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Increasing girls’ enrolment and transforming infrastructure, this teacher in UP is an inspiration

Dilapidated buildings, broken toilets, creaking furniture, no power supply -- these are some issues that plague many of our government schools. But making a way through this gloom are torchbearers like Sangeeta Sharma of Badaun and Sarvest Kumar of Basti -- two teachers who transformed their schools through determination.

Forward caste or OBC? BJP in a bind over new Bihar chief

Junior home minister Nityanand Rai continues to head the Bihar BJP, unlike his Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra counterparts who were relieved of their organisational assignment within months of their induction into the union council of ministers.

JNUSU Polls 2019: AISA writes to JNU poll panel over violation of code of conduct

The students’ outfit demanded action against those who allowed the meetings to take place and ABVP candidates “who stand to benefit from it”.

Teachers’ Day: UP CM Yogi Adityanath presents state awards to 49 teachers

Teachers’ Day: The chief minister was speaking at the state teacher award distribution ceremony here on the eve of Teacher’s Day.

Ex-Jharkhand minister Bandhu Tirkey held in national games scam case

Bandhu Tirkey’s arrest comes a week after the Jharkhand high court sought diary of the case to decide his anticipatory bail application.

Two held for blackmailing Air Force official, wife in Bihar

They had taken the picture of his wife from her WhatsApp profile and had made p*rnographic images with the help of an editing software, Air Force official told police.

Delhi traffic cops breaking road rules to pay double penalty

The provision to penalise enforcing authorities higher than the general fine amount is stated under section 210-B of the newly implemented Motor Vehicles Act .

Two NIA staffers held for stealing fake currency from agency’s store

The currency, in the denomination of ₹2000 notes, was seized by the agency during raids in Gurugram in May last week.

Shamsher Singh transferred, Preet Pal to become new Gurugram ACP (crime)

Shamsher Singh took up his post in Gurugram in November 2017 and led the crime unit in the city. He was instrumental in solving the biggest jewellery heist in the city.

Delhi slips 6 places in world’s most liveable cities’ ranking

The study was conducted in 140 cities around the world, in which Vienna remained the most liveable city for the second year in a row.

Pregnant women in Delhi miss out on central scheme as dispensaries run out of vaccination cards

Over 500 Delhi government-run dispensaries and urban health centres in the city have run out of these cards, which will be a vaccination record for both mother and child.

Need more youth in power, will bat for under-30 quota, says Shashi Tharoor

Congress MP Shashi Tharoor said: “This government only specialises in sloganeering. There are no jobs and students who will soon be graduating from their colleges and looking for the jobs will be impacted most by it.”

Worried over repeated car battery theft, Gurugram RWAs demand action

Hindustan Times spoke to a few owners of automobile workshops who revealed the city has a big market of second-hand or used car batteries that sold approximately between ₹1,500 and ₹5,000, depending upon the life of the batteries.

Municipal Corporation of Gurugram shortlists two sites for new zonal offices

Besides poor transportation, MCG officials acknowledged they are also running out of space in their existing office, prompting them to branch out to other locations in the city.

Delhi zoo’s last Cape Buffalo dies after eating plastic

In his Independence Day speech this year, Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged citizens to avoid using plastic bags and rid themselves of the habit of using single-use plastic by October 2, the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi.

Makeshift schools in Gurugram firing up young dreams

Over the years, however, organisations, as well as individuals, have pitched in with support—classes that used to take place under a transmission tower are now taking place in sheds.

23 killed in Batala firecracker unit blast

Gangster running drug racket from jail; 2 aides held with 400gm heroin

Sikh UK MP shames Johnson for ‘letter box’ burqa remark

BARGARI SACRILEGE CASES: Consent withdrawn, CBI can’t probe further: State to court

Injured recount blast horror at Amritsar hospital

Some of those injured in a firecracker factory explosion at Gurdaspur district’s Batala on Wednesday afternoon recounted the horror at Guru Nanak Dev Hospital (GNDH) where they were brought for treatment. Seven of the injured were referred to GNDH by the Batala civil hospital as one of the factory owners, Amrit Singh, 32, was declared dead on arrival.

Cong does a balancing act, appoint Selja as Hry chief, Hooda as CLP leader

Malavika’s Mumbaistan: Something’s lost and something’s gained

The fact that the Kapoors will not be participating in this year’s Ganesh Chaturthi celebrations for the first time in seven decades seems emblematic of the larger theme of well-established and long-cherished Mumbai traditions disappearing, one by one.

Mumbai slips 2 spots to 119 in global liveability index

With an overall score of 56.2, Mumbai has scored only 51.8 in the infrastructure category and 53.5 in culture and environment. Delhi has got an overall score of 56.3.

Lata Mangeshkar voices her support for Aarey cause

PU polls: How campaigning has changed over the years

NO FERVOUR: This election season, campaigning process at PU seems to be a damp squib

ONGC starts probe, repair work after fire in plant near Navi Mumbai

ONGC’s resident production supervisor and three Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) jawans died in the massive fire.

Shiv Sena, NCP spar on Twitter

In a tweet on Tuesday, Munde took on Thackeray for asking a participant in party’s interactive programme ‘Aaditya Sanwad’ which party he belonged to. The Leader of Opposition in the Legislative Council uploaded a video clip of the event where a participant asked Thackeray what has his party done to curb farmers’ suicide and said it was the “failure” of the state government.

Congress heavyweight from Pune hints at joining BJP

The Congress and NCP have not been able to arrive at a conclusion over sharing of 8-10 seats despite holding rounds of meeting for seat-sharing over the last two months.

Now, Lalbaugcha Raja gets 1kg gold and silver bars