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Patna mayor Sita Sahu at the 12th general meeting of the PMC council on Friday Patna: Patna Municipal Corporation (PMC) council on Friday unanimously approved four proposals and reached a consensus on converting leasehold properties in six localities into freehold properties with a final decision on conversion charges and other modalities deferred to a special meeting on Aug 18. The council also cleared the installation of high-mast lights at 35 locations and five high-yield tube wells to strengthen the city’s infrastructure.The decisions were taken at the 12th general meeting of the PMC council, chaired by mayor Sita Sahu and attended…
Jaipur: Rajasthan High Court Friday granted the state govt two weeks to submit a proposal on the redevelopment of Jaipur Metropolitan-1 court complex, where inadequate infrastructure and shortage of space and parking have emerged as major concerns.A division bench of Acting Chief Justice Sanjeev Prakash Sharma and Justice Chandra Shekhar Sharma was hearing a public interest litigation (PIL) filed by advocates Deendayal Khandelwal and Dharmendra Moolwani, seeking redevelopment of the existing court complex into a multi-storey facility.The state govt had earlier proposed a structure on the lines of the eight-storey Jaipur Metropolitan-2 court complex, along with basement parking, to address…
Chandrapur: District judge-1 and additional sessions judge, Chandrapur PM Gupta on Thursday sentenced Vilas Damodar Randhaye, a resident of Ghodazari in Nagbhid taluka, to 20 years’ rigorous imprisonment for repeatedly sexually assaulting a minor girl and threatening to kill her if she disclosed the abuse.According to the prosecution, Randhaye sexually assaulted the girl several times between May 10 and May 25, 2024, when she was alone at home. The girl subsequently became pregnant. The accused allegedly threatened her with dire consequences if she revealed the abuse.Nagbhid police registered a case under relevant provisions of the IPC and the POCSO Act.…
Ranchi: From teaching traditional songs to children to helping artisans craft indigenous instruments, folk artist Nandlal Nayak is spearheading a grassroots campaign to preserve Jharkhand’s musical heritage across Ranchi, Khunti and Simdega.Nayak, son of Padma Shri awardee Mukund Nayak, runs free daily music classes for 20 underprivileged children — 16 boys and 4 girls, all below 15 years — at Kolebira in Simdega district. The initiative, now in its second year, primarily supports children of traditional folk artists who were forced to take up daily-wage work.The children are taught customary songs that chronicle the human lifecycle, from birth to death.…
Surat: Cybercrime police have arrested five persons for a scheme built around thousands of fake cash-on-delivery orders and a refund policy loophole that allegedly enabled a group to siphon off Rs 42.20 lakh from Flipkart India Pvt Ltd.Deputy commissioner of police (Cybercrime) Bishakha Jain said, “According to the complaint, the accused had made 5,121 orders between Dec 2025 and March 2026. They had created a Flipkart seller account called M/s Sukhvilash Creations.They conspired to cancel the orders before they could be delivered. The seller would get payment from Flipkart within three days, while it generally took seven days to complete…
Varanasi: On the occasion of National Deworming Day, chief medical officer Dr NP Singh launched the district-level campaign on Friday at Government Girls’ Inter College (GGIC), Maldahiya by administering Albendazole tablets to girl students.The CMO said that worm infection in children can adversely affect their health and nutrition. It may lead to weakness, malnutrition and anaemia, and can also impact their physical and mental development. He said regular deworming helps improve children’s health and nutrition, supports anaemia control, strengthens immunity and enhances learning ability. He appealed to parents to ensure that their children take Albendazole as per the scheduled programme.Additional…
Kolkata: State finance minister and Rasbehari MLA Swapan Dasgupta has urged organisers of the Deshapriya Park Durga Puja to resolve internal disputes among themselves and keep politics out of puja. A dispute over the management has stalled preparations for the 89th edition of the south Kolkata puja.“If there are disputes among puja committees, the people associated with the puja should resolve it among themselves. Politics should not enter into this. Everything should be done in accordance with the law,” Dasgupta said in a Facebook video on Friday.“After making inquiries, as per the information I have gathered, no pandal has been…
UN officials believe their presence in Afghanistan makes a difference, however limited. They point to progress on issues such as the treatment of prisoners, their detailed discussions on the harsh implementation of the morality code known as the Propagation of Virtue and Prevention of Vice, as well as efforts to improve humanitarian access.”Engagement is slow, progress is incremental, and reversals are frequent,” is the UN’s sober summary of the past five years of on-off dialogue.But it still insists it needs to stay the course.”A stalled process is better than no process,” emphasises Georgette Gagnon, a deputy special representative of the…
A fungus that grows in places damaged by fire has been found at the site of a major wildfire in the Cairngorms National Park.Forestry and Land Scotland (FLS) said the bright orange, pyrophilous (fire-loving) fungus could be the first sign of nature’s recovery at Glenmore near Aviemore.A wildfire started in the area on 15 July and the incident, which has burned through thousands of acres of woodland and moor, continues to be monitored for hotspots.FLS said the fungus was among the “first colonisers” of burned ground and played a role in breaking down carbon and preventing soil erosion. Source link
Ramsey stars in a new film about a cancer survivor who attends “chemo camp” and finds friendship, love and freedom. Source link