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Agartala: Union home minister Amit Shah is scheduled to inaugurate the Joint Regional Rajbhasha Sammelan for the Northern and Eastern Regions at the International Indoor Exhibition Centre in Hapania, Agartala, on Friday.The secretary, department of official language in the MHA, Asuli Arya, said the Centre is committed to the development of all Indian languages and has no intention of imposing any single language on citizens.Guwahati: Infra Push, Political Heat Policy Debate & MoreArya said individuals are free to use their mother tongue to raise grievances or communicate with govt departments. She said, “There is absolutely no question of language imposition.”She…
Kanpur: The Kanpur police busted a gang involved in selling fake degrees and arrested four people on Thursday. Police have recovered 900 fake degrees, marksheets of around 14 universities, provisional certificates, migration booklets of various universities and a fake seal of deputy registrar of CSJMU from the accused.The syndicate was spread across nine states—Uttar Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, MP and Chhattisgarh, and provided fake degrees of high school to BTech, BPharma, LLB and others in the name of admission to private universities. The highest number of 357 fake degrees in the name of CSJMU were recovered. AI Impact Summit,…
Ludhiana: A worker died after a machine reportedly ran him over in a factory in Jaspal Bangar village of Sahnewal area on Thursday. The deceased has been identified as Ramakant, aged around 30 years. Sources said Ramakant had been working in the factory from the last around four years and on Thursday, he was at his work place when a machine ran him over. He died on spot after suffering serious injuries, they added. tnnLudhiana: Governance Heat, Campus Safety, Civic Rush & More Source link
Shivamogga: Artificial Intelligence (AI), augmented reality (AR), and virtual reality (VR) technologies cannot replace a teacher or the essence of learning; they are mere tools that support education. However, it is crucial for educators to adopt to them, stated Rashmi P Shetty from the department of robotics and AI at Nitte University.Speaking at a one-day workshop—‘The Use of Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality in Education’, jointly organised by Kuvempu university, the Karnataka State Higher Education Council at the varsity’s Jnanasahyadri campus in Shankaraghatta, she noted that while there are global concerns about AI reducing jobs in IT and service sectors,…
Noida: Four people were arrested on Thursday for allegedly murdering a man from Ghodi Bacheda village in Dadri. The body of Govind Rawal was found on an empty plot in Shiv Vatika Colony on Kathhaira Road on Monday. He had stab wounds near his neck. Police said the men committed the murder to save the woman from domestic abuse and she was in a relationship with one of them.Two of the men, Rohit Rawal and Nafees, were arrested after a gunfight near Kot Canal. Govind Rawal’s wife, Preeti Devi and another accomplice, Dharmendra were arrested later from Ghodi Bacheda village.ADCP…
Pune: A retired Maharashtra govt official (70) from Erandwane filed a complaint with the cybercrime police on Wednesday stating that some online fraudsters duped him of over Rs 2 crore between Jan 13 and Feb 4 by threatening him with arrest in a money laundering case.According to the police, the fraudsters impersonated officials from the Data Protection Board of India (DPBI) and falsely accused the victim of communicating with members of the banned Popular Front of India (PFI), calling his actions suspicious.Senior inspector Swapnali Shinde of the cybercrime police told TOI that the suspects claimed that the victim’s phone number…
Margao: Chief minister Pramod Sawant on Thursday credited Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj and Chhatrapati Sambhaji Maharaj with saving the dharma, culture, and temples of the state from destruction, saying it was solely due to the two Maratha rulers that the state’s religious and cultural heritage survived the Portuguese colonial era.Sawant was speaking after unveiling a statue of Chhatrapati Shivaji in Sanguem, in the presence of several religious and political leaders.He said that over 1,000 temples in Goa were destroyed by the Portuguese, and that Shivaji’s order to reconstruct the Shree Saptakoteshwar temple at Narve proved to be a turning point. According…
Jalandhar: Punjab govt secured physical possession of 10.5 acres of acquired land at Naugajja and Faridpur villages on Kartarpur Road for establishing the Guru Ravidass Bani Adhyayan Centre.The entire possession process was completed in the presence of finance minister Harpal Singh Cheema, MLA Balkar Singh, Punjab Agriculture Development Bank Chairman Pawan Teenu, deputy commissioner Himanshu Aggarwal, and representatives of Dera Sachkhand Ballan.Cheema said, “The project entered a crucial execution phase. The design and layout plan of the Centre is being prepared by experts in consultation with representatives of Dera Sachkhand Ballan. Tenders will be floated at the earliest so that…
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh deputy CM Brajesh Pathak hosted 101 Batuk Brahmins (budding Vedic scholars) at his Lucknow residence on Thursday and welcomed them with garlands and petals shower along with his wife Namrata. He gifted them clothes and even shared a meal.Pathak’s gesture was seen as an act of atonement since the Brahmin disciples of Swami Avimukteshwaranand, the Shankaracharya of Jyotish Peeth, were allegedly heckled and dragged by their ‘shikha’ (choti) by police at the Magh Mela in Prayagraj on Jan 18 this year when they were protesting against the denial of entry to the Hindu pontiff’s convoy to the…
In a bid to strengthen the foundation of sports at the grassroots level, Chief Secretary Pratyaya Amrit called on the sports department to enhance monitoring through the installation of CCTV cameras and the creation of well-structured sports clubs. He advocated for fostering public-private partnerships to ensure transparency in the procurement of sports equipment. Patna: Chief secretary Pratyaya Amrit on Thursday directed the sports department to strengthen monitoring at panchayat-level sports complexes by installing CCTV cameras and institutionalising the functioning of sports clubs, while pushing for greater transparency and PPP-driven growth in the sector.Chairing a review meeting, he asked officials to…