Exit conferences will be held after annual audit of every gram, taluka and district panchayat Gandhinagar: To tighten supervision of local self-govt bodies and ensure quicker action against financial irregularities, Gujarat govt on Thursday made it mandatory to hold an “exit conference” immediately after the annual audit of every gram panchayat, taluka panchayat and district…
The cash-only constraint impacts both sides. Conductors, unable to provide exact balance, often write remaining amounts on tickets for later settlement during the journey, forcing passengers to track unpaid balances. Ludhiana: At a time when digital transactions have become ubiquitous, passengers traveling on state-run buses in Punjab continue to face inconvenience due to the lack…
Shimla: Chief minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu on Thursday inaugurated and laid the foundation stones of development projects worth around Rs 48 crore in Kasumpti assembly constituency of Shimla district.The projects include the newly constructed block development office building at Mashobra, public works department (PWD) offices at Bhattakufer and Baldeyan, a new ITI building, and a…
Patients at Kamala Nehru Hospital on Thursday Pune: Regular healthcare services resumed at city hospitals by Thursday evening after the state chapter of Indian Medical Association and Maharashtra Association of Resident Doctors called off their strike following the high court’s intervention in the imbroglio over allowing trained homeopaths practice modern medicine in the state.There was…
Three teams of food safety officers inspected 14 establishments involved in the production, storage and sale of dairy products Surat: Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) destroyed 376 kg of inedible food and seized 182 kg of banned single-use plastic during a late-night enforcement drive across the city, recovering Rs 5.78 lakh in penalties and administrative charges.The…
Itanagar: Police arrested a drug peddler at Solungtoo village in Arunachal Pradesh’s Namsai district and seized 82 grams of suspected heroin worth around Rs 16.40 lakh in the illicit market.The accused has been identified as Osina Chautang.Acting on a tip-off, a team led by Namsai deputy superintendent of police Kengo Dirchi raided Chautang’s house on…
Lucknow: Despite being India’s most populous state, UP stood in 10th place among states and Union Territories in organ transplants in 2025, performing 637 procedures during the year.According to the National Organ and Tissue Transplant Organisation’s (NOTTO) annual report, the state’s lag stems from its continued dependence on living donors, weak deceased-donor programmes and inadequate…
Rajkot: An organised post-matric scholarship scam targeting scheduled caste (SC) and scheduled tribe (ST) students has been uncovered in Junagadh, with police registering a case against the director of an educational institution and his accomplices.Based on a complaint filed by S A Solanki of the parole furlough squad, Junagadh City B Division police registered an…
Jaipur: Supreme Court has granted bail to an accused in two Jaipur land fraud cases, ruling that Rajasthan High Court went beyond the scope of a bail hearing by examining the merits of the allegations while rejecting his plea.In an order dated Aug 4, uploaded Thursday, a bench comprising Justice Ujjal Bhuyan and Justice Atul…
Ladakh supports more than 38 mammal species, 340 bird species and 1,800 vascular plant species SRINAGAR: In a bid to prevent illegal off-roading and disturbance to wildlife, Ladakh administration Thursday approved the introduction of India’s first-ever high-altitude wildlife safari on popular snow leopard and bird-watching trails in the Union Territory’s upper reaches.Ladakh is home to…
