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Hans India
a day ago
- Automotive
- Hans India
Hyderabad Traffic Update: 91 Lakh Vehicles on Roads Daily, Police Plan New Steps
People in Hyderabad face traffic every day, from 6 in the morning to midnight. The roads are full of vehicles, and the number is very high. Police Commissioner C.V. Anand said that around 91 lakh vehicles move on the roads in Greater Hyderabad each weekday. Traffic Speed Has Improved Last year, the average speed of vehicles in the city was 17 to 18 km/h. Now, it has gone up to 24 to 25 km/h. This has happened because of the hard work by the Hyderabad Traffic Police. A special project called Operation ROPE has helped and will become even stronger. More Vehicles and VIP Traffic About 1,600 new vehicles are added to the roads every day. Even with so many vehicles, VIP traffic is now handled better. The Chief Minister asked that traffic should not be stopped for long during his travel, and this made things better. Better Signals and Fewer Fines Today, 80% of traffic signals in the city run on auto mode. This helps traffic move faster. The traffic police are now focusing more on important rule-breaking, not just giving many fines. Because of this, the number of traffic fines has come down. Using Technology and New Staff The police are using drone cameras to watch traffic from above. They are also working with Google to get help with traffic maps and data. There are not enough traffic workers, so they will add Traffic Marshals. These will be new helpers trained to manage traffic. Support from Transgenders and Rainy Season Plans Some transgender people are working as traffic helpers, and the police say they are doing a great job. The police are also getting ready for the rainy season, working together with GHMC and HMRL to solve problems like water on roads. Private Buses Causing Trouble The police said private travel buses are also creating traffic problems. A meeting will be held with bus owners, and the police will take action to fix this issue.
Hans India
07-06-2025
- Politics
- Hans India
WBSSC job case: CBI uncovers fresh audio-visual evidence pointing to deeper conspiracy
In a significant development in the multi-crore West Bengal School Service Commission (WBSSC) recruitment scam, the CBI has accessed fresh audio-visual evidence that could unravel deeper layers of the alleged conspiracy. While the CBI has remained tight-lipped about the precise contents of these recordings, sources familiar with the investigation said the material includes conversations that shed light on how the scam was orchestrated and personally overseen by former state Education Minister and Trinamool Congress secretary general Partha Chatterjee. The audio-visual content, according to sources, details how various stages of the recruitment fraud were planned and executed, implicating both senior officials of the WBSSC and representatives of NYSA, the private firm contracted to manage and preserve Optical Mark Recognition (OMR) sheets for recruitment examinations. In light of this new evidence, the CBI has approached a special court in Kolkata seeking permission to collect voice samples of five individuals named in the chargesheet. These samples will be used to verify whether the voices heard in the recordings match those of the suspects. A hearing on the matter is scheduled for June 12, when the court will decide whether to allow the agency to proceed. Among the five individuals, three were formerly associated with the WBSSC, while the remaining two worked with NYSA. Investigators believe that the new material not only strengthens the case against Partha Chatterjee -- already identified by both the CBI and the Enforcement Directorate (ED) as the principal architect of the scam -- but also helps establish the operational nexus between key players in the commission and the private vendor. On April 30, West Bengal Governor C.V. Ananda Bose granted prosecution sanction against both Partha Chatterjee and Manik Bhattacharya, a Trinamool MLA and former president of the West Bengal Board of Primary Education (WBBPE), in connection with the ED's case. While Bhattacharya is currently out on bail, Chatterjee remains behind bars as investigations continue to uncover the breadth of the alleged scam that rocked the state's education recruitment system.
