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Move is expected to speed up the disposal of govt files, accelerate implementation of policy decisions and help citizens get their work completed in less time Gandhinagar: To make administrative work faster and more efficient, the state govt has decided to raise the number of section officer posts in the secretariat cadre from the present 606 to 634.A notification issued by the general administration department said the Class-II officer posts will benefit 26 departments and is expected to speed up the disposal of govt files, accelerate implementation of policy decisions and help citizens get their work completed in less time.An…

Rajesh Kumar PandeyPrayagraj: The Allahabad high court has imposed a cost of Rs 50,000 on the Uttar Pradesh govt over police negligence that delayed the disposal of a bail application by more than 10 days, holding that repeated failures by police officials to furnish information sought by the court hindered the proceedings.The amount is to be paid to the applicants, while the state govt has been given liberty to recover the cost from the erring officials after conducting an inquiry. The court also observed that it would be appropriate for the Bijnor superintendent of police to conduct an inquiry and…

Odia migrant workers after their arrival at the airport in Bhubaneswar on Wednesday Bhubaneswar: Six more Odia migrant workers injured in the ammonia gas leak incident at a seafood processing factory in Tamil Nadu’s Tiruvallur district returned to Odisha on Wednesday after being discharged from hospitals in Tiruvallur and Chennai where they were undergoing treatment.Officials of the labour and employees’ state insurance department said the recovered workers were brought back from Chennai in flight and after arriving at Bhubaneswar, they were sent to their native villages in Keonjhar district under the supervision of district labour authorities.With the latest batch returning…

GURGAON: A contractor has alleged that more than 30 men arrived at his work site in a convoy of around 20 vehicles, threatened to kill him, and demanded protection money in the name of jailed gangster Kaushal Chaudhary to allow him to continue his work. Police have launched an investigation after the victim lodged a complaint at Rajendra Park police station. The contractor has also sought security for himself and his family. According to the complaint, the men, led by Davinder alias Sukku, Dinesh Dahiya, and others, reached the site on Wednesday afternoon and told him he would have to…

Itanagar: Surface connectivity to the strategically vital border outpost of Damin-Huri in Kurung Kumey district of Arunachal Pradesh was restored on Wednesday, less than 48 hours after a flash flood washed away a key bridge, an official report said.The incident occurred on July 13, leaving the frontier area cut off and disrupting the movement of residents, essential supplies and security personnel.The Kurung Kumey district administration, led by Deputy Commissioner Cheechung Chukhu, launched an emergency restoration operation in coordination with the 85 Road Construction Company of the Border Roads Organisation (BRO).Despite torrential rain, difficult terrain and adverse weather, engineering teams and…

Times News NetworkKanpur: Police arrested an absconding criminal after an encounter in the Chakeri police station area of the city late Tuesday night.Police said the miscreant opened fire but no one was injured. They said they cordoned off the area, arrested the accused and questioned him in custody.The accused was absconding and continuously evading the police. On Tuesday night, police traced his mobile location near Uttam ITI in Sanigawan, following which the Chakeri police team laid a cordon at the spot. When they tried to stop him, the accused attempted to flee at high speed on his Bullet bike, the…

LUDHIANA: A three-year-old boy who had toddled along with his mother to see off his elder sister to school, died after being mowed down by the same bus on the outskirts of Ludhiana on Wednesday morning.Samardeep Singh died on the spot. The 20-year-old bus driver tried to escape but was chased down by locals who handed him over to police. There was no attendant on the bus, a violation of Safe School Vahan policy, leading police to register an FIR against driver Navdeep Singh and management of BITS International Convent School.Samardeep’s mother accompanies their daughter Ramandeep to the bus pick-up…

Alok Kumar, chairman of YEIDA, chairs board meeting on Wednesday Noida: Yamuna Expressway Industrial Development Authority (YEIDA) in its 91st board meeting has accepted the International Trade City proposal. It is being planned along the lines of China’s Yiwu International Trade City, the world’s largest wholesale market for small commodities. It serves as a global trading hub where manufacturers and trading companies sell products in bulk to buyers from across the world.The Authority had hired Ernst & Young as a consultant to conduct a study for the Trade City proposal. The study found that India’s exports are highly diversified. Uttar…

(L) Ketan Agarwal (C) Siya Goyal and Chetan Chaudhary (R) PUNE: Police investigating the murder of Pune realtor Ketan Agarwal have visited a temple in Rajasthan to verify reports that the two accused, Siya Goyal and Chetan Chaudhary, secretly married there. Separately, Maharashtra’s food regulator has ordered the closure of a spice and dry fruits shop run by Goyal’s family over alleged violations of food safety norms. The two developments come as both accused remain in judicial custody in Yerawada Central Jail in connection with Agarwal’s murder. A team of the Pune Rural Police visited the Khatu Shyam Temple in…

ustice Neela Gokhale held that the magistrate had failed to consider the relevant provisions of the NDPS Act and applicable Supreme Court judgments while granting bail Panaji: The Bombay high court on Wednesday set aside a judicial magistrate first class (JMFC) order granting bail to Israeli national David Driham, alias Dudu, on the day of his arrest in a cocaine seizure case last year. However, considering that he has remained on bail for over a year and has cooperated with the investigation, the court allowed him to continue on bail under stricter conditions.The narcotics control bureau (NCB) registered a case…