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Lucknow: A Lucknow bench of the Allahabad high court has directed that a deceased ‘work-charge’ employee of the Rural Engineering Department, who served the government for over 18 years, be treated as regularised from the date he became eligible, holding that his death could not extinguish his accrued right to consideration for regularisation.Justice Indrajeet Shukla…
Coaching institutes at Gopalpura in Jaipur, Rajasthan on 05 August 2026 Jaipur: The Jaipur Development Authority’s decision to conduct a fresh survey of coaching centres in Gopalpura has drawn sharp criticism from petitioners, who allege the exercise is another delaying tactic despite a recent Supreme Court order and documented violations.Petitioners said this is the sixth…
Noida’s “planned city” image took a sarcastic hit online after a woman shared a video of heavily waterlogged roads in Sector 18.The clip, posted by a woman identified as Vaishnavi, shows vehicles making their way through rainwater covering the road. From inside her car, she points out the conditions and jokes that a boat might…
(In photo:Tarun Tejpal) Cara Tejpal stands firmly by her father, Tarun Tejpal, following his rape conviction, asserting his innocence after meticulously reviewing the evidence for thirteen years PANAJI: Former Tehelka editor-in-chief Tarun Tejpal’s daughter Cara Tejpal has defended her father after the Bombay high court convicted him in a 2013 rape case, saying she had…
COIMBATORE: A cyber fraudster impersonated Coimbatore corporation commissioner Katta Ravi Teja to target civic officials, prompting the civic body to alert its employees and lodge a complaint on the National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal.The incident came to light after a corporation official received a WhatsApp message carrying the commissioner’s profile picture. The sender claimed to…
The incident occurred early on Friday Kochi: Two railway staff have been suspended after the empty coaches of Dhanbad Express slipped off the tracks during shunting at Alappuzha station early on Friday. No injury or casualty was reported.“The station master and a pointsman have been suspended pending a detailed internal investigation into the operational lapse,”…
CJP’s success may have opened the door for the next big youth movement, but what issue can turn online anger into real-world action? India just witnessed the ‘reel’ generation make the ‘real’ world listen. July 2026 saw something Indian parents have dreamt of for years: Gen Z looked up from its screens. But it was…
Nihang Jasdeep Singh threatened to commit live suicide AMRITSAR: Nihang Jasdeep Singh, who came into the spotlight following a confrontation in Uttarakhand’s Chamoli district, after which he led protests and a standoff at the state border, and amid the surfacing of obscene photos, on Saturday threatened to die by suicide during a live social media…
File photo: Vinayak Damodar Savarkar NEW DELHI: A political row has erupted in Kerala over a school quiz question that described Hindutva ideologue Vinayak Damodar Savarkar as the freedom fighter who received the “most severe punishment” from the British, prompting general education minister N Samsudheen to order an inquiry.The “Freedom Quiz” was conducted on August…
Hyderabad: To complete the pending irrigation projects that were stalled due to land acquisition issues and relief and rehabilitation (R&R) packages, the Telangana govt has released Rs 2,000 crore for payment of compensation and rehabilitation. Telangana irrigation minister N Uttam Kumar Reddy said chief minister A Revanth Reddy assured to release Rs 5,000 crore and…
