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NCP (SP) working president Supriya Sule ​Pune: Baramati MP and working president of NCP (SP) Supriya Sule on Monday said that her party will oppose hill cutting and for road projects in Pune, including the Patal Lok project.​“We are not against development, but it should not come at the cost of environment,” she said, adding that they have also opposed the Balbharati to Paud Phata road. She was speaking to reporters after a visit to Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC).​Supriya said that hill cutting should stop immediately and warned that her party’s members, both political workers and residents, will take to…

Panaji: Schools across Goa have been directed to begin preparing digital health cards for schoolchildren under Rashtriya Bal Swasthya Karyakram (RBSK) 2.0.In the first phase, schools must submit student details including Aadhaar number, height, weight, and haemoglobin levels. This will allow linking the health ministry’s ABHA (Ayushman Bharat Health Account) ID with the education ministry’s Permanent Education Number (PEN) ID.A circular from Goa Samagra Shiksha Abhiyan said the RBSK 2.0 portal is being rolled out by the Union ministry of health and family welfare to strengthen children’s digital health records through a unique health identifier and health cards.The circular instructed…

Chandigarh: Protests were held at Panjab University on Monday after around 80 to 90 students of the University Institute of Engineering and Technology (UIET) were reportedly detained from continuing their courses after being unable to meet the university’s 50% aggregate requirement.Members of the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) staged a protest in UIET, while members of the All India Students’ Association (AISA) gathered outside the vice-chancellor’s office, demanding relief for affected students.The student groups sought a special chance for the students like other departments, arguing that those who have been unable to meet the prescribed aggregate should be given an…

Lucknow: A court in Barabanki has sentenced four men, including the uncle of a 23-year-old woman, to life imprisonment for her murder in what the judge termed an honour killing, nearly 11 years after the crime in Kaimei village under Deva police station.Additional district judge Anjani Kumar Singh on Monday convicted Kunware, Harinam Gautam, Durga and Dinesh under IPC Section 302 (murder) and awarded life imprisonment to each. The court also imposed a fine of Rs 18,000 on each convict.Govt counsel Varun Mishra said the case dates back to the evening of Dec 15, 2015, when the victim, identified as…

Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar addresses an event at Gyan Bhavan in Patna on Monday Patna: Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar on Monday interacted with students and young voters at Gyan Bhavan and launched Electoral Literacy Clubs 2.0 (ELC 2.0) in Bihar, an initiative aimed at promoting electoral awareness and informed participation in democracy.The interaction was held during a conference on Electoral Literacy Clubs and ECINet, where Kumar inaugurated an ECI workshop and emphasised the role of educational institutions in strengthening public trust in elections. He said young voters should be familiar with democratic values, voter registration, polling and…

LoP Tikaram Jully, PCC Chief Govind Singh Dottasra and Sukhjinder Singh Randhava during the two-day brainstorming session at the PCC office in Jaipur, Rajasthan on 17 August 2026 Jaipur: In a move to resonate with the younger electorate, Rajasthan Congress is gearing up for the upcoming local body polls by shifting its campaign focus beyond traditional election issues. During a two-day brainstorming session at Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) office Monday, Rajasthan in-charge Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa called on party workers to deepen their engagement with Gen Z, emphasising critical issues such as jobs, unemployment and the condition of govt schools.Randhawa addressed…

Nagpur: Nagpur University (NU) has granted a one-time final opportunity to engineering students who have failed their second-year examinations and are currently ineligible to enter fourth year, allowing them temporary admission to the fourth year so they can appear for their pending second-year papers in the upcoming Winter-2026 examinations.The decision, taken by university’s academic council at its meeting on August 10, was notified on August 14. The move provides relief to students under the Choice Based System (CBS) and Choice Based Credit System (CBCS) who otherwise face a break in their academic progression because of uncleared second-year subjects.Under the special…

Ranchi: Left parties and social organisations on Monday observed Prativaad Diwas to protest against the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2026, passed by Parliament last week.CPI(ML) state secretary Manoj Bhakt said the protesters demanded the withdrawal of the bill and warned of a widespread agitation if their demand was not met.“The agitation could include stopping the transportation of minerals such as iron ore, coal and uranium from Jharkhand to other parts of the country,” Bhakt said.The RJD and Left parties have also planned a march to Lok Bhavan on Aug 22. They will submit a memorandum addressed…

Vadodara: “Kanoon ke haath bahut lambe hote hain.” Sixty nine-year-old Habib Ahmed Abdul Shakur Pathan had heard the filmi dialogue countless times in the cop dramas of the 1980s. But after evading arrest for 45 years in a bus robbery case, Pathan has now discovered that the long arm of the law can indeed stretch across state borders.The Vadodara Rural police’s Local Crime Branch (LCB) traced Pathan to his native village in Kasganj, Uttar Pradesh, and arrested him in connection with a robbery committed on a passenger bus in Karjan near Vadodara in 1981 making the case one of the…

Varanasi: Right leg of a woman was severed on the spot when a in the e-rickshaw Varanasi Municipal Corporation dumper crashed into the e-rickshaw in which she was commuting, in the city on Saturday afternoon. In the accident, four other women commuters and the driver were injured too.According to eyewitnesses, the dumper was moving at high speed in Sundarpur. To allow passage to an oncoming ambulance, driver of the dumper accelerated and it went out of control, hitting the e-rickshaw. The impact caused injuries to the driver and women commuters.Local residents rushed Sheela Devi, 55, whose leg was severed in…