NEW DELHI: Centre on Monday assigned senior IPS officer Vitul Kumar to officiate charge for the post of Director General of Central Reserve Police Force upon the retirement of the incumbent force chief Anish Dayal Singh on Dec 31. Kumar, a 1993-batch IPS officer from UP cadre, is currently serving as Special DG of CRPF.Kumar…
NEW DELHI: It will take some more days for the govt to allot land for former PM Manmohan Singh’s memorial as spaces for construction of a memorial can be only given to a trust, which in this case is yet to be established, sources said. They added that even in the case of a memorial…
Allu Arjun (left); Pawan Kalyan (right) VIJAYAWADA: Andhra Pradesh deputy CM Pawan Kalyan Monday praised Telangana CM Revanth Reddy even as he blamed Allu Arjun‘s team for “lack of empathy” in handling the ‘Pushpa 2‘ stampede in a theatre in Hyderabad and its aftermath. He was surprised at the film industry not showing any regret…
PATNA: Protests by aspirants of Bihar Public Service Commission (BPSC) 70th combined competitive examination (CCE) prelims demanding its cancellation and re-examination intensified on Monday, spreading beyond Patna to several districts.The protests against Sunday’s police lathi-charge and use of water cannons on students in Patna disrupted railway services in some places, with demonstrators halting Bihar Sampark…
NEW DELHI: Centre on Monday declared the devastating Wayanad landslides a disaster of “severe nature,” after five months, acknowledging its significant impact. Wayanad MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra welcomed the Centre’s decision and said it is “step in the right direction.”“I am glad Amit Shah has finally taken the decision to declare the Wayanad tragedy as…
Like an underdog sports team that defies expectations and clinches victory in the final moments, Donald Trump‘s win in the 2024 US presidential election stands as a remarkable political resurgence that contradicted numerous expert predictions and polling forecasts.Trump encountered substantial opposition across various sectors, including criticism from Hollywood personalities, whilst Kamala Harris leveraged celebrity endorsements…
A recent study has revealed that smoking a single cigarette can cut an average of 17 minutes off a man’s life and 22 minutes off a woman’s. This updated estimate nearly doubles the widely-cited figure of 11 minutes from a 2000 BMJ study.Researchers at University College London (UCL) analysed data from the British Doctors Study…
India on Monday got a step closer to becoming part of an elite group of nations with space-docking technology — ability to mate two spacecraft in space — with Isro’s putting two small satellites weighing 220 kg each, into orbit.The satellites, part of the Space Docking Experiment (SpaDeX) mission, lifted off around little past 10pm…
It has been another bratty year of Gen Z rawdogging language. I started my girlboss era in January, focusing on looksmaxxing, but despite my very demure, very mindful first half of the year, things became sus, and all the political tea and extreme weather events turned into brain rot.The polarisation in society worsened, with everyone…
A northeastern Chinese school has sparked public outrage after serving students leftovers that had been stored in containers used for dog food. Parents at Wulidianzi School in Huanren county, Liaoning province, discovered this alarming practice in the school canteen earlier this month after several students became ill and vomited after consuming the food.When concerned parents…
