Since the law came into force, authorities have registered 627 criminal cases, said the senior official. Of these, only 127 have ended in convictions Mumbai: Maharashtra has stepped up its drive against sex-selective abortions by inspecting nearly every sonography centre in the state and conducting sting operations, but convictions under the Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic…
Bengaluru: Four schoolgirls reportedly fell onto the road after the tailgate of their van accidentally opened up at Gayathri Layout in KR Pura Thursday afternoon. They escaped with minor injuries.Police booked the Maruti Suzuki Omni driver, Sarvesh Kumar, for rash and negligent driving on public ways and under provisions of the Motor Vehicles Act. Investigation…
Chennai: School Education Minister A Rajmohan on Friday strongly criticised a series published by the DMK’s mouthpiece targeting CPM State Secretary P Shanmugam, calling it unacceptable. He noted that the veteran communist leader has spent decades fighting for the rights and welfare of the working class, making the opposition party’s malicious campaign against him deeply…
SIR Telangana BLO Staff reaching out to residents, in Secunderabad on Friday. Hyderabad: Nearly 35 lakh electors across Telangana have received enumeration forms in the first two days of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR), though the exercise was briefly slowed in some areas due to Muharram.Chief electoral officer C Sudharshan Reddy said distribution resumed on…
The two-year programme has been specially designed for professionals to continue their jobs while pursuing a management degree Gurgaon: Gurugram University is set to launch Executive MBA programme from the 2026-27 academic session. With this, the university will become the third govt university in Haryana to offer an Executive MBA course after Maharshi Dayanand University…
Officials will examine under-construction projects for major violations, recommend rejection where required or suggest rectification measures to protect sanctioned plans Kolkata: Bengal CM Suvendu Adhikari on Friday widened the ambit of the special audit of building plans and the construction pause at private high-rise and commercial projects to include more municipalities around Kolkata, but clarified…
Noida: A dingy staircase in a five-storey building in Sector 49 leads to classrooms where nearly 200 students prepare for competitive exams like JEE, NEET and CUET. Outside, high-tension cables dangle loosely from a power pole. In Sector 62, abutting Delhi-Meerut Expressway, dozens of centres operate from residential buildings squeezed into lanes too narrow for…
Mapusa: Mopa airport police on Friday registered an FIR against an Australian flight crew member after a prohibited satellite tracking device was found in his baggage during security screening.The accused, Brett Gordon Brander, 30, was scheduled to board an IndiGo flight to Chennai when CISF personnel detected a ResQLink 400 personal locator beacon (GPS device)…
Varanasi: Banaras Hindu University (BHU) has secured an Indian patent for developing a low-cost, portable device that can simulate a wide range of environmental conditions for research on small laboratory animals. The innovation, developed as part of a PhD research project, offers an affordable alternative to expensive and bulky existing systems by enabling precise control…
Ahmedabad: The CBI has booked senior manager of Indian Oil Corporation Ltd (IOCL) for allegedly siphoning Rs 1.5 crore using fake payment vouchers, misuse of SAP IDs and showing fraudulent payments to vendors.According to the FRI registered with CBI Gandhinagar unit, Sejal Kolhatkar, senior manager (finance) at IOCL’s refinery in Vadodara between March 2024 and…
