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Jaipur: In a fresh development related to the Nov 1, 2025, death of nine-year-old Amaira at the city’s Neerja Modi School, a Jaipur court Tuesday took cognisance of the police chargesheet in the case against school owner Saurabh Modi, principal Indu Dubey, class teacher Punita Sharma and housekeeping staffer Ramu.All four accused, present in the court Tuesday, were granted bail.Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate 10, Jaipur Metropolitan-I, reviewed the offences outlined in the chargesheet and subsequently committed the case to the Children’s Court for further proceedings.The magistrate court did not rule on a plea by Amaira’s family that sought additional charges,…

Narendra Nagar underpass flooded Nagpur: Barely three weeks after PWD claimed to have solved chronic flooding at Narendra Nagar underpass with a Rs9-crore pump-and-sump system, Tuesday’s deluge submerged the stretch again, forcing its closure and raising fresh doubts over the project’s effectiveness.Motorist Sanju Bhalavi told TOI his nine-month-old SUV was submerged after water levels rose rapidly while he was crossing the underpass. “The water was below knee level when we entered. Within moments, it rose rapidly, the engine stalled and we escaped through chest-deep water, leaving the vehicle behind,” he said.The PWD had installed four automated 40HP pumps and a…

Rajkot: The Centre’s efforts to reopen the US market for India’s wild-caught shrimp is facing resistance from Gujarat’s fishermen, who say the mandatory use of turtle excluder devices (TEDs) could lead to a substantial loss of commercially valuable fish.US, which is the largest market for Indian shrimp, has restricted imports of wild-caught shrimp from India since 2019 over concerns that fishing trawlers do not adequately protect sea turtles. The restrictions do not apply to farmed shrimp.To address the issue, scientists at the Central Institute of Fisheries Technology (CIFT) have developed an indigenous TED suited to Indian fishing conditions. Its design…

Jamshedpur: With several parts of Jamshedpur grappling with waterlogging following days of incessant rain, East Singhbhum deputy commissioner Rajiv Ranjan has directed urban local bodies to closely monitor vulnerable areas and ensure prompt action to prevent disruptions.He chaired a review meeting with officials of the Jamshedpur Notified Area Committee (JNAC), Mango Municipal Corporation (MMC), Jugsalai Municipal Council (JMC) and Chakulia Nagar Panchayat (CNP) on Monday evening.Ranjan instructed officials to keep a close watch on waterlogging-prone locations for swift response and directed them to also ensure that all street lights are functional.Emphasising efficient drainage systems, he ordered civic bodies to carry…

Surat: Acting on a complaint from a branded watch company, Mahidharpura police raided two shops and confiscated 979 counterfeit watches worth Rs 2.78 lakh. Police also arrested two accused and booked them under the Copyright Act.Gaurav Tiwari, a legal adviser with Titan Company Ltd, filed a complaint with Mahidharpura police, stating that Metro Traders and Alam Traders were selling the counterfeit watches bearing their brand name.Based on Tiwari’s complaint, inspector D U Barad raided the shops. “We first raided Metro Traders at Vishnu Apartments near Maskati Hospital. During the raid, we found the owner, Jatin Chopra, selling the fake watches.…

A video grab of the two-wheeler alongside the ST bus Vadodara: A 19-year-old college student died after a state transport (ST) bus hit the two-wheeler she was riding pillion on, on the Fatehgunj flyover around 3.30pm on Tuesday.According to police, Trupti Mali was riding pillion while her friend Shraddha Kadam was driving the two-wheeler. When the duo was on the flyover, a speeding ST bus hit their two-wheeler. Both Mali and Kadam fell on the road while the bus driver sped away.A doctor, who was passing by, stopped her car and rushed Mali to hospital. However, Mali, a student at…

Varanasi: Continuing its crackdown on the Mukhtar Ansari gang, the Ghazipur police on Tuesday lodged a third FIR in a week against gangster-turned-politician late Mukhtar Ansari’s elder brother and SP’s Ghazipur MP, Afzal Ansari, over alleged irregularities in records related to the sale and purchase of a firearm on his arms licence. This is the fifth FIR registered against members of the Mukhtar gang and the third against Afzal within a week.Ghazipur SP Iraj Raja said a third FIR was registered against Afzal after it came to light that the original file and purchase-sale records related to his arms licence…

T’puram: Chief minister V D Satheesan has written to his Tamil Nadu counterpart C Joseph Vijay seeking a review of the restrictions imposed by Tamil Nadu govt on the inter-state transportation of construction materials, including stone aggregates, stating the move has disrupted supplies and could delay the completion of several national highway projects in Kerala.In his letter, Satheesan referred to Tamil Nadu govt’s decision on July 9 regulating the inter-state transportation of rough stones and other construction materials. He said the decision has significantly affected the movement of stone aggregates from Tirunelveli, Tenkasi and Kanniyakumari to Kerala. These districts have…

Kolkata: Neither one’s voter card nor Aadhaar nor bank account is conclusive proof of Indian citizenship, the Calcutta High Court has said, refusing to interfere in the state’s proceedings regarding a “Murshidabad man” held in a detention centre for being a “Bangladeshi” because of obvious discrepancies.Nasir and his cousin, Suman Molla, were given repeated chances to prove that the former was an Indian citizen by descent, the court said. Suman claimed that Nasir’s father died in 1980 and he brought up Nasir, but the court noted that it was inclined to “disbelieve” the contention as Nasir (46 years old, according…

On a remote island in the Marshall Islands, a concrete dome built more than four decades ago holds roughly 85,000 cubic metres of radioactive waste left over from the United States’ Cold War-era nuclear testing programme. Known officially as Runit Dome and locally as The Tomb, the structure was built between 1977 and 1980 to seal off contaminated soil and debris from 43 nuclear weapons tests carried out by the US military across Enewetak Atoll between 1948 and 1958. The dome’s concrete cap sits directly above a blast crater that was never lined underneath, and rising sea levels are now…