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T’puram: Two witnesses told a trial court on Monday that the bloodstained clothes worn by IAS officer Sriram Venkitaraman on Aug 3, 2019 after his car rammed and killed journalist K M Basheer were taken to his civil services quarters in Kowdiar before he was shifted to a private hospital. Dr Anish Raj and IAS trainee Athul were examined as the 10th and 11th prosecution witnesses before the fourth additional sessions court in Thiruvananthapuram.Dr Raj said he reached the spot after the accident and later accompanied Venkitaraman. He said the bloodstained clothes worn by Venkitaraman were taken to his quarters…

TMC’s party office at Ward 106, Garfa …..Debobrata Shome. Kolkata: Tensions erupted in south Kolkata on Monday as local Trinamool Congress (TMC) workers locked down the Garfa constituency office of Jadavpur MP Saayoni Ghosh and removed her nameplate, accusing her of political betrayal and operating on behalf of an opposing political outfit.The conflict centred on the party office located in Ward No. 106 of the Garia area. Since winning the Jadavpur seat on a TMC ticket in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, Ghosh had utilized the premises as her primary operational hub to conduct public outreach, host leader meetings, and…

Srinagar, Aug 9: In a major boost to freshwater fish conservation in Jammu and Kashmir, scientists at Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Kashmir (SKUAST-K) have successfully standardized an induced-breeding and larval-rearing protocol for the vulnerable Himalayan snow trout (Schizothorax plagiostomus), locally known as Khont.The breakthrough, achieved by scientists of the Divisions of Fisheries Resource Management and Fish Genetics and Biotechnology, Faculty of Fisheries, is expected to pave the way for captive seed production, river-restocking and restoration of declining wild populations of the indigenous cold-water fish.The research team, led by Prof. (Dr.) Farooz Ahmad Bhat, Dean, Faculty of…

Thousands of angry young job-seekers clashed with police in Jharkhand, one of India’s poorest states, on Monday as a weeks-long protest over alleged irregularities in recruitment drives for coveted government jobs escalated into a march on the state legislature.Police fired water cannon and teargas and swung batons as they tried to stop flag-waving demonstrators from clambering over barricades and surging towards the assembly in Ranchi, the state capital. Some of the protesters responded by dancing and cheering as jets of water drenched the crowd.The unrest comes just weeks after the self-styled “Cockroach” movement, a youth-led protest campaign that began as…

Mumbai: A minor boy who had gone missing from Malad East was traced to Kota, Rajasthan, jointly by the Kurar police and the Govt Railway Police (GRP).Police said the 14-year-old had left home on Aug 6, around 7 am, on the pretext of going to school. When he did not return home later in the day, his family got worried and started searching for him everywhere. They contacted the police and lodged a complaint.Police made inquiries with his friends and learnt that he would frequently skip school and roam around. He had been to Juhu, Bandra, Virar and Mumbai Central…

New Delhi: The Rs 2,574-crore Wazirabad water supply improvement project has received in-principle approval from the screening committee of the economic affairs department, paving the way for implementing the long-pending plan to modernise the supply network in the Wazirabad water treatment plant’s (WTP) command area spread over several assembly constituencies.Funded with assistance from Asian Development Bank, the project was conceptualised in 2013, but remained stalled for several years. It will cover the entire water supply chain, from treatment and transmission to distribution and household connections.Water minister Parvesh Verma said Monday, “A key component of the project is the replacement of…

Bengaluru: A class 7 student was assaulted allegedly by her teacher at a private school in SG Palya, south Bengaluru, Saturday, after she was caught eating junk food in class.The girl’s family claimed her cheeks were swollen and she suffered damage to her inner ear membrane. She underwent treatment at Indira Gandhi Institute of Child Health and is recovering.A senior police officer said they received a medico-legal case (MLC) report from the hospital. The girl’s parents visited the police station Sunday but didn’t file a complaint.The girl was confronted by the teacher when she was caught eating junk food. The…

Hyderabad: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has arrested Mohd Irfan Ansari under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act in its probe into a fake call-centre syndicate accused of cheating US citizens and routing the proceeds through cryptocurrency, Angadia operators and bank accounts.In its grounds of arrest, the ED described Ansari as one of the principal controllers of the syndicate and said he admitted during questioning on Aug 10 that he had been operating fake call centres since around 2017, with average monthly collections of $60,000-$70,000. He estimated his personal profit from the operations at ₹3-4 crore, according to the agency.Call centre…

Chennai: Madras high court has sought responses from Tamil Nadu govt and and the Chennai city commissioner of police on a habeas corpus petition challenging the detention of B T Arasakumar, who was arrested on charges of bribery and cheating private schools on the promise of obtaining various approvals, under the Goondas Act.The petition, filed by Arasakumar’s wife Kokila, said the allegations were a fallout of an internal dispute between the office-bearers of private school associations. “The alleged acts, even if accepted, do not disturb public order but relate only to a private dispute,” she said.“The detaining authority failed to…

Prayagraj: Three separate FIRs have been lodged in Pratapgarh, Fatehpur and Prayagraj against the supporters of slain mafia-politician Atiq Ahmed for allegedly breaking toll plaza barriers, threatening employees with dire consequences and attempting to trample them. The FIRs were lodged at Hathgawan (Pratapgarh), Khaga (Fatehpur) and Nawabganj (Prayagraj) police stations in the past 24 hours.Police said prison vans were escorting jailed sons of Atiq — Mohd Umar and Ali Ahmed — to Prayagraj to attend the funeral of their younger brother, Abaan, on Saturday.Pratapgarh police said authorities of Kotla Akhatyari toll plaza lodged an FIR under Sections 281, 109(1), 352…