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Hans India
3 days ago
- General
- Hans India
Cops nab accused who assaulted cop
New Delhi: Delhi's South East District's Anti Auto Theft Squad (AATS/SED) successfully apprehended a habitual offender named Asif, after exchange of gunfire on the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway. The accused, a habitual offender, had earlier assaulted a police constable and was wanted in multiple criminal cases, including attempted murder and motor vehicle theft. The dramatic encounter followed an investigation into an incident that took place on the night of May 27, 2025. According to a statement issued by the Delhi Police, 'HC Pawan and HC Karan were on patrol duty at JD Musafir Marg when they noticed two suspicious individuals on a bike. As they approached, one of the suspects fled the scene, abandoning the bike, while the other was caught by HC Karan. However, the suspect suddenly drew a knife and assaulted HC Karan on his wrist, allowing him to escape.' The motorcycle, bearing registration number DL3SEA2456, was later identified as stolen in a separate case registered at PP Pur. A case (FIR No. 225/25) was registered at Police Station NFC, and subsequent CCTV footage analysis led to the identification of the suspects, Raja and Asif. Raja was apprehended on May 30, and during interrogation, he confessed to committing the crime with Asif. The arrest of Asif came on Monday following a planned trap laid by a team led by Inspector Pramod Chauhan. 'When Asif was signaled to stop, he attempted to flee and fired three shots from his pistol at the police team. In self-defence, ASI Sharwan of AATS/SED returned fire, hitting Asif in the right leg,' the statement added. Asif, who was riding another stolen motorcycle (DL3SEP9673), was taken into custody and rushed to AIIMS Hospital for treatment. The vehicle was linked to E-FIR No. 14895/25 of PS Lajpat Nagar. Police sources revealed that Asif, 24, a resident of Tanki Road, Jaitpur, is a habitual drug addict with a long criminal history. 'He was previously involved in nine cases of robbery, snatching, auto theft, and under the Arms Act,' the release stated. Notably, he had only recently been released on bail on May 14, 2025. A new case in connection with the shootout is being registered at PS Jaitpur. Investigations are ongoing, and police suspect his involvement in several other crimes in the city.
India Today
4 days ago
- Politics
- India Today
Centre flags gaps in J&K's public schooling system, calls for urgent reforms
A significant gap in student enrolment exists between government and private schools in Jammu and Kashmir. The Ministry of Education (MoE) has highlighted a crucial issue in Jammu and Kashmir's education system, noting that although government schools comprise 77.32 per cent of the total schools in the region, only 54.06 per cent of students are enrolled in them. This discrepancy raises concerns about the quality and appeal of government education compared to private institutions. Government advice on enrolment ratios In light of these statistics, the Jammu and Kashmir government has been advised to prioritise the improvement of the Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER) and Net Enrolment Ratio (NER) at the higher secondary level. Such improvements are deemed necessary for enhancing the educational landscape in the region. Solar panel installation in schools Out of 18,785 government schools in Jammu and Kashmir, only 3,304 (17.6 per cent) have solar panels installed. The School Education Department (SED) has been instructed to identify and address gaps in solar panel coverage using data from UDISE+, aiming to enhance energy sustainability in these schools. Skill education implementation Under the Samagra Shiksha scheme, 1,869 schools were approved for skill education, but only 1,621 schools have implemented it, covering 72.19 per cent of the targeted schools. There is a pressing need to extend skill education to all approved schools, focusing on various sectors and job roles to better prepare students for future employment. Zero enrolment and pupil-teacher ratio A troubling aspect revealed is that 65 schools, including 62 primary and three upper primary, have zero student enrolment. Additionally, 16 per cent of schools have been identified with an adverse Pupil Teacher Ratio (PTR). The MoE has urged the rationalisation of teachers to address these issues. Calls for immediate action The Department of School Education and Literacy (DSEL) expressed concern over these findings during a Project Approval Board (PAB) meeting in March. The SED has been instructed to address these gaps within the current year, using data and resources effectively to propose solutions to the board for approval.
New York Post
23-04-2025
- Politics
- New York Post
Let the Massapequa Chiefs keep their name
Memo to the stick-in-the-mud Karens at the State Education Department: Let Massapequa High School keep on being the 'Chiefs.' As even many Native Americans insist. The Long Island school is fighting to keep its team name and logo after the state Board of Regents ordered schools to scrap symbols that referenced Native Americans — or risk losing state funding. Advertisement Massapequa sued, along with the nearby Wantagh Warriors and Wyandanch Warriors, but a judge threw out their case. Look, the school's mascot isn't meant to mock Native Americans; it's meant to honor the heritage of Massapequa, a town that's named after one of Long Island's original 13 tribes. In response to local opposition, an SED flack arrogantly told Massapequa to 'talk to the Indigenous people' on Long Island, presuming they were offended by moniker. Advertisement The SED should take its own advice. Local Native Americans are offended, all right — not by the school name, but by the state's bullying the town into scrubbing it. Former Massapequa student Laura Albanese-Christopher, of Cherokee descent, slammed the name change as 'off the charts hurtful and disrespectful.' Crow Creek Sioux Tribe member David Finkenbinder called it 'frustrating': 'This takes the interest away from students to learn why their towns and teams are named this way.' Advertisement The 'representation matters' left can't understand why Native Americans would support schools proudly and respectfully using symbols of their community. President Donald Trump, too, has thrown his support behind the Chiefs name, asking Secretary of Education Linda McMahon 'to fight' on Massapequa's behalf. Rebranding would cost the district a pretty penny — an estimated $1 million — but locals are more peeved because they see SED's ban as an attempt to erase the town's proud Indigenous roots. Advertisement Turns out the woke stuffed shirts at SED, all of whom have probably been sensitivity trained within an inch of their lives, aren't very sensitive to the real-life concerns of the people they're supposedly advocating for. The only way the Chiefs will get to keep their name is if SED rescinds its ban; maybe some pressure from the Trump administration will encourage that. But New York schools certainly shouldn't be forced to ditch their beloved team symbols. The we-know-best lefties at SED got this one massively wrong. Go Chiefs!
