Panaji: The office of the state commissioner for persons with disabilities (PwD) has sought an action taken report from Birla Radha Krishna temple, BITS Pilani, after a wheelchair user alleged she was denied entry with her personal wheelchair. It asks for the report to be submitted within 15 days.The office of the state commissioner for…
Varanasi: At least seven girls, including six minors, were rescued from a spa centre near Malgodaam Crossing in Ballia on Friday evening by a joint team of Delhi and Ballia police. Delhi Police had come to trace a girl who allegedly helped in trafficking a girl from Delhi to a spa in Gujarat.Ballia CO (City)…
Accused in bank fraud case on May 24, 2026 Ahmedabad: Kalupur police on Friday arrested Harsiddh Kadiyar, a joint custodian at Bank of Baroda’s Kalupur branch, for allegedly stealing Rs 8.7 crore from the bank’s currency chest. He has been remanded in police custody until May 27. The bank’s chief manager had filed a complaint…
Ludhiana: District magistrate Himanshu Jain has imposed Section 163 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), 2023, around all 14 examination centres in the district to ensure the peaceful conduct of the UPSC Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination on Sunday, May 24. The prohibitory orders ban the assembly of four or more people within a 100-metre…
Civic teams clean up a long-neglected stretch as authorities move to curb illegal dumping along border areas Panchkula: The municipal corporation Thursday launched a special sanitation drive from the Sector-20 cremation ground to Kundi village, targeting long-standing issues of waste, debris and illegal dumping in the area.MC commissioner Vinay Kumar said the stretch, located near…
Pune: The Agriculture Produce Market Committee (APMC) in Pune will develop an advanced processing unit on the Gultekdi Market Yard premises to process agriculture produce purchased from farmers to make various products like puree, pickle and dried vegetables.Officials said there are often situations when prices of farm produce drop sharply because of volatile market situations….
Guwahati: Assam police on Friday night busted an alleged cybercrime network in the Kalgachia area in Assam’s Barpeta district and seized a massive cache of identity documents, smart cards and electronic devices during the special operation. One person was also arrested during the operation.The arrested individual has been identified as Rabbul- Al Amin, son of…
Lucknow: Lucknow Development Authority (LDA) will redevelop the four-decade-old Kailashkunj Commercial Complex located in Indira Nagar, Ayodhya Road, into a mixed-use high-rise with commercial spaces and residential flats at an estimated cost of Rs 110 crore.Spread over 6,046 square metres, the complex houses around 280 shops but has become dilapidated, with several vacant units and…
Jaisalmer: A 32-year-old man allegedly killed his wife by slitting her throat during a dispute in Balotra district’s Siwana area Saturday before attempting suicide by stabbing himself with the same knife, police said.Siwana police station CI Chandra Singh identified the accused as Nitesh Kumar Jingar. Police said he called his wife Kanta, 30, to a…
India’s total fertility rate (TFR), or the average number of children a woman would have, has fallen even further to 1.9 from 2.1, according to the latest sample registration system (SRS) report of 2024. Barring six states – Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand, in that order – the TFR has fallen…
