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PMC health clerks on BLO duties struggle with routine work backlog
A BLO at work sorting forms Pune: A stationery stock inventory and billing clerk working in PMC’s health department has been assigned BLO duties since June 30 for Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls and has to go from door-to-door verifying voters’ details in Vishrantwadi area. The double duty has taken a toll and…
Job aspirants to stage indefinite protest from Aug 18
Patna: Aspirants preparing for teacher recruitment and other competitive examinations have announced an indefinite protest at Gardanibagh from Aug 18, demanding the immediate release of the BPSC TRE-4 notification and resolution of several pending recruitment issues.Among their key demands are issuance of the TRE-4 notification within five days with adequate vacancies across all subjects, conduct…
PM Modi’s Independence Day promise
PM Modi said the government is undertaking civil defence reforms with modernised training and enhanced capabilities to address evolving security challenges. NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday announced that one crore youth will be trained in artificial intelligence through skilling courses, while free online coaching will be offered to those preparing for various…
Pune court rejects researcher’s plea in Rahul Gandhi-Savarkar defamation case, imposes Rs20k costs for consuming ‘more and precious’ time
Pune: The court of judicial magistrate first class Amol Shriram Shinde on Friday rejected an intervention application filed by professor Pankaj K Phadnis seeking to join the criminal defamation proceedings against Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi in connection with alleged defamatory remarks about Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, holding that Phadnis had “no…
From Kathak to Kathakali, a collective ode to India
On the morning of Independence Day, the media centre of the Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA) released ‘Vande Mataram’ — featuring Kathak dancer Sangita Chatterjee along with Shashwati Garai Ghosh (Odissi), Parshwanath Upadhye (Bharatanatyam), Kankana Singh (Manipuri), Anwesa Mahanta (Sattriya), Amrita Lahiri (Kuchipudi), Shyam Das (Kathakali) and Jayaprabha Menon (Mohiniyattam). The chief…
PMC OKs 4 proposals; leasehold properties in 6 areas may go freehold
Patna mayor Sita Sahu at the 12th general meeting of the PMC council on Friday Patna: Patna Municipal Corporation (PMC) council on Friday unanimously approved four proposals and reached a consensus on converting leasehold properties in six localities into freehold properties with a final decision on conversion charges and other modalities deferred to a special…
IMD warns of heavy to very heavy rain in 7 states; thunderstorms, gusty winds likely
Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh and Uttarakhand are likely to remain wet on Sunday. NEW DELHI: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has warned of heavy to very heavy rainfall on Sunday at isolated places over Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya, sub-Himalayan West Bengal, Sikkim, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand.Several other parts of the country are also…
Rahul Gandhi to visit Pune on Aug 22
Pune: Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi will visit Pune on Aug 22 to participate in ‘Chhatron ki Goonj’ initiative by the Congress.Announcing Rahul’s visit to Pune, state Congress president Harshwardhan Sapkal on Friday said Gandhi will interact with students during his visit. “Before Pune, Rahul participated in ‘Chhatron ki Goonj’ initiative in…
