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Sindhudurg, with its pristine coastline, beaches, forts, forests, waterways, rich culture and proximity to Goa, has immense potential to emerge as one of India’s leading leisure tourism destinations, says minister Nitesh Rane Mumbai: In a major boost for tourism in the Konkan, a tripartite agreement for setting up a Taj hotel at Shiroda–Velaghar in Sindhudurg was signed between the Indian Hotels Company Limited (IHCL), Maharashtra Tourism Development Corporation (MTDC) and the local landholders’ representative body on Tuesday. Officials said this will pave the way for the long-awaited development of the landmark luxury hospitality project.The agreement was signed in the presence…

New Delhi: Women eligible for the Rs 2,500 monthly financial assistance under govt’s Delhi Lakshmi Yojana will start receiving sanction letters from Aug 26 onwards. The money will be credited directly to their bank accounts from Sept 1, chief minister Rekha Gupta said Tuesday after a meeting in the Delhi secretariat.On Aug 1, govt started taking applications for the scheme, and in 18 days around 8 lakh women have registered, while more than 5 lakh applications have been submitted.The chief minister’s office said an event will be held at Talkatora Stadium on Aug 26 to mark the rollout, under which…

Bengaluru: Food Safety and Drug Administration’s drug wing Tuesday seized spurious drugs worth Rs 5 crore from an establishment near Bidadi toll gate.The offenders were repackaging spurious drugs and affixing labels of multinational pharmaceutical companies before selling them to retail pharmacies. They were allegedly using “sticker remover sprays” to remove existing labels and replacing them with those of reputed drug companies, officials said.FDA officials unearthed a fake drug racket in Bidadi Screenshot“The suspects were buying spurious drugs for as low as Rs 600-700 and selling them for 10 times more — Rs 6,000-7,000. They had labels of all big pharmaceutical…

Hyderabad: Being included in Telangana’s draft electoral roll may offer temporary relief to voters, but it does not necessarily secure a place in the final roll. While 73.3 lakh electors have already been excluded under the absent, shifted, dead and duplicate (ASDD) category, another 92.8 lakh voters who continue to figure in the draft roll have either been flagged for anomalies or could not be linked to the previous Special Intensive Revision (SIR) roll, putting their status under further scrutiny.Based on the categories released so far by the Election Commission of India (ECI), only 1.72 crore voters are free of…

Officials at a Tamil Nadu social media monitoring cell review online corruption-related reports on computer screens in a modern control room, highlighting the state’s digital surveillance and anti-corruption efforts. Chennai: Tamil Nadu govt will set up a social media monitoring centre (SMMC) under the Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption (DVAC) at a cost of ₹50 lakh to track corruption-related information appearing in the public domain.Human resources management minister D Sarathkumar said information on corruption, public complaints, whistleblower disclosures, viral social media posts, sting operation footage and instant news reports often surface first on social media platforms and television news channels.…

PMC has introduced the OTS scheme for house owners in Prayagraj. Prayagraj: Prayagraj Municipal Corporation (PMC) has launched one-time settlement (OTS) scheme for house tax dues on Aug 15. The scheme, introduced by the state govt, is set to benefit around 1.25 lakh property owners by offering a 100% waiver on accumulated interest and allowing payment of the principal tax in up to three instalments.Under the scheme, property owners can clear their outstanding house tax without paying any interest component. For instance, a property in Atarsuiya with property ID 0279000020 has total dues of Rs 98,040, including Rs 41,839 as…

Bhubaneswar: The state govt has asked urban development agencies, local bodies and planning authorities to identify and prioritise ring roads and bypass projects around urban centres in line with a new Union govt policy that aims to decongest national highways (NHs), while promoting planned urban expansion.In a letter to the housing and urban development department, Sanjay Kumar Singh, the principal secretary of the works department, stated, “The ministry of road transport and highways has framed a policy to address growing congestion on highways passing through cities and towns. The policy seeks to combine highway development with urban planning.”The letter noted…

A forest offence report was registered against Bansi Nath Sapera under sections 9, 39 and 51 of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972 Gurgaon: A man was arrested after eight snakes were rescued from a house in Faridabad following a tip-off about their alleged illegal possession and use for public display and begging.A forest offence report was registered against Bansi Nath Sapera under sections 9, 39 and 51 of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972 on Monday. “The accused was sent to 14-day judicial custody on Monday,” wildlife DFO RK Jhangra told TOI.A forest department team, accompanied by police personnel, raided the…

Shillong: The first indigenous tribal woman chief secretary of Meghalaya, Rebecca Vanessa Suchiang, passed on Tuesday at the age of 64. She was under treatment for a terminal illness for the last couple of years.A 1989-batch IAS officer of the Assam-Meghalaya cadre, Suchiang became the first indigenous tribal woman chief secretary to the Meghalaya govt on taking oath on September 30, 2021. She continued in office as the highest bureaucrat in the state till her superannuation on December 31, 2022.PP Trivedi from the general category was the first woman chief secretary of Meghalaya from 1983 to 1985.On her retirement from…

Bihar boy recovered from Kanpur Central Kanpur: A 14-year-old boy who had gone missing from the Didarganj area of Patna in Bihar was found at Kanpur Central Railway Station and reunited with his family on Monday evening.According to Om Narayan Singh, inspector in-charge of GRP Kanpur Central, a police team was conducting a checking drive on the station platforms when it spotted a teenager roaming in the circulating area.During questioning, the boy told police that he was a resident of Didarganj in Patna. The GRP immediately contacted his family and learnt that a missing person complaint regarding his alleged abduction…