When students in Dayton, Ohio step outside for the first day of school this week, nearly 2,000 of them will find no familiar yellow bus waiting. For Ruben Castillo, an 11th grader at Meadowdale Career Technology Center, the absence of a ride is more than an inconvenience, it is a financial strain. “I’m going to…
Mumbai: Edme Insurance Brokers (formerly Aditya Birla Insurance Brokers) has acquired UK-based UIB’s India operations, which it will merge with itself. UIB UK is among the world’s top five reinsurance brokers and specialises in the energy and aviation space.Edme writes business worth Rs 200 crore annually through both reinsurance and direct insurance placements. “With this…
Representative image (PTI photo) The last police station located before the India-China border in the Gangotri range also suffered damage in the August 5 mudslide that struck the Army camp in Harsil, report Ashish Mishra & Kalyan Das. Around 20 police personnel present escaped death by a whisker, as they managed to run to safety…
AHMEDABAD: Gujarat HC directed Kheda district SP to take action against a cop who shared investigation details with a complainant before filing a chargesheet in court.HC ordered the DGP to issue a circular and inform CPs, SPs of all districts “to impart training for awareness of cops in this regard to prevent this kind of…
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Monday sought views of National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), National Commission for Women (NCW) and National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) on petitions by nine Muslim women challenging the validity of Talaq-e-Hasan, which enables a Muslim man to unilaterally divorce his wife by pronouncing talaq once a month…
DEHRADUN: A temporary lake, nearly 400-500m long, has formed in the upper reaches of Harsil following the Aug 5 Dharali flash flood, raising concerns over a potential breach that could endanger downstream areas. With IMD warning of more rain in the coming days, officials said a sudden rupture could send a surge of water downstream,…
KOLKATA: A 39-year-old Budge Budge woman speaking with her elder son in Bengali while returning from work in Navi Mumbai was taken to a local police station for questioning on being suspected to be Bangladeshi. The Budge Budge police station quickly conducted a background verification check and informed their Mumbai counterparts, leading to her release.The…
DEHRADUN: Residents of Uttarkashi alleged that unchecked construction in the Bhagirathi Eco Sensitive Zone (BESZ) and repeated disregard of their warnings led to the flattening of Dharali in the Aug 5 flash flood. Himalayayi Nagrik Drishti Manch, a people’s collective from the district, submitted a memorandum on Monday to the BESZ monitoring committee, the Union…
DEHRADUN: Almost a week after the Aug 5 flash flood in Dharali, officials on Monday said for the first time that 43 people were still missing, and issued warning saying “heavy to very heavy” rainfall forecast for Uttarkashi and surrounding districts until Aug 15 could cause fresh landslides and flooding, further delaying search and relief…
AGRA: Four days after an 80-year-old farmer, Satyabhan Singh, was set on fire allegedly by a land-grabber and his accomplices during an eviction drive by the revenue department at Khushipura village under Jaint police station of Mathura district, he succumbed to burn injuries at an Agra hospital on Monday, reports Sudeep Lavania.Mathura DM C P…
