Kolkata: The state administration has constituted a high-level committee, comprising nine members, to prepare the draft Uniform Civil Code (2026) “irrespective of religion, faith or community” that will include laws on marriage, divorce and succession.The state judicial department issued the notification on Friday. Retired Supreme Court judge Ranjana Prakash Desai will chair the committee. The…
Colva: A day after registering a case in the assault of an 83-year-old man that came to light through a viral social media video, Colva police on Saturday arrested Irene Gonsalves for allegedly assaulting her father-in-law, Loyala Souza.Police said Irene, wife of prime accused Isidoreo Souza, has been booked under relevant provisions of the Bharatiya…
Drive to Cover Schools, Riverbanks, RoadsidesVaranasi: The district will witness one of its biggest green drives on Sunday as authorities launch a mega plantation campaign across the district, aiming to plant 15.49 lakh saplings at thousands of locations with the participation of govt departments, educational institutions and the public. The initiative forms part of the…
Construction of bridge over Darotha river is underway under Mumbai-Ahmedabad Bullet Train project, in Valsad, Gujarat Ahmedabad: The chief project manager of the Mumbai-Ahmedabad High-Speed Rail Project has moved Gujarat High Court, citing fears of a sharp escalation in the Rs 1.1-lakh crore bullet train project cost following enhanced land compensation ordered by the Land…
Chandigarh: Acting on complaints from residents and shopkeepers, the municipal corporation (MC) Saturday launched a special anti-encroachment drive in Industrial Area Phases I and II to reclaim public land from unauthorised occupation.During the operation, enforcement teams removed and impounded a large quantity of material illegally placed on MC land, including plastic chairs, tables, mattresses, wooden…
Pune: Civic officials on Saturday revealed that an occupancy certificate had been issued only for the ground floor of the three-storey administrative building that collapsed at the PCMC waste-to-energy plant in Moshi on Wednesday, raising questions about possible building-rule violations as rescue operations entered their fourth day.Officials of the Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation building permission…
Dhubri: State cultural affairs department has initiated steps to conserve a 450-year-old bell metal chariot at Ramraikuti Satra in Dhubri district, following a memorandum submitted to CM Himanta Biswa Sarma by the Heritage Conservation Society of Assam.According to sources, the department has begun the process for scientific preservation of the historic chariot. A proposal to…
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh govt has linked 4.25 lakh families — around 34% of identified beneficiaries — with all welfare schemes they are eligible for under the ‘Zero Poverty’ campaign launched in 2024, officials said.Officials said the coverage is expected to rise by nearly 30% once targets under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana are achieved.Among districts,…
Rajkot: The State Monitoring Cell (SMC) seized 4.3kg of suspected ambergris from the limits of Vartej police station in Bhavnagar district and detained four persons.The seized contraband is valued at Rs 4.30 crore in the international market.Acting on a tip-off, a team led by SMC inspector R K Karamta raided a salt-pan area close near…
Jaipur: Rajasthan Police’s State Cyber Crime Branch Saturday arrested a Nagpur man for allegedly supplying bank accounts used by an interstate cyber fraud syndicate that duped a Jaipur-based doctor of Rs 3.81 crore through a fake forex trading and online investment scheme. The accused was brought to Jaipur on a transit warrant for questioning.Additional director…
