was found murdered on Saturday Murder victim Kuldeep Singh, 70 Murder victim Harmeet Kaur, 69 Police and bystanders outside a Ludhiana house where an elderly couple was found murdered on Saturday Murder victim Kuldeep Singh, 70 Murder victim Harmeet…
NEW DELHI: Medical students could soon get an additional year to complete their MBBS course, with National Medical Commission (NMC) proposing to extend the maximum duration to finish undergraduate medical education from nine years to ten years.In a draft amendment to Graduate Medical Education Regulations 2023, NMC has proposed that no student will be allowed…
A screenshot of an advertisement promoting an illegal betting app Hyderabad: Illegal betting platforms, once hidden in secret groups, have transformed into slick digital marketing machines. They now openly target youngsters across social media, using AI-generated videos, fake jackpot stories, and sponsored ads that promise instant wealth. Despite repeated police crackdowns, these networks continue to…
Bhubaneswar: Vigilance sleuths on Friday arrested a cooperative banking officer for allegedly misappropriating govt funds amounting to Rs 33,80,963 in a major crackdown on financial irregularities in cooperative institutions.The officer was identified as Patitapaban Majhi, former secretary of Garhsantri Service Co-operative Society under the Angul United Central Co-operative Bank Ltd (AUCCB), Banarpal branch. He is…
The BMC has also made it mandatory for all public toilets to introduce a citizen feedback system, maintain hourly cleaning logs, conduct at least one deep-cleaning drive every week and install an IoT-based odour monitoring system called “Gandhavedh” to help control foul smells. Mumbai: BMC has given operators of pay-and-use public toilets in Mumbai three…
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Former Meta techie Hemant Pandey says returning to India after eight years in the US was the best decision. Hemant Pandey, the former Meta techie who decided to return to India after living in the US for eight years, reflected on his life decision and said both he and his wife are happier in India…
Cuttack: Cautioning that criminal law should not become a tool in failed personal relationships, Orissa high court has acquitted a 25-year-old man of raping a married woman.Setting aside the conviction and 10-year rigorous imprisonment, imposed by a fast-track court in Koraput district, Justice S K Panigrahi on May 22 said consensual relationships between adults cannot…
NEW DELHI: Trinamool Congress (TMC) general secretary Abhishek Banerjee was beaten, pelted with stones and eggs during a visit to West Bengal’s Sonarpur South on Saturday, where he was meeting families affected by post-poll violence.According to police, stones and eggs were thrown at Banerjee’s convoy as he travelled through South 24 Parganas.The TMC leader had…
