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The recent torrential rains caused localised flooding and infrastructural disruptions in the city Pune: The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has decided to install CCTV cameras to monitor illegal activities like large-scale debris dumping along the riverbeds of Mula and Mutha within the civic limits following repeated complaints.“We have identified 30 chronic spots. New CCTV cameras and signaling systems will be installed at the locations. The administration plans to complete the project in a month,” said Ganesh Sonune of the PMC’s disaster management department.Citizen activists welcomed the idea, but said the administration must maintain the facilities. They said such projects initiated…

Panaji: A decade old, Rs 35,000 crore illegal mining case that dumped barons of the industry, out of the sector ended in a whimper after the Bombay high court quashed the first information report (FIR) filed by crime branch of Goa police based on the Justice M B Shah commission’s findings.Crime branch had registered the FIR based on the complaint of the directorate of mines and geology has closed the illegal mining case. A special investigation team (SIT) was investigating 126 mining cases.In 2023, Supreme Court order quashed and set aside the high court order directing state to register an…

Chandigarh: Punjab Congress president Amrinder Singh Raja Warring on Thursday backed party MLA and Punjab leader of opposition Partap Singh Bajwa amid his standoff with the AAP govt and alleged that Congress councillors in Qadian had been subjected to pressure by the incumbent AAP.Praising Bajwa for “standing up to the intimidation” by the AAP govt, Warring assured him of the party’s full support and said the Congress would continue to oppose what he described as the ruling party’s “criminal intimidation”.In a video message, Warring alleged that Congress councillors in Qadian had been forcibly taken away by supporters of the AAP.…

Deputy CM Brajesh Pathak performs community service Lucknow: Lord Jagannath, “Lord of the Universe,” protects all devotees and represents unity of the nation, said deputy chief minister Brajesh Pathak, taking part in Sri Jagannath Rath Yatra organised by the ISKCON Temple, Golf City, on Thursday. He said the deity has united the country from Kashmir to Kanyakumari.At a function organised at Ravindralaya, Pathak said, “Jagannath is derived from Sanskrit words—’Jagat’ (the universe) and ‘Nath’ (Lord)—meaning Supreme Lord of the universe.“Blessings of Lord Jagannath have united the country from Kashmir to Kanyakumari in a single spiritual thread,” said Pathak.He said human…

Patna: What was meant to be exam-time discipline turned into social media “masti” for a student and an embarrassment for BN Mandal University after a video allegedly shot inside an examination hall went viral.The clip purportedly shows a girl dancing to a Bhojpuri song and displaying her admit card during BNMU’s BA second-semester internal examination. Uploaded from an Instagram account named ‘Kajal Vishnu’, the reel claims to have been filmed at Ramesh Jha Mahila College in Saharsa, a constituent college of the university. TOI could not independently verify the authenticity of the video or the claims regarding where and when…

Congress president Govind Singh Dotasra with chairman of RPCC’s OBC dept, Harsahay Yadav, at an event Thursday Jaipur: Rajasthan Congress president Govind Singh Dotasra on Thursday alleged large-scale corruption in the transfer of teachers, accusing people close to education minister Madan Dilawar of extorting money during the process.Speaking to reporters after the OBC Congress Advisory Council conference in Jaipur, Dotasra alleged that the education department became the “worst-affected” by corruption in transfers.“There is rampant corruption in transfers. People close to the education minister are heavily engaged in extortion. A lot of money was taken in teachers’ transfers,” he alleged.Challenging the…

Nagpur: Law colleges in Nagpur and across the state have been slapped with hefty penalties by the Bar Council of India (BCI) for allegedly failing to initiate the mandatory course approval process and pay the prescribed fees within stipulated timeline. The issue has also delayed admissions for the current academic year, with the State CET Cell putting the admission process for both five-year BA LLB and three-year LLB courses on hold until colleges submit BCI approval for 2026-27. NU’s Dr Ambedkar College of Law is among few institutions to have escaped the penalty. However, despite complying, it too has been…

The RSS office in Nivaranpur Gumla: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Thursday conducted simultaneous raids at five locations in Lohardaga district as part of its ongoing probe into June’s petrol bomb attack on the RSS office in Ranchi.The RSS had alleged that petrol bombs were hurled at its office in the Nivaranpur area during the early hours of the day. Police then constituted a special investigation team (SIT) to probe the incident.The NIA team reached Lohardaga around 4am and, with assistance from the district police, carried out searches at New Azad Basti and Rahat Nagar.“The team raided the residence…

Times News NetworkSeized itemsSurat: A 19-year-old serial chain snatcher, who allegedly turned to crime to fund his lavish lifestyle, has been arrested by the Surat crime branch. Police said the accused targeted morning walkers and committed nine chain-snatching offences over the past few months.Deputy Commissioner of Police (Crime) Bhave Rojiya said the accused, Dev Vaghela, confessed to carrying out nine chain-snatching incidents. “He was addicted to a luxury lifestyle and was constantly in need of money. This drove him to commit chain-snatching offences, mostly targeting morning walkers. He even purchased an expensive motorcycle so that he could escape in ‘Dhoom’…

Gorakhpur: Once regarded most backward part of Gorakhpur because of poor road connectivity, the district’s southern belt is witnessing a major infrastructure transformation under Yogi Adityanath govt. Public Works Department is carrying out widening and strengthening works on nine key roads spanning more than 118 km at a cost exceeding Rs 445 crore.The road projects are aimed at improving connectivity between rural areas and major highways, including the Gorakhpur-Varanasi four-lane corridor and the Gorakhpur Link Expressway. Officials said the upgraded network is expected to make travel easier for residents, farmers, students and traders, while boosting access to healthcare and education…