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NEW DELHI: Army chief General Dhiraj Seth, who is on a visit to the Eastern Command, reviewed the operational preparedness of the Tezpur-based IV Corps, also known as the Gajraj Corps, on Thursday. In two days, he visited the headquarters of the XXXIII Corps or Trishakti Corps, in Sukna and the III Corps (Spear Corps) in Dimapur.On Wednesday, the Army chief went to Bengdubi military station, which holds immense strategic value as it stands at the northern entrance of the crucial Siliguri Corridor (also referred to as ‘Chicken’s Neck’). The vital strip of land separates Nepal from Bangladesh and is…

Mumbai: High drama was witnessed in the BMC general body on Thursday after the BJP-led house sought to accord urgent status to a proposal to widen a road in Ghatkopar (West), triggering a confrontation over voting procedure that ended with the opposition staging a walkout.The urgent proposal pertained to revising the regular road line of Khot Lane in Ghatkopar (West) from 6 metres to 9 metres under the Mumbai Municipal Corporation Act, 1888, and the Development Control and Promotion Regulations, 2034. The proposal covers multiple land parcels in Ghatkopar-Kirol village.Before the proposal could be taken up, however, opposition members demanded…

New Delhi: The city saw the warmest July day and night in two years. The maximum temperature rose to 39.2 degrees celsius, four degrees above normal, while the minimum temperature settled at 30.2 degrees, three notches above normal Thursday. The heat index or the ‘feels-like’ temperature stood at 48 degrees celsius at 2.30 pm.Higher maximum and minimum temperatures in July were last recorded in 2024 at 39.3 degrees celsius and 30.4 degrees celsius, respectively, according to IMD. Hot and humid conditions are likely to continue till Saturday. There are chances of rain from Saturday evening to July 22. IMD explains…

Volunteers painted Judicial Layout railway underpass in various shades of green to reflect the character of the area Bengaluru: Around 150 employees of a multinational company, collaborating with the Bengaluru North City Corporation, spent Thursday afternoon cleaning and painting the walls of the Judicial Layout railway underpass in north Bengaluru as part of a special beautification drive under the corporation’s Safe Footpaths campaign.Led by Arun Pai of Project Walkaluru, the volunteers painted the underpass in various shades of green to reflect the character of the area, which is surrounded by the GKVK campus and greenery off Airport Road.“We had great…

Hyd man critically injured in targetting stabbing at Utah mall Hyderabad: A Hyderabad man was critically injured after he was allegedly attacked for his religion, and stabbed 15 times at a shoppig mall in the US on July 13. According to local media reports, Syed Sohail Uddin was attacked while working at a kiosk in the Valley Fair Mall in Utah and suffered grave injuries all over his body. A GoFudme page set up by his cowoker to raise funds for his treatment stated that Sohail has undergone multiple surgeries on his hands, heart and lungs and continues to be…

Chennai: A 32-year-old meat shop worker was beaten to death by his friends near Somangalam in Kancheepuram district on Wednesday night.The victim, Rajesh of Sethuputtu near Somangalam, was married and had two children. Police said Thangam and Anandajothi, who lived in the same locality, took him in a car on Wednesday night to consume alcohol.When Rajesh failed to return home, his family began searching for him. On Thursday morning, Thangam and Anandajothi surrendered at the Somangalam police station and confessed to killing him. They told police that the three consumed alcohol at a vacant site along the Somangalam-Sethuputtu Road. An…

Mahant of Ahmedabad’s Shri Jagannathji Temple, Shri Dilip Das Maharaj, with an elephant decked up for the city’s 149th rath yatra on Thursday, July 16 Ahmedabad: During last year’s rath yatra, a young male elephant grabbed headlines for running amok and injuring one person. This year, organisers exercised extreme caution to make sure the procession’s stars — 18 temple elephants — literally decked to their teeth, went along undisturbed by distractions and loud noises.And that’s what happened. Bedecked in grand drapes, trunks painted in psychedelic colours, the giants ambled along on their route peacefully. DJs’ systems fell silent and cops…

Prayagraj: A 30-year-old woman was allegedly stabbed by her husband with a kitchen knife in front of their children following a domestic dispute in Prayagraj’s Thatheri Bazaar area on Thursday. The accused later surrendered before the police.The victim, identified as Sashi Gupta, was rushed to SRN Hospital, where she is undergoing treatment. Doctors said her condition is stable.DCP (City) Maneesh Shandilya said Sashi had been married to Abhishek Gupta for about 12 years, and the couple had been facing frequent domestic disputes.According to the officer, Abhishek allegedly attacked his wife with a kitchen knife, leaving her seriously injured. After the…

Actor Samarpita Dash, Veteran theatre director and playwright Subodh Patnaik, actor-writer Mamata Tripathi and former Sangeet Natak Akademi secretary Pradip Mishra at the roundtable Before setting out to assess the Rath Yatra chariots across Bhubaneswar, an esteemed panel of artists, theatre practitioners and cultural commentators gathered for a thought-provoking roundtable on the state of Odisha’s arts and culture ecosystem.The discussion brought together veteran theatre director and playwright Subodh Patnaik, actor Samarpita Dash, former Sangeet Natak Akademi secretary Pradip Mishra and actor-writer Mamata Tripathi. Reflecting on the current state of theatre, cinema and arts in Odisha, the panel acknowledged both their…

The footage, which surfaced on Thursday, shows Guddi lying on the floor between two parking pillars when the SUV entered the parking bay around 2pm on Tuesday Gurgaon: An FIR was registered against a private school teacher after CCTV footage captured the moment her Mahindra Thar ran over a 52-year-old domestic help who was resting in the stilt parking area of a residential society in Sector 67. The woman later died during treatment.The footage, which surfaced on Thursday, shows Guddi lying on the floor between two parking pillars when the SUV entered the parking bay around 2pm on Tuesday. The…