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Ahmedabad e-challan E-Challan Systems introduced in Chennai Traffic on Wednesday.This scene at Spencer’s signal on Anna Salai in Chennai. Photo.C Suresh Kumar Ahmedabad: Vehicle owners with unpaid traffic e-challans will lose access to several RTO services until they clear their dues, as authorities tighten enforcement through the integrated digital system. Even services related to a driving licence number linked to a mobile number and Aadhaar will be checked for the owner’s pending challans on other vehicles registered in his name.The integrated system that offers services including ownership transfer, change of address in the registration certificate (RC), hypothecation termination, issuance of…
Suchitra Das of Damodarapatana village Kendrapada: The half-eaten body of a 48-year-old woman dragged into the flood-swollen Brahmani river by a saltwater crocodile was recovered from a mudflat under Rajnagar forest range of Bhitarkanika National Park on Tuesday evening, officials said.The deceased, identified as Suchitra Das of Damodarapatana village under Pattamundai block, was attacked while taking a bath in the river on Monday morning. She worked as a cook at Alapua High School. Forest officials said the recovered body bore multiple crocodile bite marks, and a major portion had been consumed by the reptile.Rajnagar forest range officer Chittaranjan Beura said…
Gurgaon: A 31-year-old woman was found dead in Sector 39 on Monday. A day later, police registered a case against three people, including her husband, based on a complaint lodged by her father.Khushbu Gupta, who was from UP, had been living with her husband Himanshu (35) in Jharsa for the past two years. She was found dead at her rented accommodation in Sector 39.On Tuesday, Himanshu — a tuition teacher for Classes 11 and 12 — was taken into custody and was being questioned.According to the FIR registered at Gurgaon Sadar police station on Tuesday night, Khushbu’s father Arvind Kumar…
Guwahati: A man who allegedly obtained a medical degree in Ukraine 25 years ago after securing admission to a Ukrainian university using fake Class XII documents and went on to practise as a doctor in Assam for nearly a decade has finally been caught. His alleged fraud has now come to light recently in Assam, leading to the cancellation of his medical registration.Identified as a permanent resident of Guwahati, Pankaj Goelforged Class XII pass certificates purportedly given by the Assam Higher Secondary Education Council and B Borooah College to gain admission to Kharkiv State Medical University, Ukraine, where he studied…
Times News NetworkKanpur: Around 400 paddlers from more than 40 schools from Kanpur and other districts of the state will participate in CBSE cluster IV Table Tennis championship (boys and girls) 2026-27 slated to be held here at Sir Padampat Singhania Education Centre Kamla Nagar from August 7 to 9. Source link
The Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut Namo Bharat corridor currently records an average daily ridership of around one lakh passengers Ghaziabad: UP govt has renewed its focus on improving connectivity to the metro and rapid rail stations in the city and asked NCRTC and urban development department to take a survey and prepare a fresh last-mile connectivity plan.The survey, ordered by Meerut divisional commissioner, will have to identify feeder bus routes and assess the number of buses required on each such corridor. Officials have been asked to ensure the routes connect Blue and Red Line metro stations, Ghaziabad and Sahibabad rapid rail stations and…
Pune: In the last one month, the Pune city police have booked as many as 210 youngsters for consuming contraband drugs, including marijuana and mephedrone, and registered FIRs against them.The youngsters, according to the Pune city crime branch, did not have commercial quantities of the drugs. Police are counselling these youngsters while simultaneously filing chargesheets against them in court.One of the youngsters, who was nabbed by the Nanded City police in June, was sent to a de-addiction centre by the court after he pleaded guilty for consuming the drugs.Similarly, police stations across the city have taken action against youngsters found…
Panaji: The directorate of archives will undertake comprehensive audiovisual documentation of ‘alayo’ —traditional Konkani children’s songs and oral folklore — to preserve a cultural tradition that is rapidly disappearing, education secretary Prasad Lolayekar said on Wednesday.Speaking on the sidelines of the symposium, ‘Treasure Trove of Konkani Childlore: Compilation, Preservation and Research’, organized by the directorate, Lolayekar said preserving ‘alayo’ is important to document the distinctive language and expressions used by children in Goa and in other states where Konkani-speaking communities continue to practice these traditions.He noted that several folk traditions have already vanished, underscoring the need to preserve what remains.…
Patiala: A six-year-old girl was killed and 25 people were injured when a pickup truck carrying Sikh devotees overturned on the Patiala-Bhadson road near Majri village on Wednesday morning.The devotees were on their way to Gurdwara Alowal Sahib to attend the birth anniversary congregation of Sant Isher Singh Rara Sahib Wale when the accident occurred.The girl was declared brought dead at Government Rajindra Hospital, where the injured were taken for treatment. Hospital authorities said several of the injured suffered fractures and head injuries, while an elderly woman sustained severe injuries, including the loss of fingers.Bhadson SHO Inspector Gurvinder Singh Sandhu…
Lucknow: The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad high court has quashed the dismissal of Prof Mahrukh Mirza, former vice-chancellor of Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti Language University, observing that the charges of using a forged no-objection certificate (NOC) and remaining absent for 75 days were not established by reliable evidence.A bench of Justice Rajeev Singh allowed Mirza’s petition challenging his dismissal order of Mar 10, 2024, the disciplinary committee’s inquiry report of Nov 25, 2023, the executive council’s decision and the supplementary inquiry report of Sep 30, 2021.The court directed the university to reinstate Mirza on the post he had been holding…