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Officials will check CCTV footage of classrooms to see whether regular classes are being held or not and the average daily attendance.Kolkata: The state higher education department on Wednesday formed teams to visit private institutes, including BEd colleges, primary teachers training institutes and degree colleges, and evaluate classroom teaching, student enrolment and attendance. The inspection is meant to verify if private college students, who first pay high admission fees and then hefty semester fees, are receiving quality education.During the inspection, the teams will audit the institutes’ biometric entry systems, if any. At colleges that still follow a manual attendance system,…
Liam Neeson stars as Ryan “Fang” Flanagan, a war veteran forced into a high-speed cross-country escape in ‘The Mongoose’.Image credit (Instagram) Liam Neeson is on the run in his latest action vehicle, ‘The Mongoose’. The newly released trailer for the pulse-pounding thriller showcases Neeson as Ryan “Fang” Flanagan, a man caught up in a crime he didn’t commit who finds himself leading law enforcement on a cross-country car chase.Liam Neeson’s desperate escape in ‘The Mongoose’ trailerAccording to the official synopsis, with nothing to lose, Flanagan “leads law enforcement on a cross-country car chase with the help of his brothers in…
Google confirmed the most rumoured feature, called Pixel Glow, in a teaser video posted on the Google Store home page. According to the teaser video, it looks like a notification light that can show a full array of colours. Apart from the teaser video, Google also confirmed the pre order date, which is August 12.The Pixel 11 series teaser confirms Pixel Glow. (Google)For the past seven years, I have tracked consumer tech through constant shifts in hardware, platforms, and the way people actually use devices. Covering everything from budget gear to flagship hardware, I focus on what readers need to…
From the Sensex pack, HCL Technologies, Mahindra & Mahindra, Maruti, Tech Mahindra, Infosys, and Bajaj Finance were among the major winners. Eternal, Bajaj Finserv, Axis Bank, and Bharat Electronics were among the laggards. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty climbed during initial deals on Thursday (July 16, 2026) led by IT stocks and hopes that the U.S. Federal Reserve may adopt a less aggressive monetary policy stance in the coming months following a softer-than-expected inflation data.The 30-share BSE Sensex climbed 185.77 points to 77,400.40 in early trade. The 50-share NSE Nifty went up by 42.15 points…
Smoke rises from an explosion at an unknown location during what U.S. Central Command says are strikes on Iran in this screen grab taken from a handout video released on July 15, 2026. | Photo Credit: U.S. Central Command via Reuters The United States intensified its strikes targeting Iran early on Thursday (July 16, 2026), hitting targets further north as American forces also fired into a ship it accused of trying to break its naval blockade on the Islamic Republic. Iran retaliated with missile and drone fire targeting Bahrain, Jordan and Kuwait before dawn.Also read: West Asia war updates on…
A giant billboard depicting US President Donald Trump inside an open black coffin appeared in Tehran’s Enghelab Square amid renewed military strikes between the United States and Iran.The billboard showed Trump lying with his eyes and mouth closed, his hair dishevelled, his hands resting on red tie, and his feet pointing upwards.The image also showed black concrete barriers used during funeral ceremonies for late Iranian leader Ali Khamenei arranged in the shape of a coffin, with Trump depicted lying inside.White graffiti splattered across the coffin included the words “We Will Kill Trump” in both Persian and English. The graffiti also…
Sir Keir Starmer has said the UK’s “cast-iron” support for Ukraine will continue, as he makes a final trip to the country as prime minister. He will meet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in the capital Kyiv later on Thursday, ahead of Andy Burnham’s installation as Labour leader and PM.In comments ahead of his trip, Sir Keir said the “fortitude” of the Ukrainian people since Russia’s full-scale invasion in February 2022 had “preserved the security of Europe”. In his statement, Sir Keir highlighted Britain’s contribution to the Ukrainian war effort during his two years in Downing Street. It has seen the…
Thane: A sessions court has refused to grant ex parte interim protection to former Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Vinayak Raut and his family members sought in their anticipatory bail plea filed over a case alleging cruelty and occult practices on his daughter-in-law. It observed that the allegations were “very serious” and did not justify protection from arrest without hearing the prosecution.The court is scheduled to take up the anticipatory bail plea on July 23.Meanwhile, Thane police on Wednesday arrested a second aide of the alleged occultist, Firoz Sheikh, who was arrested last week. This aide is suspected to having assisted…
NEW DELHI: Delhi Police has arrested four men for allegedly obstructing a booth-level officer (BLO) and misbehaving with her while she was carrying out duties related to the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in the Chandni Mahal area earlier this month. According to police, a case was registered at Chandni Mahal police station on the complaint of a postgraduate teacher (special education), who was deployed as a BLO during the SIR exercise at Fatak Telian on July 5. The complainant alleged that while she was performing her official duties, one of the accused placed the BLO register on…
BENGALURU: Nearly 1,000 families face an uncertain future as homes and sites they bought after years of saving could be acquired for a proposed 3km link road connecting the upcoming Bengaluru Business Corridor (Peripheral Ring Road-1) to NICE Road at Madavara.The proposed NICE–Tumakuru Road PRR-1 Integration is an additional connector between PRR-1 and NICE Road, which already intersects Tumakuru Road at Madanayakanahalli. Residents allege the new integration is b e i n g pushed through despite widespread opposition.While land for PRR-1 was notified in 2007, land required for the integration stretch was notified in 2022. The final notification was issued…