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NEW DELHI: For many CBSE Class 12 students, the end of examinations has not brought relief. Instead, the post-result process has opened a fresh chapter of anxiety, with complaints over glitches, inaccessible portals and concerns around the evaluation system continuing to pile up. Days after students reported login failures and disruptions in accessing post-result services, new complaints have surfaced regarding wildly fluctuating fees on the revaluation portal, raising questions over the reliability of the system. Screenshots shared online on Friday showed dramatic changes in the amount being charged for re-evaluation and answersheet-related services. According to students and parents, the fee…
For someone who has lived in Bengaluru all their life, the city’s rains never meant what they do today. There was a time when an evening shower was romanticised — long walks under cloudy skies, piping hot chaat by the roadside, the unmistakable smell of masala puri and roasted corn filling the air. Rain was part of Bengaluru’s charm.Today, rain in Bengaluru has become synonymous with flooded roads, waterlogging, electrocutions, fallen trees, endless traffic snarls and civic anxiety. A spell of rain now often means spending hours stranded on a two-wheeler or stuck in overcrowded public transport, drenched, exhausted and…
Hyderabad: The Telangana High Court quashed a food adulteration case registered against a biryani masala-making unit owner, holding that police lacked jurisdiction to investigate food adulteration offences.The case was booked on a police complaint alleging the unit owner manufactured adulterated biryani masala and stored it in unhygienic conditions.Relying on precedent rulings, the court held that under the Food Safety and Standards (FSS) Act, only a food safety officer is empowered to initiate proceedings in such matters. The court also directed police to return the seized property after proper identification and verification under due acknowledgment.According to the petitioner, in April 2024,…
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Details of ration cards from the ration card management system (RCMS) portal of the food, civil supplies, and consumer affairs department can be directly accessed by citizens in their DigiLocker account Gandhinagar: The state govt said on Friday that 65% of its services are connected with DigiLocker, making digital governance simpler.An official statement said that at the recently held ‘National Consultative Workshop on Strengthening Cyber Security Framework for State Data’ held in New Delhi, Gujrat was among six states that were recognised for “outstanding contribution to DigiLocker integration.”Various departments and institutions of the Gujarat govt have integrated their services with…
Kendrapada: Tourism secretary Balwant Singh and principal secretary of commerce and transport, NBS Rajput, on Friday visited Bhitarkanika National Park to prepare a roadmap for boosting eco-tourism in the country’s second-largest mangrove forest. The officials inspected the crocodile breeding and rearing centre and the natural history museum at Dangamala. Source link
Coimbatore: Corporation councillors have voiced concern over the disruption of routine work of the civic body as its officials were constantly tied up in special intensive revision (SIR), assembly election works since December, and now the upcoming population census work.Even after the completion of the state assembly elections, corporation officials have not been able to fully resume pending work, as they are now engaged in training and preparatory activities for the national census.AIADMK councillor R Prabhakaran said the repeated deployment of corporation staff for SIR, election, and census work has created an additional burden.Prabhakaran said, “Every routine work, including solid…
The agency was hired to collect waste from 1,10,545 houses Gurgaon: Doorstep waste collection services remained suspended across Manesar on Friday, a day after the private agency handling the work stopped operations, alleging intimidation, harassment and political interference during an official vehicle verification drive. During a meeting on Friday, MCM commissioner Pradeep Singh said payments to the contractor would be made strictly based on RFID and GPS reports generated through the Solid Waste Management portal.The agency’s business head, Gaurav Joshi, said the company will have a discussion with its staff about their safety before deciding on resuming operations. “We want…
Dibrugarh: With the monsoon season just weeks away and the threat of vector-borne diseases looming large, health authorities in Dibrugarh district organised a series of community awareness and bednet treatment camps across dozens of villages, tea garden colonies and urban wards on Friday, focusing primarily on Japanese Encephalitis, dengue and malaria.Japanese Encephalitis, a mosquito-borne viral infection that predominantly affects children and young adults, is one of the most feared seasonal diseases in Assam. The illness, which causes inflammation of the brain can lead to severe neurological complications, permanent disability, and in many cases, death. The disease typically sees a sharp…
Times News NetworkKanpur: Under the first phase of Census-2027, the door-to-door house listing and building enumeration exercise commenced in the district on Friday.From early morning, enumerators fanned out across villages, neighborhoods, and markets. In some places, numbers were inscribed on houses, while in others, details regarding temples, dharamshalas, hotels, and shops were recorded.As many as 10621 enumerators and supervisors will compile information regarding buildings, and households in every ward and village of the district.On Friday, prominent religious sites across various areas were also cataloged. The enumerators recorded details of various temples, including the ISKCON Temple and the Kushmanda Temple in…