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Many senior MLAs have flayed former chief minister Siddaramaiah for ensuring a cabinet berth for his son Yathindra, while leaving senior aides waiting BENGALURU: Silence appears louder than statements in Congress these days. Congress Working Committee member and former CM Siddaramaiah’s string of absences from crucial party functions, paired with a cabinet list that sidelined many of his loyalists, is fueling talk that something is shifting beneath the surface of the party’s power equation.Siddaramaiah skipped Tuesday’s Congress Legislature Party meeting chaired by CM DK Shivakumar, just as he had skipped the Aug 3 swearing-in of 19 new ministers. He was…

Dy CM Bhatti Vikramarka at the 50th State-Level Bankers’ Committee (SLBC) meeting on Wednesday Hyderabad: With banks pumping more than ₹52,000 crore into Telangana’s farm sector and millions of Jan Dhan accounts still lying inactive, deputy chief minister Bhatti Vikramarka on Wednesday said banks should go beyond sanctioning loans and evaluate whether the credit extended is translating into higher agricultural productivity and better incomes for farmers.Addressing the 50th State-Level Bankers’ Committee (SLBC) meeting, Bhatti said banks in Telangana had extended agriculture credit worth ₹52,337 crore by June. Despite this, around 19.13 lakh Jan Dhan accounts continued to have zero balances,…

Chennai: The state will create 6,098 new seats across nursing, pharmacy and paramedical courses at govt institutions, including seven new nursing colleges, chief minister C Joseph Vijay announced in the assembly on Wednesday. Tamil Nadu has set aside ₹351 crore for building the colleges and creating the additional seats.The state will add 2,585 nursing seats, including 660 BSc seats at new colleges and 1,925 more at existing colleges — the first such expansion of nursing capacity since 2014. It will also add 2,778 seats across a dozen allied health courses and 735 additional pharmacy seats.Students joining these courses at govt…

Ahmedabad: A mosquito’s disease payload depends on its species, which is laborious to identify, but a University of Wollongong team has created buzz-scanning tech that promises to detect species using only wingbeat sounds.Prof Kiran Trivedi and his student, Harsh Shroff, of the university’s GIFT City campus developed the device. University officials said the device is inexpensive and is powered by AI.“The device analyses wingbeats and checks them against distinct acoustic signatures of various mosquito species,” Trivedi said. “The model was trained using publicly available mosquito sound recordings. The model achieved an accuracy of 88.3% in identifying species.”Built on a compact…

Former Mizo Chief Minister Zoramthanga will receive his degree certificate after sixty years (File Photo) GUWAHATI: Some degrees arrive with a little delay. Zoramthanga is taking the long route – six decades, to be precise.Six decades after clearing his graduation examination, former guerrilla leader and three-time Mizoram chief minister Zoramthanga is set to finally receive his degree certificate from Gauhati University on Thursday.Now 82, Zoramthanga appeared for his BA final examination in 1966 from DM College in Imphal, then affiliated with Gauhati University, with English as his major. He cleared the examination in the second class but never collected his…

Kanpur: A 15-year-old high school was allegedly abducted and raped in Etawah on Tuesday morning.The girl’s family has accused a youth from the neighbourhood. Police are investigating the matter.Girl’s family members said that the student left home on Tuesday morning for school. On the way, the accused stopped her and forcibly took her to a village where she was raped. The accused then threatened the girl that he would kill her and her family if she revealed the incident to anyone.The girl returned in evening crying and told her mother about the incident. The family then lodged a complaint with…

Noida: Authorities have prohibited the use of laser beams and other forms of artificial lighting within a 27-km radius of the Noida International Airport to strengthen aviation safety.District magistrate Medha Roopam on Wednesday said the restriction has been imposed in accordance with the provisions of the Aircraft Act, 2024, Aircraft Rules, 1937, and the relevant notification issued by the Ministry of Civil Aviation. “The restricted zone will cover the use of all artificial lights that could potentially distract pilots or interfere with aircraft operations,” she said.“The use of lasers or other artificial lights without permission within the 27-kilometre radius of…

Pune: Kondhwa police on Wednesday arrested a 23-year-old ‘influencer’ on the charge of outraging the modesty of a 22-year-old woman.The police said the accused conducts motivational sessions and claims to guide people towards positive thinking. “The complainant had attended the accused’s sessions. He allegedly told her that she was affected by negative energy and claimed that he could free her from it. He then demanded her obscene photographs,” an officer said.The officer said the accused frightened the woman and forced her to share the photographs. After realising the consequences, the woman approached the police and lodged a complaint. The accused…

Panaji: Panaji police have registered a case against two representatives of the company carrying out repair and renovation work at Kala Academy, after a worker connected to the project died by suicide.The complaint was filed by Virendra Prasad, a resident of Kalyan, Thane. He said his brother, Banti Prasad, had been engaged by Techton Buildcons Pvt Ltd, based in Andheri, Mumbai, for structural repair and renovation work at Kala Academy.According to the complaint, Banti worked under company representatives — Ashish Vadgama and Tousif (whose full name is not known). Virendra said his brother completed the work properly, but payments of…

Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann addresses mediapersons in Chandigarh on Wednesday Chandigarh: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has sought a report from Punjab chief secretary within four weeks on a complaint alleging Independence Day was not observed under governmental instructions in several govt schools, particularly in rural, remote, border and allegedly underserved areas.The move drew a strong rebuke from chief minister Bhagwant Mann. “Punjab does not need a certificate of patriotism from the saffron party or its govt at the Centre. Punjabis have made countless sacrifices to enrich every colour in the national Tricolour, and the BJP or Centre should…