Varanasi: A district-level peace committee meeting to ensure peaceful conduct of the mourning month of Muharram was held on Wednesday at the Traffic Police Line auditorium. The meeting was presided over by police commissioner Mohit Agrawal and attended by was district magistrate Satyendra Kumar, along with religious leaders/imams/taziadars and members of Civil Defence. The police…
Gujarat SEZs account for around 21% of India’s total SEZ exports Ahmedabad: Special Economic Zones (SEZs) based in Gujarat recorded exports of Rs 3,00,793 crore in 2025-26, crossing the Rs 3 lakh crore milestone and marking a sharp rise from Rs 1,79,808 crore in 2014-15. Central govt officials said exports from SEZs in the state…
Ludhiana: Mayor Inderjit Kaur and newly appointed municipal corporation commissioner Ojasvi Alankar conducted surprise field inspections at 7 a.m. Tuesday under the “Clean Punjab” mission.Alankar inspected main roads and residential areas near Samrala Chowk during his first official field review. He warned that negligence would not be tolerated and ordered zonal commissioners to conduct regular…
Times News NetworkChandigarh: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested Navneet Srivastava, a senior Indian Forest Service officer, in connection with alleged misappropriation of funds from an IDFC Bank account. At the time, Srivastava was serving as CEO of the Chandigarh Renewable Energy and Science & Technology Promotion Society (Crest).He was produced before a…
The route is set to grow from 437km in 2026 to a staggering 1,099km in 2027, requiring the strengthening and development of 662km of new road sections across the district Pune: District collector Jitendra Dudi on Wednesday announced a total ban on road-digging by utility agencies on routes designated for the Pune Grand Tour (PGT)…
Surat: The Association of Indian Universities (AIU), a century-old apex body representing more than 1,200 universities across the country, has entrusted Veer Narmad South Gujarat University (VNSGU) vice-chancellor Kishorsinh Chavda with preparing concept notes on key policy issues concerning higher education institutions in India.The assignment follows Chavda’s presentation of an agenda during the 100th Annual…
Silchar: Tension gripped Lathigram in Cachar district late on Tuesday night after a 16-year-old girl, missing since March, was rescued from a restaurant-cum-hotel, triggering public outrage and vandalism at the establishment. Police said the accused owner was arrested.The minor was recovered from a room at the restaurant during a search conducted by her family members…
Lucknow: Chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday cautioned Uttar Pradesh Police personnel against making social media reels while on duty, calling it gross indiscipline and urging greater alertness and seriousness in daily policing.Addressing an appointment letter distribution programme in Lucknow for 930 newly recruited police computer operators, Yogi said it is often seen that personnel…
Rajkot: The Jamjodhpur police in Jamnagar district arrested a 46-year-old man following allegations of raping his minor daughter repeatedly for three years.The case came to light on June 14, 2026, when the girl, now 18, filed a complaint at the Jamjodhpur police station.According to the survivor’s complaint, she was allegedly abused at both their residence…
Jaipur: A day after Rajasthan Police’s intelligence branch arrested a 26-year-old man from Jaisalmer for allegedly spying for Pakistani intelligence agencies, investigators said Wednesday the suspect had received money and was preparing to install high-definition CCTV cameras to monitor the movement of Indian security forces along the border.Police identified the accused as Mushtaq Ali, a…
