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Shariq.Majeed@timesofindia.comLudhiana: As the birth anniversary of Param Vir Chakra recipient Flying Officer Nirmaljit Singh Sekhon is on Friday, the residents of his village are unhappy with the treatment meted out by the govt to the village of the martyr and aver that it remained neglected.The late officer’s 42-year-old nephew, Amardeep Singh, who along with hismother Jagnandan Kaur lives in Rajguru Nagar, Ludhiana, and is the holderof the PVC medal of his uncle, also is not happy with the condition of thevillage.Amardeep told TOI that though the central govt has remembered his uncle’ssacrifice, the state govt has not done much. He…

Ban for plastic materials below 40 microns is officially in force in the city limits plastic bags Materials City Shopes. having a free run in the city. Mysuru: Mysuru district administration and Sri Kshetra Chamundeshwari development authority have deployed green warriors to create awareness among devotees against single-use plastic and prevent its use atop Chamundi Hills, during the Ashadha Fridays.Volunteer teams have also been stationed at Lalitha Mahal Palace Grounds and will work in shifts from morning till evening. Green warriors are also deployed from the foothills of Chamundi Hills along the climbing stretch, to check the plastic menace this…

Noida: The district consumer commission has ordered the RWA of Kendriya Vihar-II in Sector 82 to pay Rs 1 lakh in compensation to a resident, holding it responsible for failing to tackle stray dog menace that led to a four-year-old girl being mauled inside the housing society.Calling it a “deficiency in service”, the commission ruled that an RWA collecting maintenance and security charges cannot evade its responsibility to ensure residents’ safety within the residential premises.Allowing the complaint on July 10, the bench of president Anil Kumar Pundir and member Anju Sharma asked the RWA, through its president, to pay the…

The recent torrential rains caused localised flooding and infrastructural disruptions in the city Pune: The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has decided to install CCTV cameras to monitor illegal activities like large-scale debris dumping along the riverbeds of Mula and Mutha within the civic limits following repeated complaints.“We have identified 30 chronic spots. New CCTV cameras and signaling systems will be installed at the locations. The administration plans to complete the project in a month,” said Ganesh Sonune of the PMC’s disaster management department.Citizen activists welcomed the idea, but said the administration must maintain the facilities. They said such projects initiated…

Panaji: A decade old, Rs 35,000 crore illegal mining case that dumped barons of the industry, out of the sector ended in a whimper after the Bombay high court quashed the first information report (FIR) filed by crime branch of Goa police based on the Justice M B Shah commission’s findings.Crime branch had registered the FIR based on the complaint of the directorate of mines and geology has closed the illegal mining case. A special investigation team (SIT) was investigating 126 mining cases.In 2023, Supreme Court order quashed and set aside the high court order directing state to register an…

Chandigarh: Punjab Congress president Amrinder Singh Raja Warring on Thursday backed party MLA and Punjab leader of opposition Partap Singh Bajwa amid his standoff with the AAP govt and alleged that Congress councillors in Qadian had been subjected to pressure by the incumbent AAP.Praising Bajwa for “standing up to the intimidation” by the AAP govt, Warring assured him of the party’s full support and said the Congress would continue to oppose what he described as the ruling party’s “criminal intimidation”.In a video message, Warring alleged that Congress councillors in Qadian had been forcibly taken away by supporters of the AAP.…

Deputy CM Brajesh Pathak performs community service Lucknow: Lord Jagannath, “Lord of the Universe,” protects all devotees and represents unity of the nation, said deputy chief minister Brajesh Pathak, taking part in Sri Jagannath Rath Yatra organised by the ISKCON Temple, Golf City, on Thursday. He said the deity has united the country from Kashmir to Kanyakumari.At a function organised at Ravindralaya, Pathak said, “Jagannath is derived from Sanskrit words—’Jagat’ (the universe) and ‘Nath’ (Lord)—meaning Supreme Lord of the universe.“Blessings of Lord Jagannath have united the country from Kashmir to Kanyakumari in a single spiritual thread,” said Pathak.He said human…

Patna: What was meant to be exam-time discipline turned into social media “masti” for a student and an embarrassment for BN Mandal University after a video allegedly shot inside an examination hall went viral.The clip purportedly shows a girl dancing to a Bhojpuri song and displaying her admit card during BNMU’s BA second-semester internal examination. Uploaded from an Instagram account named ‘Kajal Vishnu’, the reel claims to have been filmed at Ramesh Jha Mahila College in Saharsa, a constituent college of the university. TOI could not independently verify the authenticity of the video or the claims regarding where and when…

Congress president Govind Singh Dotasra with chairman of RPCC’s OBC dept, Harsahay Yadav, at an event Thursday Jaipur: Rajasthan Congress president Govind Singh Dotasra on Thursday alleged large-scale corruption in the transfer of teachers, accusing people close to education minister Madan Dilawar of extorting money during the process.Speaking to reporters after the OBC Congress Advisory Council conference in Jaipur, Dotasra alleged that the education department became the “worst-affected” by corruption in transfers.“There is rampant corruption in transfers. People close to the education minister are heavily engaged in extortion. A lot of money was taken in teachers’ transfers,” he alleged.Challenging the…

Nagpur: Law colleges in Nagpur and across the state have been slapped with hefty penalties by the Bar Council of India (BCI) for allegedly failing to initiate the mandatory course approval process and pay the prescribed fees within stipulated timeline. The issue has also delayed admissions for the current academic year, with the State CET Cell putting the admission process for both five-year BA LLB and three-year LLB courses on hold until colleges submit BCI approval for 2026-27. NU’s Dr Ambedkar College of Law is among few institutions to have escaped the penalty. However, despite complying, it too has been…