Browsing: India
Patna: The state education department has announced that the school allotment process for 1.3 lakh teachers, whose district postings have already been finalised, will be completed by June 15.These teachers were selected from among 1,90,226 applicants who submitted online requests for transfer postings. The allotments have been made based on the teachers’ chosen panchayats and the availability of vacancies within those districts.In a set of school allotment guidelines issued on Friday, the department confirmed that the entire process will be conducted under the strict supervision of the respective district education officers (DEOs).Teachers who have been transferred must join their newly…
JAIPUR: Shakespeare may not have found much in a name but some in this Rajasthan capital could disagree as they tuck into ‘Moti Shree’ instead of ‘Moti Pak’ and ‘Mysore Shree’ not ‘Mysore Pak’, the sweets the same, the moniker changed in keeping with the anti-Pakistan mood of the times. The name change is complete in at least three famous confectionaries, which have dropped ‘Pak’ from the entire range of their traditional sweets and replaced it with ‘Shree’ instead.So, ‘Aam Pak’ is ‘Aam Shree’, ‘Gond Pak’ is ‘Gond Shree’ and so on. Luxury offerings ‘Swarn Bhasm Pak’ and ‘Chandi Bhasm…
Nagpur: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Friday conducted searches at four locations in the city, including the retail outlet of a jeweller in Itwari and the premises of a local businessman.The day-long operation concluded without any arrests.Sources said the searches were linked to findings made during an ongoing ED investigation in Raipur. Officials from both Raipur and Nagpur units of the agency were involved in the operation.The jeweller whose premises were searched had earlier figured in a gold smuggling case last year, in which the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) had seized a significant quantity of gold being transported by…
Rajkot: A 47-year-old factory worker developed a massive nasal polyp, 10 centimetres long, which doctors attribute to his occupational exposure to lacquer fumes. The growth, which caused severe pain and swelling around his left eye, was accompanied by a white fungal infection around it.Medical professionals successfully removed the mass through endoscopic surgery.In the automotive industry, lacquer is sprayed on after paint as a finishing layer. The patient worked in this area for many years and experts say his continual inhalation of these fumes led to the formation of the abnormal growth. His symptoms included left-sided nasal obstruction, breathing difficulties, persistent…
CHATRA: Residents of Harijan Tola in Katia village in Lawalong block are forced to drink contaminated water from a ‘Chuaan’ (pit) of a river as hand pumps in the vicinity remain dysfunctional.With groundwater tables having depleted amid rising temperatures during summer, the search for drinking water among the residents has become frantic.Contacted, Chatra deputy commissioner Ramesh Gholap said all BDOs have been asked to take up the repair of the hand pumps in rural and remote areas immediately. “To address such problems, a toll-free number will soon be circulated so that villagers can lodge their complaints related to water problems,”…
Surat: With the diamond industry facing challenges, the real estate sector in Diamond City is going through rough weather. There has been a marked decrease in approvals sought from the civic body for new construction projects.Industry insiders say the major factor affecting real estate is the slowdown in the diamond industry.From 724 project development permissions granted by the Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) in 2022-23, the number dropped to 553 in 2024-25. Meanwhile, earnings from paid FSI grew from Rs 629 crore in 2022-23 to Rs 1,109 crore in 2024-25. Apartment buildings account for most new projects. The major component of…
Amul currently handles 3 million litres of whey each day VADODARA: The milk you drink for sustenance could soon also fuel your car. Dairy major Amul has achieved success in its large-scale trial to produce bioethanol from whey, the component of milk left behind while making cheese and paneer.So far in India, ethanol has been produced from molasses, maize, farm waste or damaged foodgrain. With the success of this trial, India’s largest dairy cooperative plans to invest Rs 70 crore in a bioethanol plant, producing 50,000 litres a day. It is also exploring the opportunity of working with existing bioethanol…
VARANASI: In a joint action by Raunapar and Jiyanpur police, a notorious criminal was arrested after suffering bullet injuries during an exchange of fire in the Balpur area on Saturday early morning.The police recovered a country-made pistol, live cartridges, cash amounting to Rs 10,100, and a motorcycle from him.Azamgarh’s ASP (Rural) Chirag Jain said on Saturday that the Raunapar police were busy with vehicle checks near Suraina Bazaar when a team from Jiyanpur also arrived, having been tipped off about the movement of a notorious criminal wanted in many cases of loot and other crimes. They increased vigilance on passers-by…
THANE: Fast local services towards Kalyan were affected on Tuesday morning after a bullock strayed onto the tracks and was hit by a Titwala-bound local train around 10 am between Kalwa and Mumbra stations.Commuters on stranded fast trains in the section complained of receiving no information from the railway authorities about why their trains were held up for over an hour. A team of rescue officials from the railway police and railway protection force attended the call and cleared the section by 11.30 am, after which services resumed. Luckily, services on other lines on the network remained unaffected, but the…
Thiruvananthapuram: With freshly laid stretches of NH 66 showing signs of structural damage at multiple locations even before the arrival of the monsoon, attention has turned to the state’s National Highways wing under the public works department (PWD), which maintains a sizeable administrative setup for highway oversight.According to budget documents, the state govt has earmarked Rs 39.32cr for 2025-26 towards salaries and expenses of 447 officials working in the state’s NH wing. This includes a chief engineer, two superintending engineers, executive engineers, assistant engineers, and other staff, as per details published on the PWD’s official website.While the actual construction of…