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Pune: Weekend gridlocks have almost become a norm on the Mumbai-Pune expressway, and this Saturday was no exception. A surge of traffic once again brought the corridor to a crawl, with lumbering trailers and heavy vehicles choking the ghat stretch and turning peak-hour movement into a sluggish and exhausting ordeal. Officials said the traffic surge was partly due to election-related travel.This bottleneck comes barely days after a 32-hour ordeal caused by the overturning of a propylene tanker near the Adoshi tunnel in the Khandala ghat on Tuesday. The incident had triggered a massive traffic snarl, leaving thousands of commuters stranded…
Margao: The BITS Pilani Goa Campus implemented extensive measures to support student mental health and well-being, dean Suman Kundu informed the third sistrict-level monitoring committee meeting for South Goa.The meeting, chaired by district collector Egna Cleetus, was convened to implement Supreme Court guidelines on mental health and suicide prevention in educational institutions. SP Tikam Singh Verma, director of higher education Bhushan Sawaikar, and officials from other departments attended the meeting.Kundu outlined a multi-layered support framework, including counsellors for students facing stress and depression, along with regular mental wellness and rejuvenation camps. Key initiatives include Mitr, a faculty-led hostel outreach programme,…
Chandigarh: Punjab governor and UT administrator Gulab Chand Kataria held a Samaadhaan Shivir at Guru Dronacharya Stadium in Dadumajra Saturday to hear grievances of residents from Dhanas and Dadumajra, signalling the administration’s push for more citizen-centric and accountable governance.This was the first such shivir organised by the Chandigarh administration. Chief secretary H Rajesh Prasad and senior officers from all departments were present.Chandigarh: Leadership Crisis, Religious Summons, Anti Drug Rally & MoreResidents raised issues related to civic amenities, sanitation, water and electricity supply, roads, lighting, housing, health services, education, social welfare schemes, solid waste management, and other service-delivery concerns. Department officials…
Lucknow: An Air Force veteran was allegedly duped of over Rs 22.75 lakh in a cryptocurrency-based cyber fraud involving multiple unauthorised transactions from his bank accounts and UPI-linked wallets. The victim fell prey to an online scam that promised high returns and bonus incentives on cryptocurrency investments. The complainant detailed a series of fraudulent debits from his savings bank accounts between Jan 11 and Jan 17, 2026. These included Rss 7.5 lakh withdrawn from his account on Jan 13; Rs 5 lakh and Rs 2.74 lakh debited from his account on Jan 17; Rs 95,200 from his account on Jan…
Patna: The Bihar State Archives (BSA) faces several administrative and logistical hurdles that threaten the very history it seeks to protect. While the institution functions as a bridge between the past and the present, that bridge is under strain due to a shortage of physical space, a lack of specialised staff and the pressure of digitising millions of fragile documents without adequate facilities.The existing building does not have the capacity to house new records. Departments are required to transfer their permanent files to the archives after 25 years, yet the BSA currently holds departmental records only up to 1960. Newer…
Jaipur: The process to relocate a second tigress to Mukundra Hills Tiger Reserve (MHTR) under an interstate conservation programme aimed at strengthening the tiger gene pool commenced, forest officials said.A three-year-old tigress was recently rescued from Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve in Madhya Pradesh, where she underwent a comprehensive health examination and was fitted with a radio collar for continuous monitoring. A press statement in MP stated, “The animal is currently being kept under observation in a secure enclosure and may soon be shifted to Rajasthan after receiving the required approvals.”Officials said the tigress was rescued on Feb 6 from Beat Damna…
Nagpur: A tense five-hour night-long search operation involving police, villagers and local communities to trace a two-year-old girl, who was feared kidnapped, in Kalmeshwar area of Nagpur district ended in a dramatic manner after the toddler was found safe in a parked bus in the the early hours of Saturday. The accused, a 27-year-old migrant labourer from Madhya Pradesh, Mukesh Dhurve, had passed out in a drunken stupor with the child by his side in the bus, from where he was nabbed and the minor was rescued. Childless Dhurve bonded with the minor, which helped him take her away, said…
Daltonganj: Election officials on Friday filed a criminal case against a ward councillor candidate and a YouTuber for not submitting a caste certificate and for allegedly making false statements linked to the upcoming civic body polls.The case was lodged against Ajay Paswan and YouTuber Sheikh Mojahid at Hussainabad police station on Friday. Administrative sources said Palamu district election officer-cum-deputy commissioner, Sameera S ordered Pankaj Kumar, the returning officer (RO) of Hussainabad Nagar Panchayat, to lodge the FIR.PM Modi’s Malaysia Visit, Goyal Hails India-US Deal, Delhi Missing People Hype Probe And MoreChandan Kumar, the officer-in-charge (OC) of Hussainabad police station, on…
T’puram: The corals off the Thiruvananthapuram coast are at risk because of pollution from plastic waste and remnants of fishing nets. The problem is acute in a bay off Kovalam, where several plastic items, broken nets and other waste were found at the bottom of the sea by divers from the NGO Friends of Marine Life (FML). The seabed is full of remnants of plastic carry bags, brown paper bags, plastic water bottles, silver foil and trays used to pack food and other items. Small fish are seen manoeuvring around the waste in the hazy water. Robert Panipilla of FML…
Kolkata: Twelve students, appearing for their Madhyamik geography paper on Saturday, were barred after being caught with mobiles. The cases were reported in Kolkata, N 24 Parganas, Hooghly, E Midnapore, Bankura, Cooch Behar, Birbhum, W Burdwan. Khanna School, Kolkata, students were accused of vandalising their centre, Momin School. tnn Source link