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T’puram: As part of ongoing Vizhinjam port-led industrialization drive, Kerala Industrial Infrastructure Development Corporation (Kinfra) identified more than 500 acres in the district to support industrial clusters and allied infrastructure linked to Vizhinjam International Seaport.Of these, 506 acres were identified in Neyyattinkara taluk and 50 acres were acquired in Kattakada taluk. Of the 506 acres, 400 acres were identified at Kulathoor panchayat, while 106 acres were identified at Perumkadavila near Neyyattinkara. Land will be acquired through a land purchase model with compensation to owners. In the state budget, finance minister K N Balagopal earmarked Rs 1,000 crore for Kinfra to…

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Kolkata: Eight persons were arrested on Friday after cops busted a fake call centre operating from a condo in Behala. Officers said Junaid Ali, Md Sakir, Md Khurshid Akhtar, Shadab Khan, Kundan Roy, Md Hussain Ahmed Khan, Zakir Khan and Sk Amirulla, posed Microsoft’s tech support and targeted victims in the US. “Victims were persuaded to install remote access tools enabling the accused to take control of computers without authorisation. This was used to hack banking portals and extract funds”, said Joint CP (Crime & Traffic) Rupesh Kumar. Cops seized five laptops, two routers and twelve mobile phones, along with…

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Vijay Kumar and Meenu Dogra An early Friday morning at a household in Georgia, US, saw a heated argument between an Indian-origin couple that escalated into a deadly shooting. The husband, Vijay Kumar, allegedly killed his wife and three other relatives, while the three children present at the residence, hid in a closet. The children reportedly heard their father arguing, and one of them called 911 as shots rang out.Gwinnett County police responded to the emergency call and arrived at the home, where they found four adults fatally shot. The children were physically unharmed. Police confirmed that the incident was…

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Lord Mandelson, who served as Northern Ireland secretary between 2000 and 2001, was appointed US ambassador by the prime minister just over a year ago – a role he has now been sacked from, with Sir Keir accusing him of lying about the extent of his relationship with Epstein during the vetting process. Source link

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Forest, meanwhile, have won just two of their past nine Premier League games. Crucially, one of those was a 2-1 victory at West Ham last month, which kept the Hammers from moving one point behind.And, even when Nuno Espirito Santo’s side beat Sunderland two weeks ago, Forest reacted with an impressive 2-0 win at Brentford 24 hours later.Those results were achieved, however, with a first-choice defence – and the absence of Matz Sels with a groin injury has been a huge loss too.It was a gamble to replace last season’s joint Golden Glove winner with John Victor in December and…

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Runs in Indian domestic cricket are not inflation-proof. There are so many good batters, and such is the competition to get into the national team, that just one big pile of runs doesn’t always cut it.No one knows this better than Devdutt Padikkal. The 25-year-old averages an astonishing 82.23 in List-A cricket — including the 2025-26 Vijay Hazare Trophy where he scored 725 runs at 90.62 in Karnataka’s semifinal run — but is yet to play an ODI.In 2023-24, he made 812 First Class runs at 81.20, with a half-century in his debut Test against England in Dharamshala, but has…

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Sreejesh has demanded more from his attackers despite them pumping in 24 goals in the two games so far. | Photo Credit: G. MOORTHY Indian junior men’s team head coach P.R. Sreejesh said he expected more from the side’s attackers despite the glut of goals, ahead of the final FIH Junior Men’s World Cup 2025 Pool-B game against Switzerland here on Tuesday.Sreejesh had said he wanted his players to show a ‘killer attitude’ in front of goal after the 7-0 win against Chile in the opener. They scored 17 goals without reply against Oman. But the coach says there is…

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