Author: Indmedia

Patna: Reviewing the progress of projects worth more than Rs100 crore each, chief minister Samrat Choudhary on Tuesday directed officials to remove bottlenecks and ensure timely completion without compromising on quality.The projects, being monitored under the ‘Bihar Gati’ initiative, include the Kosi-Mechi river interlinking project, major road infrastructure projects and the health department’s campaign to make Bihar TB-free. The review meeting was held at the Sankalp auditorium at the CM’s official residence and was attended by senior officials of various departments.The CM directed officials to expedite the Kosi-Mechi interlinking project after the monsoon through better coordination with agencies concerned. He…

Jaipur: The state govt has intensified health surveillance and vector-control measures in districts bordering Gujarat after Chandipura virus (CHPV) cases in the neighbouring state raised fears of transmission through infected sandflies.The health department is concentrating on vulnerable border districts, particularly Sirohi, Dungarpur and Udaipur, which lie close to Gujarat areas reporting infections.Rajasthan has so far recorded three deaths linked to the virus, one each from Sirohi, Udaipur and Dungarpur, prompting officials to move from routine monitoring to aggressive prevention.Health teams have sought urgent support from the animal husbandry department for anti-sandfly operations across rural belts.Officials said livestock shelters, cracked mud…

The two-year-old tigress, one of three cubs born to celebrated tigress ‘Collarwali’ of Moharli range, was captured and transported to her new home on Sunday Chandrapur: Taking a significant step towards state’s tiger conservation, Maharashtra forest department relocated a two-year-old tigress, T163-SAF1, from Tadoba-Andhari Tiger Reserve to Dhyanganga Wildlife Sanctuary in Buldhana district, ahead of International Tiger Day (July 29).The tigress, one of three cubs born to the celebrated tigress ‘Collarwali’ of Moharli range, was captured and transported to her new home on Sunday.The move is aimed at pairing her with a rewilded male tiger, PKT-7 CP-1, who was released…

Daltonganj: Police on Tuesday arrested Ramesh Singh alias Mora Singh, 55, an accused in the daylight murder of Prabhunath Rajwar, 50, a Dalit man, under Pipra police station limits.Rajwar was allegedly attacked with a sharp-edged iron weapon, locally known as a baluwa, while playing cards under a banyan tree at Madhubana village around 1.30 pm on Monday. He succumbed to his injuries on the way to Medinirai Medical College and Hospital, Daltonganj.Witnesses present at the spot identified Mora Singh as the assailant, police said. The accused allegedly fled immediately after the attack, abandoning the weapon near the crime scene.An FIR…

BJP functionaries gathered near the Ravidas Temple on Tuesday and filled 131 urns with soil from the saint’s birthplace Varanasi: Ahead of UP and Punjab polls in 2027, the BJP will launch its mega Dalit outreach programme from Sant Ravidas Temple in Varanasi on Wednesday by taking out a countrywide Kalash Yatra. For this, BJP workers will carry 131 urns from the birthplace of 15th-century poet-saint Sant Ravidas to different parts of the country.The mega event will be flagged off on Wednesday in the presence of the UP CM Yogi Adityanath and the party’s national president Nitin Nabin. The temple…

Thiruvananthapuram: Police will launch a joint action plan with public and private sector banks to prevent cyber financial frauds more effectively and bring offenders to justice, said state police chief Ravada A Chandrasekhar on Tuesday.The announcement comes after a state-level coordination meeting of state cyber division officials with representatives of various banks. Chandrasekhar said a joint cyber committee comprising representatives of police and banks would be formed to monitor cybercrimes, examine complaints and coordinate follow-up action.He said the initiative would focus on ensuring justice to victims of cyberfraud by understanding the difficulties faced by those who lose money. The state…

Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court’s order of police protection to an interfaith couple in Uluberia notwithstanding, the two decided to go in for a hush-hush wedding—not revealing any detail to the public—to evade further protest or threat by alleged Hindu groups on their special day.Baishali Saha (31) and Akram Khan (34) fell in love in their teen years some 16 years ago. Now well-settled, the two decided to marry. The news was reportedly leaked on social media, leading to criticism and threats from people, claiming to be members of a Hindu organisation. Saha and Khan moved the HC and Justice…

American singer-songwriter Madison Beer has become engaged to Los Angeles Chargers quarterback Justin Herbert.The couple announced their engagement on social media on Tuesday with photos of the proposal, showing Herbert down on one knee holding a ring box as Beer crouched down in front of him, beaming.The joint post was captioned: “meet my fiancé”.The NFL player, 28, and the Grammy-nominated popstar, 27, were first publicly spotted together in August 2025.Beer was seen frequenting Chargers games last season, and the pair have often been spotted at Dodgers and Lakers games in Los Angeles.Herbert is due at training camp on Wednesday for…

Rachel Diamond, 23, moved from her family home in Oldham to Portsmouth to follow her dream job as a graduate engineer. She earns in the early £30,000s and says: “I was quite lucky when I got my job straight after uni. So I’ve kind of done everything right, but still I’m not saving any money from my paycheck, like months and months, just because it’s so expensive with renting and bills. I don’t think people realise how expensive it is to rent. “That’s the thing, like council tax, you only get 25% discount, so that’s expensive on my own. Again,…

The Trump administration on Tuesday announced a ban on new foreign-made humanoid robot imports to the US over “unacceptable risks” to the country’s national security.The move applies to advanced robots – including humanoid and four-legged machines. Many of them are made in China, which is locked in a race with the US to develop robotics and artificial intelligence (AI).The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) also banned the import of power inverters – a component used in data centres and solar panels – which it said could also pose a risk to the US economy.FCC chairman Brendan Carr said the agency was…