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Operational guidelines being prepared Chennai: Finance minister N Marie Wilson in the state assembly said the Tamil Nadu assured pension scheme for govt officials will be implemented.“The recommendations given by the committee, headed by IAS officer Gagandeep Singh Bedi is taken by us. We are preparaing the operational guidelines for it. It will be implemented,” he said.TAPS guarantees state government employees and teachers an assured pension equal to 50% of their last-drawn basic pay plus dearness allowance (DA)ENDS Source link

Ahmedabad: District education officer (DEO) City has directed all govt and grant-in-aid secondary and higher secondary schools to submit proposals for scholarship benefits under the War Concession Scheme for the 2026-27 academic year.Schools must submit completed proposals along with certified documents to the designated office by Aug 20.The scheme is available to students whose parents were martyred or injured in war, as well as children of ex-servicemen. There is no annual family income limit for availing benefits under the scheme.Eligible students can receive concessions such as tuition fee waivers, assistance for uniforms and educational materials, scholarships, and hostel expenses. Schools…

Bhubaneswar: With the Centre set to rate cities under the National Clean Air Programme (NCAP), Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) has decided to reintroduce the restriction it imposed in Jan on the sale and use of charcoal.Around April, the civic body had adopted a lenient view on charcoal use and cooking in coal-based chullahs given the crisis surrounding the availability of LPG cylinders in the aftermath of the West Asia conflict, which started on Feb 28. With the LPG crisis easing a bit, BMC has planned to bring the restriction back in a phased manner, targeting the manufacturers and sellers first…

Gurgaon: Security had been stepped up in a Nuh village to prevent any escalation of tension following a killing.On Monday, a group of 10-12 armed men arrived on two motorcycles and a vehicle and opened fire at a 28-year-old man in Leherwadi village falling under Punhana.Azruddin’s killing is being seen as a fallout of a murder eight years ago. In 2018, Azruddin was named as the main accused in the murder of a man, Wasim, in which a case was registered against 13 named accused and others. Monday’s killing has brought back memories of the incident that took place in…

Agartala: TIPRA Motha, BJP’s coalition partner in Tripura, has stepped up pressure on the saffron party over implementation of the Tiprasa Accord ahead of elections to village committees under the Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (TTAADC).TIPRA Motha founder Pradyot Kishore Manikya Debbarma said after a meeting with party members in Agartala on Monday, the party would not work with BJP in the village committee elections unless progress was made on implementing the agreement.The agreement was signed by TIPRA Motha with Centre and Tripura govt ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections to address issues concerning the state’s indigenous population.…

Times News NetworkKanpur: Two teenagers, Krishna (16) and Shiva (17), who went to bathe in the Ganga on Monday at Dyodhi Ghat in the Maharajpur police station area of Kanpur, went missing. Even after more than 24 hours since the incident, no trace of them was found, and a large-scale rescue operation continued on Tuesday.At 6 am on Tuesday, PAC teams reached the spot and carried out a search operation in an area of about 50 kilometres up to Chandika Ghat in Unnao. At around 2 pm, an NDRF team reached the incident site and began the search.NDRF Company Commander…

A passerby uploaded a video of the car fire on social media Noida: Gautam Budh Nagar saw two fire incidents within 24 hours. A fire broke out at a hostel in Greater Noida’s Kasna on Tuesday morning. The night before, a moving car caught fire in Noida’s Sector 99. No injuries were reported from either incident.Fire officials said they received information on Tuesday morning that a fire broke out at the Kasna hostel, triggered by a short circuit in an AC unit on the fifth floor. Four fire tenders were sent to the spot and the flames were brought under…

Tukaram Mundhe (File Photo) MUMBAI: Maharashtra Food and Drug Administration (FDA) commissioner Tukaram Mundhe has said the department stands by its action against a Pune-based sweet shop after the Bombay high court directed the FDA to pay the establishment Rs 5 lakh and allowed it to resume operations.Mundhe said the FDA was awaiting the written copy of the court’s order and would decide its next legal course after examining it.“The order in the Pune-based sweets shop case is surprising for us. However, the written order is yet to come, and we will see when it comes. But we will use…

Most issues raised at the Janata Darbar held at the Ponda municipality hall were pertaining to water supply Ponda: Water resources minister Subhash Shirodkar has assured residents that at least 90% of irregular water supply issues across Ponda taluka, particularly villages on the town’s outskirts, will be resolved within a week.Shirodkar gave the assurance at a Janata Darbar held at the Ponda municipal hall, where most grievances concerned water supply. He said he would review compliance with his directions at the next Janata Darbar on Tuesday.PMC chairperson Virendra Dhavalikar said councillors and residents had raised several issues, which the minister…

Punjab BJP president Kewal Singh Dhillon Chandigarh: Punjab BJP president Kewal Singh Dhillon has written to Union labour and employment minister Mansukh Mandaviya seeking an Employees’ State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) sub-regional office in Bathinda.Dhillon forwarded a representation from the ESIC Employees’ Union, Punjab Region, Chandigarh, and backed the demand, saying there was a long-standing need for an office in the Malwa region.He said lakhs of insured persons, pensioners, employers and other beneficiaries from Bathinda, Mansa, Muktsar, Barnala, Faridkot, Fazilka and adjoining areas currently had to travel to distant offices for ESIC-related work, increasing their time and expenses and causing difficulties…