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Lucknow: An extensive audit is expected to be carried out within the urban pockets of the state to identify the land parcels that have been encroached upon.Starting with 17 municipal corporation cities, the urban development department is contemplating initiating a thorough land survey exercise within the jurisdiction of the civic bodies to identify the land parcels that have been usurped by others in an illegal manner.Over the past three years, 35 new urban local bodies have been notified in the state, while the jurisdiction and boundaries of 62 additional civic bodies have been expanded to cover more localities. Officials believe…
Patna: Students and employees of seven state universities in Bihar will now be able to file complaints and track their resolution online, with the Raj Bhavan introducing a digital grievance-redressal system through the Samarth e-Governance portal.The grievance management module has been implemented in Aryabhatta Knowledge University, Kameshwar Singh Darbhanga Sanskrit University, Lalit Narayan Mithila University, Patliputra University, Patna University, Purnia University and Tilka Manjhi Bhagalpur University.Available through the universities’ official websites, the system allows students, employees and other stakeholders to lodge complaints online and track their status, bringing grievance handling under a digital monitoring framework.The move is expected to ease…
Ajmer: A video showing two men allegedly being tied to a tree and beaten went viral Wednesday, prompting police to investigate the incident in Bhinai town of Ajmer district.The video, recorded Tuesday evening, reportedly shows the two men being restrained by workers at a hospital construction site. According to police, the contractor and his workers had caught the duo allegedly stealing construction material from the site.Bhinai SHO Surendra Singh said the contractor informed police about the incident, following which a team reached the spot and detained the two men. Police said the workers had tied them to the tree to…
Nagpur: Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), which is entering the final phase of its centenary year, is witnessing a sharp increase among youths interested in joining the organisation. Over 1.23 lakh persons have registered through an online initiative ‘Join RSS’ between January and July 2026. As per Sangh, 65% of those registering are below 30 years, while nearly 85% are below 40 years.The overall registrations in the first seven months this year are more than twice the number recorded during the corresponding period last year.As per RSS functionaries, the figures represent people who expressed interest in associating with Sangh through its…
Kausar Hossain and his son Taskin Salim Kolkata: Kausar Hossain and his family were supposed to be on a bus to Bangladesh by 11 am on Wednesday. Instead, a few hours before that, he was carrying his eight-year-old son through a corridor filled with smoke so thick he could barely see a few feet ahead.The businessman from Dhaka and his wife had been in Kolkata for nearly two weeks with their son Taskin Salim. The boy had come to the city for an ENT surgery. The operation had gone well and Taskin was recuperating. The family was preparing to return…
Once a thriving paper mill town, Millinocket is now looking to tourism and small businesses for its future. Millinocket, Maine, was once a quintessential company town built around the paper industry. For generations, the Great Northern Paper Company provided jobs, stability and a sense of community to thousands of residents. But when the mill shut down in 2008, the impact went far beyond job losses, changing the town’s economy, population and identity.YouTuber Peter Santenello explored the town and its history in a recent episode on his Peter Santenello YouTube channel, meeting longtime residents and business owners to understand what happened…
Four workers in Japan have died after being struck by a train at Shin-Kanuma Station, north of Tokyo, authorities say.The collision happened around 10:46 local time (01:46 GMT) while the workers were removing weeds from the train tracks, local media reported.When emergency services arrived at the scene three workers were trapped under the train, while one was on the platform, police said.Train service has been suspended on the Tobu Nikko Line due to the accident, according to the railway company operating the line.A passenger on the train told Japanese public broadcaster NHK that they heard a “strange noise” before the…
The owners of a Titanic-themed ride have defended it after criticism it disrespected those who died in the 1912 disaster.More than 1,500 people drowned when the ship struck an iceberg in the North Atlantic while on its maiden voyage from Southampton to New York.The Titanic ride at Graveley Fruit Farm near Hitchin, Hertfordshire, sees the replica ship lift at one end to slide customers downwards, resembling the sinking of the ocean liner.Manager Will Campbell-Gray said: “We’re keeping the memory of Titanic alive and we’re not making fun of the dead at all.”He added the ride was renamed The Big Tipper…
All the Ukrainian-born PoWs we interviewed came from areas occupied since 2014 and almost all joined the Russian army voluntarily.But one man from Donetsk region told us he had been forced to fight.His eyes darted around as he talked, unsure who he could trust.One official tally, citing “intelligence”, suggests more than 50,000 Ukrainians have been conscripted against their will in occupied areas. Others put the figure far higher.This man told us that when the Russians invaded, his family had stayed, not through any political or national allegiance but because Donetsk was their home.Now, his only ambition was to get back…
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