Twenty-seven special checkpoints had been established across the district, with police deployed at all entry and exit points to check suspicious vehicles Twenty-seven special checkpoints had been established across the district, with police deployed at all entry and exit points to check suspicious vehicles Twenty-seven special checkpoints had been established across the district, with police…
Howrah: A private tutor in Howrah helped police arrest her husband after allegedly catching him raping a 14-year-old Class 7 student inside their home on Monday morning.The accused, Sk Hafizul (40), was arrested from Munshirhat in Jagatballavpur under the POCSO Act after his wife, Chandana Bibi, witnessed the alleged assault and raised an alarm. Neighbours…
Ganga water treatment plant at Siddharth Vihar Noida: Taps ran dry across large parts of Noida and Ghaziabad on Monday after the Ganga water treatment plants at Pratap Vihar and Siddharth Vihar were shut for two days from Saturday to clear heavy silt accumulation at Upper Ganga Canal in Haridwar. While stored supply met demand…
Panaji: Goa police investigations are set to move faster with the establishment of a forensic psychology division and an e-Peshi (Nyay Shruti) video-conferencing facility at the directorate of forensic sciences, Verna.Chief minister Pramod Sawant will inaugurate both facilities on Tuesday.The forensic psychology division, created through state funding, will introduce advanced tools such as polygraph examinations…
Vranasi: The Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya (DDU) Division of East Central Railway has achieved two major milestones in railway safety, infrastructure strengthening and freight wagon maintenance by setting new records in track renewal and wagon overhaul.The engineering department renewed 10.63 track kilometres in July 2026 by replacing old and life-expired sleepers using the advanced Track…
Indian Money Vector Illustration Ahmedabad: The Gujarat govt is considering a proposal to reduce the mandatory endowment fund required for setting up new private universities as part of its ‘Ease of Doing Business’ initiative, a move that has triggered concern among educationists who fear it could compromise the quality of higher education in the state.Under…
Bathinda: The All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Bathinda, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Indore, to promote healthcare innovation.The MoU aims to establish a collaborative framework for interdisciplinary research, medical technology innovation, technology translation and capacity building.The collaboration is expected to combine the clinical expertise…
Locating voters and their exact addresses has become a task for BLOs Pune: When a BLO in Pune’s Ambegaon assembly constituency tried tracing a woman voter whose surname had changed after marriage and whose address in the 2002 electoral roll no longer matched her present residence, the official expected help from the party-appointed booth-level agent….
A house owner in Tura receives land patta from CM Conrad Sangma Shillong: Meghalaya chief minister Conrad K Sangma have distributed land ‘pattas’ (land deeds, or property ownership certificates) to 754 households across eight localities across Tura town in West Garo Hills district.After distributing the land pattas to eligible families of Chinap A’slang in Tura…
Jodhpur: An eight-year-old girl was killed and four members of her family injured when roof slabs of their dilapidated house collapsed during early morning rain in Jodhpur Monday.The incident took place around 5 am near Isakiya School in Nagori Silawaton Ka Bas while the family was asleep on the second floor of the two-storey house.Relatives…
