Hyderabad: A 16-year-old Intermediate student allegedly died by suicide in her room at a junior college hostel in Madhapur on Tuesday night. Though there was no suicide note, the girl’s parents told police that they suspect academic stress for betterment of her marks in the exams starting Wednesday could be the reason for the suicide.The…
Gurgaon: A bike taxi driver and a private company employee died after a speeding truck hit them from behind near Dada Sati Chowk on Tuesday morning.The truck involved in the accident has been seized but the driver is on the run, an officer said.Police said the incident occurred around 11am. The bike taxi was being…
Kolkata: The state govt on Tuesday ordered immediate closure of all unauthorised toll and drop gates across Bengal. The order, issued by chief secretary Manoj Agarwal, is aimed at non-approved operational collection points, including barricaded structures and drop gates, which operate without sanction from the competent authorities. “Any collection of fees, charges or levies at…
Under ABC rules, an aggressive dog should be kept under ‘lifelong confinement’ at a shelter or dedicated pound Ghaziabad: Under the Animal Birth Control Rules 2023, a stray dog that bites twice should be termed ‘aggressive’ and sent to a ‘lifelong confinement’ at a shelter or a dedicated pound. The GMC board adopted the dog…
Panaji: At the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) Class XII results declared on Wednesday, Goa students registered a pass percentage of 96.4%. From 12 CBSE higher secondary schools in the state, 800 students — 405 boys and 395 girls — appeared for the examinations across nine centres.Of these 771 — 388 boys and 383…
Varanasi: Taking serious note of widespread irregularities in interlocking road construction in the Rampur area of Ramnagar, District Urban Development Agency(DUDA) on Tuesday registered an FIR against two contractors for using substandard material, negligence in development works, and corruption.DUDA has alleged that the work of road construction and interlocking was awarded through e-tender to Kanpur-based…
As of now, there is no proposal to formulate a WFH policy, said the minister Gandhinagar: Within days of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s appeal, recommending adopting austerity measures like reducing fuel consumption, state labour skill development and employment minister Kunvarji Bavaliya said on Wednesday that the govt will begin discussions with industries and corporates on…
Chandigarh: Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann on Wednesday met Union agriculture minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan and sought his intervention for the denotification of certain hybrid paddy seeds to ensure smooth procurement and lifting operations in Punjab during the forthcoming kharif season, while seeking uninterrupted supply of fertilisers.Mann also pitched for Punjab’s representation in the Central…
Silchar: A youth lodged an FIR after a video showing him being humiliated went viral, alleging that the incident was actually a cover for an extortion attempt.Hibul Hossain, a resident of the Madhurbond area, filed the FIR at Silchar Sadar Police Station on Tuesday evening.Hossain alleged he was forcibly taken to a field behind a…
Lucknow: From expressways stretching across the state and record infrastructure expansion to welfare delivery at scale and rising investor confidence, UP’s development journey over the past nine years has emerged as one of the country’s most widely discussed governance transformations.With the state increasingly positioning itself as a major economic and industrial hub, The Times of…
