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Mangaluru: MP Capt Brijesh Chowta said he has urged union ministry of road transport and highways to expedite national highway projects in the district.The MP said he met the secretary of the ministry to request faster progress on ongoing works in Dakshina Kannada district.Islamabad Suicide Blast, Bangladesh Crisis, RBI’s Fraud Compensation And More”I held discussions with Uma Shankar, the secretary of the ministry, regarding the swift implementation of various national highway projects under way in Dakshina Kannada district. During the meeting, I brought to the secretary’s attention the progress of different highway projects in the district and urged that these…

Noida: Greater Noida Industrial Development Authority (GNIDA) has reclaimed more than 54,000 square metres of encroached land across five villages over the past two weeks, stepping up enforcement against illegal construction in environmentally sensitive areas along the Hindon floodplain.Officials said the drive, carried out over the last 16 days, covered Kheda Choganpur, Bhanota, Haibatpur, Chipiyana Khurd and Rohillapur. As part of the action, eight unauthorised residential towers comprising more than 100 flats were sealed, and several illegal structures were demolished.On Friday, the Authority’s team demolished unauthorised construction at Shivam Enclave in Haibatpur village, which lies within the Hindon floodplain. The…

PUNE: CM Devendra Fadnavis on Thursday ordered an inquiry into the 32-hour traffic disruption on the Mumbai-Pune Expressway caused by an overturned propylene tanker and told MSRDC to submit a plan to deal with such situations.Deputy CM Eknath Shinde told MSRDC and police to prepare a “special emergency traffic plan” for the expressway to prevent recurrence. In an official statement, Shinde instructed that work on the ongoing Missing Link project be expedited, stating that it would reduce travel time and serve as an alternative route during emergencies. Mumbai-Pune Expressway Nightmare Ends After 32 Hours Exposing Gaps In Emergency Response Thousands…

Ponda: The Borim bridge will remain closed for all traffic from 8pm on Sunday to 8am on Monday to asphalt a new coat of polymer modified bitumen concrete.The PWD sought the complete closure of the bridge to complete the asphalting without any hindrance.Goa: Drugs Criticism By CM, Porvorim Road Closures, Valpoi Student Shines And MoreThe contractor, Sanrachana Structural Strengthening Pvt Ltd from Thane, Maharashtra, has already removed the earlier coat, said Anand Vaghurmekar, assistant engineer of the national highway division of the PWD.After the asphalting, the contractor will continue with the remaining work of finger-type joint replacement. Last month, the…

Hisar: Panic gripped Shahpuria village in the Chopta area of Sirsa district after villagers reportedly spotted a leopard in nearby fields. The sighting heightened fear among residents, particularly as similar reports emerged from villages along the Rajasthan border over the past several days. According to villagers, the leopard was seen on Wednesday evening, following which an announcement was made over the loudspeaker of the village temple urging residents to remain alert and avoid venturing out unnecessarily. After the announcement, several villagers gathered and carried out a search in the surrounding fields. Villagers also claimed that leopard paw prints were found…

Prayagraj: Phaphamau police on Friday detained five persons, including four women, for their alleged role in the kidnapping of a minor girl and the illegal extraction of her ova with the help of forged documents at a local IVF centre. DCP (Ganganagar) Kuldeep Singh told TOI that a Phaphamau resident lodged an FIR at the Phaphamau police station against five persons, including Palak Hela and her mother Rinki, residents of Kareli, and others, for kidnapping her 15-year-old daughter and facilitating the illegal ova extraction. After registering the FIR under appropriate sections on Friday, police conducted a detailed investigation and said…

Motihari: East Champaran police have formed four special investigation teams to arrest the members of a gang of fraudsters who are cheating unemployed people of the state by promising them jobs of ‘police-mitra’.The police have already arrested two accused, Asraf Kamal from Chiraiya near Motihari and Vinit Kumar from Muzaffarpur, in this regard.SP Swarn Prabhat said during interrogation Vinit revealed that one Ashok Samrat of Samastipur and his two associates Dharmendra Kumar and Rakesh Kumar are running this job racket in different districts of state and he was appointed by them to contact the candidates to assure them jobs of…

Jaipur: Hindustan Zinc’s flagship social impact initiative, Zinc Football Academy (ZFA) continued its impressive run in the AIFF Under-18 Elite League 2025-26, remaining unbeaten after ten matches and sitting at the top of Group B with just four matches remaining in the Zonal Round.The AIFF U-18 Elite League Zonal Round began in November 2025 and will run until March 2026, with each team playing 14 matches in a home-and-away format across various zonal venues. ZFA hosts its home matches across two venues — Hindustan Zinc Stadium, Debari, and MKM Stadium, Zawar, while travelling across cities for the away fixtures.ZFA’s strong…

Nagpur: Elected governance returned to Nagpur Municipal Corporation on Friday after BJP’s Neeta Thakre was elected the city’s 55th mayor and party colleague Leela Hathibed taking charge as the 59th deputy mayor. The twin elections marked the formal end of administrator rule that began after the 2017 general body was dissolved in March 2022, making it the longest unelected phase in the civic body’s history.As expected, both elections turned into a show of strength for the BJP, which enjoys an overwhelming majority in the 151-member House. Four-time corporator Neeta Thakre secured 104 votes in the mayoral poll, defeating Congress candidate…

Ranchi: A prominent city-based realtor allegedly died by suicide by jumping off the sixth floor of his apartment on Thursday night, police said on Friday.The deceased, identified as Anurag Sarawgi (50), allegedly jumped off the balcony from his flat in Belair apartment in the city’s Main Road area under Hindpiri police station limits. He was in the real estate business for the last 22 years.Police said the reason behind the businessman taking such an extreme step could not be ascertained yet, but they were investigating it.At the time of the incident, Sarawgi was alone in his flat, while his parents…