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Ahmedabad: Five students from Gujarat were among the country’s Top 100 in the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET-UG) 2026, the results of which were announced by the National Testing Agency (NTA) on Thursday evening. The exam was re-conducted following the paper leak controversy and cancellation of the original test. However, the state witnessed a sharp decline in the number of qualifying candidates compared to previous year, with education experts attributing it to the tougher re-examination and disruption in students’ preparation.The five Gujarat students in the Top 100 All India Ranks were Shaurya Patel (AIR 26), Akshit Gaur (AIR 30),…

Prayagraj: The Allahabad High Court has ordered that the investigation being conducted by the Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force (UP STF) against former member of legislative council Haji Iqbal alias Bala in an alleged Rs 6.33 crore real estate fraud be transferred to the Serious Fraud Investigation Office (SFIO).A division bench of Justice Chandra Dhari Singh and Justice Lakshmi Kant Shukla held that once a largescale corporate fraud is already under SFIO scrutiny, a parallel probe by state police into the same corporate network and modus operandi should be avoided. The court said multiple investigations into what is essentially a…

Bhubaneswar: Bhubaneswar witnessed a massive increase in plastic waste during this year’s Rath Yatra celebrations, with sanitation teams clearing nearly six tonnes extra of disposable items from the city’s streets. The waste, largely in the form of plastic cups, spoons, food packets, and water pouches, was left behind by lakhs of devotees who thronged the capital for a glimpse of the chariots and partaking prasad.According to Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC), the bulk of plastic waste came from prasad distribution near the chariots. Devotees were handed offerings in single-use plastic cups, which quickly piled up across multiple locations as the chariots…

Police said Mohan went to the canal with three friends on the night of July 15 Gurgaon: Nearly 24 hours after a 21-year-old student went missing, he was found dead in a canal near Budhera.While police suspect it to be a case of drowning, the family has alleged foul play and questioned the circumstances leading to his death.Mohan, a third-year BSc nursing student of SGT University and a native of Hindol village in Charkhi Dadri, was staying in the university hostel for the past two years.Police said Mohan went to the canal with three friends on the night of July…

Guwahati: Assam Police have become country’s third and region’s first state agency to be registered as an Offline Verification Seeking Entity (OVSE) under the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI).Before Assam Police, the UIDAI OVSE list included two state-police-linked entities — Ahmedabad City Crime Branch in Gujarat and Police Computer Services and Standardisation of Telangana Police — besides central forces such as CISF and Sashastra Seema Bal.The OVSE registration will now allow Assam Police to carry out UIDAI-approved offline Aadhaar verification in the field, enabling faster identity checks, detection of forged Aadhaar documents and quicker delivery of police verification services,…

Jhansi: Around 46 children of a govt-run residential school in Lalitpur district were hospitalised on Thursday after allegedly falling ill following a meal served on the campus.Officials said the children were stable and under medical observation.According to officials, the incident was reported at Atal Awasiya Vidyalaya in Dhaurra, which houses nearly 700 students.Students started complaining of nausea, vomiting and abdominal pain after their afternoon meal, officials said. School authorities immediately informed health officials, prompting a medical team from the nearby primary health centre to rush to the campus.All the affected students were admitted to the paediatric ward of Lalitpur Medical…

Advitya.BahlNoida: An electrician died after sustaining serious injuries while working on a scissor lift at an under-construction building in Sector 67 in the Phase-III police station area, officials said on Monday.Co-workers present at the site immediately informed the person overseeing the construction work, after which Saurabh Kamat was rushed to a nearby hospital for treatment. However, due to serious injuries to his head and other parts of the body, Kamat succumbed during treatment shortly after being admitted, police said.According to police, the incident occurred on Saturday evening when Kamat, a native of Madhubani district in Bihar, was working on the…

Cooking is a serious business Pune: Several diners conscious about hygiene standards sought restaurants’ kitchen tours before choosing where to eat following FDA’s recent action against some city eateries, dishing out restaurateurs a challenge difficult to accept.Restaurants owners said many patrons were enquiring about kitchen cleanliness, food handling and storage practices, and staff hygiene, after Maharashtra Food and Drug Administration (FDA)’s raids. A few even requested to see kitchens.Yogita Joshi, a resident of Pashan, said, “If restaurants have nothing to hide, then kitchen tours should be allowed. There should be time restrictions for these tours, but as a diner I…

Screen-sharing is now one of the few techniques most commonly exploited by fraudsters, said cyber cell officials Margao: Aruna Fernandes from Velim just wanted to pay her gas bill. A stranger called on WhatsApp, sent her an app, and asked her to install it. She did. Within minutes, Rs 2.2 lakh was gone — drained from her account, her husband’s, and her son’s.She is not alone. A mobile “update” link, a “free” credit card, a promising Facebook investment ad, and other such fraudulent tricks have emptied a Goan family’s savings even before they knew what was happening. Fernandes lost the…

Chandigarh Has Set Benchmark Of Planned Urban Development: Modi Chandigarh: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday highlighted Chandigarh’s role as a model of planned urban development while inaugurating and laying the foundation stone of projects worth over Rs 4,700 crore in the UT.Reiterating the Centre’s commitment to Chandigarh’s development, he described the city as a benchmark for planned urbanisation and ease of living.The projects span healthcare, education and road infrastructure, including the expansion of medical facilities at PGIMER, new academic infrastructure at Punjab Engineering College (PEC), a hostel at Govt College, Sector 46, and major road connectivity works.Addressing a public…