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Many students claim they have failed various backlog exams as a result of the changed pattern of marks Pune: Second and third year students of engineering institutes under Savitribai Phule Pune University (SPPU) will hold a protest on the varsity’s premises on Wednesday against a change in the pattern of examination marks that was allegedly not communicated till 45 days before the tests.Many students claimed they had failed various backlog exams as a result. SPPU refuted the claims and said all ordinances were uploaded on their website and students did not see it.Meanwhile, students further said that under the 2024…

Margao: Three years after the Margao Municipal Council (MMC) sat housing societies down to talk decentralised composting, and two months after it inaugurated a Rs 7.5-crore gasification plant, one basic question remains unanswered: why can’t Goa’s second-largest municipality get its residents to segregate garbage at source — and why has the council never cracked down against those who won’t?The numbers explain the scale of the problem. By the MMC’s own count in 2023, Margao generates roughly 35 tonnes of wet waste and 15 tonnes of dry waste every day — a total of about 55 tonnes per day (TPD). Municipal…

Congress MLAs led by leader of opposition Partap Saingh Bajwa protest on the last day of the Punjab Vidhan Sabha’s monsoon session in Chandigarh on Monday Chandigarh: Congress MLA and Leader of Opposition (LoP) Partap Singh Bajwa on Monday alleged a “serious anomaly” in the AAP government’s recruitment drive during Zero Hour in the Punjab Vidhan Sabha. He claimed that the Punjab health department recently recruited 13 multipurpose health workers, of whom 10 were from neighbouring Haryana, and posted them along the Punjab-Haryana border.Questioning the state’s employment generation claims, Bajwa said that while the AAP government boasts of providing around…

Lucknow: A Lucknow-based tech entrepreneur has lodged an FIR alleging that a man repeatedly posted abusive, threatening and defamatory content against him and his family on social media platforms.The FIR was registered at Gomtinagar police station on the complaint of Anvesh Tiwari (35), founder of a private technology company. Police booked Abhishek Singh, a resident of Ayodhya district, under provisions of the Information Technology Act.According to the complaint, Singh allegedly uploaded videos, posts and comments on Facebook and other social media platforms containing abusive language, threats and false allegations against Tiwari and his family.Tiwari claimed the posts damaged his personal…

Patna: Two youths died and three others sustained serious injuries after two speeding motorcycles collided head-on on the Dumri Ghat bridge under Chautham police station area of Khagaria district on Sunday night. The victims were returning with Gangajal from Aguwani Ganga Ghat for jalabhishek when the accident occurred.The deceased were identified as Suraj Kumar (25), son of Anil Yadav of Paura village, and Luv Kush Kumar (18), son of Ramadhar Singh of Kohwa Basa in Beldaur block.According to police, the two bikes, coming from opposite directions, collided on the bridge, killing both riders on the spot. Three others sustained serious…

Jaipur: Rajasthan health and medical education minister Gajendra Singh Khimsar Monday directed officials to begin the process for posting and paying 225 newly recruited Food Safety Officers after they protested over eight months of unpaid salaries and delayed field deployment.The officers, appointed to the Commissionerate of Food Safety and Drug Control to support the state’s “Shuddh Aahar–Milawat Par Vaar” anti-adulteration campaign, said they joined in Dec 2025 and completed departmental training in Jan 2026. They said they have not received even one month’s salary since recruitment.The FSOs submitted a memorandum at Khimsar’s Civil Lines residence and later staged a dharna…

Nagpur: The demolition of four illegal bridges over a natural nullah at Kachipura may have cleared one hurdle for Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC), but a larger encroachment battle awaits the civic body. Its long-pending action against 56 commercial establishments spread across nearly 19.82 hectares of PDKV land along Central Bazar Road includes shops, restaurants, garages, automobile workshops and event lawns.A senior Dharampeth Zone official told TOI that, apart from the High Court proceedings, two appeals related to the action are pending before Mantralaya. The civic body will proceed based on the outcome of the court case and the administrative appeals,…

Rajkot: Unlike the usual investigative pattern where police identify a murder victim before hunting for suspects, Morbi local crime branch (LCB) arrested six persons — including a local industrialist— for allegedly killing an unidentified man, whose naked body was found on April 8, on the outskirts of Samtherva village of Wankaner taluka.Despite extensive efforts analyzing CCTV footage, tracking vehicle movements and broadcasting appeals via social media, police have not been able to establish the victim’s identity. Human intelligence led investigators to bring in local businessman Sandeep Jhalariya and five others for interrogation. Jhalariya has a vitrified tiles factory.Morbi DSP Mukesh…

Ranchi supply circle achieved 97.57% billing coverage in July Ranchi: Jharkhand Bijli Vitran Nigam Limited (JBVNL) recorded its highest-ever billing efficiency in July, issuing electricity bills to 96.59% of its consumers, up 1.59 percentage points from the previous record of 95 in June.According to the discom’s data, bills were generated for 5,413,542 of the 5,604,917 registered consumers across the state. Hazaribag, Koderma, Ramgarh, Jamshedpur and Ranchi emerged as the five best-performing supply circles.Hazaribag topped the state with billing coverage of 99.26%, followed by Koderma at 99.13% and Ramgarh at 98.48%. Jamshedpur and Ranchi achieved coverage of 98.14% and 97.57%, respectively.…

Vadodara: Two men who allegedly escaped from police custody in the city 11 years ago have been re-arrested by the Crime Branch. The duo was accused of circulating counterfeit currency and a complaint was registered against them at Jawahar Nagar police station.The accused, Mohammed Haq and Mohammed Narul Sheikh, both hailing from West Bengal, were arrested in 2015. Haq escaped from police custody after allegedly pushing a guard on duty while they were being taken to West Bengal for investigations. According to police, Narul also escaped from the lock-up and both were on the run.Recently, police received information about the…