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Hyderabad: Signalling a tougher stand against divisive rhetoric, chief minister A Revanth Reddy on Thursday said the state govt would introduce separate legislation on hate speech in the upcoming assembly budget session, stressing the need to prevent targeting of minorities.Addressing the Jamiat Ulama Telangana consultative meeting at Shamshabad, the CM said the proposed law would be on the lines of the Karnataka govt’s Hate Speech and Hate Crime (Prevention) Bill, 2025. He said such a legal framework was necessary to ensure social harmony and protect vulnerable communities. Hyderabad: Lawyer Murdered By Brother, ₹42L Lost In KBC Fraud, ₹2.85L Cr Farm…

Chennai: Following confirmation of the spread of H5N1 avian influenza, the state’s directorate of public health and preventive medicine issued a public health advisory on Thursday. “Transmission from birds to humans is extremely rare, except in cases where people touch carcasses with the live virus in them and then touch body parts such as mouth or eyes. There are not many such cases reported historically and there is no need to panic,” said director of public health Dr A Somasundaram.The department, nevertheless, asked people experiencing influenza-like symptoms such as fever, cough, cold, sore throat, or body pain to seek medical…

Ahmedabad: An Adani Group-backed social security initiative has provided long-term financial support to 500 women with disabilities. Under Adani Mangal Seva, anchored by the Adani Foundation, each beneficiary has been given a Rs 10 lakh fixed deposit, structured to provide a fixed monthly income, with access to the principal amount after 10 years. The beneficiaries, aged 25-40, were identified in partnership with non-profit Youth for Jobs and hold Unique Disability ID cards. The programme is designed to support up to 500 divyang women annually for a minimum period of five years.The completion of support for the first cohort was announced…

Kendrapada: Around 45 families in Jajpur district’s Tikarpada village are living without electricity even after seven decades of Independence. The tribal-dominated village at the foot of Daitari hillock is home to nearly 250 people who rely on kerosene lamps and candles for basic lighting. “We have urged the officials multiple times to provide electricity to our remote village but no action has been taken so far,” said Rajarani Dehuri, sarpanch of Kansa gram panchayat under which Tikarpada falls.Bhubaneswar: Constable’s Suicide After ₹9L Transfer, 24 Places To Be Renamed, India-US Trade Boost And MoreNaresh Banara, 62, of Tikarpada said, “Our generation…

Gurgaon: MCG sanitation and sewer workers on Thursday suspended their three-day strike a day after police registered an FIR against Prashant Bhardwaj, the husband of ward 33 councillor Sarika Bhardwaj.The workers resumed duties after lunch but warned that the protest would resume if Bhardwaj was not arrested by Monday. Gurgaon: Deadly Crash, Child Crime, Crackdown & Green PlansThey announced that all sanitation workers would stage a protest outside the Gurgaon police commissioner’s office on Feb 9 if no arrest was made. The FIR was registered on Wednesday against Prashant over allegations of criminal intimidation and use of casteist slurs against…

Guwahati: Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s upcoming visit to Assam on Feb 14 is set to make history, with his aircraft scheduled to touch down on the northeast’s first highway-based emergency landing strip along the Dibrugarh–Moran stretch.This will be Modi’s third visit to the poll-bound state in as many months.Expressway Propylene Gas Crisis, New Labour Codes, Delhi’s 807 Gone Missing And MoreCM Himanta Biswa Sarma confirmed the plan, saying, “The Prime Minister will not land at the Dibrugarh airport. Instead, his flight will land on a highway at Moran and he will spend some time there.”Defence PRO Lt Col M Rawat…

Belagavi: Forest department officials arrested a person in connection with the illegal felling of trees at Badal Ankalagi village in Belagavi taluk. The accused was produced before a court on Thursday, and remanded in judicial custody.In a release, deputy conservator of forests (DCF) Kranti NE said the 40 acres in Survey No. 359 was approved for the energy department to set up a solar power project under the PM-KUSUM scheme.Expressway Propylene Gas Crisis, New Labour Codes, Delhi’s 807 Gone Missing And MoreThe release stated that Hescom officials from Hirebagewadi sought permission to cut trees in the area for the project.…

Kanpur: Police arrested three faculty members of a private engineering college on Thursday in connection with alleged assault on students in Kanpur. The arrest was made a day after the students staged a protest on the college campus alleging that the faculty members beat students with sticks causing serious injuries. A case was registered on the basis of a complaint filed by a student in this connection. Police said that role of other accused is being investigated.Expressway Propylene Gas Crisis, New Labour Codes, Delhi’s 807 Gone Missing And MoreThe incident took place on Wednesday morning at a private college on…

Ghaziabad: Two members of a family were acquitted in an eight-year-old dowry death case after the prosecution failed to prove that the defendants’ actions caused the woman’s suicide. Additional sessions judge Dinesh Chandra Shukla on Tuesday exonerated woman’s husband Laxman Singh and her mother-in-law Bina Singh, as death of the woman in 2018 was found to be suicide in the absence of any family member. Noida: E-Auction Of Plots Scheme, New Civil Defence Unit, Manjha Accidents Trail And MoreThe woman’s father-in-law died during the case proceedings and charges against him were dropped subsequently in the case. The court said the…

Onions, lentils and roti — a diet limited to these items is far from wholesome. But in Marathwada, there is little else on the plate for many women who also have to toil in agricultural fields for a living. In one village, though, a group of women decided to change that, by seeking a small patch of landIn Maharashtra’s droughtprone Marathwada region, where poor diets have to contend with an unforgiving terrain, a few women are breaking the cycle of punishing labour and persistent illness by making a simple yet firm decision: to fight for a small patch of land…