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CHENNAI: No matter how much occupational or speech therapy they tried for their son, nothing matched the impact swimming had, says Balaji Kannan, a PR professional. “His comprehension has improved, his spatial awareness is better, and he’s started becoming vocal,” he says about Hruday B, who has ADHD and moderate autism spectrum disorder.Hruday still isn’t fully conversational, but he is able to express himself now.Some, like 14-year-old V Krithik, have developed a passion for the sport. “It became his calling. He went from hyperactive and restless to being focused,” says his mother, Gayathri V.Many parents of children with visual and…

Ahmedabad: Class 10 students will receive their marksheets on May 27, the Gujarat Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board (GSHSEB) has announced. Over 6.5 lakh students cleared the exams this year. The dispatch of marksheets from the board’s office to district education offices will begin on May 25. On May 26, the documents will be handed over to schools for distribution the next day. The Class 10 exam results were declared online on May 8, but students did not receive physical mark sheets at that time. The board is also issuing certificates, and school records for Class 10, Sanskrit Prathama,…

Prayagraj: In a move to ease congestion and improve passenger convenience, the North Central Railway (NCR) has announced an operational change for trains running between Prayagraj Junction and Kanpur.From July 24 onwards, several key trains will no longer halt at Kanpur Central Station. Instead, they will stop at the newly upgraded Govindpuri Railway Station.This decision is part of NCR’s efforts to decongest Kanpur Central, one of the busiest stations in the region, and to enhance passenger connectivity through Govindpuri. The upgraded Govindpuri Station was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on May 22, 2025, under the ambitious Amrit Bharat Station…

Jharsuguda: A local court on Saturday sentenced a 46-year-old tuition teacher to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment for sexually assaulting a 10-year-old student. Additional district & sessions-cum-special judge (Pocso), Puja Sarangi, also imposed a fine of Rs 10,000 on the convict.On May 2, 2022, the man, who ran tuition classes from his house, asked the girl to stay back after allowing other students to leave around 11 am. According to the prosecution, he showed the minor girl some photos and inappropriately touched her. The terrified girl fled to her house and reported the incident to her mother, who then informed…

COIMBATORE: A group of volunteers from four residential welfare associations in Coimbatore South Zone on Saturday removed a portion of waste dumped on the banks of the Kurichi lake.The cleaning drive will continue on Sunday along with other activities, including creating awareness on source segregation, plastic recycling and saving water bodies. There will be a marathon as well. The mass plastic cleaning drive conducted on Saturday was a combined initiative of the Coimbatore City Municipal Corporation and the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board.A corporation officer said the civic body roped in residents’ welfare associations due to negligible response and participation…

Gurgaon: The prime accused in a case involving a demand of Rs 1 crore as extortion from a local businessman was arrested on Friday.According to police, the key accused, Rankit alias Ritik (25), was arrested by the Crime Branch team of Sector 30. Complainant Yash Arora, a resident of New Janata Colony in Faridabad, had filed a complaint at the Saran Police Station, stating that while his father was in Haridwar for some work, he received a threatening call from Rankit on April 26. “The caller demanded Rs 1 crore and threatened to shoot me if the demand wasn’t met,”…

Agartala: The Tripura Pradesh Youth Congress (TPYC) on Saturday urged CM Manik Saha to publish a white paper detailing govt sector employment during the BJP regime.At a press conference, TPYC leader Sahajahan Islam claimed the CM has been making contradictory statements about the number of posts filled during the BJP’s rule.”People want to know how many youths have been employed in government departments over the past seven years. On December 18, 2024, Saha said 13,000 posts were filled. On April 28, 2025, he claimed 16,942 jobs were given, and just two days ago, he said 19,262 posts of different categories…

Belagavi: Police arrested Lokeshwar Swami, 30, of Ram Mandir Mutt in Mekhali village of Raibag taluk on Friday in a Pocso case. On May 13, Lokeshwar Swami allegedly took the girl in his car while she was returning home.He threatened to kill her if she made a fuss and took her to various places, including Bagalkot and Raichur, and sexually assaulted her. On May 16, he left her at the bus stand in Mahalingpur city of the Bagalkot district.According to Mudalagi police, the girl’s father filed a complaint at Bagalkot Women’s police station on May 21. Bagalkot Women’s police station…

Kanpur: The Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor (EDFC) launched a modern crew running room at New Kanpur Station, Prayagraj Unit, on Friday which was commissioned by Praveen Kumar, managing director of DFCCIL.Many railway officials were present on the occasion.The impressive G+4 building spanning 7,242.55 square metres, features contemporary amenities including solar installations, roof-mounted 88KW (184 panels) and stand-mounted 412KW (762 panels), projected to generate 8,21,000 KWH annually, with cost savings of Rs 7.7 per unit.During the opening ceremony, Praveen Kumar said, “This crew running room is not just a building, it’s a solution designed to meet the operational demands of our…

Ludhiana: Acting on a complaint from residents of Kiran Vihar Colony, located behind Keys Hotel on Pakhowal Road, about illegal construction on land designated for a community center, officials from the Greater Ludhiana Area Development Authority (GLADA) have served a notice to halt the ongoing work.GLADA officials issued the notice after inspecting the site. A team visited the location and found that construction was underway without the necessary building permission from the relevant authorities. The assistant district town planner immediately ordered the halt of construction, warning that if the order was not complied with, the property would be sealed, and…