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Woman harassed during dental checkup in Gurgaon (Representative image) GURGAON: An FIR was filed against a dentist for allegedly sexually harassing a 31-year-old woman during a checkup at his clinic in New Colony. The complainant, a Bihar native who has been residing in Gurgaon for the past 12 years, stated that the incident took place on Feb 15 at Pearl Dental Clinic near Dev Samaj Public School. The doctor has been identified as Dr Dheeraj Mehta. According to the complaint, the woman had first visited the clinic on Feb 9 and was called again for a second sitting after three…

Churachandpur: A total of 30 senior citizens underwent free cataract surgery at the district hospital in Churachandpur during a special cataract detection and surgery camp organised by the district administration of Pherzawl under the Atal Vayo Abhyuday Yojana (AVYAY).The initiative was spearheaded by the department of social welfare in collaboration with the District Health Society, Pherzawl, the National Programme for Control of Blindness & Visual Impairment (NPCB&VI), Churachandpur, and the medical superintendent of district hospital, Churachandpur.The surgical camp began on Wednesday and will continue on Feb 20 and 21.Ahead of the surgeries, extensive screening programmes were conducted in the villages…

Kanpur: Senior umpire of the Kanpur Cricket Association (KCA) panel, Manik Gupta, died during a match on Wednesday after a swarm of bees attacked at Sapru ground in Shuklaganj Unnao, stinging umpires and players on the field.Gupta, 65, was an umpire at a KDMA league match being played between YMCC and Paramount when the bees attacked. Several players and umpires caught in the attack were severely injured.Gupta and the other umpire, Jagdish Sharma, were in white clothes, and the swarm remained around them for about 10minutes.Gupta was taken to two private hospitals in Shuklaganj in Unnao, then to Lala Lajpat…

Ludhiana: The Ludhiana police have lodged an FIR against the management of a private school for using a power generator without obtaining permission from the Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL).The FIR has been lodged on the statement of the assistant executive engineer (Urban West), who stated that the school management had installed a generator in the building without availing permission from the department. He added that the use of the power generators could be harmful for the people living in the vicinity.Investigating officer from Division No. 8 police station ASI Hardeep Singh said an FIR under sections 125 (acts…

Noida: Nearly 18 months after the Uttar Pradesh Lift and Escalator Act, 2024 took effect, compliance has remained slow with just 11,000 lifts of an estimated 80,000 lifts in the district registered so far. On Tuesday, district magistrate Medha Roopam ordered lift manufacturers and AMC firms to submit, within two days, a complete inventory of all lifts they have installed across the district in societies, malls, hospitals, offices, hotels, and industrial units. The data, officials said, would be cross-checked with registration records to identify unregistered lifts and fix responsibility.Based on the findings, the administration plans to issue notices to those…

Pune: State minister Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil, who heads the cabinet sub-committee on Maratha reservation, on Wednesday warned of action against officials from Marathwada who were not cooperative in issuing Kunbi certificates based on the Hyderabad Gazette.Maratha quota activist Manoj Jarange a few days ago complained that despite govt issuing an order to facilitate Kunbi certificates to Marathas from the Marathwada region based on the records of the gazette, many govt officials were deliberately delaying the process and harassing people. Responding to Jarange’s complaint, Vikhe Patil on Wednesday admitted that some officials were guilty of not following govt’s order. “I also…

Panaji: Goa’s rural areas accounted for three times the number of fatal accidents as compared to urban areas, as per the traffic police’s accident analysis for 2025. A total of 215 people died in accidents in rural areas, compared to 58 in urban areas. Most fatal accidents — 247 — took place during clear and sunny skies, the analysis reveals.The year 2025 saw a total of 2,370 accidents, of which 262 were fatal, resulting in the death of 273.Most of these accidents were due to over-speeding, the analysis said.Also, most accidents were reported between 1 pm and 4 pm, and…

Chandigarh: With the Election Commission of India (ECI) releasing the schedule for the biennial election to the two Rajya Sabha seats from Haryana, the main political parties – the ruling BJP and the opposition Congress – have swung into action.The vacancies will be created following the completion of terms by Ram Chander Jangra and former Haryana minister Kiran Choudhary.Chandigarh: ED Crackdown, HP Snowfall & Sangrur Water CrisisWhile Jangra was elected to Rajya Sabha in 2020, Kiran Choudhary was nominated to the Upper House in 2024 after a vacancy was created following the resignation of now Lok Sabha MP Deepender Hooda,…

Lucknow: The UP govt said on Wednesday that it has placed farmers and villages at the centre of the state’s economic roadmap.A govt spokesperson said that the 9-year tenure of the govt under chief minister Yogi Adityanath focused on narrowing the urban-rural divide and curbing migration by strengthening rural infrastructure and farm-based livelihoods.In the Budget 2026–27, agriculture and rural development received renewed emphasis, with Rs 10,888 crore allocated for agricultural schemes, a 20% increase over the previous year. The provisions aim to modernise farming, expand rural infrastructure, promote agri-entrepreneurship, and integrate farmers with new technologies and markets.The budget also strengthens…

Patna: After the Election Commission announced the schedule for biennial elections to five Rajya Sabha seats from Bihar, intense lobbying for tickets began on Wednesday within the ruling NDA while the opposition RJD appears to have limited scope to secure a berth.Based on the current strength of parties in the Bihar assembly, the Lalu Prasad-led RJD is set to lose both its sitting seats in the Upper House. The NDA, which presently holds three of the five seats, is in a position to win all five if it secures the backing of just three MLAs from smaller parties not aligned…