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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…

Chandigarh: Supporters of former chief minister Charanjit Singh Channi on Wednesday stepped up their social media campaign amid the Punjab Congress leadership crisis, with several party functionaries sharing posts carrying the slogan “Saara Punjab Channi De Naal”, even as Punjab affairs in-charge Bhupesh Baghel submitted his report on the state unit to the Congress high command.Several Congress functionaries, including Bharat Bhushan Ashu, Brinder Dhillon, Smit Singh Maan and Isherpreet Singh Sidhu, shared photographs with Channi carrying the slogan on their social media accounts.The campaign coincided with Baghel’s meeting with Congress general secretary (organisation) K C Venugopal in New Delhi, where…

From the age of 13, Rahul won top honours at the India International Science Festival for three consecutive years with innovations including a roti-making machine, a battery-powered bicycle and an eco-friendly tractor. LUCKNOW: The family of 22-year-old innovator Rahul Singh, who was found dead in a Gomti Nagar hotel, has alleged that he had been receiving death threats over a Rs 62-lakh drone project. They have appealed to PM Narendra Modi and CM Yogi Adityanath for justice.Rahul’s younger brother Rohit alleged that a Noida-based man had been threatening his brother after a dispute over the project. According to the family,…

Patna: The headquarters team of the Vigilance Investigation Bureau (VIB) on Wednesday arrested Jitendra Kumar, panchayat rozgar sevak of Sirajabad panchayat in Sakra block of Muzaffarpur district, while allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs20,000. He was arrested at a shopping mart near Subha Chowk under Sakra police station limits.According to the VIB, the accused had allegedly demanded the bribe for facilitating MGNREGA-related work in the complainant’s ward.The bureau said Aditya Kumar, a resident of Sirajabad under Sakra police station area and the ward member of Ward No. 11, lodged a complaint at the VIB headquarters in Patna on July 14,…

Ajmer: Private schools across Ajmer remained closed Wednesday as their management staged a protest demanding the release of pending reimbursements under the Right to Education (RTE) Act. They also submitted a memorandum to the district collector, addressed to the chief minister, warning of a larger agitation if their demands are not met.Under the banner of the Rajasthan Niji Shikshan Sangharsh Samiti, the protesters gathered at the collectorate and sought immediate clearance of RTE dues, under which private schools provide free education to eligible students and are reimbursed by the state govt.Samiti president Kailash Sharma said the organisation also demanded an…

Wardha police and officers from local crime branch collect clues from the crime spot Wardha: A 12-year-old girl was allegedly hammered to death with a boulder on Wednesday night in the Rotha area of Wardha district, where police suspect the minor girl was sexually assaulted before being murdered. Her body was found in a pool of blood with a skull smashed.As per preliminary information, the girl returned home from a nearby zilla parishad school in the afternoon and was alone when she was attacked. The victim’s clothes were found discarded inside a farm storage shed, while the girl was found…

Ranchi: State chief electoral officer (CEO) K Ravi Kumar on Wednesday urged all eligible voters to submit their filled and signed enumeration forms to respective booth level officers by July 19. He said that BLOs completed door-to-door distribution of enumeration forms to around 96% of voters listed in the current electoral rolls within the scheduled time.The remaining voters may include those in the ASDD list. Kumar said the meeting of BLOs and booth level agents-2 during the enumeration phase will be held at all polling stations on July 22 to finalise the ASDD list before the draft roll publication on…