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Tamil Nadu assembly speaker JCD Prabhakar CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu assembly speaker JCD Prabhakar on Tuesday cautioned ministers that he could not tolerate their out-of-line remarks anymore and advised them to keep their responses to the subject or issue raised during the debate and discussion in the House.The speaker issued the diktat following minister for law and electricity R Nirmalkumar’s remark on former chief minister M Karunanidhi that led to an uproar from the opposition benches.The speaker intervened immediately and expunged the remarks. “I don’t know why the minister is speaking in such a manner and whom he is trying to…
Cuttack: Taking serious note of deaths and injuries of schoolchildren caused by collapsing structures on govt school campuses, the Orissa high court has directed the state authorities to strictly implement school safety measures and report the action taken to the court.A division bench of Chief Justice Harish Tandon and Justice Chittaranjan Dash passed the direction while hearing a PIL filed by human rights activist and advocate Prabir Kumar Das. The copy of the Aug 13 order was uploaded online on Aug 17.The PIL drew the court’s attention to a series of incidents in which children were killed or seriously injured…
COIMBATORE: Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption (DVAC) sleuths arrested a female bill collector of the Coimbatore City Municipal Corporation on Tuesday on charges of accepting a bribe of Rs 40,000 from a man for issuing approvals related to vacant land tax.The arrested bill collector has been identified as Yamuna Devi, 59.A DVAC officer said Prakash of Sundarapuram had recently submitted an application seeking permission to construct a mini theatre on a parcel of rented land.On Aug 6, Prakash approached Yamuna Devi regarding the vacant land tax assessment required for approval. She demanded a bribe of Rs 45,000 to clear the…
Dibrugarh: Jorhat has imposed a night curfew along the Assam-Nagaland border following intelligence inputs about possible extremist infiltration.District Magistrate Jay Shivani on Friday prohibited the movement of people and vehicles within a five-kilometre belt on the Assam side of the border from 8 pm to 5 am.The order cited inputs from the Intelligence Branch and district police that extremist organisations may attempt to enter Assam through the Nagaland border and create disturbances in Jorhat district. Unrestricted movement in border areas, particularly at night, could disrupt peace and create law-and-order problems, it said.Source reports also suggested that Ulfa-I recruited new volunteers…
Udupi: Deputy commissioner Swaroopa TK said the district administration will write to the secretary of the public works department recommending that the toll concession available to residents near the Sasthan and Shiroor toll plazas be extended to residents within the Hejamady toll plaza limits.She was speaking at a meeting held at the deputy commissioner’s office in Rajathadri, Manipal, on Tuesday, to discuss toll collection on national highways in the district.Residents have complained that local vehicles are being granted concessions at the Sasthan and Shiruru toll plazas, while similar provisions are not being implemented in the Hejamady toll area. At Sasthan,…
Patna: The revenue and land reforms department has taken a major step towards making revenue courts in Bihar fully technology-driven, transparent and accessible by introducing virtual hearings for litigants and advocates, minister Dilip Kumar Jaiswal said on Tuesday. He said Bihar would become the first state in the country to provide such a comprehensive, technology-enabled revenue court facility.A pilot project has already been launched in Muzaffarpur and Munger districts. Officials and staff at various levels associated with the system have been trained, and technical and procedural improvements are being implemented based on the pilot project’s experience. After completing and assessing…
Jamshedpur: Two minor siblings died after being bitten by a venomous snake while they were asleep at their home in Santari village in Seraikela-Kharsawan district on Tuesday, police said.The victims were identified as Shiva Jonko, 11, and his sister Seema Jonko, 14. The children alerted their parents soon after the snake bit them, but the family allegedly spent nearly six hours seeking faith healing instead of taking them to hospital.When their condition deteriorated around 11 am, neighbours intervened and rushed them to Sadar Hospital in Seraikela. Shiva died on the way, while Seema succumbed shortly after reaching the hospital. Doctors…
The committee said several foreign and out-of-state degrees were being recognized without adequate verification Thiruvananthapuram: The Save University Campaign Committee has called for rigorous scrutiny before Kerala’s universities recognize or grant equivalence to PhD degrees awarded by institutions outside the state, particularly private universities.Committee chairperson R S Sasikumar raised the demand in a representation submitted to Kerala State Higher Education Council vice-chairman Prof A Achuthsankar.The committee said several foreign and out-of-state degrees were being recognized without adequate verification, citing the general practice of accepting degrees awarded by UGC-recognized universities.It alleged that some private universities outside Kerala did not have recognized…
Suvendu Adhikari at Birju Keot’s house Kolkata: Bengal govt has ordered a CID investigation into the death of Birju Keot, 10 days after the death of the Halisahar Trinamool worker in police custody. Chief minister Suvendu Adhikari had earlier acknowledged police negligence in the incident. He had met the family and had ordered a magisterial inquiry.The 48-year-old Keot, a resident of Halisahar’s Pramodnagar and husband of former councillor Jenny Sharma Keot, was arrested on Aug 6 on multiple charges, including extortion and assault. He was produced before a Barrackpore court on Aug 7 and remanded in police custody for five…
Ishanvi Sabniveesu, the Florida 10th-grader whose AI-powered cane can describe a blind user’s surroundings (Image Credit: LinedIn/ @InventEd) For Ishanvi Sabniveesu, the idea for an assistive device began with something she had experienced herself. The Florida student, who has worn glasses since she was two, began thinking about how difficult everyday activities could be for someone with severe visual impairment. She eventually developed CareCane, an AI-powered cane designed to help visually impaired users detect obstacles, understand their surroundings and receive emergency assistance. According to FOX 13 News, which interviewed Sabniveesu about her invention, the rising junior at Steinbrenner High School…