The Directorate of Inspection and Audit (DIA) under the education ministry has identified fake certificates of at least 760 teachers in non-government educational institutions across the country. DIA officials said they have checked the bachelor’s, master’s and diploma certificates as well as those offered by the Non-government Teachers’ Registration and Certification Authority (NTRCA). Of the 760 teachers, 511 obtained fake certicates from the NTRCA, 193 managed diploma certificates on computer and 56 have fake Bachelor of Education (BEd) certificates, the DIA officials added. DIA sources said they have identified these fake certificates following a continuous investigation from 2013 to June 2018. They also said many other…

Traffic police have taken a hardline approach to checking papers of vehicles and booking errant drivers, but they have failed to curb other nuisances—motorcyclists encroaching on footpaths, buses picking and dropping passengers on middle of roads and jaywalking by pedestrians. This correspondent…