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Samajwadi Party national president Akhilesh Yadav Lucknow: Samajwadi Party national president Akhilesh Yadav on Sunday accused BJP govt in Uttar Pradesh of “destroying the future” of students and farmers, alleging that 26,386 schools have been shut in the state over the last 10 years and that enrolment in govt schools has fallen by 28 lakh students, including 16 lakh girls.Speaking to reporters after chairing a meeting of SP Legislature Party at the party headquarters on Sunday morning, Akhilesh said SP MLAs would raise the issue of school closures and student dropouts in the legislature, along with what he described as…
Nagpur: Bhandara police dealt a major blow to organised crime by slapping MCOCA against six dreaded gangs till July this year. Two of the six gangs have strong Nagpur connections, including a gang of burglars having over a hundred cases filed in Nagpur, its adjoining district like Bhandara and states like Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh.Out of the 10 MCOCA cases registered in Bhandara in the last 11 years, six were registered in the last seven months alone. From 2015 to 2020, Bhandara recorded zero MCOCA cases. The law was invoked twice in 2021, once each in 2023 and 2025.SP Bhandara…
The spot at BT Road where the accident took place on Saturday morning Kolkata: Suspecting that construction materials piled on the roadside could have led to Saturday’s fatal accident in which two young siblings were killed after a truck hit their scooter, cops have launched a hunt for the builder accused of illegally stockpiling stone chips along the Dunlop-bound flank of BT Road in Baranagar. The builder’s mobile tower location was reportedly traced to Odisha. Police have already detained one of the builder’s employees. Source link
Sopore, Aug 03: A youth was found dead under mysterious circumstances at his residence in the Dangerpora area of Sopore in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Monday, officials said.An official told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), that the youth was found unconscious at his residence in Pal Mohalla, Dangerpora.He said a police team immediately reached the spot, took the body into custody and shifted it to a hospital for medico-legal formalities.The official said inquest proceedings have been initiated to ascertain the cause and circumstances of the death. He added that further investigation has been taken up, while the identity of…
Gold has shown signs of stabilising after a prolonged corrective phase, with prices rebounding from recent lows and moving back above the 20-day average. Gold price prediction today: Gold prices are showing signs of stabilising after a prolonged phase of correction, says Manav Modi, Senior Analyst, Commodity Research at Motilal Oswal Financial Services Ltd.Gold prices started the week on a positive note, as easing geopolitical tensions and a weaker US dollar improved sentiment towards bullion, although gains may remain capped ahead of the Federal Reserve’s policy decision. Markets welcomed the temporary pause in hostilities between the United States and Iran…
Former WFI chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh stated the allegations were a conspiracy and he had faith in justice New Delhi: Hours after a Delhi court acquitted former Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh in the alleged sexual harassment case filed by women wrestlers, he on Monday termed the allegations against him a ‘conspiracy’, saying he had always maintained his innocence and had complete faith in the judicial process.”I said this was a conspiracy, and if any of the allegations against me are found to be true, I will hang myself. To this day, I’ve stood…
Hyderabad: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has taken note of the Telangana govt’s submission that it is moving from reactive firefighting to a coordinated forest fire risk-management system, more than two years after the tribunal took suo motu cognisance of a TOI report on forest fires in Eturnagaram Wildlife Sanctuary and Amrabad Tiger Reserve.In a counter-affidavit filed before the tribunal, the Revenue (Disaster Management) Department said it had submitted a ₹27 crore proposal under the National Disaster Mitigation Fund (NDMF). The plan covers satellite-based fire alerts, firefighting equipment, including leaf blowers and fire-resistant suits, and the integration of local community…
Swelling Mutha river under Shivaji Maharaj bridge after water discharge from Khadkwasla dam on Sunday Pune: Heavy rainfall across catchment areas of the district pushed water storage levels in key reservoirs close to maximum capacity, with the collective usable water storage of four dams in Khadakwasla cluster reaching 28.89 TMC (99.1% of total live capacity) as of Sunday morning.According to the official report of the irrigation department, active monsoon spells have generated steady inflows into dams. Within Khadakwasla cluster, Khadakwasla dam remains at 100% live capacity, holding 1.97 thousand million cubic feet (TMC) of usable water after receiving 7mm of…
Margao: Hardly three months after it was inaugurated, the functioning of the waste treatment plant using the gasification method at Sonsoddo has come under a cloud, with Congress alleging serious defects in its working and the Margao Municipal Council (MMC) countering by filing a police complaint against the party’s members for ‘trespassing’.A delegation of the Margao Congress Block, led by convener Savio Coutinho, recently submitted a complaint to MMC administrator Srinet Kotwale, alleging gross irregularities in the operation of the Rs 7.5 crore plant. The delegation said it had inspected the facility following information that the plant was not functioning…
Panchkula: Shivalik Vikas Manch has urged Haryana CM Nayab Singh Saini to amend the Model Online Transfer Policy-2026 to extend “couple case” benefits to govt employees whose spouses work in the private sector and other non-govt organisations.In a memorandum, Manch president Vijay Bansal said the current policy grants 10 merit points only to employees whose spouses are in govt service, excluding those working in banks, LIC, PSUs, universities, educational institutions, private companies and self-employment.Bansal argued that the provision aims to keep spouses posted together and reduce the social and financial hardships of living apart. Restricting the benefit based on the…