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COIMBATORE: A 62-year-old man in Coimbatore district was cheated of Rs 24.93 lakh in a part-time online job scam.According to police, V Subburaj, 62, of Pollachi received an advertisement on the Telegram messaging app offering a part-time job involving hotel booking and writing reviews on hotels. A cyber fraudster, using the Telegram handle @Miaaaana577, enticed Subburaj to create user IDs on malicious sites (including hotings.vip and httngt.com) and complete assigned tasks.The fraudster promised lucrative profit margins and instructed Subburaj to make a deposit to assign him tasks. He also promised that once the task was complete, the deposit amount along…

Taj taken to the crime scene for reconstructionTaj taken to the crime scene for reconstructionTaj taken to the crime scene for reconstructionTaj taken to the crime scene for reconstructionTaj taken to the crime scene for reconstruction Silchar: Police arrested a man for allegedly killing his elder brother during a dispute over ancestral property in Sribhumi district.The arrested man, Taj Uddin, and his brother Nizam Uddin allegedly attacked Tajel Hussain (45) in the Nilambazar police station area on Sunday afternoon, police said. Nizam remains absconding.According to police, an argument broke out among the three brothers over the division of ancestral property.…

Mangaluru: Mandd Sobhann, marking the occasion of its Ruby Jubilee, officially launched the invitation and fundraising campaign for the ‘First World Konkani Music Mega Convention’ at the Mangalore Club on Tuesday.Fr Faustine Lobo, director, Father Muller Institutions, inaugurated the programme. He lauded Mandd Sobhann for remaining at the forefront of preserving and promoting the mother tongue. Emphasising the organisation’s unique capacity to pioneer new possibilities in Konkani, he noted that this mega convention would showcase the adventurous spirit and cultural richness of the Konkani people on the global stage. He urged the community to wholeheartedly support this monumental project with…

Eight-year-old Dev receives the belongings of his father, Army jawan Ravi Prakash, who died of a heart attack during a promotion course in Bengaluru. The belongings were handed over to the family during the soldier’s last rites in Kasni on ThursdayEight-year-old Dev receives the belongings of his father, Army jawan Ravi Prakash, who died of a heart attack during a promotion course in Bengaluru. The belongings were handed over to the family during the soldier’s last rites in Kasni on ThursdayEight-year-old Dev receives the belongings of his father, Army jawan Ravi Prakash, who died of a heart attack during a…

A bank officer (R) allegedly shot his wife outside an ICICI branch before returning home LUCKNOW: A loud rendition of the Hanuman Chalisa was playing inside a Lucknow house when neighbours gathered outside following two gunshots, unaware that a bank employee had allegedly shot his sister before killing himself.The incident came hours after Manas Mishra, a field officer with the State Bank of India, allegedly shot his wife, Divya Mishra, outside an ICICI Bank branch in Gomti Nagar on Thursday.According to people working at a restaurant operating from the premises where Manas lived in Husaria, he returned home shortly after…

Patna: Tata Power and its renewable energy arm Tata Power Renewable Energy Limited (TPREL) are stepping up efforts to expand rooftop solar use in Bihar, targeting 5 lakh households over the next three years. The push comes as the state lags behind other states with only 25,000 installations so far.“There are around eight states, like Maharashtra, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Odisha, which are very competitive in promoting solar energy. Bihar has achieved 25,000 installations in the last one year, but Odisha had the same number of installations last month alone,” Tata Power CEO and MD Praveer Sinha said at a…

Jaipur: The principal seat of Rajasthan High Court in Jodhpur has set aside the appointment of retired Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna as a one-man commission to adjudicate claims and counterclaims over properties attached in connection with the Adarsh Credit Co-operative Society matter.However, a division bench of Justice Munnuri Laxman and Justice Sangeeta Sharma declined to interfere with the attachment orders and directions maintaining status quo over the properties until the pending writ petitions are finally decided.The bench passed the order on Aug 18 while deciding a batch of special appeals, including those filed by Megha Tak and Mahesh…

Ranchi University vice-chancellor Saroj Sharma has notified the ‘Ranchi University regulation and standard operation procedure for minimum standards and procedures for award of Ph D degree 2026’. Under the rules, the minimum period for completion of PhD is three years and maximum is six years. A researcher can re-register themselves for another two years but there would be no further extension. Women and physically challenged persons with over 40% disability would get 10 years. The aspirant must secure 75% in four-year graduation course (honour/honours with research) and 55% in two-year masters course for being eligible to apply for entrance examination.…

T’puram: Residents of Vettucaud, Veli and Balanagar may finally get relief from recurring waterlogging, with the construction of a crucial culvert near the airport road expected to be completed within two weeks.The 315m-long culvert, being constructed by the irrigation department between All Saints College and BrahMos Aerospace Ltd, is in its final stage. The structure is aimed at improving the flow of rainwater and preventing water from accumulating on roads and residential areas during the monsoon.The project is part of a Rs 5-crore package being implemented to address waterlogging in the Vettucaud-Veli-Balanagar belt. Of this, Rs 2 crore has been…

Hindu Jagran Manch functionary Sanjib Mahato defended the move, saying, “There has been a political change, but Hindus have not achieved social victory. The hall has been renamed Syama Prasad Bhavan with the resolve of building an Akhand Bharat (undivided India).” Kolkata: Renaming North 24-Parganas zilla parishad’s ‘Titumir Sabhagriha’ (Titumir Auditorium Hall) as ‘Syama Prasad Bhavan’ in Barasat has triggered controversy in the district. The change was announced during a programme organised by Hindu Jagran Manch on Thursday.The meeting hall of the zilla parishad office was named after freedom fighter Titumir since its inception on June 26, 1986. A portrait…