Civic officials have been empowered to force their way into compounds and buildings that are locked to clear garbage and stagnant water so that they don’t turn into breeding grounds of aedes aegypti mosquitoes and lead to the spread of dengue. The decision was taken at a civic body meeting chaired by mayor Firhad...
Read MoreThe National Medical Commission (NMC) has opened the doors for persecuted minorities from Pakistan, who fled the country and entered India on or before December 31, 2014, to practise medicine.
Read MoreDays after Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman singled out the DMK during the price rise debate in Lok Sabha, DMK mouthpiece Murasoli on Saturday took a dig at the minister by stating that she had to maintain composure to know the financial status of the Union government.
Read MoreThree children, who were watching a procession of kanwarias, were grievously injured after an electric pole fell on them in UP’s Budaun on Friday.
Read MoreA jeweller who has a shop in Ratanpol, Kalipada Bhukta, registered a complaint against another jeweller in Ratanpol, Ravi Soni, alleging that Soni forcibly took his gold jewellery and pure gold worth Rs 6.30 lakh, along with bank and insurance documents. Kalupur has registered a case against Ravi Soni his manager Pratik Jain and...
Read MoreA man beheaded his 30-year-old wife and 3-year-old daughter with a sharp edged weapon at Pokhariya village in Ramnagar Mahesh panchayat under Srinagar police station in Madhepura district on Friday night.
Read MoreIndia is home to 1,331 bird species, of which about 837 are found in Bengal. In a unique field guide by the Zoological Survey of India (ZSI), it has documented all these species with their photographs.
Read MoreA large quantity of counterfeit products of renowned companies was seized from four stores in Bareilly after a team from one such firm arrived in Bareilly and carried out a raid with the support of police.
Read MoreLaw and order woes, slow land acquisition and green nods top causes: As of June, out of the 1,568 central sector infrastructure projects being monitored by the government as many as 721 (46%) were delayed.
Read MoreAs the country gets ready to celebrate its 75th Independence Day next week, the occasion has made business brisk for National Flag-maker Raju Haldar, 46, whose family has been churning out millions of Tricolours since 1947 from their home at Unsani in Howrah.
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