Donkeys found dead near Raigad Fort: Animal husbandry department warns contractors against animal cruelty | Mumbai News

Navi Mumbai: Days after five donkeys used for transporting construction materials at Raigad Fort were found dead, assistant commissioner of animal husbandry department Subhash Dalvi inspected the area on Wednesday. The department has written to the contractors and authorities warning them of action for animal cruelty.Activists alleged that contractors use around 150 donkeys instead of…

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Karnataka braces for weak monsoon, water stress looms in 213 taluks | Bengaluru News

Bengaluru: Karnataka is staring at a potential water stress year with forecasts of a below-normal monsoon across most regions, prompting the govt to activate contingency measures and tighten accountability among district administrations.Citing inputs from the India Meteorological Department, chief minister Siddaramaiah said Thursday that barring five districts, much of the state is likely to face…

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People must oust DMK: Sasikala | Chennai News

Trichy: AIPTMMK general secretary V K Sasikala called for the ouster of DMK to prevent anarchic rule in the state. Campaigning in Trichy on Thursday, Sasikala demanded that the Union govt should not reduce Tamil Nadu’s Lok Sabha constituencies just because the state has strictly followed population control measures for years.In Srirangam, Sasikala highlighted the…

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Language divide deepens: English access mirrors caste hierarchy | Hyderabad News

Hyderabad: In Telangana’s evolving education landscape, language has quietly become one of the sharpest lines of inequality. The SEEEPC Survey-2024 and Independent Experts Working Group report shows that access to English medium education — now closely tied to jobs and upward mobility — rises with caste advantage and drops steeply among the most marginalised communities.At…

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Short of teachers, short of space: Class 1, 2 and 3 in a room in govt primary schools in Gurgaon | Gurgaon News

At Govt Primary School, Jai Hind Ki Dhani in Farrukhnagar, a teacher is seen teaching students of Grades 1, 2 and 3 simultaneously According to the current norms, the actual allocation of teachers is based on overall student strength rather than individual class requirements In a primary school in Farrukhnagar, a teacher was seen managing…

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Six arrested in betting racket at Sangolda | Goa News

Panaji: The cybercrime cell of the Goa police arrested six people on Thursday for allegedly accepting bets on an Indian Premier League (IPL) cricket match.Cybercrime superintendent of police (SP) Raju Raut Dessai said they conducted a raid at Sangolda on Wednesday and caught six people running IPL betting online.Dessai said that during the raid, police…

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Ludhiana MC staff benched after ‘unclear’ slapgate FIR | Ludhiana News

Ludhiana: In the ongoing controversy surrounding the registration of an FIR against a Congress councillor’s husband over an alleged road construction dispute, Municipal Corporation (MC) Commissioner Neeru Katyal Gupta has withdrawn the charges from the junior engineer (JE) and sub-divisional officer (SDO) who filed the original complaint. The matter pertains to the construction project on…

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