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Onions for Rs 35/kg: Govt begins sales through PDS shopsChennai: The state govt has launched the sale of onions at a subsidised price of Rs 35 per kg, as announced in the assembly last week, to contain the recent rise in prices and ease the burden on consumers. Onions are sold for of Rs 55 to Rs 60 in the retail market.The initiative, undertaken by the Cooperation, Food and Consumer Protection Department on the instructions of chief minister C Joseph Vijay, will see onions sold through 8,914 outlets across the State from Thursday.In the first phase, the govt has procured…

Ahmedabad: For 17 days, fraudsters allegedly kept a 72-year-old retired man glued to video calls, warning him that he would be arrested in a money-laundering case. Posing as CBI officers, they allegedly convinced him to transfer Rs 22.7 lakh to prove his innocence. The man finally grew suspicious when the callers demanded more money and approached the cybercrime helpline.According to a complaint filed with Bopal police on Tuesday, the victim received a WhatsApp call on Aug 1 from a woman who identified herself as Sakshi Agrawal and claimed to be a CBI officer.She allegedly told him that his Aadhaar details…

Prayagraj: A leopard spotted near residential areas of Sarayinayat on Wednesday sparked panic among residents. A CCTV footage showed a leopard roaming in a small lane on Wednesday. Subsequently locals informed the officials of forest department. The locals handed over the footage to the forest department team following which, a search operation was launched.The leopard was spotted roaming near Dhanaicha Malkhanpur lane and was captured in a CCTV footage. The incident puzzled locals in Katwarupur, Sudnipur, Baraipur, Kotwa, and Lilapur villages. Officials of forest department said that they have been looking into the case. Source link

OISF personnel during passing out parade in Aug 2017OISF personnel during passing out parade in Bhubaneswar in Aug 2017OISF personnel during passing out parade in Aug 2017OISF personnel during passing out parade in Bhubaneswar in Aug 2017OISF personnel during passing out parade in Aug 2017 Bhubaneswar: With Odisha witnessing a rapid expansion of mining, industrial and infrastructure activities, the state police have urged the govt to expedite recruitment for three battalions of Odisha Industrial Security Force (OISF).Police officials say the prolonged delay in making the units operational is putting additional pressure on the existing police force diverted for industrial and…

Her father had alleged that a teacher made his daughter stand outside the classroom for around four hours Gurgaon: A day after a Class XI student died by suicide after jumping from the third floor of her school building in Faridabad, the school administration on Wednesday denied her family’s allegation that she had been made to stand outside the classroom for four hours as punishment.The 16-year-old student was being counselled over an incident involving food brought from outside the campus, school officials said.The girl jumped from the third-floor terrace of Navodaya Vidya Niketan Senior Secondary School on Ghazipur Road in…

Guwahati: Parikshit Sarma, one of 11 Assamese NRIs in Singapore summoned by Assam Police in connection with singer Zubeen Garg’s death, appeared before a fast-track court on Wednesday and Thursday to record his statement in the case.The fast-track court, constituted in March, framed charges against seven accused in May. The accused are North East India Festival organiser Shyamkanu Mahanta, Zubeen’s manager Shiddarth Sharma, bandmate Shekharjyoti Goswami, co-singer Amritprabha Mahanta, cousin Sandipon Garg and his two personal security officers, Nandeswar Borah and Paresh Baishya.Zubeen, who had travelled to Singapore on Sept 17 last year to participate in the festival scheduled for…

Kanpur: Krishna Janmashtami festivities commenced at the Shri Radha Krishna Mandir (J K Mandir) in Kamala Nagar, Kanpur,on Thursday with religious and cultural performances on the theme “The Marriage of Devaki and Vasudeva and the Prophecy.”According to a representative of Radha Krishna Trust a special event will be organised at the temple on Janmashtami on Friday. The theme of the celebrations will be ‘Shri Krishna Janmotsav and Bal Leela.’ Plays associated with Lord Krishna’s birth and childhood will be presented on Friday. Source link

The grilles of the bridge have rusted and the slab beneath is broken Ghaziabad: Hindon barrage bridge, connecting Siddharth Vihar with Indirapuram and other trans-Hindon areas, has been closed for repairs for a month. Commuters, particularly two-wheeler riders, will have to take detours of around 5 km to 10 km via bridges from NH9 or Meerut trisection.The barrage bridge was built primarily to monitor water flow but has become an important link between areas on either side of the river.A resident of Gaur Siddhartham in Siddharth Vihar, Saurabh Jha, travels every afternoon to his gym in Indirapuram. “I prefer to…

Pune: Flatowners seldom ask questions regarding maintenance costs and a rise in property tax while opting for redevelopment, said S Laxminarayan, founder of a city-based startup Dreams Redeveloped.“We have observed seven- to eightfold increases in property tax and maintenance costs in a newly redeveloped society. But most flat owners do not think of these aspects while opting and then face the brunt of higher costs,” he said.Purshottam Raskar, a Karvenagar resident, said they had to rent a new flat and relocate to Singhgad Road because of high property tax.“Instead, homeowners ask about the optimum additional area they can negotiate in…

The department has sought the cooperation of farmers during the field-level exercise Panaji: The directorate of agriculture has announced that the Digital Crop Survey (DCS), an initiative under Govt of India’s AgriStack programme, is currently being carried out across Goa to create accurate, real-time records of crops being cultivated in agricultural fields.The DCS is a mobile-based system launched by Indian govt to record real-time data on crops sown across every agricultural plot.In a public notice issued on Wednesday, the department said its official surveyors are visiting agricultural fields across Goa to record details of crops currently under cultivation.The department has…