Students come out from classroom Ahmedabad: The Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan (KVS) has operationalised 72 new Kendriya Vidyalayas (KVs) across states and Union territories for the 2026-27 academic year, including one in Ahmedabad’s Vastral area. With the new school, the number of Kendriya Vidyalayas in Gujarat has risen to 49.According to KVS, 85 new KVs were…
Ludhiana: A 35-year-old man arrested in a drug-peddling case allegedly died by suicide in police custody at Hambran police post under Ladhowal police station on Thursday.Police said Balbir Singh, a resident of Khera Bet, allegedly hanged himself with the zipper of a mattress inside the lock-up. Balbir was arrested two days ago with 10 grams…
Chandigarh: The municipal corporation (MC) Chandigarh will carry out a coordinated zone-wise drive on Aug 21 and 22 to shift eligible street vendors to the vending sites allotted to them through the prescribed draw-of-lots process.Municipal commissioner Amit Kumar Thursday said the exercise is being conducted in compliance with Supreme Court directions and in accordance with…
Deemed conveyance enables a housing society to secure legal ownership of land and buildings when a developer fails or refuses to execute a conveyance deed Pune: State govt has directed the cooperation, revenue, land records and registration departments to work together to accelerate deemed conveyance for nearly 67,000 cooperative housing societies, ensuring ownership transfers are…
Police recovered 19,500 packets of foreign cigarettes packed in 37 cartons Dhubri: Police arrested three people after seizing 19,500 packets of foreign cigarettes in Srirampur at the interstate border in Kokrajhar district.Acting on a tip-off, Simultapu police outpost personnel intercepted a six-wheeler container truck while it was travelling from Assam towards West Bengal, outpost in-charge…
Teachers, Schools Driving Change Deserve Recognition Lucknow: Teachers, schools, gram panchayats and Block Resource Centres (BRCs) that have made notable contributions to strengthening public education in Uttar Pradesh will be honoured under the Seekho Sikhao Awards 2026, with applications invited from eligible participants across the state.The initiative was launched on Thursday by the Seekho Sikhao…
Jaipur: Rajasthan High Court Thursday directed restoration of security to advocate R S Raghav and issued a contempt notice to Jaipur police commissioner Sachin Mittal for alleged non-compliance with an earlier court order directing protection to Raghav.Justice Ganesh Ram Meena has asked Mittal to respond by Sept 2.The matter relates to a 2015 order passed…
2 of the judges on bench fault procedure for 2005 referral NEW DELHI: Two of the nine-judge SC bench – Justices Dipankar Datta and Ujjal Bhuyan – Thursday faulted the procedure adopted by a five-judge bench in 2005 to refer adjudication of the correctness of SC’s 1978 ruling giving wider meaning to ‘industry’ to a…
Image: AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic A century-old shipwreck has resurfaced from the Sava River in Serbia as an intense drought leaves waterways across Europe at exceptionally low levels. The rusting remains of the Slovenian, a steam tugboat built in 1913, emerged near the Serbian town of Sremska Mitrovica earlier in August, revealing far more of the…
Sugar imports open after decade as govt moves to check price surge NEW DELHI: Govt Thursday allowed the import of 10 lakh tonnes of raw sugar, the first such move in a decade, as it stared at a possible decline of at least 20% in the opening stock of the sweetener.The move came soon after…
