Gandhinagar: The state govt has set up a data committee to safeguard farmers’ personal, financial and agriculture data. The move aims to ensure that the data is used only with their consent and in accordance with the prescribed regulations.The committee will be led by the additional chief secretary, principal secretary, or secretary of the agriculture…
SRINAGAR/JAMMU: J&K govt and University of Kashmir have launched a comprehensive review of books, directing heads of departments and school principals to remove any material deemed “controversial” or “anti-national”.The move follows last week’s withdrawal and political row over a book for govt school libraries that described the region as “India-occupied Kashmir” and “Indian-held Kashmir”, and…
The state has been divided into two multi-zones covering 26 districts. Multi-Zone I comprises 13 districts stretching from Srikakulam to NTR, while Multi-Zone II covers the remaining 13 districts from Guntur, Prakasam, Nellore around Rayalaseema region. Vijayawada: In a major overhaul of Andhra Pradesh’s public service administration, the state govt has decided to treat deputy…
India women are ranked 69 in the world and 13th in Asia Panaji: The India men’s and women’s football teams have missed out on participation at the Asian Games 2026 later this year due to a govt policy that clears only teams which are ranked among the top eight in Asia.India were initially included in…
A 12-year-old girl sustained injuries after receiving an electric shock from an illegally installed fence around a private memorial near Thuraiyur in Trichy district on Thursday evening. Pudukottai: As many as 16 people suffered a mild electric shock after a freezer box used to preserve the body of an accident victim malfunctioned at a house…
Bengaluru: A day after hundreds of street vendors staged a protest at Freedom Park, Bengaluru development minister Krishna Byre Gowda assured vendor associations that a provisional Town Vending Committee (TVC) would be constituted immediately to address their concerns and ensure compliance with the Street Vendors (Protection of Livelihood and Regulation of Street Vending) Act, 2014.The…
History-sheeter facing over 50 cases arrested Chennai: An A+ category history-sheeter, Ennore Dhanasekaran, who has more than 50 criminal cases pending against him, was arrested at a star hotel in Guindy by Avadi police on Thursday. They seized a country-made pistol and a luxury car, also arresting two of his associates.The contractor, who is executing…
Tihar food ‘too spicy, oily, deep-fried’: US mercenary seeks chicken, fish, olive oil in court plea (Image/X) NEW DELHI: US national Matthew Aaron VanDyke, who was arrested by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) earlier this year in the Myanmar terror training case, has moved a Delhi court seeking permission to prepare his own food in…
Holotype specimen of Chakrata torrent frog Dehradun: Since its discovery nearly four decades ago, the Chakrata torrent frog, a rare amphibian named after Uttarakhand’s Chakrata region, has not been seen again, and may have become locally extinct, according to a new study that found no trace of the species during surveys across 13 historically suitable…
New Delhi: A 45-year-old teacher engaged in the special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls allegedly jumped off Rani Jhansi Flyover Thursday. Police said a handwritten note seized from the spot suggested that he had been under immense pressure.The man had allegedly jumped from at least 30 feet in a suicide attempt. He sustained multiple…