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Gurgaon: The body of an unidentified woman, believed to be aged between 30 and 35 years, was found near Basai Chowk late on Sunday, with police suspecting murder.Police said the body was discovered around 10.30 am, following which a team from Sector 10A police station reached the spot and sealed the area. A forensic team examined the scene and collected evidence.The woman has not yet been identified. Police said no identity documents or personal belongings were recovered from the spot, and efforts are underway to establish her identity by checking missing persons records and coordinating with nearby police stations.Though no…

Itanagar: The border haat at Pangsau Pass along the India-Myanmar border officially resumed operations on Monday after a six-year hiatus, marking a key milestone towards reviving cross-border commerce and tourism in Arunachal Pradesh.Located at Pangsau Pass in Changlang district, the market will operate on the 10th, 20th and 30th of every month. The reopening is anticipated to bolster traditional trade relations between India and Myanmar, streamline regulated border commerce, and generate fresh economic opportunities for local border communities.Nampong MLA Laisam Simai visited the venue on the opening day to interact with traders, visitors, and local administration officials. He said the…

Times News NetworkKanpur: The Special Task Force on Monday arrested two alleged drug traffickers from the Barra police station area of the city and recovered 4.057 kilograms of charas, valued at about Rs 20 lakh in the international market.According to the officials, the accused were identified as Shariq and Riyaz Khan, both residents of Gammu Khan Ka Hata under the Colonelganj police station area.The STF said the arrests were made on Monday, at around 1 pm near the underpass built in front of a hotel under the Barra police station area, after the team laid a siege and trapped the…

Waste accumulated at waste collection point in a housing society in Ravet Pune: Several Pimpri Chinchwad neighbourhoods are facing irregular garbage collection and growing waste piles as PCMC has not resumed dumping at the Moshi landfill nearly two weeks after a massive garbage mound collapsed onto the administrative building of the waste-to-energy plant, killing nine people.Civic officials said debris from the collapse was still being cleared from the internal access road used by garbage trucks, delaying the facility’s reopening. “We are trying to ensure the depot is reopened at the earliest. Other facilities, including the hotel waste-to-biogas plant and the…

Chandigarh: The draft electoral roll for the 01-Chandigarh parliamentary constituency will be published on July 21 as part of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) 2026 exercise, election officials said.The enumeration phase of the revision was conducted across UT Chandigarh from June 15 to July 14. The draft roll is being published with July 1, 2026, as the qualifying date and includes the names of electors who submitted enumeration forms during the house-to-house verification drive.Officials said citizens whose names do not appear in the draft electoral roll can apply for inclusion during the claims and objections period from July 21 to…

Lucknow: House tax defaulters in the city will soon get a chance to clear their pending dues under a one-time settlement (OTS) scheme, which the Lucknow Municipal Corporation (LMC) will implement from Aug 15 to Dec 15 following directions from the UP govt.The scheme will cover pending house tax, water tax and sewer tax dues up to April 1, 2026. It will apply to residential, commercial, industrial, govt, semi-govt and public sector properties within the LMC limits.Under the scheme, taxpayers, who pay the principal outstanding amount, will get a waiver or concession on accumulated interest and surcharge as per the…

Patna: Setting aside political affiliations and organisational differences, teachers of Patna University (PU) on Monday decided to go on mass casual leave on Tuesday to protest the proposed higher education reforms in Bihar. They will also stage a day-long dharna at the university headquarters, demanding that the state govt withdraw the proposed changes.At a general body meeting of the Patna University Teachers’ Association (PUTA) held at B N College under the chairmanship of president Sheo Sagar Prasad, teachers from colleges and postgraduate departments unanimously resolved to oppose what they termed as attempts to alter the fundamental character of state universities…

Jaipur: The state tourism department, in collaboration with the Indian Embassy, Monday showcased Rajasthan’s tourism potential at a roadshow in Tokyo aimed at attracting Japanese travellers. The event highlighted the state’s diverse offerings and positioned Rajasthan as one of India’s most compelling destinations for cultural and heritage tourism.Addressing the gathering, additional director Anand Tripathi spoke about the experiences awaiting tourists in Rajasthan. “Visitors can indulge in luxury tourism, desert safaris, Buddhist heritage, wedding destinations, adventure, wellness and sustainable travel,” he said. Tripathi also emphasised the state’s tourism policies, which encourage investment, heritage conservation, homestays and infrastructure reforms.Japanese tour operator Takeshi…

Nagpur: Scores of students from NMC’s Ekatmata Nagar Marathi Upper Primary School in Jaitala staged a protest outside the municipal commissioner’s office on Monday, demanding immediate appointment of teachers to their school, where just three teachers are posted for 11 classes from nursery to Class VIII.The protest, joined by parents, Congress city president Praful Gudadhe and corporator Shailendra Dorle, highlighted what protesters termed a severe shortage of teachers at the civic-run school.According to the agitators, the school has around 170 students enrolled from nursery, KG-I, KG-II and Classes I to VIII. However, only three teachers are posted. Of them, one…

A commission report on the 1993 police firing was tabled in the assembly. The report stated the firing was worse than the Jallianwala Bagh massacre. KOLKATA: “There was no need to fire bullets to control the crowd located far away from Writers’ Building,” Bengal CM Suvendu Adhikari read out from the Sushanta Chatterjee Commission’s report on police firing on a Mamata Banerjeeled Youth Congress rally on July 21, 1993, that led to 12 deaths. The report said the firing was “worse than the Jallianwala Bagh massacre”. The commission was set up in 2011 by the erstwhile Trinamool govt and the…