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T’puram: Fishermen at Perumathura coastal village have opposed state govt plans to supply dredged soil from Muthalapozhi harbour to National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) for use in NH 66 six-laning project. Local fishing communities are demanding that the dredged sand be used locally to combat acute coastal erosion that is threatening their homes, livelihoods and the shoreline.State govt recently issued an order allowing dredged sand from Muthalapozhi harbour, accumulated from harbour mouth clearing operations, to be supplied to NHAI to help accelerate the NH 66 work between Kazhakkoottam and Kadampattukonam. Officials said the decision aims to ease shortages of…
Kolkata: A 68-year-old Kulpi woman’s death on Thursday after suffering a cardiac arrest prompted her family to blame the SIR process. Asma Sardar, of Nagnon village, was a pensioner. She lived with her only son, Rakib, who is a person with disabilities. According to Rakib, the 2002 list had the name Asma Sardar, but with her documents saying Asma ‘Bibi’ instead, a notice was served. Relatives claimed that Asma had almost stopped eating since. Kulpi MLA Jogaranjan Halder assured assistance to the family. Source link
Police say they won’t speculate on the intent of the accused, who appeared to have been developing an anti-drone weapons system to meet “military demand”. Source link
Suspect Vijay Kumar with wife Meenu Dogra (Picture credit: Facebook/Meenu Dogra) An Indian national was among four people killed in a shooting linked to an alleged family dispute in the US state of Georgia, authorities and the Indian consulate in Atlanta said.The incident took place in Lawrenceville city, where police responded to reports of “shots fired” at a residence. Four people were found inside the home with gunshot wounds and were pronounced dead at the scene.According to local reports, three children — aged seven, 10 and 12 — were inside the house when the shooting took place. The children hid…
In a statement, the Department for Transport said that although it would not be rolling out any new smart motorways, they remained among our safest roads in terms of deaths and serious injuries, and were just as safe, or safer, than the roads they replaced. Source link
Cabinet office minister Josh Simons commissioned APCO Worldwide for the investigation in 2023. Source link
Harshit Rana reacts during a T20I cricket match against New Zealand, in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh. File | Photo Credit: PTI Young India speedster Harshit Rana was on Friday (February 6, 2026) ruled out of the T20 World Cup owing to a knee injury, with Mohammed Siraj being named as his replacement.Rana had sustained the injury in a warm-up game here earlier this week with skipper Suryakumar Yadav admitting that he was “not looking good”.”Siraj, who has played 45 Tests, 50 ODIs and 16 T20Is, was named as a replacement after Rana was ruled out with an injury to his right…
In an entertaining final, Belgium beat India 1-0 in a closely-fought encounter to lift the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup in Malaysia on Sunday (November 30, 2025).India were forced to settle for a silver, thanks to Thibeau Stockbroekx’s lone goal of the match in the 34th minute.This is Belgium’s maiden Sultan Azlan Shah title and only their second appearance in the event.Unfortunately for India, who were coming into this match after a high-scoring 14-3 win against Canada on Saturday (November 29, 2025), they couldn’t convert the three penalty corners.While Jugraj Singh, Amit Rohidas and Sanjay have been successful in the PC…
Belarus’ Aryna Sabalenka celebrates her third round win over Potapova at the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne on January 23, 2026 | Photo Credit: Reuters World number one Aryna Sabalenka passed her first major test of the Australian Open on Friday (January 23, 2026), fending off a serious challenge from Anastasia Potapova to reach the fourth round with a tense 7-6(4) 7-6(7) win.At a Grand Slam spiked with geopolitical tension, Potapova played for Austria after a recent nationality switch from Russia, and represented the central European nation with distinction in the early match at Rod Laver Arena.Seemingly down and…
Olympic weightlifter Ota Zaremba. File | Photo Credit: AP Ota Zaremba, who won a weightlifting gold medal at the 1980 Moscow Olympics before admitting to using performance-enhancing drugs under a secret program run by the totalitarian regime in the former Czechoslovakia, has died. He was 68. The Czech Weightlifting Federation said Zaremba died on Friday (January 23, 2026). No cause of death was given.“He was one of the absolute legends of Czechoslovak weightlifting and will forever remain part of its history,” the federation said in a statement. Zaremba had several health problems during and after his career. He set several…