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Barinderjit.SalujaChandigarh: In a major reshuffle of trains arriving at and departing from Chandigarh railway station, the Ajmer Vande Bharat Express and Chandigarh Shatabdi Express trains will now depart from platform number 6 instead of platform number 1. This announcement was made on Monday as platform number 1 operations will be resumed from Tuesday onwards.The rail official said this decision has been taken to ease passenger rush at the Chandigarh side of the railway station. Source link
Lucknow: To improve coordination between the electricity department and the Lucknow Municipal Corporation and resolve pending issues related to development and cleanliness projects, a meeting was held on Monday, chaired by municipal commissioner Gaurav Kumar.During the discussion, it was noted that applications for increasing electricity load for certain sanitation installations were pending. Officials said the Lucknow Swachhta Abhiyan had earlier submitted applications for enhancement of load for 12 electricity connections. The municipal commissioner asked electricity department officials to process these cases on a priority basis.The power department requested that permission for road cutting be granted in a time-bound manner so.The…
Patna: Chanakya National Law University (CNLU) on Monday organised a round table conference on ‘Safe and Trusted AI in Higher Education Institutions’ under the aegis of its Centre for AI and Law. Faculty members and students of the university participated in the deliberations.Introducing the theme, the centre’s convener, Sadaf Fahim, emphasised the need for safe and fair use of AI in academic activities and for maintaining transparency in academia and student-led innovation. She said all AI-based data must be utilised by educational institutions with full responsibility.Kumar Gaurav, Mohd Irfan and Mohd Safiullah also shared their views on various aspects of…
Jaipur: Chief Minister Bhajan Lal Sharma Monday said the state govt was working on priority for promotion of Ayurveda and its widespread use among the masses. Addressing the gathering at the Golden Jubilee celebration of the National Institute of Ayurveda (NIA), he said Ayurveda and Yoga played a major role in making the country Vishwaguru. “Along with the Vedas, our sages have understood human life through Ayurveda. Great physicians like Charak, Sushrut, Vagbhatt gave systematic form to this knowledge,” he said. He said Charak Samhita stated that a healthy body was the first means of dharma, and that the whole…
Nagpur: A mock drill simulating a full emergency in case of an air crash was held at the Nagpur airport on Monday. The exercise was coordinated by Central Industrial Security Force and participated by the police, NMC firefighting dept, as well as airport operator Mihan India Limited.The situation enacted in the drill was to rescue 22 injured passengers stranded in the plane after a crash. A green channel was created along Wardha Road to carry away the injured passengers. The practice included smoothly bringing in the ambulances from the city to take away the passengers, said a source. Source link
Rajkot: A complaint was filed at Bhavnath police station in Junagadh after flags of the Digambar Jain community were allegedly planted on the fourth peak of Mount Girnar, a site considered sacred by the Nath community. The complaint was lodged by Mahant Pir Yogi Somnathji, head priest of the Gangnath Mahadev Temple. Police registered the case under Sections 196(1)(A) (promoting enmity between groups) and 61(2) (criminal conspiracy) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) against unidentified persons dressed in white and others who may be identified during the investigation. According to the complaint, the incident came to light on Thursday, when…
Ranchi: On the occasion of International Epilepsy Day that was observed on Monday, doctors highlighted concerns over rising alcohol and substance use among young people, warning that these habits are complicating seizure management and epilepsy treatment.Neurologists said changing lifestyles, stress, and misinformation are increasingly affecting treatment outcomes among adolescents and young adults.Dr Manisha, neurologist at Paras Hospital, said, “Alcohol directly interferes with anti-seizure medications and hampers treatment. Many young patients continue drinking while on medication, which reduces effectiveness and ups chances of recurrent seizures.”She noted a steady rise in youth cases linked to lifestyle habits. “Over the past six months,…
Surat: A 48-year-old businessman from Billimora, Mukesh Maru, died by suicide after jumping in front of the Lok Shakti Express near Billimora railway station in Navsari district early on Monday.According to police, the incident occurred at around 1.38am, when the train, heading towards Mumbai, was passing through the area. Maru, the owner of the well-known soap brand with manufacturing units in South Gujarat, reportedly jumped onto the up track as the train approached.Maru was a prominent businessman and a well-known figure in his community. He resided in a township in Antaliya near Billimora. Police said he arrived near the south…
Vadodara: ‘Incidents of sexual exploitation of children are on the rise, especially cases of sexual assault by a relative on a child. A victim of sexual assault has to narrate the painful incident several times, including to the parents, police officials, magistrate and govt prosecutor, and such cases must be handled with sensitivity,’ a court in Chhota Udepur observed, while sentencing a man to 20 years in jail for raping a girl.In 2023, the parents of the 14-year-old girl filed a complaint against Bharmesh Nayka at Jetpur Pavi police station in Chhota Udepur, for kidnapping their daughter and raping her.…
Varanasi: Tension gripped Pisaur village under Shivpur police station on Monday when hundreds of villagers raided a primary school and tried to attack headmaster for allegedly sexually harassing a class four girl student by showing obscene videos on his mobile phone. DCP, Varuna zone, Pramod Kumar along with a team of the district administration, basic education department and police, camped in Pisaur to pacify the villagers, who were raising the demand for handing over the headmaster to them. Later, the headmaster was taken out of the room where he locked himself from inside amid tight security arrangements. A case was…