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Time of India
22-07-2025
- Business
- Time of India
J&K: Heavy rain triggers flood-like situation in Rajouri; schools closed
A flood-like situation has emerged in Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri district after the Dharhali and Saktoh rivers witnessed a significant rise in water levels following incessant rainfall in the region, officials said on Tuesday. As a precautionary measure, the Rajouri District Administration has ordered the closure of all government and private schools across the district for today. Explore courses from Top Institutes in Select a Course Category Product Management Operations Management Data Science Data Analytics Public Policy PGDM Digital Marketing Finance MCA others Healthcare healthcare Project Management Design Thinking CXO Data Science Technology Degree Others Management Cybersecurity Leadership MBA Skills you'll gain: Product Strategy & Competitive Advantage Tactics Product Development Processes & Market Orientations Product Analytics & Data-Driven Decision Making Agile Development, Design Thinking, & Product Leadership Duration: 40 Weeks IIM Kozhikode Professional Certificate in Product Management Starts on Jun 26, 2024 Get Details Skills you'll gain: Creating Effective Product Roadmap User Research & Translating it to Product Design Key Metrics via Product Analytics Hand-On Projects Using Cutting Edge Tools Duration: 12 Weeks Indian School of Business ISB Product Management Starts on May 14, 2024 Get Details Skills you'll gain: Product Strategy & Roadmapping User-Centric Product Design Agile Product Development Market Analysis & Product Launch Duration: 24 Weeks Indian School of Business Professional Certificate in Product Management Starts on Jun 26, 2024 Get Details Authorities are closely monitoring the situation as continuous downpours have led to waterlogging and disrupted normal life in several low-lying areas. No casualties or major damage have been reported so far. Continuous downpours have led to waterlogging and disrupted normal life in several low-lying areas, officials said. Meanwhile, the Border Roads Organisation (BRO) is undertaking road construction work in the hilly areas of the Pir Panjal region of Rajouri to improve connectivity and reduce waterlogging in market areas such as Kotranka, Samote, and Budhal. Live Events "Wherever there is a problem of waterlogging, especially in market areas, we are constructing concrete pavements," said Sanjay Sharma, a BRO engineer. "The drains in the market were often clogged, leading to water overflow on roads. We've now covered those areas with concrete pavements and are also addressing damaged road patches," he said. Sharma added that the initiative aims to ensure smoother travel and maintain road safety, with regular maintenance underway. Furthermore, in the neighbouring state, Himachal Pradesh, two people died in a rain-triggered landslide in Chamba district on Monday. A boulder fell on a house during heavy rainfall. Ashwani, who is a Patwari, while talking to ANI, said, "Due to the rain, a landslide occurred last night. As a result, a boulder fell on a house, and two people tragically died in the incident. Their bodies were recovered from the debris with the help of the police and taken to Chamba Hospital. The government also provided immediate relief to the victims. Currently, we are further assessing the danger in the area and preparing a report on the losses." Economic Times WhatsApp channel )
The National
19-07-2025
- Health
- The National
Honest Scott Allan on heart condition, diabetes and East Kilbride role
Diagnosed with a heart condition at the age of 29 he entered a state of denial, battling his way back to play for Hibs and Inverness before spending some time going through the motions in front of small crowds at Arbroath. There was a loan spell with Larne in Northern Ireland and a season in League One with Kelty Hearts and only now can he can own up to the blunt truth. He'd known all along that the game was up. Playing football never felt the same again. 'I was determined that heart issue wasn't going to be the final word for me,' he tells Herald Sport over coffee in the Hampden cafe. 'But looking back now I wonder sometimes if I should just have come out at that time. 'I don't think I really enjoyed football after that, if I'm totally honest. 