A plea, filed by Amit Kumar, alleged that Yamuna Mines was mining well beyond its permitted lease area in Manglaura and Nai Nangla villages in Shamli without mandatory clearances Ghaziabad: National Green Tribunal has sought an explanation from a joint committee set up by it to probe illegal sand mining on Yamuna riverbed in west…
Panaji: Within a day of being appointed head of the Congress party’s minority department, Nazir Khan took charge in the presence of state president Girish Chodankar.On Sunday, Congress suspended its state minority department chairman, Wasim Khan, for indiscipline and anti-party activities. Wasim protested during Venugopal’s visit, which the BJP’s social media team latched onto to…
Varanasi: Chief minister Yogi Adityanath will launch two major welfare initiatives for students and teachers during his proposed visit to Varanasi on July 8. The CM will roll out Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) for around 1.1 crore students enrolled in council schools across the state and launch the Chief Minister Teacher Cashless Medical Scheme, which…
A video grab of the lioness sitting on Kalu Parmar Ahmedabad: For nearly half an hour on Monday morning, residents of Garajiya village in Palitana taluka witnessed a stunning display of composure: a subadult lioness sat on Maldhari herder Kalu Parmar without fatally attacking him while he lay beneath with apparent calm, patting the animal…
Chandigarh: The Punjab State and Chandigarh (UT) Human Rights Commission has taken suo motu cognisance of the Industrial Area Phase II building collapse in Chandigarh that claimed two lives and has sought a report from the Deputy Commissioner, Chandigarh.The Commission, comprising Chairperson Justice Sant Prakash, Member Justice Gurbir Singh and Member Jitender Singh Shunty passed…
Restoration work underway following a landslide on the Missing Link section of the Mumbai–Pune Expressway on Monday, July 6 Pune: For several hours on Monday, the cities of Pune and Mumbai were virtually cut off from each other as heavy rain shut down roads, bus services and several important intercity trains.The first major disruption occurred…
New Civil Hospital in city has introduced an RFID tagging system in the NICU and will soon add it at the gynaecology ward Surat: In a move aimed at preventing infant kidnappings and strengthening security for newborns, New Civil Hospital introduced an upgraded RFID-based monitoring system in its neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). The technology…
Silchar: As many as 148 newborns died across Barak Valley in the past three months, exposing persistent gaps in maternal and neonatal healthcare, particularly in rural areas where delayed referrals, inadequate infrastructure and a shortage of specialised facilities continue to cost lives.Official figures show Cachar recorded the highest number of neonatal deaths at 74, followed…
Lucknow: A special court in Lucknow on Monday convicted 15 members of an international human trafficking syndicate, including 13 Bangladeshi nationals and two Rohingyas, and sentenced each of them to five years’ rigorous imprisonment besides imposing a fine of Rs 10,000.The verdict was delivered by ATS/NIA Court Judge Umakant Jindal, nearly five years after the…
Rajkot: A dispute over land in a village of Lodhika taluka allegedly ended in murder, with police arresting two relatives accused of fatally assaulting a 34-year-old man. Investigators say the accused had initially taken the victim to hospital. Evidence later pointed to their involvement.Bharat Dangar, 34, was allegedly murdered at Rawki village on Sunday after…
