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Ajmer: Private schools across Ajmer remained closed Wednesday as their management staged a protest demanding the release of pending reimbursements under the Right to Education (RTE) Act. They also submitted a memorandum to the district collector, addressed to the chief minister, warning of a larger agitation if their demands are not met.Under the banner of the Rajasthan Niji Shikshan Sangharsh Samiti, the protesters gathered at the collectorate and sought immediate clearance of RTE dues, under which private schools provide free education to eligible students and are reimbursed by the state govt.Samiti president Kailash Sharma said the organisation also demanded an…

Wardha police and officers from local crime branch collect clues from the crime spot Wardha: A 12-year-old girl was allegedly hammered to death with a boulder on Wednesday night in the Rotha area of Wardha district, where police suspect the minor girl was sexually assaulted before being murdered. Her body was found in a pool of blood with a skull smashed.As per preliminary information, the girl returned home from a nearby zilla parishad school in the afternoon and was alone when she was attacked. The victim’s clothes were found discarded inside a farm storage shed, while the girl was found…

Ranchi: State chief electoral officer (CEO) K Ravi Kumar on Wednesday urged all eligible voters to submit their filled and signed enumeration forms to respective booth level officers by July 19. He said that BLOs completed door-to-door distribution of enumeration forms to around 96% of voters listed in the current electoral rolls within the scheduled time.The remaining voters may include those in the ASDD list. Kumar said the meeting of BLOs and booth level agents-2 during the enumeration phase will be held at all polling stations on July 22 to finalise the ASDD list before the draft roll publication on…

Surat: A 22-year-old married woman allegedly died by suicide after being relentlessly blackmailed by her husband’s friend, who allegedly secretly recorded her while she was bathing and demanded money to prevent the nude video from being circulated.Kapodra police have booked the accused for abetment to suicide.The victim has been living with her husband in the Kapodra area since their marriage in Feb this year. According to the police complaint, the accused, a close friend of her husband who lived on the upper floor of the same residential society, frequently visited their house.About four months ago, the accused allegedly recorded a…

Gorakhpur: A juvenile escaped from police custody from the district hospital in Gorakhpur on Wednesday morning after allegedly pushing two policemen during a routine medical examination.The accused, a resident of the Rajghat area, was apprehended around 15 days ago in connection with a theft case and was subsequently sent to a juvenile correction home.On Wednesday, three juveniles were brought to the district hospital at around 11am for a routine health check-up under police escort.Preliminary inquiries suggest that instead of taking the juveniles individually for examination, two policemen were escorting all three together.Taking advantage of the lapse, one of the juveniles…

Mamata Banerjee (File Photo) KOLKATA: Had she gone for some “setting”, neither she nor her party would have been forced “to face torment”, Trinamool chief Mamata Banerjee said on Wednesday. In a Facebook Live session, the former CM said she had never compromised on her principles and will never do so. Banerjee said she would start her political struggle anew this year.“If I had done some setting for myself, I wouldn’t have had to put up with this torment. But I have not sold my conscience for political survival,” said Banerjee before apologising to the people on behalf of “traitors”.…

Budgam, Jul 15: Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology, Kashmir (SKUAST-K), under the All India Coordinated Research Project (ICAR-AICRP) on Poultry Breeding, organized an awareness-cum-distribution program for tribal farmers at Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK), Budgam, under the DAPST (Tribal Sub-Plan). The initiative aimed to promote scientific backyard poultry farming as a sustainable livelihood option and to encourage the production and consumption of safe, residue-free organic eggs.Prof. Rehana Habib Kanth, Director Research, SKUAST-K, attended the program as the Chief Guest. She highlighted the potential of backyard poultry to enhance nutritional security, generate supplementary income, and strengthen rural livelihoods.Stressing the rising demand…

City cyclist Harshveer Singh Sekhon has been selected in India’s six-member cycling contingent for the 2026 Commonwealth Games, scheduled to be held in Glasgow from July 23 to August 2. The announcement by the Cycling Federation of India marks another major milestone in the athlete’s remarkable sporting journey.Harshveer Singh Sekhon represented India at the 2018 Asian Games and won a silver medal at the Asian Skating Championships. (HT File)An alumnus of DAV Public School, Harshveer initially excelled in roller skating after taking up the sport in 2004. He represented India at the 2018 Asian Games and won a silver medal…

Authorities in Indian-administered Kashmir have issued a sweeping order to all educational institutions to review books for “inappropriate and objectionable” content, in a move that has sparked a debate over who gets to shape the region’s history in classrooms.The order, issued last week, directs schools, colleges, universities and coaching centres to screen all published material on their premises – including research papers and academic theses – for content that could violate “religious sentiments, laws, educational values and established norms”. They must also report books deemed objectionable to the authorities.Authorities insist the directive is not about restricting reading but removing material…

A car collided with a stationary dumper near Rajapur, claiming four lives MUMBAI: Four people, including a newly married woman and her 15-year-old nephew, died after the car they were travelling in collided with a stationary dumper near Rajapur on the Goa-Mumbai Highway.The accident took place at 6. 45am on Wednesday.The family of four, including Anas Qureshi, 35, his wife Fiza, 25, his mother Yasmeen, 70, and nephew Irfan, 15, were returning from Goa after spending a few days there as part of a family vacation.Qureshi and Fiza got married 20 days ago and planned to go to Goa.They also…