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Chandigarh: Haryana’s sex ratio at birth (SRB) fell to 900 girls per 1,000 boys in Jan-Jun 2026, the state’s worst figure in eight years.Haryana is the state from where PM Narendra Modi had launched the Beti Padhao, Beti Bachao campaign in Jan 2015.SRB in Haryana was 923 in 2025 and 910 in 2024, with several districts reporting sharp declines, according to data tabled in the state assembly on Monday.The figures were provided by women and child development minister Shruti Choudhry in response to a question by Congress MLA Aditya Surjewala, who sought district-wise SRB data since 2019 and details of…

Lucknow: The UP govt has achieved another significant milestone in the public procurement system by registering procurement worth more than Rs 1 lakh crore on Govt e-Marketplace (GeM) since its inception in 2017.Uttar Pradesh accounts for more than 30% of the total procurement made by all states in the country through GeM. A state govt spokesperson said that the achievement reflected the effectiveness of the state govt policies aimed at promoting digital governance, transparency, efficiency and inclusive public procurement in the state.The achievement of UP has also received recognition at the national level. At the 10th Foundation Day celebration of…

Congress state president Rajesh Ram with party workers stage a protest over filing of an FIR against Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi, at Sadaquat Ashram in Patna on Monday Patna: Hundreds of Congress workers staged a protest here on Monday against the case registered against party functionary and Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi in Uttarakhand. The protesters described the move as part of the BJP’s alleged ‘anti-dalit policies’.Led by Bihar Congress in charge Krishna Allavaru and state party president Rajesh Ram, the protesters also burnt an effigy of Uttarakhand chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami…

17 Councillor Candidates Risk Rejection Over Late Symbol SubmissionsCongress infighting spills onto the streets; in the municipal election, symbol letters of about 17 candidates out of 70 could not be submitted to the ROCongress infighting spills onto the streets; in the municipal election, symbol letters of about 17 candidates out of 70 could not be submitted to the ROCongress infighting spills onto the streets; in the municipal election, symbol letters of about 17 candidates out of 70 could not be submitted to the ROCongress infighting spills onto the streets; in the municipal election, symbol letters of about 17 candidates out…

Akola: A daylight robbery at the residence of a businessman in Akola’s Ramdas Peth police station limits on Monday morning triggered panic in the area after the victim was allegedly assaulted, tied up and confined while cash and gold jewellery were taken away.The incident took place around 7:30am in the Naya Jeen area near Mohta Mill Road. The victim, Vijay Gupta, runs Gupta Flower Oil Industries from the premises where he resides.According to Gupta, a few people who had come to meet him attacked him and tied his hands and legs. He alleged that the robbers took ₹2.5 lakh in…

A yellow alert for heavy rainfall has been issued for isolated places in East Singhbhum, Seraikela-Kharsawan, Hazaribag, Koderma, Ramgarh, Giridih, Bokaro, Dhanbad and Ranchi Ranchi: Residents across the state have been advised to remain cautious, with the Ranchi Met office forecasting heavy to very heavy rainfall at isolated places over the next few days and issuing orange and yellow alerts for several districts.Baburaj PP, head of the Ranchi Met office, said a well-marked low-pressure area persisted over Gangetic West Bengal, adjoining north coastal Odisha and the northwest Bay of Bengal at 8:30 am on Monday.Under its influence, Jharkhand is likely…

Ganesh idol stuck due to political arches in Kalyan (File Photo) KALYAN: Political arches erected in the middle of roads and at busy junctions during festivals will be kept off the streets in Kalyan-Dombivli this year, with the Shiv Sena and Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) deciding against putting up such structures during Dahi Handi and Ganeshotsav.The initiative was first announced by Dombivli MNS city president Harshad Patil, who said the party would not erect arches or banners in the middle of roads. He had also urged the Kalyan-Dombivli Municipal Corporation (KDMC) not to grant permissions for such structures.Patil said road…

Reclaim the wall with graffiti by the sfi students union at ju…..Debobrata Shome Kolkata: The state govt has reportedly told Jadavpur University (JU) that any graffiti with “links to foreign countries”—Cuba, China, Russia—will not be encouraged and may be dealt with sternly, prompting the campus authorities to consider forming a committee to check the wall paintings and decide what is “acceptable and what is not”.“The state stance is that quotes and poems by writers associated with foreign countries, such as Cuba, China and Russia, should be avoided,” said a higher education department official. “Instead, students must focus on our national…

Laurene Powell Jobs took an unconventional route from Wall Street to becoming one of the most influential philanthropists and investors in the United States. After graduating from the University of Pennsylvania in 1985, she spent a year at Merrill Lynch and two years at Goldman Sachs before leaving finance and moving to Florence, Italy, where she lived for eight months. She later returned to the US and earned an MBA from Stanford University in 1991. Her life changed dramatically after she married Apple co-founder Steve Jobs and later inherited a substantial fortune following his death in 2011. Rather than simply…

At least 12 people have been killed and 17 injured, including two children, in overnight Russian strikes on Ukraine’s capital Kyiv and the wider region, local officials say.In Kyiv, six of the eight casualties were railway workers of the state Ukrzaliznytsia company after a depot was hit. Four people were killed in the town of Boryspil.Civilian infrastructure and residential buildings were hit during the strikes, causing fires in three of Kyiv’s districts, Mayor Vitali Klitschko said.Russia’s defence ministry said its “massive strike using high-precision weapons” targeted Ukraine’s “military-industrial and fuel-energy” facilities in Kyiv and the region.The latest attack comes after…