The Hindu
02-06-2025
- Health
- The Hindu
I am going nowhere, will work with renewed vigour to make Bengal violence-free: Governor Bose
West Bengal Governor C.V. Ananda Bose on Monday (June 2, 2025) dismissed speculations over his removal from the gubernatorial post, asserting that he will move forward with renewed vigour in his quest to restore the State's "lost reputation" and make it free from violence. Mr. Bose, who resumed duties at the Raj Bhavan on May 29 after spending nearly a month in hospital due to a cardiac condition, said he would soon start visiting rural regions of the State, including the violence-hit areas of Murshidabad and Malda, to bring back the feeling of bonhomie among various communities. "Bengal has given me a new lease of life. I will start going to the villages and work to establish brotherhood and friendship among various communities, and also fight against violence ruthlessly. I have a lot of work to do," he told PTI during an interview. Mr. Bose, 74, admitted that he was a 'little bothered' over such speculations doing the rounds, but "responsible quarters in Delhi" advised him to ignore them. 'Since you asked the question [about getting replaced], I can tell you that I got a call from responsible quarters in Delhi. They asked me to totally ignore such rumours and go ahead with my work. I have been asked to go full throttle in the mission that I started here.' "My mission will be to go more and more to the people of Bengal to settle their problems. My purpose is to work relentlessly to establish a Bengal that is violence-free," he asserted. Mr. Bose said he was feeling perfectly fine now, but doctors have advised him to not stress himself with work for a few days. "Doctors have asked me to go slow, but that's only for a few days. That much pace should not be there because I used to work for 20 hours every day. Even earlier, when I didn't have such an important assignment, I worked for about 16 hours. It's not something very new to my nature," he said. Mr. Bose said, 'The incidents of violence in Murshidabad and Malda districts in April during protests over the Waqf Amendment Act had left him deeply disturbed. At least three people died and several others were injured in the riots.' "The stories which were narrated by the women in particular were so disturbing that it will shake any civilised mind. People had to suffer in silence. The atrocities were deliberately inflicted on them. And, they had a feeling that there was no one to support us, no one even to complain to,' the Governor said. On his evaluation of the current state of affairs in West Bengal, Mr. Bose said, 'The state has fallen from its stature of intellectual dominance because of incidents of violence and corruption.' He also said that over the years, political parties have been 'using violence as means for political and electoral gains'. "Bengal is a great state with a highly civilised society. It cares for culture and its values. There is no exaggeration to say, what Bengal thinks today, India thinks tomorrow. Unfortunately, over the decades, Bengal has fallen from its stature of intellectual dominance due to violence and corruption. 'And, violence still continues. I do not see violence as something that is connected with any particular government. When elections come, parties use violence for political and electoral gains,' the Governor said. Asked about his role in next year's assembly election, Mr. Bose said he would do everything to ensure free and fair polling. "The most important highlight of our democracy is election. The Governor's primary job is to defend the Constitution. My role will become more appropriate and more prominent during the polls. I will be there to see that the election is conducted in a free and fair manner, without infringing upon the rights and areas of operation of the Election Commission," he said. When pointed out that the West Bengal government was planning to introduce a Constitutional Amendment pertaining to the 'Governor sitting over bills passed by the state legislature', Mr. Bose asserted that not a single bill was pending with the Raj Bhavan other than those referred to the President. "I don't want to comment on what the state government intends to do. I can tell you that there is not a single bill that is pending in this Raj Bhavan, barring the ones referred to the President under the Constitution,' he said. Commenting on the ongoing agitation of teachers who lost jobs following a Supreme Court order, Mr. Bose said he was hopeful that justice will be done in the matter. "Agitations are a part of democracy. When there is a court intervention, let us all be hopeful that justice will be done. I am sure those concerned will use all avenues to see that the issue is settled properly,' the Governor added.
The Hindu
21-05-2025
- The Hindu
Synthetic drug trafficking: DANSAF nabs two suspects in Kozhikode
The District Anti-Narcotics Special Action Force (DANSAF) on Wednesday (May 21, 2025) arrested two Kozhikode natives with 298 grams of suspected MDMA. C.V. Navas, 28, and T. Imthias, 30, were nabbed with the support of a patrol squad from the Feroke police station. Police sources said the two were suspected of targeting school and college students in the Feroke and Ramanattukara areas. Preliminary investigations revealed their role in smuggling synthetic drugs from Bengaluru using a car registered in Maharashtra, they added. The patrol squad intercepted their car near Ramanattukara as the two tried to escape from a previous checkpoint. Navas was reportedly engaged in odd businesses, while Imthias was working as an auto driver, the police said. 'Navas carried out the suspected drug business alongside some local livestock trade. He had maintained a network of drug pushers using WhatsApp groups,' a police officer associated with the probe said. He also ran a car resale business, which he used as a cover to traffic synthetic drugs from other States, the officer revealed. DANSAF officers said they had exposed six major incidents of drug trafficking within the last three weeks in Kozhikode city. There were also 11 arrests within the short term, they added.
