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Times News NetworkLudhiana: A day after issuing a show-cause notice to the project director of the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), Project Implementation Unit, Ludhiana, over potholes on the national highway, Khanna SDM Swati Tiwana has directed the authority to immediately repair damaged stretches falling under the Khanna sub-division.The action comes in the wake of the death of Ratanheri village sarpanch Amarjit Singh, who was killed in a road accident on Aug 6 allegedly due to a large pothole on the highway. Singh reportedly fell after hitting the pothole and was crushed by a passing vehicle.In response to the…

Mangaluru: The Mangaluru South police have booked a first division assistant attached to the Mangaluru police commissioner’s office for allegedly submitting duplicate medical bills.According to police, the woman allegedly submitted fraudulent medical reimbursement claims worth Rs 4.8 lakh of her mother’s and husband’s treatment. The account superintendent noticed discrepancies in the bills, signature and brought the matter to the attention of senior officials. Based on a complaint, police registered a case against the official, and further investigation is underway. Source link

Noida: A 59-year-old man in Greater Noida West was cheated of nearly Rs 71 lakh after falling for a fake Ministry of Finance advertisement posted on social media.A case was registered at Cybercrime Branch police station on Saturday.The victim, a resident of Supertech Eco Village-1, said in his complaint that in January, he saw an advertisement on Facebook in which Prime Minister Narendra Modi and finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman spoke of very high returns on an investment of Rs 22,500, and it was stated that this scheme had been started by the finance ministry for common people.“Believing this to be…

To facilitate the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, Booth Level Officers (BLOs) set up registration desks at public places across the city, including the premises of a Gurudwara in Ravet Pune: Villages are racing ahead in digitisation of voter records under Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, with booth level officers (BLOs) attributing the sharp difference to a fundamental factor—people in villages know each other, while urban residents often do not even know who lives next door.Data from the SIR status report as of August 9 shows that 53.04 lakh of Pune district’s 90.8 lakh electoral records,…

Margao: The Akhil Gomantak Kshatriya Maratha Samaj (AGKMS), which claims to represent over 20% of Goa’s population, has warned Centre, state govt and BJP of serious consequences if political reservation for the Scheduled Tribe (ST) community is implemented without a fresh census.Reacting to the recent central govt notification on ST political reservation in the state legislative assembly, AGKMS alleged the move was based on outdated 2001 and 2011 Census figures and had hurt the sentiments of the Maratha community, which it called unjust and discriminatory.“By deciding to appease one community while hurting the sentiments of the Maratha community, govt has…

Students protest at Jantar Mantar Chandigarh: A month-long youth agitation at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar has prompted Haryana’s political parties to rethink their outreach to Gen Z, with the BJP, Congress and regional outfits seeking a direct connect with young voters, who are estimated to account for at least 35% of the state’s electorate.What has caught their attention is not just the size of the youth constituency but its growing ability to organise, question and sustain pressure outside traditional political structures. The agitation has highlighted the reach of campus networks, social media and direct engagement, prompting parties to move beyond conventional…

Lucknow: A 26-year-old police constable was found hanging inside the barrack where he lived on the premises of Gomti Nagar police station on Sunday evening. Police informed his family and sent the body for post-mortem examination.The deceased was identified as Akash Yadav, a native of Kherki village under Chandpur police station of Bijnor district. He was a member of the 2019 batch and had been posted at Gomti Nagar police station for around two years.According to police, Akash was staying in the men’s barrack on the top floor of the police station. At around 5:45 pm, constable Satish Kharwar, who…

Education minister Mithilesh Tiwari at a workshop in Patna on Sunday Patna: Education minister Mithilesh Tiwari on Sunday said artificial intelligence (AI) should assist teachers rather than replace them, stressing the need to balance technology with ethics and human values in education.Addressing the inaugural session of a two-day state-level workshop-cum-chintan shivir at Adhiveshan Bhavan, Tiwari said the biggest challenge was ensuring students learned to ask the right questions instead of merely finding answers through technology.He said Bihar was making rapid progress in digital education, with textbook-based educational content and videos for Classes I to XII developed under the PM e-Vidya…

Jaipur: RIICO-run Special Economic Zones (SEZs) at Sitapura exported goods worth Rs 2,712 crore in the April-June quarter, signalling a strong recovery after high US tariffs forced a decline in FY26.If the pace holds, annual exports from the zones could surpass the earlier peak of Rs 10,000 crore. Jaipur’s Mahindra World City (MWC) also posted Rs 1,001.25 crore in exports during the quarter, putting it on course to exceed the Rs 3,700 crore recorded in FY26.In 2020–21, the two SEZs in Sitapura exported Rs 1,389.47 crore. Over the past five years through 2025–26, exports reached Rs 8,565.07 crore, growing at…

Nagpur: One of Marathi theatre’s most celebrated works is preparing to cross a linguistic stage as Natsamrat, VV Shirwadkar alias Kusumagraj’s timeless tragedy about an ageing theatre legend, will be presented in Gujarati through a series of 10 performances being organised by Maharashtra State Gujarati Sahitya Akademi.State’s cultural affairs department has given approval of 25.60 lakh for the initiative, according to a GR issued on Aug 5. While the GR confirms 10 Gujarati enactments and their funding, it does not specify the cities, venues, dates, cast or production team for the shows.Gujarati Sahitya Akademi, which works for promotion and development…