A woman assistant police inspector has been suspended for dereliction of duty in the case of drug kingpin Lalit Patil’s escape from a hospital. The Pune police are now seeking details of properties owned by Patil and his aides. The suspended officer was found to be missing during duty hours and was unable to...
Read MoreThe son of women and child welfare minister Laxmi Hebbalkar in Karnataka, India, was seen wearing a pendant believed to be made from a tiger claw. Forest department officials visited the minister’s residence to investigate the matter, and the pendant has been handed over for testing. Minister Hebbalkar denies that the pendant is made...
Read MoreA case of cheating and forgery has been registered against the founder director and headmistress of Aryan Public School in Narhe, Pune. The school, which claimed to have state board and CBSE affiliations, has been running without permission from the education authorities. The school has over 650 students in its pre-school and primary sections....
Read MoreSeveral politicians from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Telangana, including former MP and ex-MLA Komatireddy Raj Gopal Reddy, have joined the Congress party ahead of the assembly elections. Raj Gopal stated that his main objective is to defeat the ruling Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) government, as he believes that the BJP has failed...
Read MoreThe headmaster of a government primary school in Chitradurga taluk has been suspended for negligence after allegedly spilling diluted toilet acid on a student. The incident occurred when the headmaster was cleaning the school toilets and the student came too close to the bucket containing the acid. The girl suffered burns and was treated...
Read MoreThe Delhi government and the Lieutenant Governor’s office are at odds over the decision to sack 10,000 civil defence volunteers. The Lieutenant Governor claims to have approved the Chief Minister’s proposal to terminate their services and re-employ some of them as home guards. However, the Chief Minister’s office disputes this, stating that they have...
Read MoreThe Maratha quota agitations in Maharashtra have intensified, with politicians facing opposition and protests from Maratha organizations. Activist Manoj Jarange’s hunger strike, now in its third day, has prompted many villages to ban politicians from entering. Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar faced opposition from the Maratha Kranti Morcha during an event in Baramati, while...
Read MoreThe Maharashtra education department has announced that students with type-1 diabetes from grades I to XII will now be allowed to eat snacks and take medicines in the classroom and during exams. The students using Continuous Glucose Monitoring (CGM), Flash Glucose Monitoring (FGM), and/or insulin pumps will be permitted to keep these devices with...
Read MoreThe Congress party in Rajasthan has announced five new guarantees to voters, bringing the total to seven. The new commitments include making the reinstated Old Pension Scheme irreversible, purchasing cattle dung from farmers, providing a laptop or tablet to freshers in government colleges, offering free English-medium education through Mahatma Gandhi English Schools, and providing...
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