No person or agency can employ anyone for manual scavenging Ghaziabad: A man entering a manhole without safety gear to clean a drain has put GMC under scrutiny, with the National Commission for Safai Karamcharis seeking a report on how the prohibited practice was allowed to take place. The city’s municipal commissioner has also ordered…
Dayne’s performance at the YAI’s Asian Games Selection Trial-II puts him in number one position among Indian competitors Panaji: The Goa Olympic Association (GOA) has strongly recommended the inclusion of Dayne Coelho in the Indian contingent for the Asian Games 2026, insisting that the Goan windsurfer deserves a chance given his outstanding record over 15…
Varanasi: A joint team of the Anti-Narcotics Task Force (ANTF) and Sonbhadra Police late Monday seized 81.3kg of cannabis worth around Rs 41 lakh that was being smuggled in an ambulance.According to police, the contraband, packed in 36 bundles, was concealed in a secret compartment built beneath the vehicle’s floor.Police also arrested the driver, identified…
Over 50 hectares adjoining Taj hotel and Sabarmati Riverfront on Airport Road will be opened up Ahmedabad: After a 24-year delay, Town Planning (TP) Scheme No. 67 in Hansol, covering 118 hectares, has finally received preliminary approval to open the land for development. With this, over 50 hectares adjoining Taj hotel and Sabarmati Riverfront on…
Hisar: A 13-year-old Class IX student at a govt girls’ senior secondary school in Mohammadpur Rohi village was allegedly slapped on the ear by her mathematics teacher during class, leaving her with severe pain and prompting her family to allege that her eardrum may have been damaged.The student said the incident occurred during the third…
A fine of Rs3.5 lakh was imposed on former superintendent of GST Pune: The court of special judge (CBI-ACB) R R Mendhe sent a former superintendent of GST to four years’ rigorous imprisonment for amassing assets disproportionate to his known sources of income, while his wife was sentenced for three years for abetting the offence.Vivek…
Agartala: The district and sessions court of Udaipur in Tripura’s Gomati district has convicted a woman to 10 years’ rigorous imprisonment for fatally assaulting her husband with a chopper in Gomati district in 2023, police said.According to a statement issued by Tripura Police, the incident took place around 9am on April 27, 2023, at Kashipada…
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath Lucknow: UP govt on Wednesday signed MoUs with Google and Network for Humanity, ITC, and Aquabridge to boost agricultural productivity in Bundelkhand and eastern UP and enhance farmers’ incomes.The initiatives will be implemented under the Uttar Pradesh Diversified Agriculture Support Project (UPDASP), part of the World Bank-funded UP Agriculture Growth and…
Jaipur: The health department Wednesday suspended the Transaction Management System (TMS) access of 215 private pharmacies across the state for allegedly failing to supply medicines to beneficiaries under the Rajasthan Govt Health Scheme (RGHS) for nearly two months.The action was aimed at ensuring timely availability of medicines and enforcing compliance with RGHS guidelines.Principal secretary (health…
The operation follows two other heroin seizures on Aug 12 and on Aug 13. JAMMU: Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) busted a major cross-border heroin trafficking cartel in Jammu, seizing 5.2 kg of heroin, and arresting the suspected mastermind and two of his accomplices.“On a tip-off on Aug 22, a vehicle was intercepted in Jammu‘s Panjtirthi…
