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Hyderabad: The Special Intensive Revision (SIR) has dramatically altered Telangana’s constituency-wise electorate profile, with six Hyderabad assembly segments slipping into the list of the state’s 10 smallest constituencies after large-scale absent, shifted, dead, and duplicate (ASDD) exclusions.Three of them, Sanathnagar, Secunderabad Cantonment and Charminar, are now among Telangana’s five smallest constituencies, a category that previously did not include a single Hyderabad seat.Before the SIR exercise, Telangana’s five smallest constituencies were Bhadrachalam with 1.5 lakh electors, Aswaraopeta with 1.6 lakh, Bellampalli with 1.8 lakh, Banswada with 1.9 lakh and Chennur with 1.97 lakh.The draft electoral roll published on Aug 17 has…

Setting the bar: TVK builds a legal network As the TVK govt settles into office, the party is undertaking another important exercise alongside running the administration — building a legal ecosystem capable of representing it across Madras high court, subordinate courts and Supreme Court.For a political party that entered govt without decades-old organisational machinery like DMK and AIADMK, creating such an ecosystem is not just an administrative requirement. It is also an organisational challenge. Unlike the established Dravidian parties, TVK does not have a network of lawyers across the state who have handled party litigation, election disputes, constitutional matters and…

Ahmedabad: Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) has launched a dedicated rescue initiative to help homeless people living in public spaces and shift them to safe, fully equipped shelter homes.Under the initiative, citizens can report homeless individuals taking refuge on footpaths, under bridges, at religious places, bus and railway stations, public parks and other open spaces, by calling AMC’s toll-free grievance helpline, 155303.Following a complaint, officials and personnel from the Urban Community Development (UCD) department will reach out to the individual and shift them safely to the nearest shelter home. AMC has deployed a dedicated rescue vehicle staffed with personnel and security…

Workers opening up the covered drains to let the rain water escape Prayagraj: After days of intense rain and widespread waterlogging, residents heaved a sigh of relief on Thursday as the weather remained largely dry and accumulated rainwater was drained from almost all major roads and affected localities, barring one road in Georgetown area.The administration, however, has decided to use the experience to review the city’s drainage network, with a proposal for new drains to be prepared after a detailed survey once the water recedes completely.District magistrate Manish Kumar Verma said the major drains would be thoroughly cleaned after the…

Cuttack: Ruling that an accused convicted by a trial court cannot be deprived of his right to have his appeal against the conviction examined on merits, merely because he or a lawyer representing him fails to appear, Orissa high court has quashed the conviction and sentence of a man in a house-trespassing and theft case.“The inviolable right of a convict to have his appeal heard on merits cannot be extinguished by dismissing the appeal for non-prosecution. Dismissing a convict’s appeal for non-prosecution is a folly that the law does not permit. Courts are temples of justice, not turnstiles (barriers) that…

Agartala: Cuban ambassador to India Juan Carlos Aguleiro on Wednesday arrived in Tripura for a three-day visit to attend two CPI(M)-organised programmes, marking the birth centenary of revolutionary leader and former Cuban president Fidel Castro.Aguleiro was received at the CPI(M) state headquarters by former CM Manik Sarkar and party state secretary Jitendra Chaudhury. He later met other party leaders. He was accompanied by the embassy’s first secretary, Mike Diaj Perej.On Thursday, the ambassador addressed a CPI(M) meeting in south Tripura’s Sabroom as part of the centenary celebrations. He spoke about India-Cuba relations, particularly cooperation in digital infrastructure and technology.Aguleiro also…

Kanpur: After winning three titles in the Under-11 and Under-13 categories, West Bengal paddlers are now eyeing further success in the Under-15 events of the UTT National Ranking Table Tennis Championship being held at TSH.West Bengal’s Rajdeep and Satya have entered the boys’ and girls’ finals respectively. Rajdeep will face Maharashtra’s Prateek in the boys’ final, while Satya will take on Karnataka’s Tanishka in the girls’ title clash.Rajdeep survived a five-game battle against Punjab’s Trijal Vohra in the semifinals, winning 14-12, 13-11, 7-11, 6-11, 13-11. After trailing by two games, Trijal fought back to level the contest, but Rajdeep held…

Photo used for representation Ghaziabad: All govt and semi-govt buildings will gradually shift to solar power, a district administration official said on Thursday, adding that the drive to install solar panels will be divided into phases. The first phase will cover Vikas Bhavan, govt hospitals and police stations. Rooftop surveys of the identified buildings have already been completed and installation work is expected to begin in September.The initiative aims to reduce electricity expenditure of govt institutions while also encouraging residents to adopt solar energy by demonstrating its use across public buildings. The administration is preparing a list of buildings that…

Pune: Five members of a family from Shirur taluka allegedly sold “fortune-in-a-flash” dreams to at least 39 people and duped them collectively of Rs20.34 crore on the promise of doubling their money in chit fund schemes within a year.The accused collected money from the victims between 2020 and Nov 2024, but allegedly failed to return it. A 54-year-old Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) schoolteacher from Chandannagar, a relative of the suspects, lodged a complaint against them. He was allegedly duped of Rs75.4 lakh. Ranjangaon MIDC police registered a case on Wednesday.An officer from the Ranjangaon MIDC police said, “The complainant is…

The scientists said there is a need to train fishers and crew members who work on deep-sea vessels Panaji: Declining fishery resources, rising diesel prices, inadequate cold-chain facilities, poor harbour infrastructure and increasing competition with other fishermen are among the major challenges confronting the trawler fishermen of Goa, Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (CMFRI), Mangalore, head and principal scientist Sujitha Thomas said on Thursday at a national fisheries workshop, here.Thomas said several steps can be taken to tackle the challenges, including upgrading trawlers so they can operate in deeper waters.She said there is a need to train fishers and crew…