Chennai: Educationists drew chief minister Joseph Vijay’s attention to the pressing challenges faced by higher education in the state, including declining academic standards, huge faculty vacancies, and the absence of vice-chancellors in state universities. They urged him to immediately take steps to appoint vice-chancellors to all state universities. The new state govt also has to…
The high number of abortions conducted at home has also emerged as a concern for authorities Gurgaon: Haryana has reverse-tracked nearly 4,000 medical termination of pregnancy (MTP)/abortion cases over the past 18 months even as private hospitals have emerged as the biggest focus area.The high number of abortions conducted at home has also emerged as…
Kolkata: The National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) report on Accidents and Suicides in India 2024 has found that Kolkata has witnessed a jump of 10% in accidents from 2023 to 2024. While a total of 1,129 accidents were reported in 2023, it rose to 1,242 in 2024. The incidents left 1,150 persons injured and 92…
Panaji: The state’s victim assistance unit (VAU) has revealed that almost 30% of survivors of child sex abuse are male. The VAU analysed 3,949 cases documented between 2014 and 2026 that were referred by various authorities. Female survivors constituted 70.8% of the cases.VAU coordinator Emidio Pinho said people are often shocked to learn that boys…
Varanasi: Police teams raided seven locations across Ghazipur and Mau districts on Sunday in search of Afsha Ansari, the widow of late gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari.Ghazipur SP Iraj Raja said Afsha, who carries a Rs 50,000 bounty in both districts, is wanted on gangster charges. Raids were carried out at seven possible hideouts in each district,…
Ahmedabad: Sarkhej police on Saturday seized Indian Made Foreign Liquor (IMFL) and beer worth Rs 76.6 lakh concealed in a truck transporting ayurvedic products near Bakrol Circle on SP Ring Road early Saturday morning.Police said the liquor consignment, allegedly smuggled from Punjab, was hidden behind cartons of ayurvedic products and flour sacks loaded from Haridwar…
Ludhiana: A woman in Urban Vihar fended off two motorcycle-borne snatchers, slapping one of the attackers before chasing them through the streets of Dugri.The attempted robbery, captured on local CCTV, shows the victim walking near her home when two youths on a motorbike approached and grabbed her purse. Rather than relenting, the woman struck the…
Chandigarh: A Punjab and Haryana high court advocate was allegedly duped of Rs 85,000 by a caller posing as a bank employee, police said. A case has been registered at the cyber police station, and efforts are on to trace the accused. No arrests have been made so far.According to the complaint, Kirpal Singh Thakur,…
Pune: School education minister Dada Bhuse said the state government is making efforts to reduce the non-academic workload on teachers while focusing on quality and skill-based education for students across all sections of society.Speaking at the 62nd foundation day celebration of Bharati Vidyapeeth, Bhuse said govt was working towards ensuring that children from ordinary families…
Guwahati: Assam governor Lakshman Prasad Acharya on Sunday invited Himanta Biswa Sarma to form the new govt after NDA staked its claim with the support of 102 MLAs in the 126-member state assembly.Sarma, accompanied by BJP-appointed central observer JP Nadda, co-observer and Haryana CM Nayab Singh Saini, senior leaders of state BJP, and alliance partners…
