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Panaji: The public works department (PWD) on Thursday morning began demolishing the dangerous and hanging portions of the Holy Family building near Cine Lata, which pose a threat to the public in the area.The office of the deputy collector and the Salcete sub-divisional magistrate on Thursday issued a clarification, refuting reports that there was a collapse of a portion of the Holy Family building. The office clarified that the South Goa collector, under Section 30(2) of the Disaster Management Act 2005, removed the hanging structures as a preventive measure to safeguard public safety on the basis of a technical assessment…
Chandigarh: A Sector 37 resident was allegedly duped of Rs 55 lakh in a stock investment scam run via a WhatsApp group.Police said the victim invested Rs 54.63 lakh through a fake app after being lured by a group member. When he sought withdrawal, he was asked to pay Rs 11.3 lakh as charges. On refusal, he realised the fraud and filed a complaint. Case registered; probe on. Source link
Lucknow: UP has recorded significant response to online self-enumeration process for Census 2027, with nearly 47 lakh residents completing the exercise through digital portal between May 7 and May 21. Notably, the state had around five crore households during the last census.According to official data released till 5.30 pm on Thursday, a total of 46,93,783 self-enumerations were completed across the state during the housing listing operation (HLO) phase of the census.Among districts, Shahjahanpur emerged top performer with 2,96,232 completed self-enumerations, followed by Azamgarh with 2,78,134 and Bareilly with 2,71,978. Moradabad and Sonbhadra too figured among top-performing districts, recording 2,32,393 and…
Railway commercial employees distributed free chilled drinking water and ‘sharbats’ to passengers at Patna Junction on Thursday, offering relief amid the prevailing heatwave Patna: Railway commercial employees distributed free chilled drinking water and ‘sharbats’ to passengers at Patna Junction on Thursday, offering relief amid the prevailing heatwave.Danapur senior divisional commercial manager (DCM) Abhinav Siddarth said a dedicated team led by chief ticket inspector Rajesh Kumar, along with Manish Kumar and Vijay Kumar, has been working round the clock to provide cold water and ORS packets to passengers in need. The initiative has been particularly beneficial for senior citizens, children and…
Jaipur: Chief minister Bhajan Lal Sharma Thursday expressed dissatisfaction over the functioning of Banswara Nagar Parishad commissioner Durgesh Singh Rawal, following which the local self-govt department issued orders placing the officer under awaiting posting order (APO).The action came during the chief minister’s review meetings and field visits on the second day of his three-day tour of Banswara and Dungarpur districts.Earlier during his visit to Churada village in Banswara, taking cognisance of complaints regarding alleged financial irregularities, Sharma directed the medical department to place under APO Kushalgarh Block Chief Medical Officer Dr. Girish Bhabhore.At the Banswara district collectorate auditorium, Sharma conducted…
Nagpur: Gadchiroli city and local crime branch (LCB) dismantled a fake currency note manufacturing and distribution network operated by two brothers who allegedly took online tutorials on making the counterfeit notes at their home in Nagpur.The brothers, Mayur (31) and Aditya Doijal (26) — one a mechanical engineer and other a civil engineer — and their accomplice Aditya Rechankar were nabbed from their flat in Trimurti Nagar on May 17. The operation led to the seizure of high-tech printing equipment, bond paper and counterfeit notes valued at Rs39,700. One more person had been earlier arrested in Gadchiroli.The racket came to…
Varanasi: The Sonbhadra special investigation team probing codeine cough syrup smuggling cases filed a chargesheet on Tuesday against fugitive kingpin Shubham Jaiswal and his aides Satyam and Vijay.Sonbhadra SP Abhishek Verma said two cases have been lodged in the district in connection with the racket. In the first case, registered after a large consignment of codeine syrup was recovered, the SIT had filed four chargesheets totaling 4,124 pages against 13 accused, including Shubham, on April 23. The Special Judge, NDPS Act, has taken cognizance and begun hearings.In the second case, involving the supply of cough syrup from Ranchi to Sonbhadra…
Kolkata: The Special PMLA Court on Thursday remanded former state fire minister Sujit Bose to judicial custody till June 4 after the CBI opposed his bail plea, saying it may seek his custody again for further questioning.Opposing the bail application, the CBI referred to the statement of Pachu Roy, former chairman of the South Dum Dum Municipality. According to the agency, Roy had objected to the outsourcing of recruitment to external agencies in the municipality as he believed the move would compromise transparency in the hiring process.The agency informed the court that further investigation was underway and argued that Bose…
Lois Roberts and Aron Llwyd, the new wardens of Bardsey Island, said they were craving a “different challenge”. Source link
The inauguration of the new consulate comes amid a push by the US president for greater control over the island. Source link