'But you grow up and there's a competitor in you and when somebody tells you something you want to say, 'no'' In September 2020 Professor Sanjay Sharma, one of the world's leading cardiologists diagnosed the then Hibs midfielder with Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy, a condition which thickens the walls of the heart and restricts the flow of blood. A contributory factor in the deaths of Motherwell midfielder Phil O'Donnell in 2007 and Cameroon international Marc-Vivien Foe in 2003, both lost their lives during matches. Fabrice Muamba's cardiac arrest at White Hart Lane in 2012 was another close run thing. 'He advised me to stop playing,' Allan recalls now. 'The news came at the worst time for me and was hard to accept. But we had come back for pre-season and I felt really breathless with dizzy spells.' Withdrawn from a game against Aberdeen breathless and exhausted after 53 minutes the former Celtic midfielder had coped with the effects of Type One diabetes for most of his life. Instinctively, he knew this was different. Read more: Referred to Hampden for heart screening the results prompted a visit to University Hospital Lewisham where Professor Sharma delivered the news which changed his outlook. The people who paid his wages began to view him differently as well. 'I took a year out the game and after that the narrative around me changed.' He returned after 146 days for Hibs' 3-0 Betfred Cup semi-final defeat against St Johnstone at Hampden. Where his passing ability and creativity had been the selling point for clubs in the past, they had insurance premiums and medical bills to think of now. 'I think by then the senior management at Hibs were a bit like….we'd better get him out the building. 'Doing that would give them one less problem. I definitely felt that at the time. 'Clubs became a bit wary of the health conditions, which I understand. And, looking back, I probably didn't enjoy my football after that.' Herald Sport reminds him of a text message seeking an interview after his move to Gayfield. Unusually, there was no response and he remembers finding it hard to speak about the sudden, unexpected decline in his fortunes. 'I probably felt in my head that once I went to Arbroath that it was pretty much it. 'Trying to motivate yourself when there's not a lot of people in the ground there isn't easy. 'I kind of knew that I was coming to the end and maybe then it would have been the right decision to say, 'enough.' 'Then again, if you do that you might have regrets and, when I look back now, I met some really good people.' He moved to Larne in Northern Ireland and grew close to Kieran Lynch, the title winning coach linked with the St [[Johnstone]] job. Lasts summer he dipped his toe into coaching, taking up a dual player role at Kelty Hearts under Michael Tidser. Tidser left for Dunfermline, he broke his wrist and it began to feel as if the footballing gods were ringing the bell for last orders. Announcing his retirement from playing last week he'll join Mick Kennedy and Si Ferry at East Kilbride, newly promoted to the senior ranks from League Two. He plans to dovetail coaching with media work for Clyde Super Scoreboard and BBC Scotland while looking after a new baby. For the first time in living memory the Allan family took a holiday in July. Punditry offers no guarantee of the kind of adulation he enjoyed during three spells at Hibs. Walking the tightrope between honest analysis and upsetting old friends in the game is tricky and, when he gets the balance wrong, he'll deal with the flak because he's used to it. 'If people want to have a go at me as a pundit I'm used to that. 'When I joined Celtic I grew used to being slaughtered anyway. Every time I left the house I was getting it.' In 2015 Allan, a boyhood Rangers fan, moved to Parkhead after Hibs refused to sell him to their then-Championship rivals. Some took the news a little better than others. 'I'd drive to training and I'd be getting grief at the traffic lights or a look of disgust in the supermarket. 'That gives you a thick skin. You become immune to it after a while. 'Is it normal to reach a point where you just take it? Maybe not. 'But listen, that's the life I chose. And I was grateful for every day I played the game. 'I grew up supporting Rangers, absolutely. But you have to think as a professional. 