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Chennai: PMK president Anbumani Ramadoss was unanimously re elected as PMK president for another year at the party’s general council (GC) on Wednesday. The incumbent general secretary Vadivel Ravanan and treasurer M Thilagabama will also continue as general secretary and treasurer for another year.This was the first GC meeting held after PMK founder S Ramadoss announced his retirement from politics. Since Ramadoss and Anbumani joined hands recently ending their 20 months of rift, some of the supporters of senior Ramadoss also attended the general council. PMK’s first president Dheeran, who was with Ramadoss, also attended the GC meeting. However, former…
paramedical courses admissions Ahmedabad: The admission process for paramedical courses after Class XII in Gujarat has been extended to Aug 1, following disruptions caused by heavy rainfall across the state. Initially, students were required to complete document verification by July 27 after registering online. However, due to adverse weather conditions, more than 1,700 students were unable to visit help centres for verification.Considering student representations, authorities have now extended the deadline for document verification until Aug 1. Additionally, students who have not yet registered will get another opportunity, as the registration window has been reopened from July 29 to July 31,…
Keonjhar: High drama unfolded at Harichandanpur area in Keonjhar district on Wednesday when a 21-year-old man climbed the spire of an under-construction Jagannath temple and refused to come down until his marriage with his girlfriend was finalised. Perched atop the temple, the youth allegedly demanded that his girlfriend be brought to the spot and insisted that he would descend only after the families agreed to solemnise their marriage. He also threatened to jump if his demand was not met.The youth from Kaliaduma village was reportedly in a relationship with a young woman from neighbouring Kandabarisi village. According to sources, the…
Gurgaon: Days after the directorate of education made it compulsory to sing the state song at all govt schools once a week, the union ministry of home affairs (MHA) has mandated that the National Song, Vande Mataram, should be sung first at govt, public and educational events, followed by the National Anthem, Jana Gana Mana.While issuing the order, deputy commissioner Uttam Singh said singing of state songs should not disrupt the sequence fixed by MHA and asked all organisers to ensure strict compliance across the district.Standing at attention has also been made compulsory during both renditions to maintain dignity, proper…
Imphal: A volunteer of the Naga Village Guards (NVG) was killed and two CoBRA personnel were injured in a gunfight in Manipur’s Noney district on Wednesday.Official sources said a CoBRA team conducted an operation in Bitiang village in Noney district early in the morning, after which a gunfight erupted near Lamdangmei village around 6.30am.The injured personnel, identified as head constable Radhashyam and constable Jitendra Kumar of 207th Battalion CoBRA, were shifted to Imphal. Security forces are continuing operations in the area.The working committee of the Joint Tribes’ Council (JTC) Manipur has declared an immediate shutdown of all national highways, railways…
Times News NetworkKanpur: Host Seth Anandram Jaipuria school Cantonment won CESCE North ZoneU – 17 inter school boys cricket championship defeating St Aloysius schoolby 5 wickets in the final held here on Wednesday.St Aloysius School put into bat posted a total of 109 runs in 12overs. Jaipuria school in reply scored 111 runs for the loss of 5 wickets.Wendy school Naramau drubbed the challenge of Methodist high school by 8wickets and grabbed the third place. Methodist school scored 56 runs in 10 overs. Wendy Naramau scored 57 runs for the loss of 2 wickets in 6 overs and won the…
Noida: A 26-year-old man and his 60-year-old mother were arrested on Wednesday after his wife was found hanging at their home in Kasna’s Ghanghola village the day before.Police said Tanu (25) had married Amit Bhatia in 2020. Her younger sister had married Bhatia’s brother around the same time. At the time of the incident, the sister was asleep on the first floor while Tanu was on the ground floor.Tanu and Amit allegedly had an argument late on Monday night, after which she locked herself in a room with their two kids – aged two and four – while he slept…
The two patients were admitted with severe polytrauma on July 9 after being rescued from under the debris Pune: Two 36-year-old men who suffered life-threatening injuries in the Moshi waste-to-energy plant collapse earlier this month have made what doctors are calling a “miraculous” recovery. After nearly three weeks of advanced multidisciplinary trauma care at Medicover Hospital, both survivors have been stabilised and discharged.The two patients were admitted with severe polytrauma on July 9 after being rescued from under the debris. One of the survivors, identified as Raut, was pulled from the wreckage nearly 14 hours after the structure collapsed.Recalling the…
Margao: The Goa State Amritkal Agriculture Policy, 2025 (GSAAP-2025) has been defined, so far, by its ambitious targets — doubling pulses acreage, soil health cards, cold storage units. But a set of procedural recommendations in the policy’s Part B go to the heart of why farmers say the policy hasn’t translated into relief on the ground.Discharge of sewage into agricultural land and water bodies, and the near-total absence of usable roads to landlocked fields, are just two among several such issues that are shrouded in ambiguity.On sewage, GSAAP-2025’s land management chapter (Part B) states plainly that pollution caused by sewerage…
Mohali: Rajya Sabha MP Satnam Singh Sandhu on Tuesday urged the Centre to establish a legally backed joint flood management mechanism for Punjab, Haryana and Himachal Pradesh, citing recurring floods and shrinking reservoir capacity due to siltation.Raising the issue through a special mention in the Rajya Sabha, Sandhu called for a long-term flood mitigation strategy comprising real-time reservoir monitoring, advanced flood forecasting, coordinated evacuation protocols and time-bound desilting of major reservoirs.Referring to Bhakra Dam, Sandhu said it had lost nearly 2.13 billion cubic metres of its original 9.27 billion cubic metres storage capacity because of heavy siltation. In parts of…