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19% of Indian Administrative Service posts vacant, flags House panel

New Delhi, March 17 -- The country faces nearly 19% shortage of Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officers, with at least 1,300 of the 6,877 sanctioned positions remaining vacant, a parliamentary pa... Read More


Pollution penalties to fund new Environment Protection Fund: MoS

New Delhi, March 17 -- The amount of penalty imposed under the Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1981; the Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974 and the Environment (Prote... Read More


Puri's daughter moves HC, seeks takedown of defamatory content

New Delhi, March 17 -- Union minister Hardeep Puri's daughter, Himayani Puri, on Monday filed a defamation suit in the Delhi High Court seeking a takedown of allegedly defamatory content including rep... Read More


Yogi transfers Rs.900 crore to 90K PM Awas beneficiaries

Lucknow, March 17 -- Chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday transferred Rs.900 crore as the first instalment directly into the bank accounts of 90,000 beneficiaries through Direct Benefit Transfer (... Read More


At least 10 killed in Odisha hospital fire

Bhubaneswar, March 17 -- At least 10 patients died after a fire broke out in the Trauma Care Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of Cuttack's SCB Medical College and Hospital, the biggest state government healt... Read More


Correction mistakes to lead to cut in honorarium of teachers

PRAYAGRAJ, March 17 -- As the evaluation of answer sheets of the UP Board's High School and Intermediate examinations 2026 is set to begin on Wednesday (March 18), the Board has introduced strict perf... Read More


As LPG worries brew, Varanasi keeps the kettle on charcoal

Varanasi, March 17 -- Even as concerns over LPG supply surface amid the ongoing West Asia conflict, the familiar culture of animated conversations over tea continues uninterrupted in Varanasi - thanks... Read More


Ensure amenities for PwD in complexes, orders HC

PRAYAGRAJ, March 17 -- The Allahabad high court has directed Uttar Pradesh to ensure that proper parking spaces with clear access to facilities like lifts, pavement, playgrounds, community centres and... Read More


Mother, son murdered in Pratapgarh

Prayagraj, March 17 -- A woman and her teenage son were found murdered inside an under-construction house in Pratapgarh on Monday morning, police said. The victims, identified as Shivpatti Devi, 40, a... Read More


Three-day world meet on Vedic science opens in Varanasi

VARANASI, March 17 -- A three-day international conference on "Various Forms of Vedic Science" by Centre for Vedic Science, Faculty of Sanskrit Vidya Dharma Vijan was inaugurated at the BHU on Monday.... Read More