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Rajkot: A complaint alleging that the photograph of a scheduled caste student who cleared a Gujarat Public Service Commission (GPSC) exam was removed from a Kutch University notice board has been referred to the university’s SC/ST cell for inquiry and action by vice-chancellor Mohan Patel.A section of the university library is dedicated to students preparing for competitive exams. Under a longstanding practice, photographs of students who clear such exams are displayed on a notice board to recognise their achievements and encourage others.According to a representation submitted to the vice-chancellor by SC community leaders, the photograph of a scheduled caste student…

Ramgarh: Heavy and continuous rainfall over the past few days has disrupted coal production and dispatch in Central Coalfields Limited (CCL) mines across Ramgarh district, officials said.Opencast mines in Rajrappa, Argada, Barka-Sayal and Kuju areas have been hit by waterlogging in pits, slippery haul roads and rainwater accumulation in coal stockyards. Operations of Heavy Earth Moving Machines (HEMMs), including dumpers, shovels and excavators, have become difficult. In some patches, waterlogged mine benches forced suspension of mining as a safety precaution.Coal transportation has also slowed down as approach roads to sidings turned muddy, affecting rake loading and truck dispatch to thermal…

Vadodara: A joint team of the Food and Drug Control Administration (FDCA) and Anand SOG seized 1,800 tablets of Alprazolam, besides 40 abortion kits and 20 pregnancy test kits, from two men allegedly transporting the drugs from Ahmedabad to Vadodara on a motorcycle on the national highway.The operation was carried out late on August 18 when the team intercepted motorcycle GJ-01-XD-8087 travelling towards Vadodara. The two accused, Darshan Goklani and Dileep M Thakor, were arrested and the suspected contraband seized.Officials said the seized Alprazolam tablets are controlled under the NDPS Act. The abortion kits, described as Schedule H drug kits,…

Varanasi: The sacred month of Shrawan has once again witnessed an unprecedented surge of faith at Kashi Vishwanath Temple, where over 53.69 lakh devotees have offered prayers in the first 19 days alone. With nine days still to go, the temple administration expects the footfall to reach nearly 80 lakh by the end of the holy month.Vishwa Bhushan Mishra, CEO of the Shri Kashi Vishwanath Temple Trust, said the turnout has so far remained in line with estimates prepared ahead of Shrawan. He said the average footfall on each Monday of the holy month has been around 5.5 lakh devotees.…

Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala State Beverages Corporation (Bevco) is currently running into losses due to a decision by the previous govt to increase gallonage fee, said excise minister M Liju on Friday.Liju said Bevco’s production and sales had increased, but the sharp increase in the gallonage fee had wiped out its profits. The fee, which was five paise earlier, was increased to Rs 10.“It’s not now that Bevco started making losses. It was because of the previous govt’s decision. Bevco’s production and sales increased. But when the gallonage fee was increased to Rs 10, Bevco had to pay Rs 400 crore to…

Kolkata: The cop probe into the Shikha Inn fire that killed seven Bangladesh nationals along with two Indians on Wednesday has now found that the hotel owner Bireswar Mitra – a resident of Behala who is still absconding – has not arranged a fire licence for any of his hotel.“While there is no fire licence for the second floor where the fire originated, we have not recovered any licence for the fourth floor of the same building, that too is owned by Mitra. We have detained the two leaseholders of the fourth floor – Umesh Singh and Jitendra Singh. They…

Lake Powell reaches historic low in August Lake Powell has fallen to a record-low elevation, 20 feet lower than it was at the beginning of 2026. The decline is not unexpected as scientists have been warning against this approaching doom. Lake Powell is the second-largest man-made reservoir in the YS by totak capacity, second to Lake Mead downstream.Situated primarily within San Juan, Kane, and Garfield counties in Utah, with its southern tip anchored in Coconino County, Arizona, Lake Powell was created by the impoundment of the Colorado River via the massive Glen Canyon Dam. Extending roughly 186 miles upstream into…

Born without a uterus, Molly Eagles is raising £20,000 to keep her dream of becoming a mother alive after years of IVF, surrogacy and a heartbreaking miscarriage. A woman born without a uterus has broken down in tears while sharing her emotional fertility journey as she and her fiance raise £20,000 to create embryos that could give her a chance of carrying her own biological child through a uterus transplant.Molly Eagles, 28, from Chesterfield, Derbyshire, was born with Mayer-Rokitansky-Kuster-Hauser (MRKH) syndrome, a rare congenital condition in which the uterus is absent or underdeveloped. Fortunately, Molly was born with functioning ovaries,…

At least 15 people have been killed in a Russian double-tap drone strike on a shopping centre in the central Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Rih, local officials have said.Another 130 people – including 23 children – were injured in the city’s biggest mall. More people are also reported to be trapped in the rubble.President Volodymyr Zelensky said the “absolutely cynical and despicable” daytime attack in his home town was carried out in “two waves”, with the second strike targeting emergency workers at the scene.Dramatic footage verified by the BBC shows the second drone hitting the already burning shopping centre in…

Representative Image of a healthy oyster reef supporting fish, crabs, and other marine species (AI-generated image) Australia’s oyster reefs once stretched extensively along the country’s coastline, providing food and habitat for marine life and supporting Indigenous communities for thousands of years. European colonisation brought widespread destruction, with oyster shells harvested on a huge scale and burned to produce lime, while disease, fishing pressure and habitat loss further reduced reef ecosystems. By the modern era, less than 10% of Australia’s original shellfish reef habitat was estimated to remain. In 2019, the New South Wales Government began restoring oyster reef habitat in…