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Berhampur: Police have intensified efforts to trace an excavator driver who allegedly drove away with the machine from a village in Ganjam district and led police on a dramatic 70-80 km chase before abandoning the vehicle and fleeing through paddy fields. A video of the unusual pursuit went viral on social media on Monday.“The accused was the excavator’s driver. We have identified him and are searching for him,” said Ramesh Chandra Pradhan, IIC of Khallikote police station, on Tuesday. Police suspect the vehicle was taken with the intention of theft.According to police, the excavator, fitted with a digging attachment, was…

According to the MCG affidavit, there are currently 17.2 lakh metric tonnes of waste to be processed at the landfill as of Aug 16 Gurgaon: MCG has said that it’s not in a position to give a firm deadline on the Bandhwari landfill matter, ahead of a National Green Tribunal (NGT) hearing. NGT will hear the matter on Wednesday.In an affidavit filed before NGT on Monday, MCG has admitted that it cannot give any deadline for processing the entire legacy waste at the site and has sought time till Nov-Dec to determine the completion date.The civic body said the exact…

Guwahati: Assam plans to deploy artificial intelligence (AI) tools in schools to identify learning deficiencies, track students at risk of dropping out and support teachers, CM Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Tuesday.The initiative will help students address learning gaps early, stay engaged and receive timely academic support.Sharing a roadmap for AI use in classrooms on ‘X’, Sarma said the technology would make education more “intelligent, inclusive and student-centric”.“The future of education is intelligent, inclusive and student-centric,” Sarma said, adding that AI would help classrooms identify learning gaps early, flag students at risk of dropping out, strengthen foundational learning and equip…

Four robbers arrested in Kanpur Kanpur: Maharajpur police arrested four men in Kanpur for allegedly robbing truck drivers on highways.The accused were arrested during a checking campaign near the Kulgaon Underpass in Kanpur.They were identified as Abhishek Saini alias Kaddu, Babu Singh, Raghavendra Yadav alias Raghav alias Kallu, and Aditya Yadav alias Raftaar.Police recovered 12 stolen mobile phones, a country-made pistol and a live cartridge from their possession.According to police, the four were planning to divide and sell the looted goods when they were apprehended.ADCP East Shiva Singh said all four were habitual offenders. She said they would assault truck…

Responding to the issue, MC officials assured that the site would be reinspected Ludhiana: Street food stalls have re-encroached footpaths near Guru Nanak Stadium and the Sports Authority of India (SAI) training centre, just a week after the Ludhiana municipal corporation (MC) cleared the pedestrian walkways.The swift return of temporary food stalls and roadside parking has triggered renewed concerns among sports officials, athletes, and local residents who use the stretch to access the stadium, SAI centre, and Rakh Bagh.Teja Singh Dhaliwal, general secretary of the Punjab Basketball Association said, “It is not for the first time that the stalls have…

Mysuru: It’s official. Mysuru voter count will come down by 5.6 lakh from the existing 27.9 lakh.Narasimharaja constituency will have the highest deletion of 99,000-plus voters followed by Krishnaraja 86,000, Chamaraja 85,000 and Chamundeshwari 75,000 voters. This will bring down the total voters’ count to under 2.3 lakh (from 3.3 lakh) in Narasimharaja and under 2.8 lakh (from existing 3.6 lakh) in Chamundeshwari.The lowest deletion of voters is in Periyapatna constituency with just 22,800 voters.SIR commenced in Mysuru on June 30 when Mysuru had 27,99,693 voters and the process was completed on Aug 17 with the names of 55,7,184 voters…

The move comes after 60 school buses in the district were issued notices last month for lacking safety provisions Ghaziabad: The district administration has made character verification and health examinations mandatory for school vehicle drivers, officials said. The decision was taken at a meeting of the special district school vehicle transport safety committee.A police character certificate or police clearance certificate (PCC) states whether a person has any criminal record or pending legal cases. It is commonly required for international travel, visa applications, employment background checks or govt services. These certificates for bus drivers so far had been optional.Assistant regional transport…

Pune: At one of its first presentations to the public, using a high-tech piece of software, city traffic police on Tuesday painted a rather grim picture of the state of infrastructure in Pune.The city’s municipal limits, data showed, has grown a whopping 330% in the last 30 years. Its road network now covers only 8%; it should be 15%, and public transport coverage stands at 11% when it should be 50%. Worse, the city is adding 1,300 new vehicles daily with traffic volume on roads now at 81 lakh compared to 52 lakh in 2018.The data, officials said, underscores a…

Colva: Additional sessions judge Ram S Prabhu Dessai on Tuesday denied bail to Mangala alias Vaibhavi Sidnal, who was arrested by Colva police in March 2024 for allegedly killing her husband, Vishwanath Sindal, in connivance with Suraj Myageri on the eve of Holi.The prosecution relied on the testimony of the prime witness, the accused’s minor daughter, who was six years old at the time of the incident. The judge observed that in her deposition, the child had clearly stated that both accused assaulted her father with a spade on his head and other parts of his body. She also deposed…

Financial commissioner, revenue and disaster management, Sumita Misra Chandigarh: Haryana govt has announced its 100% stamp duty exemption on lifetime transfer of immovable property within blood relations also covers grandchildren through daughters — a benefit that had been held up by a wording ambiguity in the Hindi version of a 2014 notification.The clarification, issued through a corrigendum, puts ‘dohata-dohati/nati-natin’ on an equal footing with a son’s children and is expected to end confusion at sub-registrar offices over such property transfers.Financial commissioner, revenue and disaster management, Dr Sumita Misra said govt had issued the corrigendum to remove the long-standing ‘linguistic ambiguity’…