At present, 812 vehicles, comprising school buses and vans, are ferrying students without the fitness document Pune: It’s been over a month since the new academic session started, but more than 800 school transport vehicles continue to operate without valid fitness certificates that have to be renewed every year, said Pune RTO officials.At present, 812…
– A growing crackdown on undocumented foreign workers is drawing attention to the informal labour networks that supply workers for some of the city’s least desirable and most hazardous jobs..____________________Picture by TOI Gurgaon: Before the city wakes up, they are already at work — hauling bricks, climbing scaffolding, sorting garbage, clearing waste. In Gurgaon’s vast…
Ahmedabad: The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) on Tuesday urged chemical and pharmaceutical companies to partner with law enforcement agencies to curb the diversion of precursor and essential chemicals used in illicit narcotics, psychotropic and emerging synthetic drug production.At a conference with 250 participants from the department and industry, NCB director general Anurag Garg released a…
Lucknow: Lucknow Police have arrested the alleged kingpins of an inter-state child trafficking racket — a Rajasthan-based couple accused of sourcing minor girls from UP and selling them into forced marriages. Investigators say the duo has trafficked nearly a dozen girls since 2018.The accused Sonam and her husband Bhupendra Chaudhary were arrested from Kota district…
Ludhiana: A series of four fuel price hikes within just 11 days has pushed petrol and diesel prices up by over Rs 7 per litre, severely hitting transporters, auto-rickshaw drivers, and delivery agents. Daily wage workers and trade unions are expressing anger, pointing out that the govt refused to slash retail prices when global crude…
Ahmedabad: Petrol and diesel rates were raised once again on Monday, with prices going up by nearly 90 paise per litre across Gujarat, deepening inflation worries among consumers and transporters already burdened by rising operating expenses.According to petroleum dealers, petrol prices in Ahmedabad went up by 87 paise per litre, from Rs 97.51 to Rs…
TNNChandigarh: In the aftermath of increase in the rate of the petrol and diesel, pressure is mounting on the Chandigarh administration to increase stipulated rates of taxis, aggregator cabs and autos. However, UT officials said there are no plans to do so. They also ruled out an immediate increase in CTU ticket prices.Chandigarh auto union…
