Lucknow: At least 32% of candidates skipped UP police constable recruitment examination which passed off smoothly on the second day on Saturday, reports Pathikrit Chakraborty.No untoward incident was reported from any of the 1,174 centres in 67 districts of the state . Out of 9.6 lakh candidates, only 6.5 lakh candidates (68%) appeared for the…
Minister Komatireddy Venkat Reddy and actor Nagarjuna Akkineni HYDERABAD: Actor Nagarjuna Akkineni‘s state-of-the-art convention centre – touted as a “one-stop destination for all occasions” – was pulled down by the newly-formed Hyderabad Disaster Response and Assets Monitoring and Protection Agency (HYDRA) on Saturday morning for allegedly encroaching upon Tummidikunta lake‘s full tank level (FTL) area,…
HYDERABAD: Actor Nagarjuna Akkineni‘s state-of-the-art convention centre – touted as a “one-stop destination for all occasions” – was pulled down by the newly-formed Hyderabad Disaster Response and Assets Monitoring and Protection Agency (HYDRA) on Saturday morning for allegedly encroaching upon Tummidikunta lake‘s full tank level (FTL) area, reports Amisha Rajani.Nagarjuna, who termed the demolition of…
KOLKATA: A key aspect of the ongoing CBI investigation into the rape and murder of a postgraduate resident doctor at RG Kar Medical College involves the 53 items seized by Kolkata police, including “nine incriminating articles” found on prime accused Sanjay Roy, such as the clothes, undergarments, and sandals he was wearing during the crime.The…
PRAYARAJ: Lok Sabha LoP Rahul Gandhi reiterated his demand for a caste census on Saturday, arguing that it was necessary for reshaping policies to benefit 90% of excluded people, reports Rajeev Mani. He said corporate sectors, judiciary, media, Bollywood, and beauty pageants lack representation from OBCs, SCs, and STs.“90% of people are out of the…
LUCKNOW: In a rare display of solidarity among one-time alliance partners who contested the 2019 Lok Sabha polls together and then parted ways on a bitter note, SP chief Akhilesh Yadav came to the defence of BSP supremo Mayawati when a BJP MLA used derogatory words for her at a news channel debate. Mayawati reciprocated,…
NEW DELHI: India and the US will intensify ongoing efforts to “deepen the major defence partnership” between the two countries in support of “a free and open” Indo-Pacific, the Pentagon said on Saturday.The crucial Indo-Pacific, the evolving geopolitical situation and key regional security issues were focus of the discussion between defence minister Rajnath Singh and…
MUMBAI: Even as the sexual abuse of two pre-school girls by a janitor of a Badlapur school and the subsequent protests by the public is fresh in people’s minds, in another disturbing incident, a seven-year-old girl was allegedly sexually abused by a 16-year-old canteen boy in a private school in the Vasai region over a…
GURGAON/CHANDIGARH: BJP and INLD have urged the Election Commission in separate letters to consider deferring the Oct 1 assembly polls in Haryana for a better turnout.State BJP president Mohanlal Badoli wrote to the poll panel on Thursday and INLD’s Abhay Chautala on Saturday, pointing out that many voters might give the election a miss because…
RAIPUR: The time has come to deal a “ruthless final blow” to left-wing extremism and liberate the country from this scourge by March 2026, Union home minister Amit Shah said in Raipur on Saturday.Shah, who arrived here on a two-day tour to review security operations and development strategy in Maoist-affected states, said: “Between 2019 and…
