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The govt has also formally informed the jathedar of Akal Takht about the formation of the panel. The committee will discuss suggestions and feedback received from Akal Takht and work out a roadmap for coordination with its panel to build consensus on the proposed amendments Chandigarh: The next meeting of the seven-member coordination committee set up by the Punjab govt to deliberate on matters related to the Jagat Jot Sri Guru Granth Sahib Satikar (Amendment) Act, 2026 will be held on Oct 6.The govt has also formally informed the jathedar of Akal Takht about the formation of the panel. The…
Lucknow: Chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday targeted previous govts, alleging that before 2017 Uttar Pradesh was effectively run by mafia networks and that political leadership had compromised with criminal elements while the police remained unable to act.Speaking at Lok Bhavan after flagging off 87 interceptor vehicles for Uttar Pradesh Police, Yogi said the state’s law-and-order situation had changed significantly over the past nine years through police reforms, technology-driven policing and what he described as firm political resolve.“Before 2017, dreaded mafias operated in almost every district. Parallel govts used to run. Govts would bow before the mafia and the police…
Chief minister Samrat Choudhary and Union road transport and highways minister Nitin Gadkari at a review meeting in Patna on Thursday Patna: Union road transport and highways minister Nitin Gadkari and chief minister Samrat Choudhary on Thursday reviewed the progress of key National Highway and NHAI projects in Bihar and directed officials to expedite implementation, resolve bottlenecks and maintain construction quality.Deputy chief ministers Vijay Kumar Choudhary and Bijendra Prasad Yadav, road construction minister Kumar Shailendra and chief secretary Pratyay Amrit, among others, attended the review meeting.A range of strategic road and expressway projects came up for discussion, including the Patna-Purnia…
Surat-Udaipur City-Surat Vande Bharat Express services will begin with an inaugural special on Oct 2 Udaipur: The Surat-Udaipur City-Surat Vande Bharat Express services will begin with an inaugural special on Oct 2, followed by regular operations from Oct 3. The train will run six days a week, except Tuesdays.North Western Railway chief public relations officer Amit Sudarshan said train number 09103, the Surat-Udaipur City inaugural special, would leave Surat at 10am on Oct 2 and reach Udaipur City at 5.40pm.It will stop at Bharuch, Vadodara, Anand, Maninagar, Asarwa, Himmatnagar, Shamlaji Road, Dungarpur and Jawar. The inaugural service will have eight…
Amravati: From World Cup golds to Asian Games brink — at 17, Kumkum Anil Mohod is already Amravati’s biggest archery star.Kumkum has two World Cup golds to her name already — a team recurve gold in Shanghai and a mixed recurve gold in Antalya with Dhiraj Bommadevara. She now stands on the verge of her first Asian Games medal, as she takes the field in two team finals on Friday — women’s recurve team and recurve mixed team.In Aichi-Nagoya, she has been in ruthless form. In the mixed team, Kumkum and Dhiraj opened with a 6-0 win over UAE, then…
Rajkot: A 42-year-old jewellery businessman has alleged that a man obtained Rs 10 lakh from him on the pretext of repaying a gold loan, later redeemed the pledged jewellery without his knowledge and threatened him when confronted.Hardeep Dhorada of Jasdan filed a complaint against Abhilav Khachar, alias Lala, at Jasdan police station for cheating and criminal intimidation.According to the complaint, on Aug 12, Dhorada received a call while he was in Rajkot. The caller, who identified himself as Khachar, told him that 131gms of gold jewellery had been pledged at a gold finance company in Jasdan and could be auctioned…
Dumka: A local court in Dumka on Wednesday awarded life imprisonment to two men of Kathikund block for trafficking minor girls to Delhi on the pretext of providing them with jobs. It also imposed a fine of Rs 30,000 on each convict.The court of Additional Sessions Judge-II Yogesh Kumar Singh convicted Surju Marandi alias Durga Marandi and Ram alias Ram Hembrom in the 2017 case registered at Kathikund police station.Additional Public Prosecutor Bhavendra Soren said the accused had lured minor girls with promises of employment and taken them to Delhi. They allegedly kept the girls away from their families and…
Special rituals at Kashi Vishwanath Temple for the speedy recovery of Capt Smit MachchharSpecial rituals at Kashi Vishwanath Temple for the speedy recovery of Capt Smit MachchharSpecial rituals at Kashi Vishwanath Temple for the speedy recovery of Capt Smit MachchharSpecial rituals at Kashi Vishwanath Temple for the speedy recovery of Capt Smit MachchharSpecial rituals at Kashi Vishwanath Temple for the speedy recovery of Capt Smit Machchhar Varanasi: Special religious rituals were performed at Shri Kashi Vishwanath Dham on Thursday to honour FlyDubai pilot Captain Smit Machchhar’s extraordinary courage, steadfast devotion to duty and selfless efforts to safeguard 174 lives and…
According to residents, the incident took place around 2pm when the three men were working at a construction site T’puram: A 52-year-old construction worker was killed while two other workers sustained severe burns after they were struck by lightning at Kunnathukal Chavadi near Neyyattinkara on Thursday afternoon.The deceased was Vincent, while those injured were Dasayyan, 50, and Ajeesh, 45, all natives of Neyyattinkara.According to residents, the incident took place around 2pm when the three men were working at a construction site at Kunnathukal.The three were immediately rushed to Karakonam medical college hospital by residents. Vincent, who had suffered serious injuries…
Kolkata: Bengal BJP seniors on Thursday pointed to the need for restraint on a number of issues. President Samik Bhattacharya on Thursday distanced the party from the Lake View School debate over the removal of Karl Marx and Che Guevara photographs.He said the party might have ideological differences, but it would not insult anyone. “Neither BJP, nor RSS have given any such instruction. We may be opposed to any political philosophy, but Indian culture does not endorse insulting anyone,” Bengal BJP president Samik Bhattacharya said. On Wednesday, representatives of Akhil Bharatiya Rashtriya Shaikshik Mahasangh (ABRSM), an RSS-affiliated school teachers’ wing,…