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Chandigarh: No stopping outstation vehicles sans visible violation, DGP tells traffic cops

Chandigarh, Aug. 6 -- Director general of police (DGP) Sagar Preet Hooda has instructed all traffic police personnel to refrain from unnecessarily stopping vehicles with outstation number plates unles... Read More


Ozzy Osbourne's final occupation revealed in death certificate

India, Aug. 6 -- Even in death, the Prince of Darkness gets the last laugh - exiting the spotlight in true Ozzy fashion - as a certified "rock legend". The heavy metal pioneer's death certificate was ... Read More


OpenAI rediscovers an open AI mission, with new reasoning models

India, Aug. 6 -- It was a long wait since the GPT-2 in 2019, but OpenAI is now releasing its newest open-weight large language models (LLMs). They've been dubbed GPT-OSS, the current lot consisting of... Read More


Centre extends Haryana backward classes quota law to Chandigarh

Chandigarh, Aug. 6 -- The Centre on Tuesday extended the Haryana Backward Classes (Reservation in Services and Admission in Educational Institutions) Act, 2016, to Chandigarh to provide reservation to... Read More


Housing societies in Pimpri-Chinchwad demand 50% property tax waiver similar to 'red zone' areas

India, Aug. 6 -- The Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation's (PCMC's) recent decision to grant a 50% property tax waiver in general tax for property owners in the 'red zone' has sparked sharp critici... Read More


Valuables worth rRs.r20-25 lakh missing from PMC chief's bungalow; probe ordered

India, Aug. 6 -- Civic chief Naval Kishore Ram has on Wednesday ordered a probe after valuable items estimated to be worth Rs.20-25 lakh-including antique bronze lamps, chandeliers, AC units, and LED ... Read More


3 yrs on, EV policy fails to take off in Mohali, sees just 1% adoption

Mohali, Aug. 6 -- More than three years after the Punjab government introduced its electric vehicle (EV) policy in February 2022, aimed at promoting green mobility through financial incentives and inf... Read More


Time for an ideological reset

India, Aug. 6 -- This past week has seen a tectonic shift in Indo-US relations. Donald Trump first slapped a 25% tariff on Indian exports to the US and then topped it up with another 25% as a penalty ... Read More


After initial push, action against pigeon feeding loses steam in Pune

India, Aug. 6 -- While the solid waste management (SWM) department of the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) had begun an aggressive campaign against the feeding of pigeons in public places in December ... Read More


BJP MP flags code GAY for Gaya airport as 'culturally offensive', govt responds

India, Aug. 6 -- After a Rajya Sabha member raised concerns over the airport code 'GAY' for the Gaya international airport in Bihar, the government in an official reply clarified that codes are consid... Read More