Police set up SITs, file FIRs in tablet scheme ‘scam’ in West Bengal

Police set up SITs, file FIRs in tablet scheme ‘scam’ in West Bengal

Education Minister Bratya Basu said the accused will be arrested. File photo | Photo Credit: ASHOKE CHAKRABARTY More allegations of fraud relating to the West Bengal government’s ‘tablet scheme’ came to the fore on Thursday with several schools in Kolkata, South 24 Parganas and other districts alleging that money allocated for the students have been diverted to other … Read more

All set for Wayanad Lok Sabha bypoll

All set for Wayanad Lok Sabha bypoll

All arrangements are in place for byelection to the Wayanad Lok Sabha constituency on Wednesday. Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra is making her electoral debut from Wayanad, the seat vacated by Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha and her brother, Rahul Gandhi, who kept the Rae Bareli constituency in Uttar Pradesh from … Read more

Temporary bus stands set up in Tiruchi

Temporary bus stands set up in Tiruchi

Commissioner of Police N. Kamini inaugurating the temporary bus stand at Mannarpuram in Tiruchi on Monday. | Photo Credit: M. MOORTHY Temporary bus stands have been established in Tiruchi city in connection with the Deepavali festival to ease congestion. They have been set up on Williams Road in front of Sona Mina cinema, Illupur Road, … Read more

Ex-BJP MLC C. P. Yogeshwar all set to contest Channapatna bypoll as Congress candidate

Ex-BJP MLC C. P. Yogeshwar all set to contest Channapatna bypoll as Congress candidate

Former BJP MLC C. P. Yogeshwar (3rd from right) called on Deputy CM D.K. Shivakumar (4th from left) and Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah (centre) in Bengaluru on October 23, 2024. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement In a dramatic political development, the actor-turned-politician C. P. Yogeshwar is all set to join the Congress and is likely … Read more

Restoration of Danish fort and Governor’s bungalow at Tharangambadi set to be completed by November

Restoration of Danish fort and Governor’s bungalow at Tharangambadi set to be completed by November

The Danish fort in Tharangambadi | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Restoration work on two historic landmarks, the Danish Fort and the Governor’s Bungalow in Tharangambadi, Mayiladuthurai district, is expected to be completed by November. The renovation, carried out by the Heritage Wing of the Public Works Department (PWD) and supervised by the State Department of … Read more

‘Tigers’ set to roam the streets in Thrissur on Wednesday 

‘Tigers’ set to roam the streets in Thrissur on Wednesday 

An exhibition of Pulikali accoutrements by Chakkamukku Desaham team for Pulikkali performance on Tuesday. | Photo Credit: NAJEEB K.K. Preparations are almost over for Pulikkali, the grand finale of Onam celebrations in Thrissur. The annual street pageant will be held on Wednesday. Team members, accoutrements, body painters, and drummers are ready. With bodies painted in … Read more

Plan to hit 18-week NHS wait target ‘set to fail’

Plan to hit 18-week NHS wait target ‘set to fail’

Getty Images The government’s plan to tackle the hospital backlog in England will fail without a fundamental reform in how services work, health leaders say. Labour aims to increase the number of appointments and operations done each week by 40,000, to help hit the 18-week waiting time target. But NHS Confederation research found that would … Read more

Control room set up in Srikakulam to monitor rains

Control room set up in Srikakulam to monitor rains

The Srikakulam district administration set up an exclusive control room (08942-240557) to monitor the rains and their impact on normal life. The cyclone which crossed the coast near Kalingapatnam at around 3 a.m. on Sunday (September 1, 2021) caused rains at several places. However, the situation is said to be under control as it could … Read more

Nepal seeks help from India to set up Jan Aushadhi Kendra 

Nepal seeks help from India to set up Jan Aushadhi Kendra 

The Pradhan Mantri Bharatiya Janaushadhi Pariyojana (PMBJP) is a flagship Central government scheme. File | Photo Credit: M. Moorthy After Mauritius, now Nepal has approached India to set up Jan Aushadhi Kendras in that country, which would allow its citizens to benefit from low cost ‘Made in India’ generic medicines.  Earlier, Mauritius became the first … Read more