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Three high-capacity pumps drain floodwater into the Brahmaputra as a fourth unit is being installedThree high-capacity pumps drain floodwater into the Brahmaputra as a fourth unit is being installedThree high-capacity pumps drain floodwater into the Brahmaputra as a fourth unit is being installedThree high-capacity pumps drain floodwater into the Brahmaputra as a fourth unit is being installedThree high-capacity pumps drain floodwater into the Brahmaputra as a fourth unit is being installedThree high-capacity pumps drain floodwater into the Brahmaputra as a fourth unit is being installedThree high-capacity pumps drain floodwater into the Brahmaputra as a fourth unit is being installedThree high-capacity…

A fifteen-year-old student collapsed and died while playing volleyball with friends (Photo credit: X) MANGALURU: A Class 10 student died after suddenly collapsing while playing volleyball with friends near Surathkal on Wednesday.The deceased has been identified as Likhith Amin, 15, son of an autorickshaw driver from Surathkal.He was a student at Government High School, Kote Bollaru, Soorinje.Following the death of Amit, the health department plans to seek help from the medical education department to find the cause and solutions.Minister for Health and Family welfare UT Khader, said, “It is a very painful matter that today, a 10th-grade student collapsed while…

Mandya: Unrest within Mandya Congress over the state cabinet expansion has surfaced during a meeting in Srirangapatna convened to gather opinions on the appointment of the party’s new district president.In the presence of party observers, workers voiced dissatisfaction with the current district leadership and sought the removal of district Congress president CD Gangadhar.The meeting witnessed heated exchanges, with workers accusing the district president of failing to strengthen the party organisation and alleging that he had resorted to “adjustment politics”. They also blamed the district leadership for not effectively representing the district’s interests before the party high command.Workers expressed resentment over…

Punjab Assembly saw noisy scenes after BJP MLA Ashwani Sharma made a controversial remark on girl child. CHANDIGARH: The Punjab Assembly witnessed noisy scenes on Thursday after BJP MLA Ashwani Sharma made a “girl child” remark in the House, with the ruling AAP criticising him and asking him to seek forgiveness from women in the state.The uproar broke out during Zero Hour after Sharma criticised the AAP government for blaming the Centre for every issue.Earlier, cabinet minister Barinder Kumar Goyal had accused the Centre of not supporting Punjab in earning revenue from sand mining in the state.Rejecting opposition parties’ claim…

Kunal was riding his motorcycle when he met with an accident near Harsain Bridge. He suffered a fracture in his right leg. PATNA: A road accident victim at Manjhaul Sub-Divisional Hospital in Bihar’s Begusarai district was allegedly treated by immobilising his fractured leg with pieces of a medicine carton instead of a plaster, triggering outrage after a video of the procedure went viral on social media.The patient, identified as Kunal Kumar, is a resident of Maheshwara village under the Nawkothi police station limits. The incident took place on the evening of August 3.According to his family members, Kunal was riding…

Road at Tharpakna which connects many schools in the vicinity Ranchi: Potholes, waterlogged or slippery stretches, and unfinished road excavation outside several schools in the city have become a major safety concern, with hundreds of students and parents facing difficult commutes every day.The worst-hit locations include the approach road to Surendranath Centenary School and Cluny Convent High School, where an ongoing pipeline project has left a large stretch dug up for the last few days. It was, however, filled today but left the road slippery or difficult to walk through.Similar complaints have also emerged from roads leading to Oxford Public…

Dipawali Mitra & AgenciesKolkata/New Delhi: The three minority MPs from Murshidabad now with Nationalist Citizens Party of India (NCPI), who have refused to be a part of BJP or NDA bloc, will meet PM Narendra Modi over breakfast on Friday.On Thursday, Abu Taher Khan, Khalilur Rahaman and Yusuf Pathan met Union home minister Amit Shah, who heard their concerns over faster resolution of cases in SIR tribunals and removal of loudspeakers from mosques. The three MPs have till now stayed away from the two NDA meetings (Mangal Milan). The other 17 NCPI MPs, alongside six Shiv Sena (UBT) MPs who…

Representative Image (AI-generated) Dust lining city streets may seem harmless, but new research suggests it can carry a chemical legacy that has lingered for decades. A study led by researchers at the University of Virginia (UVA) found that road dust collected from seven mid-sized cities across the eastern United States still contains toxic metals linked to historic industrial activity, coal combustion and even metal-containing pesticides and insecticides used decades ago.Published in the journal Environmental Science and Pollution Research, the study analysed road dust from residential streets, public parks, schoolyards and areas near industrial sites. According to the researchers, the findings…

The agriculture minister has claimed there was “no reasonable alternative” to euthanising 51 cattle who were shot dead in a field in County Tyrone at the end of June.The incident attracted widespread criticism after claims emerged that some of the cattle had been culled by Department of Agriculture staff in view of some members of the public in a field near Fivemiletown.In a statement released on Thursday afternoon, the agriculture minister said it was “generally preferable” for the animals to be removed from the premises and euthanised remotely.But Andrew Muir added that in this case it was the assessment of…

Approaching the second week of August and City have only signed one player, Elliot Anderson, who is likely to be in the first XI this season.The fee paid to Nottingham Forest for the England international is a club record £116m, with the 23-year-old seemingly a replacement for Bernardo Silva, who departed at the end of his contract and joined Real Madrid.Teenage winger Jeremy Monga may be given playing time in the academy after joining from Leicester, while goalkeeper Pierce Charles and winger Mathys Detourbet both immediately went out on loan after joining.New boss Enzo Maresca said on Tuesday that director…