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Bengal in major reshuffle: Election Commission ousts attorney general, Kolkata Communist Party and other top officials a day after poll schedule released

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Bengal in major reshuffle: Election Commission ousts attorney general, Kolkata Communist Party and other top officials a day after poll schedule released

election committee New Delhi: The ruling Trinamool Congress party on Monday walked out of the Union House in protest after the Election Commission (EC) ordered major transfers of top officials in West Bengal. This happened during polling for 37 federal house seats in 10 states.The Election Commission in a letter on March 15 announced the … Read more

Pioneer Summit

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Pioneer Summit

Leaders from various fields were honored at the NBT Trailblazer Summit. Today, India has reached a stage where it is writing its story on every global platform and making the world listen. Indians have shown their talent and leadership in areas such as technology, health, education, agriculture and fashion, giving the world a new direction. … Read more

Didi races against poll clock on DA sop, pastor and muezzin spending

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Didi races against poll clock on DA sop, pastor and muezzin spending

KOLKATA: Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday announced that her government will pay Rs 10,000 crore in development aid arrears to 900,000 state employees and pensioners from March and increase the monthly honorarium of Hindu priests and Muslim muezzins to Rs 2,000 from Rs 500, clamping down on both ahead of a model code … Read more

The NBT Trailblazer Summit honors leaders driving innovation across industries.

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The NBT Trailblazer Summit honors leaders driving innovation across industries.

Leaders from all walks of life were commended at the meeting NBT Trailblazer Summit. Today, India has reached a stage where it is writing its story on every global platform and making the world listen. Indians have shown their talent and leadership in areas such as technology, health, education, agriculture and fashion, giving the world … Read more

Three major government hospitals in East Delhi to be merged

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Three major government hospitals in East Delhi to be merged

The Delhi government plans to develop an integrated medical center based on the All India Institute of Medical Sciences by merging three major government hospitals in east Delhi – Guru Tegh Bahadur Hospital, Delhi State Cancer Institute and Rajiv Gandhi Super Specialty Hospital. India also wants to expand mental health infrastructure by setting up an … Read more

‘Reason and coordination’: Jaishankar reveals how India ensured passage of two oil tankers in Strait of Hormuz during Iran war

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'Reason and coordination': Jaishankar reveals how India ensured passage of two oil tankers in Strait of Hormuz during Iran war

S Jaishankar (PTI file photo) NEW DELHI: India has hailed direct talks with Iran as the “most effective way” to restart shipping in the Strait of Hormuz, which affects global supplies, while Tehran allows Indian-flagged ships to pass through the route.Foreign Minister interviewed by Financial Times Sujashankar After Donald Trump called on about seven countries … Read more

Two more Haryana government officials arrested in bank fraud case

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Two more Haryana government officials arrested in bank fraud case

PANCHKULA: The Anti-Corruption Bureau team probing the Rs 597-crore IDFC First Bank fraud case has arrested two more government officials – Director of Finance and Accounts Randhir Singh, Haryana Rajesh Sangwan, Director Finance and Accounts, School Education Project Committee and Haryana Agricultural Marketing Board. The bureau alleged that Singh and Sangwan violated the instructions of … Read more

Bengal polls limited to two phases to stop intimidation: official

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Bengal polls limited to two phases to stop intimidation: official

NEW DELHI: West Bengal’s two-phase polling, which took just a week to take, making it the state’s most compact in recent years, is aimed at curbing intimidation of voters and polling personnel by unruly elements, allegedly hired and groomed by parties to influence the outcome in their favour, TOI has learnt. Election Commission sources explained … Read more

Tune into the fourth dimension

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Tune into the fourth dimension

The human story emphasizes that truth has more facets than we usually realize. Hypercube: the geometry of truthunveiled through allegory and animation, movement and music, color and meditation, shows that our future survival depends on pure intellect tempered by empathyWe live in the information age. It is coming at us from all directions, all-encompassing and … Read more

Didi Chuxing’s standard measures not breaching polling code: European Commission

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Didi Chuxing's standard measures not breaching polling code: European Commission

New Delhi: election committee Sunday said it is the prerogative of the sitting government (Central or state) to issue announcements and policy decisions before the polls are announced. Announcing the assembly poll schedule for West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Assam, Kerala and Puducherry, the panel said the model code of conduct, which prohibits the government from … Read more