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Patna: The Patna University (PU) senate on Saturday passed a Rs 498 crore deficit budget for the 2026-27 financial year during a meeting chaired by vice-chancellor Ajay Kumar Singh.The budget will now be sent to the state govt for inclusion in the annual state budget.Presenting the budget, dean of students’ welfare Kameshwar Pandit said the university estimated expenditure at Rs 535 crore against an income of Rs 36 crore from various sources. The remaining expenditure is expected to be met through grants from the education department, science and technology department, directorate of distance education and vocational courses.The Senate also approved…
Jaisalmer: Three camels were killed after a train hit them while crossing the railway track near Sagra village in the Lathi police station area of Jaisalmer district Friday night. One camel was trapped under a train compartment, and the train remained stranded for 25 minutes, causing inconvenience to passengers. The train was dispatched only after the remains were removed. According to information received, the Jaisalmer-Jodhpur passenger train departed from Lathi railway station Friday night and was heading towards Jaisalmer when it hit the camel herd near Sagra village. Three camels died on the spot. tnn Source link
Nagpur: Panic gripped the busy Golibar Chowk area on Saturday morning after a major fire broke out at a biryani shop, with a gas cylinder explosion intensifying the blaze. Swift action by the fire brigade averted a potential disaster in the densely packed locality.The fire department received an alert around 8am and rushed two tenders from Ganjipeth and Sugat Nagar stations to the site in the crowded commercial hub.Officials said a gas cylinder inside the shop exploded while the fire was raging, triggering panic among residents and shopkeepers. Firefighters, however, managed to remove two more cylinders from the premises in…
Gorakhpur: A 25-year-old woman allegedly ended her life after an argument with her husband over a video call in the Pandey Tola area under Jhagaha police station limits late Friday.Her body was found hanging at her brother’s house, where she had been staying for the past few days. Her family has accused her husband and in-laws of mentally harassing her and abetting the suicide.According to police, the victim was married to a man from Chhapia village in 2017. The couple later divorced following a domestic dispute. The couple had a 6-year-old daughter.Around two months ago, she married a man from…
Kollam: State human rights commission (SHRC) member V Geetha ordered urgent action on a complaint that Govt Medical College, Parippally, authorities are not returning the original certificates of a student who secured admission to MBBS under the disability quota but is facing difficulties in continuing her studies due to hearing impairment.SHRC directed the medical college superintendent to intervene urgently, take all possible measures, and submit a report within seven days both via email and by post to the panel. The case will be taken up at SHRC headquarters in Thiruvananthapuram on June 3.SHRC stated in its order that a child’s…
Kolkata: An allegedly illegal car rental kiosk, operating outside the Kolkata airport for years under the label of ‘Prepaid Cab-City & Outstation’, was finally headed for a shutdown after the Trinamool-controlled union, which ran it, agreed to vacate the premises. The move came within three weeks of the change in govt.Airport officials declared the outlet illegal eight months ago. In Oct last year, then airport director Pravat Ranjan Beuria served a notice to Helpline Transport and Car Parking, which operated the kiosk, directing it to “immediately close illegal operations of pre-paid taxi services” at the airport. Yet, the outlet, allegedly…
Says smugglers will be driven out by people themselves; leads padyatra in Shopian Younus Rashid Shopian, May 23: Declaring an all-out war against narco-terrorism, Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Saturday said drug smugglers and their handlers would be “driven out by the people themselves”, asserting that there would be “no safe place left for drugs and drug traffickers in Jammu and Kashmir”. The Lieutenant Governor was addressing a gathering in Shopian in connection with the ongoing ‘Nasha Mukt Jammu and Kashmir’ campaign, where he later led a padyatra despite inclement weather. Calling narco-terrorism a “deliberate and calculated attack” on the…
NEW DELHI: Three Indian Army officers had a narrow escape after their helicopter crashed in the mountainous Tangste near Leh in Ladakh.A Major General, a Lieutenant Colonel and a Major survived the crash but sustained injuries when the Cheetah helicopter went down. “The helicopter crashed on May 20. All three officers are safe. An inquiry has been ordered,” officials familiar with the matter told TOI.A selfie by one of the officers of the May 20 crash has now gone viral. All three walked out of the wreckage on their own. The single-engine HAL Cheetah helicopter was operated by the Lt…
Mumbai: The by-election to the Rajya Sabha seat that fell vacant following the resignation of deputy chief minister Sunetra Pawar will be held on June 18. Food and civil minister Chhagan Bhujbal is among the names being considered.Sunetra Pawar resigned from the Rajya Sabha on May 6, after being elected to the state assembly in the by-election to the Baramati seat that fell vacant after the death of her husband, Ajit Pawar.The last day for filing nominations is June 8. Scrutiny of nominations will take place on June 9. The last date for withdrawal of candidature is June 11, and…
File photo for representation New Delhi: Delhi govt is going to modernise all sub-registrar offices in the capital on the lines of ‘Passport Seva Kendras’ with an aim to make property registration transparent, technology-driven and citizen-friendly. The govt will engage private companies in setting up and operating premium service centres.“We want to create one of the most advanced property registration systems in the country under this initiative. The aim is to transform the way these offices function so that citizens registering property no longer have to deal with delays, corruption, middlemen or unnecessary hassles,” chief minister Rekha Gupta said in…