Amaravati, Oct 30 (PTI) The Election Commission has revised the schedule for the SIR of electoral rolls in Andhra Pradesh, fixing November 30 as the date for final publication of the voters’ list. In a letter to the Chief Electoral Officer of Andhra Pradesh, the Commission said the revised schedule followed a request from the […]
Guwahati, Oct 30 (PTI) A Pune-based private university has announced eight special scholarships offering a 100 per cent tuition fee waiver to one meritorious student from each of the eight North Eastern states, a statement said. Students from Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Tripura and Sikkim can apply for the scholarships at the […]
Kolkata, Oct 30 (PTI) Around 12,000 people living along the Sankosh in West Bengal’s Alipurduar district downstream of Bhutan were shifted to safer locations on Friday after a rise in water level in the river due to a glacial lake outburst flood (GLOF) in the adjoining Himalayan kingdom, a senior official said. The evacuation was […]
New Delhi, Oct 30 (PTI) There have been at least five major helicopter accidents across the Char Dham circuit in Uttarkhand since 2017. The latest among these took place Friday when an aircraft operated by Trans Bharat Aviation Pvt Ltd — with six people on board — crashed into a hillside in Joshimath in Chamoli […]
Chennai, Oct 30 (PTI) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay on Friday ordered a five-year age relaxation for government jobs, and it will be effective for five years. Acceding to the representations of government job aspirants who sit for competitive exams, the chief minister has ordered the relaxation, the government said in an official […]
New Delhi, Oct 30 (PTI) The Congress on Friday said it is not at all surprising that the BJP ecosystem organised a mock parliament as Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah have consistently “mocked” Parliament since 2014. Participants took on the roles of senior political leaders as the mock parliament on the […]
New Delhi, Oct 30 (PTI) The Centre’s fiscal deficit touched 42.1 per cent of the full-year Budget target in the first six months of the current fiscal year, according to government data released on Friday. In absolute terms, the fiscal deficit, or gap between expenditure and revenue, stood at Rs 7,14,413 crore at September-end 2026, […]
Auckland, Oct 30 (PTI) Jacob Duffy rattled India with a four-wicket burst to complement Glenn Phillips’ explosive century as New Zealand defeated the visitors by 87 runs in the fourth T20I here on Friday. India were given a taste of their own medicine as Phillips smashed a sensational 107 off 49 balls (6×4, 10×6) to […]
New Delhi, Oct 30 (PTI) A Delhi court has refused to alter charges against Dewan Housing Finance Ltd’s (DHFL) former CMD Kapil Wadhawan, former director Dheeraj Wadhawan, businessman Ajay Ramesh Nawandar and others. The trio, along with others, are accused in a bank fraud case registered by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in June […]
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Patna, Oct 30 (PTI) Mokama MLA Anant Singh on Friday said he would comply with the Supreme Court’s directive to surrender by December 1 in the Dularchand Yadav murder case, alleging that JD(U) MLC Neeraj Kumar had conspired to implicate him in the case. The Supreme Court directed Singh to surrender by December 1 while […]
Guwahati, Oct 30 (PTI) Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Friday paid tribute to the victims of the 2008 serial blasts that left 88 people dead, terming it one of the darkest chapters in the state’s history. He asserted that Assam will never return to those days and will remain peaceful. Nine serial blasts […]
