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New Delhi: Nearly seven years after becoming a Union Territory in October 2019, Ladakh is witnessing a series of institutional developments aimed at improving healthcare, education, access to justice and grassroots administration. The region’s vast terrain, harsh winters and scattered settlements have long made access to essential services difficult. Recent decisions, including approval for its first government medical college, the establishment of a dedicated High Court bench and the expansion of autonomous hill councils, mark important steps towards addressing these challenges. The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has approved the operationalisation of Ladakh’s first government medical college in…

New Delhi: India has strongly criticised a United Nations report describing Dawood Ibrahim’s D-Company as an “India based” criminal organisation, arguing that the description ignores key facts about the fugitive’s history and location. Raghoo Puri, First Secretary at India’s Permanent Mission to the UN, raised the objection on Wednesday during the Third Committee of the UN General Assembly. He challenged a report by Ben Saul, the UN Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism. India expressed concern over what it described as repeated factual inaccuracies in reports prepared by special rapporteurs,…

New Delhi: Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) leaders Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka were released from judicial custody on Wednesday after giving an undertaking before a Special Executive Magistrate court in New Delhi that they would not call for protests at Jantar Mantar while its status as a designated protest site remains unchanged under the law. The two leaders had been in custody since October 14 following a protest on October 13, when they climbed over the locked gates of Jantar Mantar and waved the national flag to oppose the site’s denotification as a designated protest venue. In their written undertaking,…

New Delhi: Jammu Police have busted a suspected cross border narcotics smuggling module and seized 804 grams of heroin and 1.114 kilograms of opium in Jammu and Kashmir’s RS Pura sector. The consignment was allegedly dropped by a Pakistani drone in Talhar village of Arnia sector, exposing a suspected network linked to drone based drug trafficking. The recovery was made under Operation Sanjeevani as police intensified efforts to counter narcotics smuggling and the suspected narco terror network operating across the international border. The investigation began on October 20 after Police Station RS Pura received information about the alleged consumption of…

National: Swiggy (Swiggy Ltd, NSE: SWIGGY / BSE: 544285), India’s pioneering on-demand convenience platform, announced the launch of the Multi Restaurant Ordering feature on its app. Food is a personal choice and preferences tend to vary in a specific household or group. Multi Restaurant Ordering is designed to ensure users can order what they love to eat without any compromises. The feature allows the users to combine different cuisines, dishes and cravings from up to five restaurants and place an order at one go. In addition to a more seamless experience, Multi Restaurant Ordering feature also promises more savings for…

Team Goemkarponn ZUARINAGAR, SANCOALE: Tension prevailed in Zuarinagar, Sancoale, on Friday night after a family was allegedly attacked by a group of persons armed with knives, rods and stones, leaving several family members injured and their house damaged. One member of the family sustained a knife injury to the neck, while others, including women, were allegedly assaulted. Ward panch member and former Sancoale sarpanch Girish Pillai rushed to the spot after receiving information about the incident. The injured were initially taken to Cansaulim Hospital and later shifted to Margao District Hospital for further treatment. According to family members, the incident…

Team Goemkarponn BENAULIM: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Benaulim MLA Capt. Venzy Viegas has accused successive BJP and Congress governments in Goa of neglecting the rent reassessment of Diocesan schools for over three decades, leaving schools with rental allowances that do not reflect current market realities. Capt. Viegas held a meeting with Diocesan schools in the Benaulim constituency to discuss the long-pending issue of secondary school rent assessment and understand their concerns. He also offered assistance with the necessary documentation to facilitate reassessment. Viegas pointed out that more than 30 years have passed since the last assessment, while schools have expanded…