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Kolkata: The Bengal govt informed the National Green Tribunal (NGT) that several mega surface water-based drinking water projects aimed at tackling arsenic contamination in North 24 Parganas are running behind schedule because of fund shortages, land acquisition hurdles and delays in securing clearances from multiple agencies. Earlier, green-crusader Subhas Datta said that most of the arsenic mitigation works have long been completely stalled because of absence of funds In an affidavit filed before the eastern zone bench of the NGT, the Public Health Engineering (PHE) directorate admitted the projects were affected by “acute paucity of funds” since Oct 2024, apart…
People preparing for Eid deserve orderly roads, safer movement, and a government willing to act before congestion spirals out of control As the Kashmir Valley moves toward Eid-Ul-Adha, the familiar signs of festive activity are visible across markets, town centres and highways. Shops are filling up, transport demand is rising, and families are preparing for one of the most important occasions of the year. But along with this sense of anticipation comes another certainty, crippling traffic congestion that turns routine movement into an exhausting ordeal. Every year, the same pattern repeats itself. Roads in Srinagar and other major towns remain…
KOLKATA: Cow sacrifice is neither a part of Eid-uz-Zuha nor a religious requirement under Islam, Calcutta HC said on Thursday while refusing to quash the Bengal govt’s order regulating cattle slaughter ahead of the festival or grant interim relief based on a batch of PILs challenging the administration’s directive.The division bench of Chief Justice Sujoy Paul and Justice Partha Sarathi Sen asked the state to consider within 24 hours whether an exemption could be granted under the same 1950 law cited in the order, pointing out the festival falls on May 27-28. The BJP govt’s May 13 order mentions the…
Pune: Technical issues marred the first day of the first round of Centralised Admission Process (CAP) for first year junior colleges (FYJC) across the state on Thursday.Students and parents, who tried to fill up part 1 and 2 of the online admission form in the morning, found an unresponsive screen when they tried to log in. The screen flashed the message ‘application under maintenance’. The Secondary and Higher Secondary Education department issued a circular in the evening, extending the deadline to submit the online applications to 6pm on Saturday instead of Friday.”When we tried to log in in the afternoon,…
New Delhi: In a sweeping order examining pricing practices at private super-speciality hospitals in Delhi-NCR, Competition Commission of India (CCI) has raised concerns over how admitted patients are routed towards in-house pharmacies, diagnostics and consumables. The regulator said patients often become “locked-in” once admitted to the facility.The order, related to Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, is part of a wider probe involving 12 major private hospitals. The regulator examined whether hospitals compel patients to buy medicines, devices and diagnostic services only from hospital-linked facilities.Reacting to the order, Dr (prof) DS Rana, chairman of the board of trustees at Sir Ganga Ram…
Mandya: Karnataka govt faced a fresh round of embarrassment Thursday after Upalokayukta Justice B Veerappa said the state ranked fifth among the country’s most corrupt states and warned that graft was “overflowing in every department”.The former Karnataka high court judge, known as the “Judge of the common man” for promoting accessible and speedy justice delivery, said 1,281 cases of corruption were registered across 16 districts in the state.The Upalokayukta’s salvo comes amid sustained attacks from opposition BJP and JD(S) over graft allegations against the Siddaramaiah-led dispensation.Speaking after disposing of pending Lokayukta cases in Mandya and Malavalli taluks Thursday, Veerappa said:…
Telangana to roll out action plan to make roads safer for children Hyderabad: The state govt is set to introduce a dedicated Road Safety Action Plan for Children 2030, making it one of the first states in the country to launch a child-centric road safety framework.The initiative comes amid growing concerns over fatalities and injuries involving children and adolescents in road accidents. According to data from the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH), nearly 10,000 children lose their lives in road crashes across India every year. Telangana alone recorded over 7,000 road fatalities in 2025, including hundreds of deaths…
Chennai: Former WHO chief scientist Dr Soumya Swaminathan, who heads MS Swaminathan Research Foundation, has been elected a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS).The honour, among the highest a scientist can receive globally, makes Dr Soumya is the second Indian woman to be inducted into the society, after Dr Gagandeep Kang, was the first to receive the honour in 2019. Dr Soumya was director of the National Institute of Tuberculosis research in Chennai, and went on to be the director general of ICMR and later chief scientist at WHO.She shaped scientific responses to HIV, TB, and the Covid-19 pandemic. earning…
Several member colleges have backed the appeal, sending specific subject details to the university and urging an immediate revision of the timetable Ahmedabad: A calendar discrepancy has put thousands of Gujarat Technological University (GTU) students in a fix, after the Semester 4 exams were scheduled on May 28, clashing with Bakri Eid celebrations. Although the state govt declared a public holiday for the festival on May 27, the actual moon sighting has shifted the observance by a day, prompting college associations to demand an immediate rescheduling of the exams.Several member colleges have backed the appeal, sending specific subject details to…
Prayagraj: A 25-year-old history-sheeter was shot dead by two armed assailants near Malviya Nagar on Thursday morning.While one of the accused, identified as Bhola, was arrested near the spot, police nabbed another killer, Vimal Panda of Malviya Nagar, within hours. Police seized the pistol and the scooter used in the killing.Police said old enmity led to the murder of Saksham Panda, a resident of Mutthiganj. Panda had eight criminal case pending against him.Police said Panda and his rival camp were loggerheads over possession of a wooden makeshift pan shop at Ganga ghat, Daraganj. It was alleged that Saksham and his…