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Ludhiana: Election authorities have finalised all arrangements for the counting of votes across six municipal councils in the district, scheduled to begin at 8 am on Friday. Because voting was conducted via ballot papers, officials expect the final results to emerge by the afternoon.ADC Dr Narinder Singh Dhaliwal confirmed that 60 counting tables have been set up across six dedicated centers, featuring 14 tables at larger venues and six at smaller ones. Each table will be managed by a three-member team, backed by a 20% staff reserve, with two micro-observers stationed at each center. The final randomisation of the counting…

The GMC chief presented an action plan to tackle air pollution by eliminating road dust in the meeting Ghaziabad: District magistrate Ravindra Kumar Mandar on Wednesday evening chaired a meeting of the Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) and directed department officials to enact measures to keep road dust in check in an effort to tackle the district’s air pollution levels. Chief development officer Kumar Saurabh and other concerned officers were also present in the meeting.The DM also asked Ghaziabad Development Authority, Ghaziabad Municipal Corporation, Public Works Department and other concerned departments to take steps to achieve visible results.In line…

Pune: As many as 116 schools of the 285 run by Pune Municipal Corporation have no principals. Retirement and non-availability of teachers who have cleared the Supreme Court-mandated Teachers Eligibility Test (TET) to take on the responsibility have kept these posts vacant.Such schools amount to 40% of the total number, data given in a reply to queries raised by elected members revealed. Educators and experts observed that the absence of principals is a concern. The post is important not only for academic management but also for administrative purposes. Efforts must be speeded up to fill these posts at the earliest,…

Mapusa: The people of Tuem in Pernem taluka are worried after mamlatdar Ranjit Salgaonkar issued notices to property owners demanding payment of pending fines linked to illegal stone quarrying, warning that properties could be confiscated on the directorate of mines and geology’s directions.An official said the mines directorate has begun proceedings to attach houses, private vehicles and other assets to recover unpaid fines running into lakhs of rupees.The crackdown follows years of illegal stone quarrying in the area. With many plots held jointly by comunidades or families, notices have been served to all co-owners, the official said.The notices have triggered…

Chamba: For the first time since the issuance of notification of the Gamgul Siyabehi Wildlife Sanctuary in Chamba in 1974, wildlife authorities have obtained conclusive evidence of the presence of the Himalayan brown bear (Ursus arctos isabellinus) after capturing photographic and video evidence of four brown bears.Divisional Forest Officer (DFO), Wildlife, Chamba, Kuldeep Singh Jamwal, confirmed on Thursday about the presence of four Himalayan brown bears in the Gamgul Siyabehi Wildlife Sanctuary, including two males, a female with a cub. He said that while the existence of the species in the sanctuary had been presumed for years, the wildlife department…

Patna: CM Samrat Choudhary on Thursday said model schools named Saraswati Vidya Niketan would be established in each of the state’s 534 blocks as part of the govt’s efforts to make Bihar a strong centre of education.Addressing a function at the legislative council auditorium for the release of a book on the life of Veer Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, Samrat said Bihar was known in ancient times as a global centre of learning with institutions such as Nalanda University and Vikramshila University attracting students from abroad. He said the Saraswati Vidya Niketan schools would be developed to such a level that…

Bhilwara: An FIR was lodged against cooperatives and civil aviation minister Gautam Kumar Dak, following allegations of abusive language and threats directed at police personnel at the Dungla police station Thursday. The incident was reported to have occurred on May 25.The FIR filed by station house officer Shaitan Singh details an alleged confrontation between minister Dak and three policemen. The minister allegedly expressed his anger over a complaint involving one of his party workers, claiming that the policemen extorted money from him.The FIR says that minister Dak summoned the SHO and two constables, Laxminarayan and Vishnu, outside the police station…

Amravati: In a rare wildlife rescue, a seven-foot python and 10 eggs were safely retrieved from a farm at Dahigaon village in Chandur Railway tehsil on Tuesday. The rescue began after farm workers spotted unusual movement during excavation work in Punjaram Shende’s agricultural field. Snake rescuer Shubham Vighe from Teosa tehsil was called to the site after the snake and the eggs were discovered. On inspection, he found the python sheltering inside a burrow with its eggs, likely seeking refuge from the ongoing intense summer heat.Vighe and his team carefully removed the python and all 10 eggs without any sort…

Behrampore/Midnapore: Two men have been arrested in separate incidents for allegedly drawing financial benefits under Lakshmir Bhandar scheme, a state welfare scheme meant exclusively for women.In Murshidabad, Behrampore Police arrested Rakibul Sekh of Sialmara following an FIR lodged by the BDO. The arrest came after CM Suvendu Adhikari highlighted Rakibul’s case while unveiling the ‘Annapurna Bhandar’ scheme, claiming an audit had detected 30 lakh fake beneficiaries.Rakibul, who received benefits for three years, claimed the payments resulted from an administrative lapse and blamed a broker, Mustafijur Rahaman, for handling the paperwork.In West Midnapore, Chandrakona Police arrested local TMC neta and contractual…

NEW DELHI: It is only the ‘gaddi’ (throne) of an erstwhile Maharaja which can be bequeathed as per the rule of primogeniture, which makes the eldest male lineal descendant the successor, but properties and royal assets have to be divided among legal heirs as per the Hindu or Muslim succession law, the Supreme Court has ruled.A bench of Justices Pankaj Mithal and SVN Bhatti said “only the perceived throne devolved according to the rule of primogeniture, but not the personal private properties of the ruler”, and set aside the HC order which held that the rule of primogeniture would prevail…