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The house gave way shortly after an earthmover excavated soil from the adjoining drain under construction Noida: A two-storey house came crashing down onto a road in Greater Noida’s Tilpata village on Thursday after excavation work for a drain allegedly weakened the ground beside the structure. The building was vacant at the time. A potentially major tragedy was averted as no pedestrians or vehicles were passing by.The collapse took place on Sakipur Road. According to officials, the house, owned by Omveer, gave way shortly after an earthmover excavated soil from the adjoining drain under construction. The impact also brought down…

Pune: A power failure at the Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation’s (PCMC) Integrated Command and Control Centre (ICCC) data centre during heavy rain on July 6 triggered a major disruption to the civic body’s digital services, with some operations still affected 10 days later.While most public-facing services have been restored, work to revive the remaining systems is still underway, a senior Smart City official said. “Some systems, such as those related to the building permissions department, are yet to be restored,” the official said.The outage disrupted several online services, including birth and death certificate issuance, marriage registration, citizen grievance redressal and…

Reminding govt of the 44-day-long chain hunger strike in Jan and Feb, the locals said that they are ready to restart their stir if the fencing is not removed within seven days Panaji: Chimbel residents have issued a seven-day ultimatum to authorities to remove the fencing around the scrapped Unity Mall and Prashashan Stambh project site. They warned of a fresh agitation if the land is not restored before the deadline. They alleged that illegal excavation has destroyed wetlands and accused the Goa Tourism Development Corporation (GTDC) of flouting its written commitment.This is the second time in many months that…

Amritsar: The family of Kirandeep Kaur, a 24-year-old from Tarn Taran district of Punjab who was stabbed to death at her home in London on the morning of July 12, has appealed for help to bring her body back to India for her final rites.Folding his hands before those arriving to offer condolences at their native village, Piddi, Kirandeep’s brother Gurvinder Singh said the family is unfamiliar with procedures and lacks the financial means to bring her home. “My sister was stabbed five times in the stomach. We don’t know anyone there, and right now, we just desperately need her…

From savings to self-reliance: How SHGs are transforming rural Uttar Pradesh The story of Self-Help Groups (SHGs) in Uttar Pradesh is one of India’s most inspiring examples of grassroots social and economic transformation. What began as a modest initiative to encourage rural women to save small amounts of money has evolved into a powerful movement of financial inclusion, entrepreneurship and women-led rural development.Today, Uttar Pradesh is home to one of the largest SHG networks in the country. More than 1.05 crore rural women have been mobilized into nearly nine lakh Self-Help Groups, making these collectives the backbone of rural livelihoods,…

State BJP president Sanjay Saraogi welcomes Chetna Jhamb into the party fold in Patna on Thursday Patna: A day after mathematician KC Sinha joined the BJP, Jan Suraaj functionary Chetna Jhamb, Vikassheel Insaan Party national vice-president Anand Madhukar Yadav and Fatuha block pramukh Shruti Shree joined the saffron party on Thursday.BJP state president Sanjay Saraogi said growing public faith in the party’s policies and development initiatives was encouraging people from different political outfits to join the BJP.Anand said BJP national president Nitin Nabin was an old friend. Chetna, who contested the last assembly election from Samastipur on a Jan Suraaj…

A robotic sewer-cleaning machine deployed at city’s Jaisinghpura Khor Thursday Jaipur: Nearly three months after two sanitation workers died while cleaning a sewer in Jaipur, the Jaipur Municipal Corporation (JMC) has started deploying robotic machines for sewer cleaning, replacing manual entry into manholes in a move aimed at improving worker safety.A robotic sewer-cleaning machine was deployed at Jaisinghpura Khor Thursday. Following the April tragedy, JMC imposed a complete ban on workers entering sewer chambers and has since introduced three robotic machines to carry out the work.Each machine, costing about Rs 37 lakh, is equipped with a camera and display screen…

Nagpur: Vidarbha exporters are now looking to the United Kingdom as a major market as the India-UK Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA), which has now come into effect, gives near duty-free access to one of the world’s largest premium markets.The Nag Vidarbha Chamber of Commerce (NVCC), which represents 13 lakh traders in the region, said the pact would change the prospects of traders in the region. NVCC former president Ashwin Mehadia said, “Now that exports from Vidarbha to the United Kingdom are starting with reduced tariff, new avenues of international trade will open for traders in Vidarbha and the…

Dhanbad: Two women were found dead inside a bathroom at BCCL’s A-Type colony under Putki police station limits late on Wednesday, police said on Thursday, suspecting it was a case of electrocution.The deceased were identified as Shobha Sinha, 50, the homeowner, and Shanti Devi, 40, a domestic worker employed at the house.According to police and locals, Sinha recently returned to Putki after spending nearly four months at her daughter’s residence and was getting her house cleaned when the incident occurred. Preliminary findings suggest a short circuit in the bathroom during the cleaning work could have caused the deaths.The incident came…

3 students killed, 4 critical after train collides with school van in Murshidabad MURSHIDABAD: Four people, including three school students and a local resident, died after a local train hit a school vehicle at around on Friday between Karnasubarna station and the Gobindapur rail gate on the Azimganj–Katwa section in Murshidabad district.The incident occurred around 7am. Four other students and the vehicle driver were hospitalised in critical condition. According to police and local residents, the Nimtita–Katwa local train was travelling on the down line when it collided with the school vehicle at an open level crossing. Eyewitnesses alleged that the…