The Hindu
17-05-2025
- Politics
- The Hindu
Transferring employees with utter disregard to their health, family or safety concerns is against human dignity, says Madras High Court
Transferring employees, especially women, from one State to another by disregarding the well being of their children/themselves suffering from life threatening medical conditions, their family responsibilities or the safety concerns in the new place of work could violate Article 21 of the Constitution which protects human dignity, the Madras High Court has said. Justice C.V. Karthikeyan wrote: 'Transfers cannot be carried out in a mechanical or burdensome manner. There must be a balance between administrative requirements and the personal safety, family responsibilities and well -being of the employee.' The verdict was delivered while disposing of writ petitions filed against Union Bank of India's (UBI) staff transfer policies. The judge agreed with senior counsel R. Vagai, representing All India Union Bank Officer Staff Association, that UBI's transfer policies disproportionately affect women employees and they must be corrected since a woman tied to her family, children, parents and the security at her workplace could not be expected to be transferred frequently without significant hardship. He also recorded her reliance upon the 2021 verdict in Lieutenant Colonel Nitisha and Others versus Union of India wherein the Supreme Court had said: 'A facially equal application of laws to unequal parties is a farce when the law is structured to cater to a male standpoint. Presently, adjustments, both in thought and letter, are necessary to rebuild the structures of an equal society.' Central government senior panel counsel K. Srinivasamurthy had told the court that the Union Ministry of Finance had on November 26, 2024 instructed all nationalised/public sector banks to transfer women employees as far as possible to nearby places/stations/regions and to give due importance to safety and availability of basic amenities if they had to be transferred to faraway/remote locations. Although it could be argued on behalf of UBI that the Finance Ministry's guidelines were only directory and not mandatory in nature, they do stipulate an obligation on the part of the bank to implement a transfer policy in conformity with the guidelines of the Centre, the judge said and reiterated that the present policies of the bank affect the women employees disproportionately. Instead of a mandatory transfer from one zone to another after completion of nine years, 'I wonder why the respondents (UBI) could not put in place a system where at the end of six years, they place a red signal that the order retaining the officer for a further period of three years would be the final retention. If the officer is put on notice at the end of the sixth year, then, some adjustments within the family could be made,' the judge said. He also said: 'I wonder why the respondents could not implement counseling before effecting the transfer. Counseling could involve consultations with mental health professionals as well as assessments by a medical team to address individual grievances and ensure the wellbeing of the affected employees.' The judge went on to state: 'I wonder why the respondents could not put in place a system where individual officers are transferred within the zone and not necessarily out of a zone, even after they had worked for nine years in a particular place. I fail to see the rationale behind transferring an officer from one corner of the country to another, particularly given the diverse linguistic and cultural differences across States.' He also wondered why UBI could not provide a longer time of 20 days, instead of just seven days, to join the new place of work and initiate disciplinary proceedings, only if the employee was found to have deliberately not reported to duty at the transferred place even after that extended period of time. 'These are measures that the respondents could implement if they were to apply their minds and recognize that the employees alone actually and ultimately contribute to furthering the business of the bank. It is the quality of service provided which encourages customers to recommend the bank to other customers. It is not just the services provided by the bank that matters, but also the manner in which those services are presented and marketed, which are also equally important,' the judge observed. Conscious of the limitations of the court in interfering the with the transfer policies of a bank, the judge stopped with issuing a direction to UBI to revisit its policy by putting in place certain additional safeguards in order to prevent indirect discrimination of women and to promote equality. He said women employees transferred out of their place of residence must be allowed to visit home at regular intervals. 'Among the officers who could be exempted from transfer, the respondents may also consider including those whose children are at a crucial stage in their educational career. The respondents must establish an effective grievance redressal cell, ensuring that the majority of members are women. This cell should be responsible for examining individual grievances and making genuine efforts to address them,' he concluded.
