In 1983, Md Aftab Alam was hired as a regular college lecturer – on paper. Forty-two years later, he’s still waiting for his first salary. The appointment letter, issued by Sanjay Gandhi Mahila College in Gaya, promised pay and service conditions on a par with university faculty. What followed was four decades of unpaid teaching,…
Shiv Sena MLA Sada Sarvankar NEW DELHI: Former Shiv Sena MLA Sada Sarvankar stirred controversy after a viral video showed him claiming he secures more funds for his constituency than the sitting legislator.Sarvankar, according to news agency PTI, told a gathering, “the incumbent MLA gets Rs 2 crore, but even when I am not an…
NEW DELHI: Pushkar Singh Dhami on Sunday flagged off the promotional run for the Adi Kailash Parikrama Ultra Marathon, scheduled for November 2, 2025, from his residence. He also unveiled the event logo. The marathon will mark the 25th anniversary of Uttarakhand’s statehood and is set to start from Gunji village, covering altitudes ranging from…
BENGALURU: Congress government in Karnataka Saturday constituted an SIT to probe allegations of large-scale deletion of voter names from the electoral rolls in Kalaburagi district’s Aland assembly constituency during the 2023 state election.The SIT was formed after Aland Congress MLA B R Patil lodged a police complaint alleging that the names of 6,670 voters across…
RAJKOT/AHMEDABAD: PM Narendra Modi ratcheted up his “atmanirbharta” push amid increasing protectionist measures globally, saying on Saturday that from “chip to ship, everything must be made in India”, which has no choice now but to be self-reliant. Dedicating projects spanning various sectors and worth over Rs 1 lakh crore, PM Modi said in Bhavnagar that…
When 20-year-old Nikita Dhawan heard of Shankar’s death on Wednesday, it felt as if she had lost a close family member. For years, she had fought for the rescue of Delhi’s only African elephant, kept in solitary confinement at the city zoo. Now, she hopes Shankar’s passing will prevent a similar fate for Rambo, the…
PM Modi in Bhavnagar, Gujarat (PTI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi participated in a roadshow in Bhavnagar on Saturday ahead of the ‘Samudra se Samriddhi’ event. During the event, he lay the foundation stone for several development projects totaling over Rs 34,200 crore and delivered a keynote address.PM Modi will conduct an aerial survey of the…
NEW DELHI: A soldier critically injured in a gunfight with terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir’s Udhampur district late Friday evening succumbed to his injuries on Saturday. He got injured after Army and police launched a massive joint search operation in the higher reaches of the region on Saturday, officials said.The clash erupted when terrorists opened…
JAMMU: A special NIA court in Jammu has extended by 45 days the custodial remand of two accused arrested on charges of harbouring Pakistani terrorists involved in the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack.Special judge Sandeep Gandotra on Thursday extended the remand of Pahalgam locals Bashir Ahmad Jothat and Parvaiz Ahmad, who hail from Baisaran and…
NEW DELHI: Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Friday heaped praise on China’s renewable energy leap, pointing out that the country installed a staggering 256 gigawatts (GW) of solar capacity in just the first half of 2025, more than the rest of the world combined.“China just installed a mind-boggling 256 GW of solar capacity in the…
