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SIR image for representation Bengaluru: Nearly 3 lakh voters who were on the verge of losing their voting rights are back on the electoral rolls in one of the biggest corrections yet in the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise.These voters were on the ASDDO (absent, shifted, dead, duplicate, others) list. About 2.9 lakh voters were removed from Karnataka’s ASDDO list between Aug 3 and 9, with Bengaluru accounting for the largest reduction as Election Commission is carrying out a quality check before publication of the draft electoral rolls.Karnataka has more than 1crore names on ASDDO list, which means they have…

LB Nagar accident victim’s bike Hyderabad: A 23-year-old driver died and two others suffered injuries when a bike was hit by a cab at LB Nagar on Monday morning.The deceased was Syed Toufiquddin (23), a driver from Asif Nagar, and the injured is his friend, Syed Ayaan. The accident occurred at 4 am on Monday when the victims were travelling on a bike from Asifnagar towards Auto Nagar in Vanasthalipuram.When they reached Chutney’s hotel close to Ranga Reddy district court’s complex at LB Nagar, a cab driven by the accused, Hemanth, suddenly came onto the highway from the service road…

Chennai: An eight-year-old boy died from snake bite at his thatched hut in Kovil Pathagai near Avadi on Sunday night.According to police, M Nishish was at home alone on Sunday while his parents hadstepped out for work. Around the same time, there was a power outage in the locality,.Police said Nishish reportedly went looking for his pet cat when he noticed a snake inside the house, which bit him on his leg.Hearing his cries, his parents and neighbours rushed to the spot and took him to a nearby private hospital, where doctors declared him brought dead. Nishish was studying in…

Berhampur: To curb black marketing of fertilisers during the ongoing kharif season, Ganjam district administration has launched a WhatsApp helpline for farmers to report overcharging and hoarding by dealers. The initiative comes amid concerns over the alleged short supply of certain fertilisers, including urea, attributed to prevailing geopolitical developments.Officials said some unscrupulous traders were taking advantage of the situation by charging farmers higher prices. “We have directed all dealers to prominently display government-approved fertiliser prices and their stock position at their outlets,” Ganjam collector Keerthi Vasan V said, adding there was no shortage of fertilisers. The administration’s focus is on…

CHENNAI: Former Tamil Nadu agriculture minister M R K Panneerselvam on Monday slammed the TVK govt for failing to fulfil its promises to farmers, including crop loan waivers, and criticised the renaming of DMK schemes such as the terrace garden initiative. Defending chief minister C Joseph Vijay, PWD minister Aadhav Arjuna argued that it was unfair to compare a three-month-old administration with the DMK’s five-year tenure, promising that the TVK govt would make its full five-year term a “golden period” for farmers.Participating in the debate on the revised agriculture budget for the fiscal year 2026-27, Panneerselvam took a swipe at…

Gurugram Police arrested a woman for allegedly assaulting her domestic help. GURGAON: A 52-year-old woman was arrested on Monday after a video allegedly showing her assaulting her domestic help inside a luxury apartment in Gurgaon went viral on social media, police said.She was later released on police bail after agreeing to join the investigation.The woman, a resident of DLF Camellias on Golf Course Road in Sector 42, has been booked under Section 115 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) for voluntarily causing hurt.The nearly 90-second video, recorded by a neighbour through a kitchen window, allegedly shows the woman repeatedly slapping…

A helicopter showers flowers on kanwariyas in Muzaffarpur on Monday Patna: A huge crowd of devotees gathered at Baba Garibnath Temple in Muzaffarpur on the second Monday of Shrawan with flowers showered on kanwariyas from a helicopter for the first time in the district. The arrangement was made by the state govt and tourism department.On Monday morning, the helicopter showered flowers along the route from Harisabha Chowk to Baba Garibnath Temple. It was the first time kanwariyas carrying holy water from Pahleja Ghat to Baba Garibnath Dham were greeted with a shower of flowers from the sky. The atmosphere was…

Garhwa: Two schoolgirls drowned in the Sone river under Ketar police station limits in Garhwa district on Monday morning, while a third girl was rescued, police said.The deceased were identified as Khushboo Kumari (14), a Class IX student, and Priya Kumari (13), a Class VII student.Sources said the girls had accompanied women from Pachadumar village to collect water from the river for jalabhishek at the Maa Bhagwati temple on the second Monday of Shravan.The two girls reportedly ventured into deep water while taking a selfie and drowned. Villagers entered the river to rescue them but were unable to locate their…

T’puram: Parassala Police on Monday arrested a Kollam native, for allegedly smuggling MDMA from Bengaluru to Kerala.The accused is Nandu, 27, of Kulathupuzha, Kollam. Police said he was allegedly one of the key drug peddlers involved in bringing MDMA to the state and supplying it through a network of dealers.According to the police, the probe began after Vishnu, of Parassala, was arrested a week ago for allegedly possessing MDMA. During his interrogation, police reportedly learnt about Nandu and received information that he would reach a private lodge at Chackai.The police officers allegedly posed as prospective drug customers and approached Nandu…

Minister Tapas Roy at a blood donation camp in Taltala on Monday Kolkata: At a blood donation camp in Taltala on Sunday, BJP functionaries made a direct appeal to Muslim electorate ahead of the KMC polls, urging voters to support BJP candidates and promising to “think” about their development if they voted for it.“I am telling my Muslim brothers. BJP has formed the govt in the state and there will be development. (KMC) elections are approaching. Send out a good message by voting for BJP candidates in your wards. If you do that then the party will also think that…