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LUCKNOW: In another organizational reshuffle, the UP BJP on Thursday announced the presidents for five more districts including Varanasi and Gorakhpur Mahanagar.With this the party has changed all its presidents in the 98 organizational districts, a move which gains significance ahead of the assembly elections due early next year.The party replaced Varanasi district president Hansraj Vishwakarma with Ram Sakal Patel, a Kurmi, after the former was inducted in the council of ministers in the Yogi Adityanath government earlier this month.Likewise, in Gorakhpur Mahanagar, the UP BJP appointed Ramesh Gupta in place of Rajesh Gupta.In Ambedkarnagar, the party replaced Triyambak Tiwari,…

Jaipur: The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) arrested a passenger at Jaipur International Airport and seized around 2.08kg smuggled gold valued at nearly Rs3.23 crore in the international market.According to officials, the accused, a resident of Bikaner district, arrived in Jaipur from Sharjah Wednesday. On checking, officials found more than 10 tubes concealed among clothes and other personal belongings in his luggage.“When the tubes were squeezed and examined, gold in paste form was recovered from inside them. The passenger was immediately detained and further interrogation was conducted,” said a senior officer of DRI on condition of anonymity.He added, “The accused…

Hazaribag: The condition of the government-run 108 ambulance service has come under scrutiny after staff members of one of the ambulances were forced to push the vehicle to start it inside Sheikh Bhikhari Medical College and Hospital (SBMCH) in Hazaribag on Thursday. In-charge of the 108 ambulance service in the district, Rohit Kumar, said, “It was due to a battery issue. The battery was replaced later in the day.”Sources claimed that more than 20 of the 28 ambulances deployed in the district are facing similar battery-related problems. Some vehicles are reportedly lying defunct on a ground in Phataha under Katkamsandi…

Kolkata: People can themselves log in to the Census website and fill in their details from Aug 1 to Aug 15 to do away with the doorstep verification by enumerators.A major new feature of Census 2027 will be the self-enumeration facility, which enables households to voluntarily submit their details online via the official portal (www.se.census.gov.in) between Aug 1 and Aug 15 this year. Once submitted, households will receive a unique self-enumeration ID, which will later be verified by enumerators during field visits before being uploaded to the central database.Households who do not opt for self-enumeration will continue to be covered…

Stanley has an artificial intelligence (AI)-led layoff ‘warning’ for employees of European banks. In a research note, the American bank has predicted that AI could help European banks achieve productivity gains of around 30%, potentially resulting in job cuts of up to 20% over the next five years.Morgan Stanley’s team of analysts, led by Giulia Miotto, believes that the growing adoption of AI across banking operations could significantly reduce workforce requirements in the “shorter term.” The note said many of the expected reductions may occur through voluntary exits, including retirements, according to a Bloomberg report.The analysts estimated that banks could…

Mumbai: Parts of Mumbai faced power outages for yet another day on Thursday, with residents of Vikhroli East complaining of recurring power cuts. There were complaints from Andheri East on Thursday as well.An electricity consumer mentioned on X: “Since the power outage, the lights in four buildings in Vikhroli East have been going out 1-2 hours. This has been going on for the past 4-5 days,” said Antara Dasgupta, a resident of Gurukrupa Anantam in Kannamwar Nagar. “It was frustrating facing power cuts for over two hours on Wednesday night and later this afternoon. The outages were unbearable amid the…

New Delhi: An 80-year-old retired Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer lost his life while his son had to be hospitalised after a fire broke out following an AC blast on the ground floor of their three-storey residence in south Delhi’s Hauz Khas Enclave late on Wednesday night.Dhanendra Kumar, who served as India’s executive director at the World Bank board in Washington DC, succumbed to severe smoke inhalation early on Thursday morning while undergoing emergency treatment at AIIMS Trauma Centre. His son was also rushed to the hospital. He is under medical supervision and is out of danger, doctors said.Police received…

File picture of Veerendra Patil Bengaluru: As Karnataka stands on the brink of another high-stakes political transition, an uncomfortable question is beginning to trouble Congress brass in Delhi: Is Rahul Gandhi at risk of repeating a political miscalculation that disrupted the party’s social base in the state more than three decades ago?In 1990, the abrupt removal of veteran Lingayat functionary and then chief minister Veerendra Patil by then Congress president Rajiv Gandhi marked a defining moment in Karnataka politics. Patil, battling serious health issues at the time, was unceremoniously removed by the high command with Rajiv Gandhi making the announcement…

Chief minister A Revanth Reddy unveiling of the statue of N T Rama Rao at Ameerpet in Hyderabad on Thursday. Pic: Suman Reddy D Hyderabad: Chief minister A Revanth Reddy on Thursday sought to position Telugu cinema icon and former Andhra Pradesh chief minister Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao (NTR) alongside national figures such as BR Ambedkar and former prime minister Indira Gandhi, describing him as one of the greatest leaders in Indian history.Speaking after unveiling NTR’s statue at Maitrivanam junction in Ameerpet, Revanth said the country would continue to remember Ambedkar, Indira Gandhi and NTR for generations.Amid criticism from some…

During his address as leader of opposition in the assembly on May 12, Udhayanidhi Stalin called for the “eradication” of sanaatana dharma ‘Speech outside loses immunity, but not automatically an offence’R S RaveendhrenA statement by leader of the opposition Udhayanidhi Stalin, on May 12 on the floor of the Tamil Nadu legislative assembly has reignited a political controversy he is already famously embroiled in.Addressing the assembly, he remarked that sanatana dharma divided people and must be eradicated. His detractors called his speech a ‘toxic rant’ and ‘divisive’, deserving prosecution.About three years ago, he made a similar remark outside the assembly,…