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Representational picture for Gruha Lakshmi Scheme Bengaluru: Facing fire over crores being credited to the bank accounts of deceased Gruha Lakshmi beneficiaries, the state govt Monday said it had recovered around 36% of the wrongly paid Rs 117.5 crore and was working to recover the rest.Chief minister D K Shivakumar Monday reviewed the implementation of various guarantee schemes at a meeting with the State Guarantee Committee chairperson and other members. Officials told him that around Rs 42 crore had been recovered from the Rs 117.5 crore deposited in the accounts of deceased beneficiaries.Guarantee Committee member and MLC Dinesh Gooligowda said:…

Revanth calls for protests demanding LoP KCR’s resignation CM Revanth Reddy inaugurated the Musarambagh Bridge on Monday. Hyderabad: Calling for an unprecedented agitation against Leader of the Opposition, BRS president K Chandrasekhar Rao, chief minister A Revanth Reddy on Monday launched a direct political offensive against KCR, urging Congress cadres to stage statewide protests demanding his resignation for allegedly staying away from public life and assembly proceedings for the past 1,000 days.Addressing a public meeting in Amberpet after inaugurating the Moosarambagh high-level bridge, Revanth said Congress workers, particularly youth, should organise protests and two-wheeler rallies at mandal and district headquarters…

Chennai: A man who opened actor Varun’s car using a duplicate key and stole diamond and gold jewellery, a laptop and a wristwatch last month, was arrested by Mylapore police on Sunday.Police said Varun visited Mylapore last month to attend a wedding and parked his car on the roadside. After the event, he found his car door open. A gold chain, diamond jewellery, a laptop, and an expensive wristwatch, together worth several lakhs of rupees, were missing.Varun lodged a complaint with Mylapore police. Investigators collected CCTV footage from the area and identified the suspect as Jalaluddin, 49, of Washermanpet. He…

Ahmedabad: Gujarat High Court has directed Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation to conduct an inquiry into the status of property occupants affected by a road-widening project in Sarangpur and pay compensation in accordance with law.Residents facing eviction over the AMC project had moved the high court challenging notices issued by the civic body. Their counsel, Nitish Nair, submitted that the petitioners were tenants who had occupied the premises for more than five decades. He raised concerns over their eviction, livelihood and compensation.AMC argued that the petitioners were only occupants and not property owners. The civic body said it was willing to pay…

A modern goods shed is being developed at Phaphund station under the “One District-One Goods Shed” by NCR. Prayagraj: Farmers, traders and industries in parts of Uttar Pradesh are set to get faster and cheaper rail freight options as North Central Railway (NCR) develops modern goods sheds at Phaphund in Auraiya and Ekdil in Etawah. The two projects are expected to ease pressure on existing freight facilities, reduce dependence on road transport and strengthen the logistics network in the region.According to chief public relations officer (CPRO), NCR, Dr Shivam Sharma, a modern goods shed is being developed at Phaphund station…

Bhubaneswar: After standing in serpentine queues for hours, especially in heat and sweat during the summer months, devotees can now have the darshan of Lord Jagannath, Lord Balabhadra and Devi Subhadra more comfortably and peacefully inside the Puri shrine.Shree Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA) has installed air conditioners (ACs) in the temple’s Nata Mandap, a prominent darshan space. According to the SJTA, the facility, available from Monday, will enhance the comfort of devotees visiting the shrine for darshan.SJTA chief administrator Arabinda Kumar Padhee said the facility would ease the inconvenience of worshippers, particularly during the scorching summer months. “Some years ago,…

Gurgaon: A 30-year-old labourer was killed when a dispute with his contractor over Rs 500 escalated into a violent attack in Gandhi Colony, Faridabad, on Sunday night. The accused first struck the labourer, Sagar(30), on his head with a beer bottle and then attacked him in the neck with the glass shard.The injured man was taken to ESIC Hospital by his family, where he was declared dead. The accused, Virendra alias Kalu, was arrested by a team from New Industrial Township (NIT) police post.According to police, Sagar had gone to collect wages from Kalu at a liquor vend near the…

Aizawl: A college under Mizoram’s Higher and Technical Education department made irregular salary payments totalling Rs 2.02 crore to an associate professor during his unauthorised absence, a Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) report tabled in the state legislature on Aug 27 said.A test check at Govt Kolasib College found that the professor’s salary was paid after deductions were made and the amounts given to substitutes during his absence.The principal reported that Rs 20,000, Rs 30,000 or Rs 50,000 was deducted from the professor’s salary and paid to substitutes from March 2017 to July 2024, except in February and…

Kanpur: The body of a 55-year-old physiotherapist Bhagwandas was recovered from a locked house in Maswanpur area of Kanpur, on Monday.On noticing a strong foul smell coming from the house on Monday morning neighbours informed the police. When the police opened the doors, the body was found inside.Bhagwandas lived with his female companion Madhu. She left for some work a few days ago and Bhagwandas was alone at home.Kalyanpur police station police and a forensic team reached the spot and collected evidence. As per the preliminary investigation it appears to be a case of suicide. The body has been sent…

Industry stakeholders at a Cicu workshop on solar thermal tech, which is emerging as a cleaner alternative for industrial process heat and fuel savings Ludhiana: For decades, the furnaces, boilers and production lines powering Ludhiana’s industrial economy have largely run on conventional fuels such as coal, furnace oil, diesel and LPG. But with energy costs climbing and sustainability becoming an increasingly important business consideration, industry is beginning to explore cleaner alternatives, including harnessing the sun for industrial heat.This emerging transition was the focus of a technical training programme on Concentrated Solar Thermal (CST) technology organised by the Chamber of Industrial…