Gandhinagar: On the first anniversary of the AI 171 crash on Friday, Gujarat govt announced educational and healthcare projects worth Rs 547 crore at the new mental hospital compound — the crash site of the ill-fated plane.The govt said that apart from eight new hostel blocks whose construction was announced earlier, a paraplegia and spine…
A civic body official, speaking on the condition of anonymity, revealed that large companies are reluctant to step in due to the upcoming assembly elections and fierce opposition from local garbage collectors’ unions, who fear losing their livelihoods if door-to-door collection is privatised Ludhiana: City residents questioned the municipal corporation’s new “Mission Clean Punjab” awareness…
Chandigarh: Chandigarh is set to get its own Artificial Intelligence Centre of Excellence (AI-CoE). This development has the potential to transform the city into a hub of AI-driven governance, innovation and startup-led technological solutions.The proposed centre will help govt departments deploy artificial intelligence to improve public services and decision-making. It will also facilitate creation of…
Pune: Two unidentified men allegedly injured a 50-year-old land developer with a sharp weapon and robbed him of a gold chain worth Rs 4 lakh late on Tuesday night.The robbery occurred on the Markal-Koyali Road near Alandi when the victim and his friends were returning home after dinner. The land developer, a resident of Charholi,…
Surat: The detection of crime branch (DCB) of Surat police has solved the murder of a 25-year-old man in Puna and arrested four persons, including the husband of the victim’s lover.Police said the victim, Karan Vaghela, was allegedly murdered by Ajit Vaghela, the husband of the woman with whom he was having an affair. Ajit…
Aizawl: Two legislators of BJP Mizoram Pradesh and the lone MLA of the Mizoram Pradesh Congress Committee (MPCC) are yet to decide whether they will vote for the ruling Zoram People’s Movement (ZPM) candidate or Mizo National Front (MNF) nominee in the election to Mizoram’s Rajya Sabha seat, scheduled for June 18.Both BJP and Congress…
MoU being signed between UPSDM and NSE for financial literacy Lucknow: The UP Skill Development Mission (UPSDM) collaborated with the National Stock Exchange (NSE) on Friday to build a generation of financially aware, economically empowered and future-ready youth.Through this partnership, over 1.5 lakh youth currently undergoing skill development across more than 1,000 training centers under…
Rajkot: In a stark warning of the rising risk of cyberfraud in the digital marketplace, Rajkot Cyber Crime police launched a probe after scammers cloned a local packaging firm’s identity, using fake Instagram accounts and forged invoices to cheat customers across India.Hitesh Kakadiya, 45, who runs a packaging box business in Udyog Nagar near the…
The accused, identified as Babulal Meena and his wife Gendabai, were arrested after a 13-day investigation Udaipur: Pratapgarh police Friday arrested a man and his wife for allegedly murdering his sister-in-law and her daughter and robbing their house in the Devgarh police station area of the district.The accused, identified as Babulal Meena and his wife…
Top US diplomat summoned again as anger mounts over vessel attacks NEW DELHI: India summoned US charge d’affaires Jason Meeks for the second time in three days to lodge a strong protest against attacks on commercial vessels carrying Indian mariners in the Gulf of Oman that have resulted, as the government said, in the tragic…
