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A house owner in Tura receives land patta from CM Conrad Sangma Shillong: Meghalaya chief minister Conrad K Sangma have distributed land ‘pattas’ (land deeds, or property ownership certificates) to 754 households across eight localities across Tura town in West Garo Hills district.After distributing the land pattas to eligible families of Chinap A’slang in Tura on Thursday, the CM described the initiative as a “significant milestone” and an important step towards “resolving the decades-long” issue of general administration department (GAD) land occupation in the Tura Town area.He said the land ownership documents would provide legal security to beneficiaries and help…

Kanpur: The body of a paint trader was found inside his house in Vishva Bank A Block under Barra police station area of the South city on Monday afternoon, after a tenant alerted police when a foul smell started coming from the house.Barra police and a forensic team reached the spot, began an investigation, took the body into custody and sent it for postmortem.The deceased was identified as Anurag Baghel, a resident of Vishva Bank A-1 Block, who ran a paint business. His family includes wife Priyanka, son Hans and daughter Chitranshi. The deceased’s younger brother and auto parts trader…

Mysuru: After trapping a clerk, Shivakumar, attached to Hunsur revenue sub-divisional office red-handed while allegedly accepting a bribe, sleuths of Karnataka Lokayukta police on Monday arrested Hunsur revenue subdivision assistant commissioner Kavya Rani on charges of demanding a bribe.Both the officers were arrested after booking them under the provisions of the Prevention of Corruption Act. A team led by Lokayukta DSP Shylendra trapped Shivakumar soon after he allegedly received cash from the complainant outside the office. He received the money at the behest of the AC, who is a senior KAS officer, according to Lokayukta cops.Lokayukta SP TJ Udesha told…

Ganga water treatment plant at Siddharth Vihar Noida: Taps ran dry across large parts of Noida and Ghaziabad on Monday after the Ganga water treatment plants at Pratap Vihar and Siddharth Vihar were shut for two days from Saturday to clear heavy silt accumulation at Upper Ganga Canal in Haridwar. While stored supply met demand in both districts until Sunday morning, shortages set in through the afternoon. This was the second time the plants were shut since July 30.Several sectors in Noida, including 19, 36, 40, 12 and 55, reported water shortages on Monday, with many residents forced to buy…

Nagpur: Congress MLA Vijay Wadettiwar, while reacting to BJP minister Pankaja Munde’s remarks about being tired of politics, on Monday offered her support for CM’s post, on condition that she quit BJP.A video of Munde speaking at a public rally has gone viral, in which she is allegedly expressing frustration over certain things in politics and talking about wanting to retire. “Our request to Pankaja tai, as an OBC leader, is that you should not take such a step. Lead OBCs and become the first woman OBC chief minister of Maharashtra,” Wadettiwar said and added, “If she leaves BJP then…

Panaji: The Corporation of the City of Panaji will soon clean and desilt drains to tackle waterlogging in the city, mayor Rohit Monserrate said on Monday. He said that sewerage works may have affected two stormwater drains, which will be reopened and cleaned shortly.On the perennial problem of flooding at the Patto complex, Rohit said that a proposal to improve the drainage network and dewatering technology was rejected by the finance department.“To tackle flooding at the Patto complex, the road levels, the paver blocks, footpaths, the drains, everything was supposed to be redone in that file. The file was returned…

Hisar: A 46-year-old Home Guard jawan posted with the Ratia traffic police allegedly died after consuming a poisonous substance at Tohana Town Park late on Sunday night. The deceased, Krishan Kumar, a resident of Geeta Colony, succumbed during treatment. According to preliminary investigation, Krishan Kumar allegedly consumed the poisonous substance in a park and was rushed to hospital in critical condition. Family members alleged that three individuals had been harassing Krishan Kumar over a monetary dispute. They said this drove him to suicide. Police said further action would be taken on the basis of the postmortem report. Further investigation is…

Lucknow: The use of the integrated mining surveillance system (IMSS) to crack down on illegal mining and illegal transportation of minerals has helped the department of geology and mining collect a revenue of over Rs 756 crore.Mala Shrivastava, secretary and director of UP department of geology and mining, explained how the use of technology under IMSS has improved transparency in the field of mining. Govt has started the use of geo-fencing of mining areas, camera-equipped weighbridges, radio frequency identification (RFID) mine tags on vehicles transporting minerals and IoT and artificial intelligence-based unmanned automatic check gates on various highways, which have…

Begusarai: A woman and her son were crushed to death by a speeding tractor near Pangachhi under Begusarai mufassil police station area on Monday. The accident took place while Gita Devi (50) and her son Hariom Kumar (25) were returning home on a bike after taking bath in the Ganga river at Chhitraur ghat.Hariom’s maternal uncle Binod Kumar said as soon as the bike reached near Pangachhi on Matihani-Begusarai road, a brick-laden speeding tractor ran over them. “While Gita died on the spot, her son Hariom succumbed to his injuries at the hospital,” he said. He alleged that the tractor…