Author: Indmedia

Gandhinagar: The state general administration department (GAD) on Friday issued an order promoting 33 officers of the Gujarat Administrative Service (GAS) from the senior scale to the selection scale.The GAD notification said the promoted officers were re-appointed to continue to function in the posts presently held by them.Ahmedabad: Transit Surge, Civic Reforms, Campus Wins & Crime ShockThe GAS officers who were promoted to the selection scale include N S Gadhvi, J B Desai, D R Patel, M S Gadhvi, B M Jotaniya, A K Prajapati, A M Desai, P V Vasaiya, A K Kalsariya, J B Vadar, G D Bamaniya,…

Prayagraj: The state’s new excise policy, set to come into effect from April 1, introduces several key changes aimed at providing relief to licence holders while rationalising pricing and quota systems across categories of liquor.For the first time, a 100 ml miniature bottle of country liquor, commonly referred to as a ‘bachcha’, will be introduced in the market. The 42.8% strength miniature will be priced at Rs 50. Until now, miniatures were available only in Indian Made Foreign Liquor (IMFL), while the smallest unit in country liquor was the 200 ml ‘paua’. In view of lower sales within municipal corporation…

Koraput: Maoist banners surfaced in at least three locations under Chandili police station limits in Rayagada district on Friday, triggering tension in the area and prompting heightened security measures.The banners, written in Odia and purportedly issued in the name of the Communist Party of India (Maoist), contained sharp criticism of several former Maoist leaders, including Sabyasachi Panda, Azad, Uday and Niranjan Rout alias Nikhil. The posters claimed that these leaders were never tribals and accused them of exploiting tribal communities by keeping them within the naxal fold.The reference to Niranjan Rout alias Nikhil has drawn particular attention in light of…

Gurgaon: A city court convicted a retired Haryana govt officer in a bribery case and sentenced him to five years rigorous imprisonment. Dalbir Singh, senior manager at Haryana State Industrial and Infrastructure Development Corporation (HSIIDC), was caught accepting a bribe of Rs 10,000 on the last day of his service to clear a contractor’s pending payment file in 2021.Additional sessions judge Puneet Sehgal, while convicting Singh under Prevention of Corruption Act, said bribery by public servants corrodes governance and erodes civic trust. “Culpability is not mitigated simply because the accused was at the end of service tenure,” the court said.Public…

Guwahati: Violence broke out in Maova village under Medziphema subdivision of Nagaland’s Chumoukedima district on Friday morning following a land dispute between members of Kuki and Angami communities.According to Maova village council said three private houses have been damaged, 17 roadside shops and a community halls and a guest house and an office of council were set ablaze, while multiple vehicles, including two-wheelers, were damaged.Guwahati: PM’s Visit Prep, Space Tech Tie-Ups, Transport WinsDimapur police commissioner’s office described the incident as “sudden and unfortunate”, involving the Chakroma Public Organisation and Maova villageAuthorities said the situation is now under control, with security…

KANPUR: The ‘naagin’ drama in Auraiya’s Singanpur village has got a fresh twist, with the 21-year-old woman, who reportedly sparked mystery by ditching her home and abandoning a five-foot serpentine slough, resurfacing late Thursday, claiming she is now happily married.In the first video since her dramatic disappearance, Reena is seen sporting a yellow sari, sindoor, bindi, and mangalsutra, with her lover by her side. The video, dropped on her lover’s Instagram, shows Reena saying, “I married him willingly. Leave him and his family alone.”In the second video, Reena said she married by choice. “I wanted to be with him, no…

Noida: Days after a motorcycle crash involving a stray bull left a software engineer critically injured, Noida Authority had intensified its drive to remove stray cattle from key stretches. Officials said 125 stray cattle were impounded from across the city in Dec and 147 more in Jan. On Feb 10, after Prakhar Bhardwaj (29) crashed into a bull that was walking right in the middle of the main Sector 168 road and suffered severe head injuries, four more stray cattle were removed from the area.Officials said stray cattle are often abandoned once they stop yielding milk. “Several villages are located…

Pune: Divisional commissioner Chandrakant Pulkundwar on Friday directed officials to expedite surveys to ensure early preparation of the draft macro-economic plan for the proposed “Pune Growth Hub”.He said the plan should be prepared based on inputs from workshops involving govt departments, agencies and representatives from private and industrial sectors in the review meeting of “Pune Metropolitan Growth Hub” at Council Hall. “I instructed all agencies to speed up work. The Pune Metropolitan Region was included in Niti Aayog’s ‘Growth Hub’ initiative to position the region prominently in the global economy,” Pulkundwar told TOI.He said a draft macro-economic development plan must…

Vasco: Mormugao MLA Sankalp Amonkar on Friday said South Goa MP Viriato Fernandes has the habit of misleading people by spreading false information ahead of elections.Speaking after the function, Amonkar reiterated govt has no plans to shut down Dabolim airport. “South Goa MP is trying to mislead people who are dependent on the airport and tourism,” said Amonkar. “Chief minister Pramod Sawant, transport minister Mauvin Godinho and tourism minister Rohan Khaunte have held a series of meetings, and assurances have been received from the Centre that Dabolim airport will not be shut down,” he said and asked people not to…

Chandigarh: In a ruling that will impact tens of thousands of former Armed Forces personnel, Supreme Court (SC) has held that eligible ex-Servicemen (ESM) are entitled to full arrears of disability pension from the applicable cut-off dates, either Jan 1, 1996, or Jan 1, 2006, without restriction to a three-year limitation period.SC also made it clear that disability pension is “not a matter of largesse, but a recognition of sacrifice made in service of the nation”.”Right to receive disability pension is a valuable right and once found due, the benefit has to be given from the date it became due.…