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Ahmedabad: Gujarat High Court on Tuesday asked govt authorities to give wide publicity to the state govt’s mobile application through which citizens can make complaints regarding illegal mining activities. The direction was given in connection with a case involving the illegal extraction of a large quantity of sand from a village in Bardoli taluka, which had left behind craters.Govt authorities conceded that due to a communication gap, appropriate action could not be taken against the mining mafia at that time. However, the authority lodged an FIR and a probe was underway. All the authorities concerned, including the additional chief secretary…
Hundreds of students of Sarvodaya Inter College of Kishanpur in Fatehpur district staged a protest outside their college seeking basic facilities, on Tuesday. Prayagraj: If the Gen Z at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar made the Union govt bend, Gen Alpha in Kishanpur town scripted a quieter, but significant success of its own on Tuesday, making Fatehpur district administration bow to its demands.Their battle was not over politics or resignations, but for basic necessities — electricity, fans, safe drinking water and proper classroom furniture.Braving hot and humid weather, hundreds of students of Sarvodaya Inter College — a govt-aided intermediate college (Classes 11…
Many in the housing society have been forced to buy water from tankers daily. Each tanker costs around Rs 2,000 each Gurgaon: More than 600 families in Uppal Southend’s A, B and C blocks in Sector 49 have been without regular water supply for three days after a water supply motor pump developed a fault. Many residents said the issue had been cropping up in frequent intervals for the past month but the authorities have not heard their complaints.The disruption has forced many households to buy water from private tankers, costing them around Rs 2,000. Some other families are sustaining…
Guwahati: Air India Express has waived cargo charges for relief supplies bound for flood-hit Assam.The waiver applies to its Guwahati flights from Delhi, Bengaluru and Kolkata, allowing registered NGOs and recognised relief agencies to transport humanitarian supplies.“Eligible consignments may include relief materials such as food and dry rations, drinking water, medicines, hygiene and sanitation kits, clothing, blankets, tarpaulins and other essential humanitarian supplies, subject to applicable regulatory requirements and Air India Express’ verification, acceptance and carriage policies,” the airline said Monday.Air India Express operates six daily flights from Delhi, three from Bengaluru and two from Kolkata to Guwahati.Relief organisations can…
Jhansi: A 19-year-old man was arrested on Tuesday for allegedly killing his 15-year-old cousin over a dispute regarding the distribution of wages earned through labour work.According to police, the teenager had gone missing from his home on July 19, following which his family lodged a missing person’s complaint at Babina police station.The boy’s body was, however, found in a well in Khajaraha Buzurg village on July 20.Police sent the body for postmortem examination and, based on the findings, added murder charges to the case and intensified the investigation.The accused, identified as Ashiq Ahirwar, was eventually arrested and allegedly confessed to…
Noida: A teacher at a private school, accused of negligence by the mother of a Class VI student who died last Sept, was granted anticipatory bail by an additional sessions court on Monday.The case was registered against the teacher and the school administration under BNS Section 357 (breach of a contract to attend to or supply the wants of a helpless person) and Section 75 of the Juvenile Justice Act (cruelty to a child) after an FIR was filed at Sector 20 police station by the student’s mother. The offences carried a maximum sentence of seven years’ imprisonment.According to the…
Corporators said enforcement against one-way violations would begin next week Pune: A joint delegation of the Vimannagar Vikas Samiti (VNVS) and corporators met Pune municipal commissioner Naval Kishore Ram on Tuesday, pressing for time-bound action against illegal hawking, footpath encroachments, traffic bottlenecks, water supply issues and other long-pending civic concerns. The meeting followed an interaction held on July 25.Citing PMC records, VNVS said only 150-160 hawkers were licensed in Vimannagar, while over 420 unauthorised stalls were allegedly operating on footpaths, road junctions and public spaces. Residents alleged that several food stalls used commercial LPG cylinders and conducted open cooking on…
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A PhD scholar from the Department of Microbiology at Panjab University died after suffering an electric shock near Girls’ Hostel No. 10 on Tuesday. The deceased, identified as Jyoti, a resident of District Mahindergarh, Haryana, was reportedly on her way to the department via an unpaved pathway adjoining the road connecting Girls’ Hostel No. 8 and UIET when the incident occurred. After the incident has sparked massive student protests outside the Vice-Chancellor’s office, where students broke barricades, locked gates, and clashed with police to demand accountability. Chandigarh: Every time a major tragedy strikes Panjab University’s South Campus, questions on safety,…
Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann and AAP MP Sanjay Singh at the parliament premises during the Monsoon Session of the Parliament, in New Delhi on Tuesday Lucknow: Bringing the focus back on the Ram Temple donation theft issue, Aam Aadmi Party MP and UP in-charge Sanjay Singh on Tuesday said that he is going to move Allahabad high court soon against the UP govt formed SIT for not reviewing documents on “fraudulent land deals” which he submitted to them on June 25.“I have documents to prove fraudulent land deals in several cases, involving people of the Ram Mandir Trust. ,…