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GURGAON: Nuh violence accused Bittu Bajrangi who alleged that he was cheated of Rs. 33,000 on the pretext of marriage by a neighbour’s relative and his associates, who allegedly called him to Aligarh for a temple wedding and then disappeared. Faridabad Police have registered a case against three individuals based on his complaint at Saran police station. A senior police officer at Saran police station confirmed that a case has been registered and have launched a search for the accused. “Bittu Bajrangi came forward with the complaint and we have registered a case based on it.”Rajkumar alias Bajrangi, a resident…

CHURACHANDPUR : Once common, now contested. House sparrows breed fast. Their habitats disappear faster. In conflict-scarred Manipur, survival depends on where a Rs 5 nest is hung — and who dares to hang it.The smallest birds face the biggest odds. As does Anish Ahamad. Gunfire can break without warning where he lives, along the taut seam between Churachandpur and Bishnupur districts. Step outside at the wrong moment and a walk can turn into a dash for cover.Still, when the clouds gather, Ahamad is on the move. He knocks on doors carrying handmade sparrow nests — round, pouchshaped, woven from natural…

Kanpur: The parents of some intermediate students reached an exam centre on Thursday and created a ruckus alleging a case of negligence in the Hindi exam conducted on the first day of the UP Board examinations on Wednesday. At Gurunanak Girls Inter College centre, the question papers of four arts students and four science students from JNPN Inter College got exchanged and the science students got General Hindi question paper instead of Hindi while arts students were given Hindi paper instead of General Hindi.AI Impact Summit, Supreme Court on CAA, India-France Ties & MoreThe students allegedly solved the paper without…

Ludhiana: The curtains came down on the three-day annual Kila Raipur Rural Games on Thursday, marked by the historic return of bullock cart racing after more than a decade. The final day’s festivities were headlined by the victory of Kulwant Singh’s bulls from Chinarthal village, Fatehgarh Sahib, which clinched the first prize of Rs2 lakh.Chief minister Bhagwant Mann attended the concluding ceremony, hailing the revival of the races as a victory for Punjab’s cultural heritage. The resumption was made possible by the unanimous passage of the ‘Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (Punjab Amendment) Act, 2025′ in the Vidhan Sabha last…

Mandya: Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj was born at a time when Indian art, literature, and culture faced serious threats from repeated foreign invasions, said additional DC BC Shivananda Murthy.He spoke after inaugurating the Shivaji Jayanti celebrations at Nalvadi Shri Krishnaraja Wadiyar Kalamandira Library Hall. The programme was organised by the District Administration in association with the Department of Kannada and Culture.AI Impact Summit, Supreme Court on CAA, India-France Ties & MoreAddressing the gathering, Murthy noted that Shivaji, born in 1630 in Maharashtra, received systematic training in administration and warfare under Dadaji Kondadev. “From a young age, he was deeply influenced by…

Ghaziabad: To tighten coordination between elected representatives and the administration, Ghaziabad will set up a district contact and command centre (DCCC) called ‘Samvad Setu’. The move follows a proposal raised earlier this week in the legislative assembly about repeated complaints regarding officials not responding to calls from public representatives, therefore delaying welfare work.Under the new mechanism, if a gazetted officer does not respond to a call from a public representative within 10 minutes, the representative will be able to inform the command centre. The centre will then immediately alert the concerned officer and ensure that a callback is made. “The…

Pune: The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) on Wednesday announced cleanliness competition “Swacchata Parv Puraskar” for its ward offices, sanitary workers, housing societies, schools and colleges, hotels and other commercial establishments. The administration has said focus of the competition is towards strengthening daily garbage management in the city with visible cleanliness at open places and residential areas. Other aim of the initiative is to maintain cleanliness at community toilets. The details of the competition were announced at a function held in presence of city mayor Manjusha Nagpure, deputy mayor Parashuram Wadekar along with civic chief Naval Kishore Ram and various representatives…

Panaji: The electricity department is likely to start installing smart prepaid meters for private consumers after a month. It has already completed the replacement of conventional meters with smart meters at all its substations and completed the installation of smart meters in 50% of its transformers. “The department began the installation of smart meters for govt consumers. Next will be private consumers, beginning with industrial consumers. Commercial and domestic consumers will follow,” said Mayur Hede, superintending engineer and nodal officer for the project.The installation of 7.5 lakh smart meters is expected to be completed by Aug 2027. The smart meters,…

Bathinda: Punjab Pradesh Beopar Mandal president Amit Kapoor on Thursday accused the AAP government of ignoring traders for four years and now staging a “political gimmick” by suddenly expressing concern for them. He said traders continue to operate under economic strain, administrative harassment, and a growing sense of insecurity, yet the government has offered no meaningful relief.Kapoor said the state’s claims of simplifying and making GST procedures transparent do not match ground reality, where GST officials are “reaching every market and lane, exerting undue pressure on traders.” Small and medium businesses already hit by inflation and weak demand are repeatedly…

Lucknow: Terming the fiscal transformation of Uttar Pradesh under CM Yogi Adityanath as historic, Sarojini Nagar MLA Rajeshwar Singh on Thursday said the state has moved from constrained and fragmented spending to large-scale, balanced capacity building across key sectors. He said sectoral expenditure trends across successive governments showed a sharp rise in allocations during the present regime. In the law and order sector, the police budget increased from about Rs 10,000–12,000 crore during the BSP govt (2012–13) and Rs 15,000–18,000 crore under the SP govt (2016–17) to Rs 41,898 crore in 2026–27 — nearly a fourfold jump. In health and…