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Panchkula: The district will observe the Har Ghar Tiranga campaign from Aug 9 to 17, while Partition Horrors Remembrance Day (Vibhajan Vibhishika Smriti Diwas) will be commemorated on Aug 14 with patriotic events and public participation.Deputy commissioner Satpal Sharma reviewed preparations and directed all departments to complete arrangements in a coordinated manner.He said the campaign this year is centred on the theme “150 Years of the National Song: Vande Mataram”, with participation from govt departments, educational institutions, urban local bodies, social organisations and citizens.A range of activities, including Tiranga bike and cycle rallies, Tiranga Yatras, exhibitions on the national flag…

Samajwadi Party national president Akhilesh Yadav Lucknow: Samajwadi Party national president Akhilesh Yadav on Sunday accused BJP govt in Uttar Pradesh of “destroying the future” of students and farmers, alleging that 26,386 schools have been shut in the state over the last 10 years and that enrolment in govt schools has fallen by 28 lakh students, including 16 lakh girls.Speaking to reporters after chairing a meeting of SP Legislature Party at the party headquarters on Sunday morning, Akhilesh said SP MLAs would raise the issue of school closures and student dropouts in the legislature, along with what he described as…

Nagpur: Bhandara police dealt a major blow to organised crime by slapping MCOCA against six dreaded gangs till July this year. Two of the six gangs have strong Nagpur connections, including a gang of burglars having over a hundred cases filed in Nagpur, its adjoining district like Bhandara and states like Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh.Out of the 10 MCOCA cases registered in Bhandara in the last 11 years, six were registered in the last seven months alone. From 2015 to 2020, Bhandara recorded zero MCOCA cases. The law was invoked twice in 2021, once each in 2023 and 2025.SP Bhandara…

The spot at BT Road where the accident took place on Saturday morning Kolkata: Suspecting that construction materials piled on the roadside could have led to Saturday’s fatal accident in which two young siblings were killed after a truck hit their scooter, cops have launched a hunt for the builder accused of illegally stockpiling stone chips along the Dunlop-bound flank of BT Road in Baranagar. The builder’s mobile tower location was reportedly traced to Odisha. Police have already detained one of the builder’s employees. Source link

Representative Image (AI-generated) A long-term shift in the tropical Pacific Ocean has played contrasting roles in wildfire activity on opposite sides of the world, amplifying fire-prone conditions in the southwestern United States while easing them in eastern Australia. According to a new study published in the journal Nature Communications, the Pacific Ocean pattern increased drying-related burned forest area in the U.S. Southwest by about 22%, but reduced it by roughly 19% in eastern Australia. The findings are based on nearly four decades of wildfire and climate data spanning 1984 to 2022.Decades of data reveal a climate connectionFor the study, researchers…

The detained Burmese leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been allowed to meet a delegation from the International Federation of the Red Cross, the first confirmed outside contact with her for two and a half years.In photographs of the meeting released by the military government Suu Kyi appeared to be healthy.She was detained shortly after the armed forces deposed her government in 2021, and sentenced to 33 years in jail on what are widely viewed as trumped up charges, though her sentence has been reduced and she has been moved to house arrest.Despite repeated assurances from the military authorities that…

In Woodhall Spa, business owner Tracy Walters has another view.She co-owns Sweet Emporium where she is busy serving customers sweets and ice creams in the hot weather.She says she is not considering hiring any young people to help her behind the counter “because of the cost”, but also because, in her experience, “they’re too unreliable”.”They have boyfriend problems and other problems. Sometimes they don’t turn up on time and it’s hard to get rid of them if they’re unreliable,” she said.Earlier this year, a government review by former minister Alan Milburn, external found one in eight young people aged 16…

Wales have become the first nation to publicly withdraw backing for Gianni Infantino’s bid to continue his leadership of Fifa.It follows the loss of confidence in the Fifa president following his scrapped plans to sell stakes in its competitions to private investment firms.The Football Association of Wales (FAW) has confirmed “its withdrawal of support for the candidature of Mr Gianni Infantino for re-election as Fifa president for the 2027-2031 term”.Infantino’s lucrative plan sparked a global outcry, with European football’s governing body Uefa threatening to boycott all Fifa competitions, including the World Cup. Uefa and Concacaf – which oversees football in…

The Moon conjunct retrograde Saturn in Pisces brings a serious mental tone. You may want to repeat something you have already said, or you may not believe that you are being understood. The First Shravan Somwar Vrat encourages patient action and measured speech.What to Do TodayIf you don’t get the response you expect, go back to the message, proposal, application or conversation. Look at the timing, language and info. Maybe it could be reopened through more transparent procedures, without adding to the tension.Capricorns should plan tasks that include writing, accounts, training, sales, and local travel. The new method uses a…

Dining in first class was comparable to eating at one of Europe’s finest luxury hotels. The famous dinner served on the evening of April 14, 1912, just hours before the collision with the iceberg, featured an elaborate multi-course menu. Guests could choose from oysters, consommé and cream soups, poached salmon with mousseline sauce, filet mignon, roast duckling, lamb with mint sauce, sirloin of meat and roast squab. The meal concluded with an impressive selection of desserts, including Waldorf pudding, peaches in Chartreuse jelly, éclairs, French ice cream and an assortment of cheeses and fresh fruit. It was a showcase of…