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Preliminary findings suggest that heavy rainfall caused soil erosion around the newly erected poles, weakening their foundationPreliminary findings suggest that heavy rainfall caused soil erosion around the newly erected poles, weakening their foundationPreliminary findings suggest that heavy rainfall caused soil erosion around the newly erected poles, weakening their foundationPreliminary findings suggest that heavy rainfall caused soil erosion around the newly erected poles, weakening their foundationPreliminary findings suggest that heavy rainfall caused soil erosion around the newly erected poles, weakening their foundationPreliminary findings suggest that heavy rainfall caused soil erosion around the newly erected poles, weakening their foundationPreliminary findings suggest that…

Aizawl: A fast-track court in north Mizoram’s Kolasib district on Thursday sentenced a 42-year-old woman from Kawnpui town to 12 years’ rigorous imprisonment for forcing her minor daughter into prostitution. The court also imposed a fine of Rs 15,000.Judge R Vanlalena convicted the woman under Sections 96 and 98 of the BNS, 2023, read with Section 77 of the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015. The court sentenced her to five years’ imprisonment each under Sections 96 and 98 of the BNS and another two years for forcibly making the minor consume liquor under Section 77 of…

Chikkamagaluru: BJP MLC CT Ravi came down heavily against the Congress, alleging that cabinet expansion was marked by corruption, regional imbalance, and a lack of women’s representation.He said Chikkamagaluru district had been left with “complete disappointment”. He said it was an insult to the people of the district that none of the five Congress MLAs from there were inducted as ministers. “At one point, the district had three cabinet-rank ministers. Today, Chikkamagaluru has no representation in the cabinet. This shows that the Congress doesn’t take the district seriously,” he said.Ravi also criticised Congress for announcing MLC Gayathri Shanthegowda’s name in…

Fire tenders try to douse a fire that broke out at a labour camp in Sector 126 Noida: As a shrill alarm cuts the air, a clutch of firefighters move towards a smoke-filled building — calm, methodical and working with the kind of precision that comes from knowing a lost minute or a faulty piece of equipment can cost a life. Outside, another group sets up ladders for the upper floors and trains water jet at the building.This, however, is a typical drill, held every Tuesday and Thursday, for the 214 firefighters at the nine fire stations across the city.Firefighting,…

Chandigarh: Rajya Sabha MP Sant Balbir Singh Seechewal has written to Himachal Pradesh chief minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu, urging the state govt to intensify search for Hyderabad resident Anil Marla, who has been missing since a road accident in Lahaul & Spiti district on July 19.In the letter, Seechewal has requested Sukhu to order a special search operation involving the police, State Disaster Response Force (SDRF), National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), and other agencies.Baba Seechewal has requested the Himachal CM to order special search ops“Marla‘s family is in a state of mental distress caused by the prolonged uncertainty, and they…

(File photo) Bond Beyond Politics: BSP chief Mayawati often referred to Umashankar Singh as her younger brother Lucknow: Umashankar Singh, the Bahujan Samaj Party’s lone MLA in Uttar Pradesh and a trusted confidant of BSP chief Mayawati, died on Wednesday at Gurgaon’s Fortis Hospital after a prolonged battle with brain cancer. He was 56.A three-time legislator from Ballia’s Rasra assembly constituency, Singh represented one of the last remaining pillars of the BSP’s electoral presence in the state. His death marks the end of a political journey that was deeply intertwined with the party’s fortunes and with Mayawati herself, who regarded…

Comfed has decided to set up 115 new milk collection societies in Patna Patna: Comfed, which markets its products under the Sudha brand through Patna Dairy Project, plans to raise daily milk procurement in Patna district by about 9,000 litres by the end of Sept by setting up 115 new milk collection societies.The expansion plan was reviewed at a meeting chaired by district magistrate Kundan Kumar on Thursday. An official said 50 of the proposed 115 milk collection societies had already been formed.At present, 812 societies procure around 86,000 litres of milk every day. Once all the new societies become…

Amravati: A routine pothole repair work on the Amravati-Nagpur national highway near Sawardi village on Wednesday turned tragic after a speeding truck lost control and tore through a stationary vehicle and a group of workers, killing on the spot and leaving three others critically injured.The accident occurred around 1:30 pm near Reliance petrol pump, where a team from IRB Infrastructure was carrying out maintenance work. As per police, an IRB truck loaded with repair material was parked on the roadside. At the same time, a speeding truck allegedly veered off course and slammed into the parked vehicle before mowing down…

Each fire station in the state will get two such vehicles, officials said Ranchi: Fifty-eight fire tenders, equipped with mist technology, were inducted into the fire department on Thursday. Chief minister Hemant Soren flagged off the vehicles at a programme organised at Home Guard Training Institute in Dhurwa. The new fire engines, officials said, is aimed at modernisation and making fire service more effective.Soren said mini tenders will enable firefighters to reach the spots in densely populated areas and navigate narrow lanes. “New technologies are steps towards citizen’s safety,” he said.The mini fire tenders would be distributed among all 45…

Photo for representative purposes Kolkata: Emami Agrotech Limited (EAL), the branded foods arm of the Rs 30,000-crore Emami Group, is entering India’s snack market. EAL has launched a new brand, WeMe, to tap into the high-margin snacking segment, estimated at Rs 1 lakh crore and growing at a 10% CAGR.Emami Group director Aditya Agarwal said the company aims to build WeMe into a Rs 1,000-crore brand in the next three to five years. WeMe’s initial lineup includes Choco Hazelnut Spread, jhuri aloo bhaja and potato chips. To support the expansion, EAL plans to set up a dedicated manufacturing plant in…