'And when you look at the health challenges I've faced along the way I can be proud of what I did because I know some amazing footballers who didn't have the career I had.' The *challenges* began when diabetes became an issue while coming through the ranks at Dundee United. Condemned to a life of syringes and eating at certain times of the day life became easier when he moved to [[Celtic]] and became one of the trailblazers for Free Style Libre, a sensor system which allows diabetics to track their glucose levels without the need for finger prick tests. 'Danny McGrain was the only player I knew of at that time who had diabetes. He was a man I looked up to so much. I'd go into Lennoxtown in the morning and he'd be on a treadmill keeping fit. 'I've no idea what age he was at that time but we had a natural bond because of the diabetes. And I'd go and make sure Danny had checked his blood sugars. 'I actually remember his daughter messaging me once thanking me for getting in her dad's ear about fitting the sensor. 'I'm not sure that the diabetes ever held me back, but it had its challenges. 'If your blood sugars were high during the night you would be fatigued the next day. 'That's probably why Jack Ross used to take me off after 60 minutes at Hibs all the time….' Even now dextrose tablets and digestive biscuits are a permanent, monotonous feature of his life. 'I had to take everywhere with me from the age of three. Just incase I went hypo. 'I still have them, they're in my car actually. But you get to a stage where you can't even look at digestives any longer…. 'I've had 30 years of digestives and you get your fill after a while.' His playing career finally over the 33-year-old Scott Allan wishes he'd listened more when he was younger. An early protégé at [[Dundee]] United he joined West Bromwich Albion too soon. When Roy Hodgson then left for the England job Steve Clarke was his replacement and Allan owns up to making bad choices. A move to Crystal Palace collapsed on deadline day after chairman Jeremy Peace moved the goalposts and, when he returned to the WBA reserve team, he threw the toys from the pram. Upbeat and likeable he tries, now, to dwell on the good bit and park the regrets. 'I would drive Nicholas Anelka to training at West Brom and when I think back to that it's nuts. 'He'd say to me, 'I'm going to tell Steve Clarke to play you… 'That didn't work out obviously, but experiences like that are great things to pass on to my son Zac. 'He's a left footed version of me. He's a killer pass type of player and gets up and down and up and down….'' Six years later Allan is still remembered for a pass he made at Ibrox. A sublime through ball sent Daryl Horgan through on goal for the only Hibs goal in a 6-1 thrashing for the slightest of consolations. 'I still get a lot of stick for that and the fact folk still flag it up,' he laughs. 'But Steven Gerrard spoke about it in his post match interview and at the time he was somebody I idolised from my playing days. 'The one thing I will say….I played better during my career.' As a coach at East Kilbride he'll make the transition from thinking only of himself to improving others. On Thursday he conducted the draw for the KDM Evolution Trophy at the National Stadium. Revamped to complement the new SFA Cooperation System, ten Premiership B teams will take part and, as Dundee United swell the number of different nationalities in the Tannadice dressing room to 17, he wonder if he'd have got a game in the Tannadice first team these days. 'The number of Scots coming through to play first team football now is disappointing, there's no getting away from that. 'I never looked past playing for United's first team. 'These days the mindset of kids is completely different. 'At 16 now they're told, 'you'll get a move here or there… 'All I ever thought at that age was, 'can I get into United's first team and get my name on the back of a top with a Clydesdale Bank badge on the sleeve?' That was all I wanted. 'Now it's totally different. So much emerging talent goes straight down south now without playing a first team game.' He has high hopes for East Kilbride prospects like John Robertson and Jack Healy and plans to use his new role as a learning ground for striking out on his own in future. 'I'd like to manage one day but I need to do the work first. I need to make my mistakes and be around people like Mick Kennedy and Si Ferry who can show me a thing or two. 'East Kilbride is an exciting project. Everyone is on the same sheet over where they want to take the club. 'If I was starting out again as a player and you asked me to go and play for any team outwith the Premiership then – in terms of style – it's a no brainer. My answer would be East Kilbride.'