Yahoo
04-04-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Victims' commissioner: East German repression must not be played down
The crimes committed by the government of the former East Germany should not be played down, a German official said on Friday. Evelyn Zupke, the commissioner responsible for the victims of the former East German dictatorship, told dpa that she had heard political leaders equating the reunified German government's actions with the repressive structures of the former socialist state. "Those who speak like this trivialize the dictatorship and play with people's fears, especially those who were politically persecuted," she said. Zupke is a former civil rights activist who protested against the government of East Germany and its ruling party, the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED), in the 1980s. The Bundestag, the lower house of Germany's parliament, appointed her to the role in 2021. The commissioner disagreed with a speech delivered last week by a senior politician from The Left party - a successor of the SED - in the first session of the new parliament after February's parliamentary elections. In his speech, Gregor Gysi, who was leader of the SED during reunification, stated that while people in the former East Germany gained more freedom, they also lost a lot with reunification. Zupke said that Gysi's stance only reflects how privileged people, such as SED party officials, experienced life in the former East Germany. "For every single political prisoner who was freed from prison, for every single person who could use their freedom for the first time, the efforts and challenges [of reunification] were more than worth it," Zupke said.
CBS News
26-03-2025
- Business
- CBS News
SoCal Edison fined $2.2 million for deadly Fairview Fire in Hemet
The California Public Utilities Commission has fined Southern California Edison $2.2 million for 2022's deadly Fairview Fire that ravaged more than 28,000 acres and destroyed nearly three dozen buildings in Hemet. The fines stem from four violations that CPUC officials found. They say that SCE was failed to maintain proper clearance around their electrical equipment and that they were "consistently late" and offered delayed responses to their investigation into the cause of the fire, which delayed CPUC's Safety and Enforcement Division's ability to look into the fire "within a reasonable timeframe," according to the citation. The first violation came due to a series of missed deadlines for a set of questions asked by CPUC investigators. This delayed CPUC's Safety and Enforcement Division's ability to look into the fire "within a reasonable timeframe," said the citation. CPUC officials say that they asked 55 questions in December of 2022, with a response due by Jan. 26, 2023. "SCE failed to respond ... on the due date and did not seek an extension from SED. Instead, SCE informed SED that it had decided to extend the deadline to respond," the complaint says. They claim that SCE officials instead offered a "piecemeal basis" of responses on three dates — Jan. 20, 2023, Feb. 10, 2023 and Feb. 24, 2023. Even so, SCE also missed those deadlines, the CPUC said, only responding to five of the 55 questions they were presented with by Feb. 24. They did not fully complete all responses until May 17, 2023 after a subsequent series of due dates that were not met. They later claimed that the responses were delayed due to an employee working the investigation who suffered a family emergency. "However, SED's position is that SCE's mismanagement of its internal resources created the delay and hindered SED's investigation," the complaint said. Investigators also say that SCE treated their deadline "as unilaterally negotiable and with a lack of seriousness" as they failed to turn over the requested documents and data in a timely manner, leading to the second violation. While viewing evidence, SED investigators saw "scorch marks on both the phase 1B conductor and the Frontier Communications messenger cable, consistent with electrical arc damage," CPUC investigators said. This led to the third violation as they concluded that SEC's conductor struck Frontier's messenger cable. "In addition, CAL FIRE determined the cause of the fire was the East electrical line (SCE's phase 1B conductor) at the Incident Span contacting the Frontier Communications messenger cable," the complaint stated. "CAL FIRE determined that the contact created an arc and caused sparks to fall and ignite the vegetation below." The fourth violation relates to General Order 95, Rule 37, which mandates that conductors operating up to 22,500 volts "must maintain a minimum above ground vertical clearance of 17 feet in areas that can only be traversed by pedestrians." A LiDAR scan revealed that one of SCE's conductors only had 12 feet vertical clearance on Sept. 8, two days after the fire broke out. SoCal Edison is currently at the center of multiple lawsuits regarding the ignition of the Eaton Fire, which broke out in Altadena in January. They have often been embroiled in cases relating to devastating wildfires in the past, including the Bobcat Fire , Woolsey Fire and Thomas Fire .
