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The service will run twice a day. The fare from Jind to Sonipat has been fixed at Rs 25. JIND: Prime Minister Narendra Modi flagged off India’s first hydrogen-powered train from Jind railway station on Friday. The train will operate between Jind and Sonipat, covering a one-way distance of 89 kilometres.The service will run twice a day. The fare from Jind to Sonipat has been fixed at Rs 25. The train has a maximum speed of 75 kmph and can accommodate around 2,600 passengers.After flagging off the train, Prime Minister Modi left for the HUDA ground to address a public…

Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University Lucknow: Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University (BBAU) has recorded its highest number of postgraduate admission applications in the last four years, receiving 18,589 applications for 2,611 seats.The university had received 15,965 applications last year, while the number of candidates who paid the admission fee in 2023 and 2024 hovered around 15,000.“The figures are really encouraging for us. Overall, the number of applications for CUET-PG has gone down. Last year, around 5.5 lakh candidates registered for admissions to central universities across the country, but the number has dropped to 3.5 lakh this year. Despite this decline, applications to…

Patna: State health secretary Kumar Ravi on Thursday warned that govt doctors found absent from duty without approved leave would face immediate suspension and departmental action. He also directed strict action against govt doctors found referring patients to private hospitals unnecessarily or engaging in private practice during official duty hours.The directives were issued during a review meeting held via video conferencing, where the functioning of govt hospitals in Arwal, Bhojpur, Lakhisarai and Saharsa districts was assessed. The review covered doctor attendance, emergency and OPD rosters, surgeries, patient referrals and online service reporting on the BHAVYA portal.Ravi instructed civil surgeons to…

Jaipur: Ahead of the upcoming urban local body elections, the Rajasthan State Election Commission (SEC) has made it mandatory for candidates contesting municipal elections to submit declarations on criminal convictions and pending criminal cases along with their nomination papers, warning that nominations may be rejected if the prescribed forms are not furnished before scrutiny.The Commission has also withdrawn its 2019 order requiring candidates to disclose details related to the two-child norm following the state govt’s decision to remove the corresponding disqualification provision from the Rajasthan Municipalities Act.The SEC has issued fresh instructions to all district election officers (Collectors) after the…

Nagpur: The Nagpur bench of the Bombay high court on Wednesday directed the Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) to operationalise its proposed e-Court Case Management System (e-CMS) within the stipulated timeframe and asked whether the platform would be capable of providing updated information on all pending court compliance matters by Aug 10.A division bench comprising Justices Anil Pansare and Rajnish Vyas issued the directives while reviewing compliance in writ petitions filed in 2005 and 2016. Although the original petitions have already been disposed of, the court continues to monitor implementation of its directions. The matter has been posted for further hearing…

Dhanbad: A youth, armed with a ‘made in USA’-marked pistol and loaded with three cartridges, was arrested for allegedly planning a serious criminal offence, police said on Thursday.DSP (Law and Order) Prakash Soy said, “Acting on a tip-off received around 7:30 pm on July 15 that two armed youths were conspiring to commit a major crime near an abandoned house at Bhuchungtand, a special team was formed on the instructions of SSPolice Prabhat Kumar.”“As the police approached the spot near the eight-lane Hirak Road, both suspects attempted to flee. During the chase, one of them, identified as Monu Kumar Yadav,…

The alleged abuse took place between May last year until March this year Kolkata: The Alipore court has asked Farman Ansari, son of former Trinamool councillor Rehmat Ansari, to appear before a court in Mumbai by July 28 and seek legal relief after he was arrested by a Mumbai police team under Pocso Act for alleged “repeated acts of inappropriate sexual touching” of a minor girl, a distant relative.The girl’s family accused Farman of the crime between May last year and March this year during family gatherings, including a wedding. The alleged offence came to light when the girl, after…

Doda, July 17: A civilian was killed and three police personnel were injured in a firing incident during a police operation in the Jai Valley area of Bhaderwah in Jammu and Kashmir’s Doda district on Friday, with police ruling out any terror angle.A senior police officer told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that the incident occurred after a police team detected suspicious movement in the high-altitude Jai Valley area during the intervening night of Thursday and Friday.“On noticing suspicious movement in the area, the police team challenged the individuals. This led to a scuffle, during which an attempt was…

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday allowed the nationwide release of the animated film Mahaprabhu Jagannath on or after July 28, after the conclusion of Lord Jagannath Rath Yatra festivities.A bench of Justices BV Nagarathna and R Mahadevan noted that the film is based on a web series that has already been released on YouTube and that it has received certification from the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC).The producers had approached the apex court after the Orissa High Court stayed the film’s release, which was originally scheduled for Friday.During the hearing, Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing for the…

According to the DRI, the arrested accused admitted they were acting on the instructions of the handler of a gold smuggling syndicate Mumbai: The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) has busted an international gold smuggling syndicate operating through Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (CSMIA) and arrested six persons, including three staffers working at different outlets inside the airport and three Philippine nationals, after seizing more than 5 kg of smuggled gold valued at ₹7.49 crore from Bangkok.Advocate Aftab Qureshi and Prabhakar Tripathi, appearing for the three foreign nationals, said his clients were bona fide international transit passengers travelling from the…