Karnataka on Saturday inducted 32 mobile forensic vans Bengaluru: In a big push to scientific crime investigation and anti-drug enforcement, Karnataka Saturday inducted 32 mobile forensic vans (MFV) to enable on-the-spot forensic examination of crime scenes and faster collection of evidence. Each district will get one van.Chief minister DK Shivakumar said the initiative will strengthen…
Chennai: “A public servant is expected to behave properly both inside and outside the office. This being the expected conduct of public servants, any criminal case registered outside the purview of job is also to be intimated to employer,” Madras high court has said.However, mere registration of criminal cases may not be a ground to…
Hyderabad: With the onset of the dengue season, health authorities have placed Hyderabad on alert, warning that changing mosquito breeding patterns and erratic monsoon conditions are turning dengue into a year-round public health concern.Officials said intermittent rainfall followed by dry spells is creating ideal breeding conditions for Aedes aegypti mosquitoes in clean stagnant water. Unlike…
Kolkata: The state administration has constituted a high-level committee, comprising nine members, to prepare the draft Uniform Civil Code (2026) “irrespective of religion, faith or community” that will include laws on marriage, divorce and succession.The state judicial department issued the notification on Friday. Retired Supreme Court judge Ranjana Prakash Desai will chair the committee. The…
Colva: A day after registering a case in the assault of an 83-year-old man that came to light through a viral social media video, Colva police on Saturday arrested Irene Gonsalves for allegedly assaulting her father-in-law, Loyala Souza.Police said Irene, wife of prime accused Isidoreo Souza, has been booked under relevant provisions of the Bharatiya…
Drive to Cover Schools, Riverbanks, RoadsidesVaranasi: The district will witness one of its biggest green drives on Sunday as authorities launch a mega plantation campaign across the district, aiming to plant 15.49 lakh saplings at thousands of locations with the participation of govt departments, educational institutions and the public. The initiative forms part of the…
Construction of bridge over Darotha river is underway under Mumbai-Ahmedabad Bullet Train project, in Valsad, Gujarat Ahmedabad: The chief project manager of the Mumbai-Ahmedabad High-Speed Rail Project has moved Gujarat High Court, citing fears of a sharp escalation in the Rs 1.1-lakh crore bullet train project cost following enhanced land compensation ordered by the Land…
Chandigarh: Acting on complaints from residents and shopkeepers, the municipal corporation (MC) Saturday launched a special anti-encroachment drive in Industrial Area Phases I and II to reclaim public land from unauthorised occupation.During the operation, enforcement teams removed and impounded a large quantity of material illegally placed on MC land, including plastic chairs, tables, mattresses, wooden…
Pune: Civic officials on Saturday revealed that an occupancy certificate had been issued only for the ground floor of the three-storey administrative building that collapsed at the PCMC waste-to-energy plant in Moshi on Wednesday, raising questions about possible building-rule violations as rescue operations entered their fourth day.Officials of the Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation building permission…
Dhubri: State cultural affairs department has initiated steps to conserve a 450-year-old bell metal chariot at Ramraikuti Satra in Dhubri district, following a memorandum submitted to CM Himanta Biswa Sarma by the Heritage Conservation Society of Assam.According to sources, the department has begun the process for scientific preservation of the historic chariot. A proposal to…
