The Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) has invited applications for Graduate Apprentice Trainees (Engineering) for the training year 2026–27. Interested engineering graduates can apply through the official HPCL portal. The online application process began on February 25, 2026, and the last date to apply is March 10, 2026.Candidates who want to apply must complete the…
Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah presents the budget in Bengaluru on Friday BENGALURU: Beer and wine could get cheaper as Karnataka rolls out a new alcohol-in-beverage (AIB)-based excise duty system from April, becoming the first state in the country to link liquor taxation directly to alcohol content. The new framework will fully deregulate govt price fixation and…
US opens Title IX probe into Wisconsin school district The U.S. Department of Education has launched a federal civil rights investigation into a school district in New Richmond, Wisconsin following complaints that biological males were allowed to use girls’ restrooms in district schools.According to an official statement, the investigation has been initiated by the department’s…
Mamata with nephew Abhishek at the protest site in Kolkata on Friday KOLKATA: Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee began her sit-in Friday, alleging a “BJP-EC conspiracy to disenfranchise Bengali voters” through SIR of the electoral roll, and said the upcoming assembly polls would be a farce if genuine voters are not allowed to vote.To back her…
The Andhra Pradesh draft coaching rules are currently open for public feedback. Image: AI generated. Recently, Andhra Pradesh has come up with a draft titled the Andhra Pradesh Coaching Institutions (Regulation and Control) Rules, 2026 and invited public comments before it is finalised. The draft proposes caps on daily coaching hours, mandates wellness structures, formalises…
GUWAHATI/NAGPUR/GURGAON: Squadron Leader Anuj Vashishth and Flight Lieutenant Purvesh Duragkar, who was part of Operation Sindoor last year, were killed on Thursday evening when their Su-30MKI crashed in Assam’s hilly Karbi Anglong district shortly after going off the radar during a training sortie, IAF confirmed on Friday after locating the wreckage. The Sukhoi jet had…
RRB CEN 03/2025 paramedical city intimation slip out, admit card soon, check mock test link here The Railway Recruitment Board (RRB) has released the city intimation slip for CEN No. 03/2025, which includes recruitment for various paramedical positions. The mock test for the Computer Based Test (CBT) is also live along with the city intimation…
KOLKATA: The Calcutta high court has freed a Bangladeshi national who spent 21 years in jail for a murder after it was established that he was a minor at the time of committing the crime. Another murder convict from Bengal’s Birbhum district, who was incarcerated for 14 years in a separate case, was also released…
WBJEE 2026 official notification released; registration starts March 10 ahead of May 24 exam WBJEE 2026: The West Bengal Joint Entrance Examinations Board has issued the official notification for the WBJEE 2026 examination, outlining the schedule for registration, admit cards and the test date. The entrance examination for admission to undergraduate engineering and related programmes…
NEW DELHI: Aiming to reach women in distress, the National Commission for Women in coordination with state women’s commissions will hold marathon ‘Mahila Jan Sunwais’ (public hearings) across the country starting from Monday to cover 500 districts spread out in 25 states and Union Territories till March 14.Through this nationwide effort, the commission aims to…
