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Police have planned decibel checks for elephants in the procession Ahmedabad: Ahead of the Jagannath Rath Yatra, city police have appealed to citizens to keep a close watch on their children, place identification slips listing their names and contact numbers in their pockets, and refrain from spreading or sharing unverified information on social media.The advisory was issued through a video featuring police commissioner Anupam Singh Gahlaut and other senior officers, who urged citizens to cooperate with police to ensure the procession was conducted peacefully.Gahlaut said ensuring the safety of citizens is police’s top responsibility and appealed to people to support…

The annual Jagannath Rath Yatra commenced in Puri with immense devotee participation. BHUBANESWAR: Amid chants of “Jai Jagannath”, the sound of conch shells and a sea of devotees, the annual Jagannath Rath Yatra began in Odisha’s Puri on Thursday, with lakhs of pilgrims gathering to witness one of India’s largest and most revered religious festivals. The grand procession saw Lord Jagannath, Lord Balabhadra and Goddess Subhadra set out on their sacred journey from the 12th-century Jagannath Temple to the Gundicha Temple aboard their towering wooden chariots.The centuries-old festival marks the only occasion in the year when the sibling deities leave…

During field enforcement, wrong-side driving emerged as one of the most common violations, with 942 challans issued Gurgaon: Traffic police have intensified surveillance on the city’s busiest corridors, with a special emphasis on “improving lane discipline and reducing accidents on high-speed corridors”. So, if you are a regular commuter on NH8, Dwarka Expressway or the Mumbai Expressway, expect stricter enforcement in the coming days.During a week-long special traffic campaign, conducted between June 29 and July 5, police issued 15,537 challans and collected Rs 1.7 crore in fines. While 9,889 challans were issued during on-ground enforcement, 5,648 were issued through automated…

Aizawl: A 46-year-old woman from Pangbalkawn village in north Mizoram’s Kolasib district, bordering Assam, died on Tuesday after being hit by a massive landslide while returning from her farm, officials of the Kolasib District Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) said on Wednesday. She is the first monsoon-related fatality reported in the state this year.Officials identified the victim as Maruati, 46, wife of A. Lalmama, a resident of Hnahkhar Veng in Pangbalkawn. The incident occurred on July 14 as she was returning home in the evening from their farm near the Chilui river , accompanied by her husband and a friend.Local volunteers…

Times News NetworkKanpur: Acting on the directives of the district magistrate, teams of the Food Safety and Drug Administration Department on Wednesday raided three momo manufacturing units operating under unhygienic conditions in Rawatpur and Saket Nagar areas and ordered their closure until deficiencies are rectified.During the drive, around 115 kilograms of suspected chutney was destroyed.The food safety teams collected samples of momos and chutney for laboratory testing and disposed of the seized chutney at the municipal corporation’s waste disposal yard. During the campaign, coloured finger chips and coloured chutney being sold at momo carts in the Maswanpur area were also…

Ghaziabad: With the annual Kanwar pilgrimage set to begin on July 30, the administrations of Noida and Ghaziabad have intensified food safety, electrical safety and civic preparations along the yatra corridor.At review meetings chaired by senior administrative officials and the police in the two districts, administrative officials and police discussed arrangements for sanitation, drinking water, medical facilities, power supply, road repairs, traffic management and law and order. In Noida, special emphasis was given to food safety and to prioritising prevention of electrocution risks, as the pilgrimage coincides with monsoon.District magistrate of Ghaziabad Ravindra Kumar Mandar said Ghaziabad Municipal Corporation has…

Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee (MPCC) chief Harshwardhan Sapkal Pune: State Congress chief Harshwardhan Sapkal on Wednesday said the INDIA bloc would collectively take a decision on the delimitation bill amid speculations that some opposition parties were planning to support it in the monsoon session of Parliament.BJP-led NDA is trying to gather more support in favour of the bill ahead of the upcoming session. The INDIA bloc had shown unity in the last session and defeated the bill. This time also, Sapkal said, a similar unity would be witnessed in Parliament despite the speculations that some parties from the opposition might…

A large number of school students attended the skill-based exhibitions organised as part of the World Youth Skills Day celebrations in Panaji on Wednesday Panaji: Chief minister Pramod Sawant on Tuesday urged Goan entrepreneurs to leverage the India–United Kingdom Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA), saying the bilateral trade deal will boost exports of marine products, sports goods, engineering goods, footwear and textiles.Sawant, who also holds the education portfolio, called on the directorate of skill development and the directorate of education to equip students with entrepreneurship and business skills.“The youth need to think how they can take advantage of these…

Bhiwani: A Fast Track Special Court here has sentenced a man to five years’ rigorous imprisonment and imposed a fine of Rs 20,000 after he was found guilty of molesting a young woman inside her house.The convict, Krishna, son of Rajendra and a resident of Budhshaili village in Bhiwani district, was sentenced to three years’ imprisonment and fined Rs 10,000 under Section 75(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita. He was also awarded five years’ imprisonment and an additional fine of Rs 10,000 under Section 333 of the BNS.The judgment was delivered by the additional sessions judge, Suruchi Atreja Singh, who…

Lucknow: Expressing unhappiness over the way the 30th convocation of the Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences (SGPGIMS) was conducted, the institute’s faculty forum has urged director Prof Radha Krishan Dhiman to ensure that the “dignity and grace” and established tradition of the ceremony are preserved in future.In a letter to the director, the forum said, “While the July 14 convocation was a momentous occasion for students, parents and faculty, certain traditions were not followed with due care.”The forum requested that “future ceremonies be planned in accordance with the institute’s established practices.”It suggested that in future, convocations should be…