People up to the block-level can now file RTI applications online Gandhinagar: Filing Right to Information (RTI) applications in Gujarat has become significantly easier as the state’s online RTI portal has finally been extended to local civic bodies, collectorates, and police commissionerates. Moving beyond the offices of various departments located in the Gandhinagar secretariat, citizens…
Payal DhawanLudhiana: Punjabi singer Yashinder Kaur, alias Inder Kaur (Mundian Kalan), was shot dead, with the autopsy confirming two bullet injuries — one piercing her chest and another lodged in her forehead.The post-mortem was conducted by a board of doctors, including forensic experts Dr Karan, Dr Vishal Chopra and Dr Mandeep. Following the examination, the…
Chandigarh: Excessive screen time is normalising alcohol use and driving risky sexual behaviour among teenagers. These are the findings of a medical study into adolescent digital habits.Researchers from the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER) reached 85 students at Shri Jainendra Gurukul Senior Secondary School in Panchkula, delivering a targeted behavioural intervention…
A suspicious APK file used by cybercrooks to scam cellphone users in India Pune: Cybercrooks used ‘.APK files’ disguised as wedding invitations to target two people and duped them of Rs 8.5 lakh collectively between May 2 and 17.Separate cases have been registered with the Khadak and Faraskhana police stations on Thursday. An Android Package…
Surat: A father’s attempt to curb his children’s ‘Free Fire’ addiction spiralled into a tense episode, as three minor siblings fled home with Rs 15,000 after being scolded and travelled across cities before being traced and rescued after four days.The search for siblings — two brothers aged 14 and 11, and their 9-year-old sister —…
Dimapur: Nagaland State Biodiversity Board chairman Y Kikheto Sema on Friday said the state lost about 794.88 sq km of forest cover between 2013 and 2023, citing the India State of Forest Report.He made the statement at the International Day for Biological Diversity 2026 observation at St Xavier College, Jalukie, in Peren district. Sema, who…
Mohsin UsmaniLucknow: City residents are reworking their summer vacation plans as tensions linked to the ongoing US-Israel-Iran war have reshaped travel preferences, with South and Southeast Asian destinations seeing a sharp rise in demand due to perceptions of safety, affordability and smoother connectivity.Travel operators in the city said bookings for Thailand, Vietnam, Sri Lanka, Bali,…
Rajkot: Amid a diesel crunch affecting transport and port-linked activity in Kutch, the district administration has asked oil marketing companies (OMCs) to step up supplies and rationalize prices for bulk buyers to ease pressure on retail fuel stations.Kutch is among the country’s largest transportation hubs, handling cargo for Mundra and Kandla ports and serving major…
Jodhpur: The Rajasthan High Court has ordered an immediate stay on the issuance of fresh gypsum mining permits in seven villages of Pachpadra tehsil in Balotra district, where mining was allegedly being carried out under the guise of agricultural land improvement.The stay order applies to the villages of Vajawas, Bhimarlai, Sinli Jagir, Rikharlai, Mekarna, Gol…
NEW DELHI: RSS‘ national publicity chief Sunil Ambekar on Friday said the Sangh was not strong enough at the time of Partition and claimed that “otherwise the Partition of the country would not have happened”.Ambekar made the remarks while speaking at the screening of the documentary “Delhi Mein Sangh Yatra”, presented by Indraprastha Vishwa Samvad…
