New Delhi: In the narrow lanes of Jahangirpuri, a school dropout with a history of petty offences is being given a chance at reform as police step in as mentors to help him return to the classroom.The staff at Jahangir Puri police station — in a shift from the traditional role of enforcement — have…
Palghar: A Gujarat resident, Pushpa Lad (52), was killed and her 16 family members injured after a trailer hit their mini-bus on the Mumbai-Ahmedabad NH in Dahanu on Friday. The trailer driver fled. The family was going to Mumbai airport. A tyre of the mini-bus burst, which made it slow down, and the trailer driver…
Chennai: A lawyer has moved Madras high court seeking removal of a commercial complex and public toilets constructed by filling a quarry pond located on govt land in Thiruneermalai.According to advocate O Udhayakumar, authorities of Tambaram Corporation filled the pond with soil and construction debris and built five commercial complexes and a public toilet.Admitting the…
Hyderabad: Fraudsters posing as managing director of a city-based aluminium fabrication company duped its finance manager into transferring over 40 lakh by using the executive’s display picture and name on WhatsApp. On the victim’s complaint, Malkajgiri cyber crime police booked a case on Thursday.According to police, the 62-year-old finance manager lodged a complaint stating that…
Panaji: Chief minister Pramod Sawant unveiled five new worker-centric welfare schemes, including a digital literacy programme, elderly medical care allowance, financial aid for competitive exam coaching, reimbursement of tuition fees for higher studies and insurance cover under Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana (PMSBY).Speaking on the occasion of International Labour Day, Sawant said that 1.4 lakh…
Ahmedabad: The city has been baking under relentless heat, but a closer look shows the burden isn’t evenly shared. Over the past fortnight, the eastern parts of the city have been around two degrees hotter than the western side, according to an analysis by city-based spacetech startup SatLeo Labs, which provides ambient heat forecasts to…
CHANDIGARH: In fresh escalation of a workplace harassment case in a govt school, the UT education secretary has formally written to the SSP, seeking a criminal inquiry into a complaint signed by 24 women staff members. The issue was first taken up at the highest administrative level through the administrator’s office.The education department has enclosed…
Guwahati: A major rally was organised in the Panbazar area on International Labour Day under a presidium comprising representatives from multiple trade unions. The rally drew large numbers of workers and activists, swelling into a significant gathering as it progressed.Participants raised slogans demanding stronger protection of workers’ rights and changes to labour policy. “We demand…
TNNLucknow: Mahamana Shikshan Sansthan, run by the Bhaurao Deoras Seva Nyas, has invited applications for underprivileged kids for free coaching for IIT and NEET. More than 75 students of the Sansthan, being run by former students of BHU, have cracked the above exams in the past few years.According Sansthan’s secretary Ranjeev Tiwari, the online free…
Jaipur: A Rajasthan police constable was dismissed from service after he was found involved in drug trafficking, officials said Friday.The constable, Vinod Singh, was posted in Pratapgarh district.Singh was arrested on April 24 in connection with a case registered at Pindwara police station in Sirohi district for allegedly transporting 244 grams of smack. He was…
