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Mandya: Deputy commissioner Kumara emphasised that maintaining cleanliness is not a one-day effort but a continuous social responsibility that every citizen must uphold. He stressed the need for sustained public participation to make Mandya a plastic-free and environmentally responsible city.Speaking at the Swachh Survekshan awareness programme organised by the City Municipal Council in front of the park at Sri Shivakumara Swamiji Gnana Kendra School, where the programme aimed to educate citizens and reinforce the importance of cleanliness, sanitation, and waste management as part of the nationwide Swachh Survekshan campaign, Kumara observed that true cleanliness begins with a clean mindset.PM Modi’s…

Pune: Cabs and autos were hard to come by amid exorbitant fares in the morning hours, as drivers operating under aggregators went on a daylong strike on Saturday.The Uber cab fare from Kondhwa to Pune airport was almost Rs700 against the usual Rs300–350. A ride from Kondhwa to FC Road on Uber Go reflected an estimated fare of Rs580 instead of the regular Rs280–340. Similarly, Uber autorickshaw fare from Fatimanagar to the airport in the morning hours was Rs450 against the normal Rs240–270. Commuters looking for cabs or autorickshaws in the morning had a rude shock. “I had to go…

Mapusa: The Bardez mamlatdar has ordered the immediate sealing of ‘Kiki by the Sea,’ a beachside kitchen and bar in Assagao following directions from the Goa State Pollution Control Board (GSPCB) over the establishment’s alleged failure to comply with environmental regulations.Operating under the name Royal Tomato (Tomato’s Beachside Kitchen and Bar), at survey no. 29/1 in Badem, Assagao, was ordered to be shut down after the GSPCB flagged off continued non-compliance with pollution control norms. Despite being served multiple notices previously, it failed to meet the stipulated conditions, an official said.In a memorandum issued on Feb 6 , the mamlatdar…

Chandigarh: Following a report by TOI on the death of an eight-year-old girl in Mauli Jagran, Chandigarh mayor Saurabh Joshi called for immediate preventive measures to address sanitation and drinking water issues in the area. Referring to the report of contaminated and disrupted water supply, sewage overflow, non-functional tubewells, and cases of water-borne diseases such as jaundice, typhoid and hepatitis, the mayor sought urgent restoration of water infrastructure, cleaning of sewage lines and interim arrangements for safe drinking water.He also called for coordination with the health department to ensure medical support and preventive action. Pointing to similar complaints from Sector…

Lucknow: The 17th UP state conference of the Students’ Federation of India (SFI) began on Saturday in Lucknow, bringing together students and teachers to discuss how inequality, caste discrimination, and growing privatisation are denying students, especially children of farmers and labourers, their right to education.The conference focused on the failure to implement the UGC equity guidelines, which aim to ensure equal opportunities, scholarships and basic facilities. Participants noted the lack of libraries, shortage of books, shrinking scholarships, closure of govt schools, repeated postponement of examinations, discrimination and paper leaks as major issues weakening public education. All-India general secretary of SFI,…

Patna: CM Nitish Kumar said on Saturday that milk producers’ committees (MPCs) would be constituted in the remaining 14,480 villages over the next two years as the state govt has decided to give a fresh push to the dairy sector to increase the income of milch-cattle owners and farmers who take up milk production as an additional economic activity.He also announced that Sudha milk outlets would be opened in every block and panchayat, with the outlets at the panchayat level to be run and managed by Jeevika Didis associated with self-help groups (SHGs) under the Mahila Rojgar Yojana.Patna: 1409 Special…

Jodhpur: The Commissioner Special Team (CST) on Saturday raided a ghee supplier and seized 7,500 litres of spurious ghee. Police, acting on information, reached the spot and recovered palm oil, tins filled with different varieties of ghee, and printed wrappers of several well-known brands from the warehouse.Police said Naveen Kumar (38) was detained from the spot, and an investigation has been initiated into where and for how long the spurious ghee was supplied.CST in-charge and Sub-Inspector Mehraj Tanwar said the unit, Harshit Enterprises, operating in Anganwa Nandpuri Yojana under the Mandore police station area, was raided following a tip-off.”We seized…

Nagpur: A single component no more than the size of a two-wheeler battery stands in the way of fully indigenising Soviet-era designed infantry vehicle — Boyoveya Mashina Pekhoty-2, popularly known as the BMP-2, inducted in the Indian Army in 1980s. Chennai-based Armoured Vehicle Nigam Limited (AVNL), the defence PSU made out of erstwhile ordnance factories, is looking for a domestic manufacturer for GPK-59 gyrocompass, a high-precision instrument that keeps the BMP going in the right direction even when it passes through water.AVNL, also make battle tanks at its flagship unit, the Heavy Vehicle Factory at Chennai. AVNL teams have been…

Ranchi: The court of additional judicial commissioner-I Yogesh Kumar on Saturday heard the discharge petition of chief minister Hemant Soren in the Bargain land scam case (ECIR 6/2023) filed by the ED and fixed Feb 11 as the next date of hearing in the case.Sources said the CM was represented by an advocate from Delhi, Meenakshi Arora, via online. His local representative, advocate Pradeep Chandra, was present in the court.During the hearing, the CM’s advocates argued that their client had been falsely implicated in the case. They stated that the CM has no connection with the land and the other…

Vadodara: To support patient care infrastructure, Madhya Gujarat Vij Company Limited (MGVCL) on Saturday donated medical equipment worth Rs 35 lakh to state-run Sir Sayajirao Gaekwad (SSG) Hospital as its corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiative.The power utility company handed over an image intensifier television (IITV) system worth Rs 15 lakh to the hospital’s orthopaedics department and a sonography machine worth Rs 20 lakh to the pulmonary medicine department. The equipment was inaugurated by Vadodara Member of Parliament Hemang Joshi.Praising the quality of treatment at SSG Hospital, Joshi said such initiatives strengthen healthcare services for poor patients. He lauded MGVCL for…