The Herald Scotland
19-07-2025
- Health
- The Herald Scotland
Honest Scott Allan on heart condition, diabetes and East Kilbride role
There was a loan spell with Larne in Northern Ireland and a season in League One with Kelty Hearts and only now can he can own up to the blunt truth. He'd known all along that the game was up. Playing football never felt the same again. 'I was determined that heart issue wasn't going to be the final word for me,' he tells Herald Sport over coffee in the Hampden cafe. 'But looking back now I wonder sometimes if I should just have come out at that time. 'I don't think I really enjoyed football after that, if I'm totally honest. 'But you grow up and there's a competitor in you and when somebody tells you something you want to say, 'no'' In September 2020 Professor Sanjay Sharma, one of the world's leading cardiologists diagnosed the then Hibs midfielder with Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy, a condition which thickens the walls of the heart and restricts the flow of blood. A contributory factor in the deaths of Motherwell midfielder Phil O'Donnell in 2007 and Cameroon international Marc-Vivien Foe in 2003, both lost their lives during matches. Fabrice Muamba's cardiac arrest at White Hart Lane in 2012 was another close run thing. 'He advised me to stop playing,' Allan recalls now. 'The news came at the worst time for me and was hard to accept. But we had come back for pre-season and I felt really breathless with dizzy spells.' Withdrawn from a game against Aberdeen breathless and exhausted after 53 minutes the former Celtic midfielder had coped with the effects of Type One diabetes for most of his life. Instinctively, he knew this was different. Read more: Referred to Hampden for heart screening the results prompted a visit to University Hospital Lewisham where Professor Sharma delivered the news which changed his outlook. The people who paid his wages began to view him differently as well. 'I took a year out the game and after that the narrative around me changed.' He returned after 146 days for Hibs' 3-0 Betfred Cup semi-final defeat against St Johnstone at Hampden. Where his passing ability and creativity had been the selling point for clubs in the past, they had insurance premiums and medical bills to think of now. 'I think by then the senior management at Hibs were a bit like….we'd better get him out the building. 'Doing that would give them one less problem. I definitely felt that at the time. 'Clubs became a bit wary of the health conditions, which I understand. And, looking back, I probably didn't enjoy my football after that.' Herald Sport reminds him of a text message seeking an interview after his move to Gayfield. Unusually, there was no response and he remembers finding it hard to speak about the sudden, unexpected decline in his fortunes. 'I probably felt in my head that once I went to Arbroath that it was pretty much it. 'Trying to motivate yourself when there's not a lot of people in the ground there isn't easy. 'I kind of knew that I was coming to the end and maybe then it would have been the right decision to say, 'enough.' 'Then again, if you do that you might have regrets and, when I look back now, I met some really good people.' He moved to Larne in Northern Ireland and grew close to Kieran Lynch, the title winning coach linked with the St [[Johnstone]] job. Lasts summer he dipped his toe into coaching, taking up a dual player role at Kelty Hearts under Michael Tidser. Tidser left for Dunfermline, he broke his wrist and it began to feel as if the footballing gods were ringing the bell for last orders. Announcing his retirement from playing last week he'll join Mick Kennedy and Si Ferry at East Kilbride, newly promoted to the senior ranks from League Two. He plans to dovetail coaching with media work for Clyde Super Scoreboard and BBC Scotland while looking after a new baby. For the first time in living memory the Allan family took a holiday in July. Punditry offers no guarantee of the kind of adulation he enjoyed during three spells at Hibs. Walking the tightrope between honest analysis and upsetting old friends in the game is tricky and, when he gets the balance wrong, he'll deal with the flak because he's used to it. 'If people want to have a go at me as a pundit I'm used to that. 'When I joined Celtic I grew used to being slaughtered anyway. Every time I left the house I was getting it.' In 2015 Allan, a boyhood Rangers fan, moved to Parkhead after Hibs refused to sell him to their then-Championship rivals. Some took the news a little better than others. 'I'd drive to training and I'd be getting grief at the traffic lights or a look of disgust in the supermarket. 'That gives you a thick skin. You become immune to it after a while. 'Is it normal to reach a point where you just take it? Maybe not. 