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31-year-old dies in rehab centre; kin allege beating, FIR registered

Ghaziabad, July 3 -- A 31-year-old patient at a drug rehabilitation centre in Tronica City area of Ghaziabad has died under mysterious circumstances prompting police to register an FIR, said officials... Read More


Transformer blast sparks fire at AIIMS Trauma unit

NEW DELHI, July 3 -- A fire broke out at the AIIMS Trauma Center in New Delhi on Wednesday afternoon following a blast in an electric transformer located in the BCP area of the facility. The incident ... Read More


YEIDA launches institutional plot scheme

Greater Noida, July 3 -- The Yamuna Expressway Industrial Development Authority (YEIDA) has initiated a new scheme for institutional plots, offering land parcels for educational establishments includi... Read More


'No new teachers in 15 yrs, MCD-run schools in decline'

NEW DELHI, July 3 -- As Ms. Begum, the in-charge of an MCD primary school in Kucha Pandit in Old Delhi, prepares for her retirement next month, her worry is palpable. "With the other teacher going on ... Read More


The last of Urdu schools: 'No new teachers in 15 yrs, crumbling infra' in MCD-run schools

NEW DELHI, July 3 -- As Ms. Begum, the in-charge of an MCD primary school in Kucha Pandit in Old Delhi, prepares for her retirement next month, her worry is palpable. "With the other teacher going on ... Read More


Use QR codes to know vendors' identity, devotees told

Meerut, July 3 -- As saffron-clad Shiva devotees pour into Uttar Pradesh for the annual Kanwar Yatra, a new identity-linked measure-encouraging QR code payments to trace the ownership of shops and eat... Read More


Pune: Man posing as delivery agent rapes techie at her home

Pune, July 3 -- An unidentified man allegedly raped a 22-year-old IT professional after gaining access to her apartment in Pune by posing as a courier delivery executive, police said on Thursday. The... Read More


Mandi cloudburst death toll rises to 13

Shimla, July 3 -- With the recovery of two more bodies, the death toll in the cloudburst and flash flood-related incidents in Himachal Pradesh's Mandi has mounted to 13 while search is underway for 29... Read More


Punjab: Sanjeev Arora sworn-in as Cabinet minister

Chandigarh, July 3 -- Newly elected Ludhiana West MLA Sanjeev Arora was inducted as a Cabinet minister on Thursday while Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal was dropped after Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann ef... Read More


Urban local bodies the 'first school & nursery' of democracy: Haryana CM

Chandigarh, July 3 -- Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini on Thursday termed the urban local bodies the foundational institutions and the "first school and nursery" of democracy. "The deeper the... Read More