Former LoP Rajendra Rathore Jaipur: Former LoP Rajendra Rathore said Wednesday the race among coaching institutes to produce “guaranteed” results laid the foundation for paper leak rackets in Rajasthan, while crediting the state assembly for enacting the Rajasthan Coaching Centres (Control and Regulation) Act, 2025.Speaking during the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly’s 75th foundation year celebrations, Rathore…
New Delhi: A 35-year-old maths teacher, Amit Bishnoi, has been apprehended by Delhi Police’s Special Cell for allegedly surveilling a businessman and sharing a video of his office with jailed gangster Harry Boxer to facilitate a Rs 10-crore extortion bid.Amit, a B.Tech graduate from Hisar, Haryana, has been working as a teacher at coaching institutes…
Prayagraj: A joint team of Prayagraj Development Authority (PDA), and fire department had to face a piquant situation after the authorities of a computer training centre and para medical institute on Stanley road locked the gates to evade action on the second day of the ongoing fire safety crackdown on Wednesday.The PDA and fire officials…
Several centres had single staircases and were operating without dedicated fire exits and inadequate fire-fighting arrangements Ghaziabad: Ghaziabad Development Authority (GDA) has sealed 56 establishments, including coaching centres and private dispensaries, for operating without mandatory fire no-objection certificates (NOCs).After Monday’s fire at a commercial complex housing a coaching centre in Lucknow that left 15 dead,…
Reviewing the safety arrangements during a meeting at the mini secretariat auditorium, the deputy commissioner directed the district fire officer to enforce full compliance with the National Building Code. Panchkula: In the wake of a deadly coaching institute fire in Lucknow, Panchkula deputy commissioner Satpal Sharma has ordered a special inspection drive of all coaching…
Bokaro: Out of the around 30 private students’ hostels, coaching centres, and libraries operating in the city, none has obtained the mandatory fire safety No Objection Certificates (NOC), data available with the Jharkhand fire services reveal.Three eminent coaching centres inspected on Wednesday did not possess the fire safety NOC, fire department officials said.DSP (City) Rajeev…
Ahmedabad: The Ahmedabad Fire and Emergency Services (AFES) on Tuesday began fire safety inspections across tuition classes, coaching institutes, and computer education centres in the city. Fire teams also checked units not legally mandated to acquire a fire safety certificate.During the checking in the North-West Zone, officials inspected fire extinguishers, emergency exits, escape routes, and…
Jaipur: Establishments sealed by the Jaipur Municipal Corporation for lacking fire NOCs and adequate firefighting systems will be granted temporary relief to comply with safety norms. The Directorate of Local Bodies (DLB) issued a notice allowing such premises to be de-sealed for 30 days.However, the relaxation comes with strict conditions. No commercial activity will be…
Following a tragic fire, a reality check across Lucknow’s coaching hubs revealed alarming fire safety deficiencies LUCKNOW: A TOI reality check across major coaching hubs in the city has revealed serious fire safety lapses days after a fire in a commercial building in Aliganj claimed 15 lives on Monday.Visits to coaching clusters in Kapoorthala, IT…
Ahmedabad: After much anticipation, the re-NEET for admissions to undergraduate medical courses was held on Sunday amid tight security. The verdict on the exam’s difficulty was mixed, with some students rating the physics and chemistry sections as moderately tough to hard.Some students found the biology section easy. Experts associated with coaching said that compared to…