'But listen, that's the life I chose. And I was grateful for every day I played the game. 'I grew up supporting Rangers, absolutely. But you have to think as a professional. 'And when you look at the health challenges I've faced along the way I can be proud of what I did because I know some amazing footballers who didn't have the career I had.' The *challenges* began when diabetes became an issue while coming through the ranks at Dundee United. Condemned to a life of syringes and eating at certain times of the day life became easier when he moved to [[Celtic]] and became one of the trailblazers for Free Style Libre, a sensor system which allows diabetics to track their glucose levels without the need for finger prick tests. 'Danny McGrain was the only player I knew of at that time who had diabetes. He was a man I looked up to so much. I'd go into Lennoxtown in the morning and he'd be on a treadmill keeping fit. 'I've no idea what age he was at that time but we had a natural bond because of the diabetes. And I'd go and make sure Danny had checked his blood sugars. 'I actually remember his daughter messaging me once thanking me for getting in her dad's ear about fitting the sensor. 'I'm not sure that the diabetes ever held me back, but it had its challenges. 'If your blood sugars were high during the night you would be fatigued the next day. 'That's probably why Jack Ross used to take me off after 60 minutes at Hibs all the time….' Even now dextrose tablets and digestive biscuits are a permanent, monotonous feature of his life. 'I had to take everywhere with me from the age of three. Just incase I went hypo. 'I still have them, they're in my car actually. But you get to a stage where you can't even look at digestives any longer…. 'I've had 30 years of digestives and you get your fill after a while.' His playing career finally over the 33-year-old Scott Allan wishes he'd listened more when he was younger. An early protégé at [[Dundee]] United he joined West Bromwich Albion too soon. When Roy Hodgson then left for the England job Steve Clarke was his replacement and Allan owns up to making bad choices. A move to Crystal Palace collapsed on deadline day after chairman Jeremy Peace moved the goalposts and, when he returned to the WBA reserve team, he threw the toys from the pram. Upbeat and likeable he tries, now, to dwell on the good bit and park the regrets. 'I would drive Nicholas Anelka to training at West Brom and when I think back to that it's nuts. 'He'd say to me, 'I'm going to tell Steve Clarke to play you… 'That didn't work out obviously, but experiences like that are great things to pass on to my son Zac. 'He's a left footed version of me. He's a killer pass type of player and gets up and down and up and down….'' Six years later Allan is still remembered for a pass he made at Ibrox. A sublime through ball sent Daryl Horgan through on goal for the only Hibs goal in a 6-1 thrashing for the slightest of consolations. 'I still get a lot of stick for that and the fact folk still flag it up,' he laughs. 'But Steven Gerrard spoke about it in his post match interview and at the time he was somebody I idolised from my playing days. 'The one thing I will say….I played better during my career.' As a coach at East Kilbride he'll make the transition from thinking only of himself to improving others. On Thursday he conducted the draw for the KDM Evolution Trophy at the National Stadium. Revamped to complement the new SFA Cooperation System, ten Premiership B teams will take part and, as Dundee United swell the number of different nationalities in the Tannadice dressing room to 17, he wonder if he'd have got a game in the Tannadice first team these days. 'The number of Scots coming through to play first team football now is disappointing, there's no getting away from that. 'I never looked past playing for United's first team. 'These days the mindset of kids is completely different. 'At 16 now they're told, 'you'll get a move here or there… 'All I ever thought at that age was, 'can I get into United's first team and get my name on the back of a top with a Clydesdale Bank badge on the sleeve?' That was all I wanted. 'Now it's totally different. So much emerging talent goes straight down south now without playing a first team game.' He has high hopes for East Kilbride prospects like John Robertson and Jack Healy and plans to use his new role as a learning ground for striking out on his own in future. 'I'd like to manage one day but I need to do the work first. I need to make my mistakes and be around people like Mick Kennedy and Si Ferry who can show me a thing or two. 'East Kilbride is an exciting project. Everyone is on the same sheet over where they want to take the club. 'If I was starting out again as a player and you asked me to go and play for any team outwith the Premiership then – in terms of style – it's a no brainer. My answer would be East Kilbride.'
