Ahmedabad: Education loan disbursals in Gujarat rose 21% year-on-year to Rs 491 crore in the quarter ended June 30, even as visa restrictions and uncertainty in key destinations such as the US and Canada continue to weigh on overseas education plans.According to the latest State Level Bankers’ Committee (SLBC) Gujarat report, banks disbursed the amount…
Representational image of a demolition Ludhiana: Police and municipal officials in Jagraon demolished the house of an alleged drug peddler in Mohalla Rampura on Wednesday as part of the Punjab govt’s anti-narcotics campaign.The property belonged to Amar Pal, also known as Sevak and Gursewak, who is from Lande Phatak village. Station house officer Paraminder Singh…
Kharar: A 28-year-old man from Ludhiana died after he was allegedly shot by a licensed pistol that accidentally discharged while he and his friends were checking firearms at a flat in Mittal Paradise, Shivalik City, Kharar, in the early hours of Aug 25. Police have booked one of his friends and launched an investigation into…
The retired bank officer is the city’s fourth victim of cyberfrauds cashing in on the SIR process Pune: Online fraudsters posing as Election Commission of India officials cheated a retired bank officer (77) from Paud Road in Kothrud of Rs12 lakh on Aug 18, using SIR form correction trick.The frauds sent the septuagenarian a message…
Surat: A 19-year-old woman allegedly abducted from Rajasthan died at SMIMER Hospital in Surat on Monday, with the man accused of abducting her fleeing the hospital after allegedly sending pictures of her body to her family.The deceased, Kumkum Rao, was allegedly taken away by 45-year-old Dilip, who worked with her father in the vegetable trade…
Aizawl: A senior Indian Police Service (IPS) officer from Jharkhand, posted in Mizoram, has been reported missing, and the state police are conducing a search for him, official sources said on Wednesday.The sources identified the officer as Shankar Chaudhary, officer on special duty (OSD) at the police headquarters in Aizawl. “Chaudhary had taken leave for…
Lucknow: The food safety and drug administration department (FSDA) undertook a special statewide campaign to crack down on the sale of substandard and suspected medicines. As part of the campaign, intensive inspections were carried out at more than 50 pharmaceutical manufacturing establishments across 11 districts. Serious irregularities were detected at seven units where manufacturing and…
Students protest at Sainik School in Sikar on Aug 23 Jaipur: Three days after students of Maharav Shekhaji Govt Girls’ Sainik School in Sikar protested over alleged lack of basic facilities, the state education department has approved Rs 65.24 crore for developing infrastructure and facilities at the Sikar and Bikaner Sainik Schools.The department approved the…
The letter from Kharge and Rahul said govt should prepare a fresh questionnaire through consultations with parties. NEW DELHI: Terming the methodology for caste count adopted in Census 2027 “misleading” as it will not give a headcount of OBCs, leaders of opposition in Parliament, Mallikarjun Kharge and Rahul Gandhi, have written to PM Narendra Modi…
An old iron fitting found among scrap metal in eastern Poland has turned out to be part of a burial that disappeared from the archaeological record long ago. The object, recovered in Hrubieszów, is a shield boss dating to around the 2nd century CE. More unexpectedly, traces of cremated human bone were still preserved within…
