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Lucknow: Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti Language University (KMCLU) will introduce a one-year postgraduate diploma in Archives and Records Management from the 2026-27 academic session.The job-oriented course is in line with the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 and offers 30 seats. It will commence in Aug 2026 and aims to equip students with professional skills in archival and records management.Dean, faculty of social sciences, Poonam Chaudhary said the programme has been designed to meet the growing demand for trained professionals in scientific record management across govt and private organisations. The curriculum will include both theoretical and practical training. Source link

Patna: An 11-year-old boy was hit by a school van and dragged for around 1.5 km in Gopalganj district on Wednesday. The incident took place between Yadavpur Mor and Banjari Mor under Town police station area. The boy is undergoing treatment and is in a stable condition, police said.According to eyewitnesses, the boy was trapped beneath the van and dragged along the road. Passers-by raised an alarm and tried to stop the vehicle. Seeing a crowd gather, the driver abandoned the van and fled the spot. Local residents immediately rushed the critically injured child to the Sadar Hospital.The injured boy…

Jaipur: A senior teacher posted at Govt Senior Secondary School in Bamanwas in Sawai Madhopur district was suspended following complaints against her Wednesday. Another vocational education instructor posted at the same school was also relieved of her duties and shifted to the service provider company pending further action.The school education department said the action was initiated against the teacher based on a report submitted by the district education officer, Sawai Madhopur.Considering the seriousness of the allegations, the education department placed the senior teacher under suspension with immediate effect. Source link

Nagpur: The Nagpur bench of the Bombay high court recently reaffirmed that the constitutional right to privacy includes “right to be forgotten,” directing its registry to anonymise the identity of a man whose criminal case was quashed nearly eight years ago. The court also ordered removal of his name from publicly searchable court records.A division bench of Justices Urmila Joshi-Phalke and Nivedita Mehta passed the order while allowing criminal writ petition filed by a 37-year-old environment and climate change consultant from Jaipur, whose identity was withheld in the proceedings as “ABC.”The petitioner sought directions to mask his name and other…

CM Hemant Soren chairs the review meeting on Wednesday Ranchi: CM Hemant Soren on Wednesday set a two-month deadline for completion of key pending road and bridge projects across the state and directed the road construction department to make geo-tagging mandatory for all projects to strengthen transparency, monitoring and accountability.Chairing a review meeting of the department, he warned officials of strict departmental action in case of undue delays, negligence or failure to meet project timelines, read a statement from the information and public relations department.The department made a detailed presentation on its activities over the past five years, including ongoing…

Surat: Three policemen attached to Panoli police station in Bharuch district were arrested by the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Tuesday while allegedly accepting a Rs 1 lakh bribe, the first instalment of a purported Rs 3 lakh demand for returning a mobile phone seized in a prohibition case.The arrested personnel are head constables Anirudhh Dhadhal and Jaydipsinh Parmar, and Lok Rakshak Police Constable Sagar Chavda.According to ACB officials, the complainant’s mobile phone was seized when he was arrested in a prohibition case. After obtaining bail, he approached the police station to recover his phone. Instead of following the prescribed procedure,…

Varanasi: Cyber Crime Police on Tuesday busted an online gambling racket operating behind Sadbhavana Park, just 100 metres from Cantt police station. Police arrested eight persons for allegedly running betting operations through the Bhagya Lakshmi app and website. Police recovered Rs. 68,275 in cash and 11 mobile phones from the spot.ACP Cyber Crime Vinay Dwivedi said those arrested were Pawan Agrahari, Anshuman Chandra, Deepak Kumar Gupta, Mohammad Khurshid, Lalit Mohan alias Sonu, Vikas Kumar Gupta alias Vicky, all residents of Sadar Bazaar Cantt, Sunil Kumar of Nachni Kuan, Adampur and Shiv Kumar Sahani of Tripura Bhairavi Ghat, Dashashwamedh.Investigation revealed they…

Chief Minister VD Satheesan Thiruvananthapuram: An expert committee has found that the interim report submitted by Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) for a high-speed rail project was incomplete, lacking crucial studies on financial viability, passenger demand and environmental and social impact, chief minister V D Satheesan said on Wednesday. The proposal was prepared under the guidance of ‘Metro Man’ E Sreedharan.Satheesan said the report was examined by an expert committee comprising experts in finance, railways and environment, besides the transport secretary. It concluded that the document could not be treated as a comprehensive project report as it lacked adequate information…

Healthy pupil-teacher ratio at state schools Kolkata: The state school education department is set to launch a drive to rationalise the pupil-teacher ratio (PTR) at state-run schools to ensure balanced classroom teaching and learning. The department has prepared an SOP for the transfer of teaching and non-teaching staff from zero-enrolment schools as well as teachers from schools that have surplus number of educators to campuses struggling with staff shortage.The department issued a notice, applicable to all govt-aided and sponsored primary as well as secondary schools, which stated that the SOP was aimed at achieving optimal deployment of teaching and non-teaching…

An elderly woman in Florida has become the talk of her retirement community after vehicle licensing officials assigned her with a racy number plate. Pompano Beach resident Nancy Dello Stritto says she “went ballistic” when she discovered her new license plate number was “SQZ A55″.”I don’t think a senior who is almost 77 will be driving around with a plate that has that to say,” Dello Stritto told CBS News in Miami, adding: “How could that pass inspection?”She said some neighbours have encouraged her to exchange the plate, while others – including family members and her sons – have told…