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Hyderabad: The Congress govt is most likely to do away with the previous BRS govt-introduced joint cheque power system to sarpanch and upa sarpanch in gram panchayats, and revert back to joint cheque power of sarpanch and govt-appointed panchayat secretary.Officials of the panchayat raj and rural development are preparing proposals to this effect. These proposals would be placed before the panchayat raj minister D Anasuya soon. A final decision will be taken by chief minister A Revanth Reddy on this issue after discussing it with his cabinet colleagues.Though such a proposal was made in December 2024 itself, it was not…
Chennai: A 70-year-old woman took the grinding stone her son-in-law was using to attack her daughter and fatally struck him on the head with it, at Gandhi Nagar First Street near Manimangalam in Kancheepuram district on Thursday night.Police said the deceased, Dinakaran, 45, a daily wage labourer, came home drunk frequently and picked fights with family members.Late on Thursday night, he had an argument with his wife, Amalrani, in the presence of her mother, Vijayalakshmi. He lifted a grinding stone and threw it at his wife in an attempt to kill her. She had a narrow escape.Enraged by this, Vijayalakshmi…
Bhubaneswar: The special crime unit (SCU) of the commissionerate police on Friday arrested two men for smuggling brown sugar and seized 290g of the narcotic substance worth about Rs 29 lakh. The accused was identified as Fakruddin Khan (44) of Bhadrak district and Mohammed Badsha (32) of West Singhbhum district in Jharkhand.”Khan is a habitual offender with nine previous cases registered against him in Bhadrak. Acting on a tip-off, the SCU team arrested him along with his associate. We are investigating both backward and forward linkages to trace other members of the network,” said police commissioner S Dev Datta Singh.…
COIMBATORE: A total of 17 bonded labourers, mainly children below the age of 18, were rescued from two brick kilns in Namakkal district. The rescued people, belonging to five families, had been held captive as bonded labourers at the brick kilns run by two brothers, identified as P Rajashekaran and P Karupannan, in the foothills of Kollimalai. They were also used for farm work and cattle rearing near the brick kilns.Most of them had been forced into bonded labour for more than two years for non-payment of loans ranging between Rs 8,000 and Rs 60,000 received from the owners of…
Nails and bones of leopard seized by Shankaranarayana Range Forest officials and staff Udupi: Shankaranarayana range forest officials and staff arrested four persons in connection with the killing and discarding of a leopard in Siddapura village of Kundapura taluk.A case in this regard was registered on Feb 4, and the accused were arrested on Thursday.A leopard was killed and discarded near the Siddapura-Shivamogga Road passing through the Dottinaberi reserved forest area in Siddapura village. On Thursday, Shankaranarayana range forest officer (RFO) and staff collected information and arrested Manjunath Shetty, a resident of Salimakki, Yedamoge village, Kundapura taluk, who was involved…
Sania Mirza says the women’s field at the French Open, starting on Sunday, is an “open mix” and tips Mirra Andreeva to emerge a new Grand Slam champion.In the men’s field, the two-time Grand Slam doubles champion said Jannik Sinner was the favourite given his current form, but 24-time major winner Novak Djokovic would be a dark horse in the absence of Carlos Alcaraz.Excerpts from an online interaction: ON HER FAVOURITES TO WIN THE SINGLES TITLES AT ROLAND GARROS THIS YEARI think the men’s is easy, right? Jannik Sinner has been in incredible form, also that (Carlos) Alcaraz is not…
Hazaribag: BJP legislators from Hazaribag and Barkagaon, Pradip Prasad and Roshan Lal Choudhary, on Friday threatened to launch public agitation if the power scenario across the district did not improve in the next 72 hours.As public resentment continued to grow over erratic power supply and low-voltage issues, the lawmakers met Dinesh Kumar, general manager Hazaribag Circle of state-run discom Jharkhand Bijli Vitran Nigam Limited (JBVNL), and demanded that the situation be improved at the earliest.Prasad and Choudhary said frequent outages, prolonged unscheduled power cuts and voltage fluctuations had thrown life out gear in urban and rural areas amid the rising…
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Vijay Shankar last played for India in 2019. | Photo Credit: Getty Images Former India player Vijay Shankar announced his retirement from “domestic and IPL cricket” on Friday. The 35-year-old played 12 ODIs and nine T20Is and last donned the national colours at the 2019 50-over World Cup.The all-rounder made 77 First Class appearances, scoring 4,253 runs and taking 43 wickets. He also featured in 78 IPL matches while representing Chennai Super Kings, Delhi Capitals (Delhi Daredevils), Sunrisers Hyderabad and Gujarat Titans.“After 15 years, I felt I needed a new challenge and wanted to try opportunities overseas. I still have…