Hindustan Times
14-07-2025
- Hindustan Times
Mohali-based travel agent booked for duping Ludhiana resident of ₹25 lakh
The owner of an immigration firm based in Mohali has been booked by Sarabha Nagar police for allegedly duping a Ludhiana resident of ₹25 lakh on the pretext of arranging a Canadian visa, which never materialised. The victim alleged that when he asked for a refund, the accused kept giving vague excuses and delaying the matter. (Shutterstock) The accused has been identified as Sanjay Sharma, a resident of Phase-1, Mohali. An FIR has been registered against him on the complaint of Yuvraj Singh, who resides in Bhai Randhir Singh Nagar, Ludhiana. In his complaint, Yuvraj Singh stated that he had approached Sharma in hopes of securing permanent residency (PR) in Canada. Sharma, who claimed to be running a legitimate immigration firm, promised to arrange a visa and demanded ₹25 lakh for the same. Singh said he paid the full amount but did not receive any visa or documentation in return. Singh further alleged that when he asked for a refund, the accused kept giving vague excuses and delaying the matter. After months of being misled, Singh filed a formal complaint with the police on November 4, 2024. Following a preliminary investigation and a departmental inquiry, police have now registered a case against Sanjay Sharma under Section 420 (cheating) of the Indian Penal Code. ASI Gurmeet Singh, the investigating officer, confirmed the FIR and added that the accused is currently absconding. Police are continuing efforts to trace and arrest him.
Business Standard
08-07-2025
- Business
- Business Standard
Aye Finance Ranked 3rd in India's Best Companies to Work 2025 by GPTW
NewsVoir Gurugram (Haryana) [India], July 8: Aye Finance, MSME lender providing working capital and business expansion needs to the micro enterprises in India has been ranked 3rd amongst the top 100 Best Companies to Work 2025, by Great Place to Work Institute, a globally recognised authority in creating, assessing, and identifying the best workplaces. Aye Finance has secured the 3rd position (across all industries) in the top 100 Best Places to Work for in India. This recognition is a result of an evaluation process that surveyed nearly 1,900 organisations across various industries in India. [This ranking has been secured after a detailed study, which is conducted in two parts - employee survey and people practices assessment. Aye Finance excelled on all 5 dimensions essential for building a 'high-trust, high-performance' culture, i.e. Fairness, Respect, Credibility, Pride and Camaraderie. Commenting on the milestone, Mr Sanjay Sharma, Managing Director, Aye Finance, said, "We are proud to be ranked 3rd in the Great Companies to Work for the year 2025, by GPTW. Years of consistent focus on trying to build a positive employee work environment has earned us this recognition. At Aye, we try to treat each employee with respect by actively encouraging their professional growth and building pride in serving customers who have been excluded from organised finance. The Great Place to Work certification validates our efforts to try and build an organisation for our 9000 plus employees." Great Place To Work® is the global authority on workplace culture and its methodology, derived from years of studying the best workplaces across the globe, is recognised as rigorous and objective, and considered the gold standard for defining great workplaces across business, academia, and government organisations. Aye is a small-ticket lender in MSME lending landscape, providing working capital loans to micro-enterprises and to customers across manufacturing, trading, service and allied agriculture sectors. Our product offerings comprise mortgage loans, 'Saral' Property Loans, secured hypothecation loans and unsecured hypothecation loans. Our underwriting capability is a key competitive advantage that aids in assessing creditworthiness of our customers. Disclaimer Aye Finance (Private) Limited is proposing, subject to receipt of requisite approvals, market conditions and other considerations, an initial public offering of its equity shares and has filed a draft red herring prospectus dated 16 December 2024 ("DRHP") with the Securities and Exchange Board of India ("SEBI")is available on the website of SEBI at the Company at
