Gandhinagar: The state govt on Tuesday inducted 500 new technology-enabled ‘112 Janrakshak‘ vehicles into its emergency response network, doubling the fleet strength to 1,000 vehicles operating round the clock across Gujarat.Minister of state for home Harsh Sanghavi flagged off the new vehicles from the secretariat complex in Gandhinagar. According to an official statement, the expansion…
Gas supply in Pune has been affected amid the ongoing global tensions involving Iran, the United States and Israel. The situation worsened due to disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz, leading to shortages that are now impacting the availability of LPG cylinders across the city. Commercial gas supply has been disrupted, while domestic consumers are…
Karbi Anglong unrest in Assam (PTI photo) NEW DELHI: Assam DGP Harmeet Singh on Wednesday confirmed that the Army has been deployed to restore law and order in violence-hit West Karbi Anglong, news agency PTI reported.The region has now entered its third day of violent protests over alleged illegal settlement by non-tribals in the constitutionally…
KOLKATA: Security has been tightened in West Bengal’s Murshidabad district ahead of a contentious foundation-laying ceremony planned by suspended Trinamool Congress MLA Humayun Kabir, who has announced he will inaugurate a structure named “Babri Masjid” in Beldanga on Saturday. Safiqul Islam, a resident of Uttar Barasat, was seen carrying bricks on his head, saying his…
At a polling station in Hyderabad HYDERABAD: Six election surveillance drones – deployed for the first time in India to track irregularities – were brought down by unidentified miscreants using kites during Tuesday’s bypoll in Hyderabad’s Jubilee Hills. What was meant to be a technological leap in election monitoring turned into an airborne drama that…