PRAYAGRAJ: UP Special Task Force (STF) on Thursday arrested former principal of a Prayagraj school, Parul Solomon, in connection with paper leak of preliminary examination for recruitment of review officer/assistant review officer (RO/ARO).STF officials said the former principal had appointed one of the accused, Arpit Vinit Yashwant, as the centre manager at the school, where…
AHMEDABAD: City police on Friday issued a notification instructing citizens not to turn up in “see-through” or “indecent attire” at garba venues. Issued by police commissioner G S Malik, the notification issued ahead of Navratri, however, did not specify what constitutes indecent clothing.Besides regulating the dress code, the notification also included guidelines for event organisers.Garba…
An Urdu teacher of a government senior secondary school in Rajasthan‘s Beawar district was suspended on Wednesday for offering namaz on the school premises. The action against Asma Parvez, 43, followed a departmental probe. Another teacher, Shagufta, 45, is also facing action. “We have sent a report to the education minister regarding the second teacher…
An Urdu teacher of a government senior secondary school in Rajasthan‘s Beawar district was suspended on Wednesday for offering namaz on the school premises. The action against Asma Parvez, 43, followed a departmental probe. Another teacher, Shagufta, 45, is also facing action. “We have sent a report to the education minister regarding the second teacher…
Ex-Andhra CM Jagan Reddy (File photo) VIJAYAWADA: Former Andhra Pradesh CM YS Jagan Mohan Reddy called off a planned visit to Tirupati temple Friday amid heightened tension and protests by several religious organisations which joined governing TDP in demanding that he sign a declaration form for non-Hindus. Jagan also claimed a police notice denying him…
Kangana Ranaut, Mahua Moitra and Nishikant Dubey NEW DELHI: Four-time BJP MP from Godda in Jharkhand, Nishikant Dubey and TMC’s Mahua Moitra, who had a running fight in the last Lok Sabha resulting in termination of TMC MP’s membership of the House over cash-for-query charges, have landed on the same parliamentary standing committee on communications…
As many as 19 members of the Christian community, including 11 women, have been arrested in Bihar’s Kaimur district for distributing religious literature among students of two government-run schools without taking permission from the headmasters concerned.Police said 17 of the arrested persons were from Telangana. Three four-wheelers, a bike and religious literature, including Bibles, photos…
Uttarakhand Cm Dhami (File photo) DEHRADUN: In a bid to check large-scale land purchases in Uttarakhand’s hilly regions by people from other areas of India, state government is all set to introduce a “stringent land purchase law” in the next budget session of assembly. This was disclosed by CM Pushkar Singh Dhami on Friday.State government…
Uttarakhand Cm Dhami (File photo) DEHRADUN: In a bid to check large-scale land purchases in Uttarakhand’s hilly regions by people from other areas of India, state government is all set to introduce a “stringent land purchase law” in the next budget session of assembly. This was disclosed by CM Pushkar Singh Dhami on Friday.State government…
NEW DELHI: The Centre has unveiled an increase in minimum wage rates for workers in the unorganised sector by revising the variable dearness allowance (VDA).The minimum wage rates are categorised based on skill levels – unskilled, semi-skilled, skilled, and highly skilled – and by geographical area: A, B, and C (categorised by cost of living).After…
