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Dr. Hussein Ali Mwinyi, President of Zanzibar and Chairman of the Revolutionary Council, confers degrees on graduating students during the 63rd Convocation of IIT Madras in Chennai on Friday. IIT Madras Director Prof. V. Kamakoti is also seen. Dr. Hussein Ali Mwinyi, President of Zanzibar and Chairman of the Revolutionary Council, confers degrees on graduating students during the 63rd Convocation of IIT Madras in Chennai on Friday. IIT Madras Director Prof. V. Kamakoti is also seen. Chennai: IIT Madras Zanzibar campus will be a centre of excellence for East Africa, and it will be a place where world-class education, research…

The consultant building the flyover was asked to submit a proposal for the underpass. It was submitted in 2022 and yet, the project did not take off Ahmedabad: The cable bridge at Rajasthan Circle in Bhat, commissioned in 2019, was inaugurated earlier this month. However, there was another element to the project that Ahmedabad Urban Development Authority (Auda) and the state roads and buildings department either forgot about or sat on for four years — an underpass under the bridge to facilitate smoother traffic flow. This project, approved in 2022, was to cost Rs 50 crore. Cut to 2026, Auda…

Prayagraj: State president of the Bharatiya Janata Party’s OBC Morcha, Prakash Pal held a meeting with party workers in Prayagraj, asking them to be fully prepared for the 2027 state assembly polls.He said that while the opposition was constantly trying to mislead the OBC community, the community would not fall for such tactics, as the “double-engine govt” was committed to “Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas”.He called upon morcha workers to remain vigilant and alert to thwart the opposition’s malicious propaganda.Later, he paid floral tributes to Feroze Gandhi at his grave at the Parsi cemetery in Mumfordganj, in Sangam City on Friday.Explaining…

Kendrapada: A court in Kendrapada district on Friday sentenced three men to two years of rigorous imprisonment for duping a villager and stealing gold ornaments on the pretext of cleaning them with chemicals. Judicial magistrate first class (JMFC), Aul, Deban Satyadarshi Nanda, imposed a fine of Rs 10,000 on each of the convicts. In default of payment, each will have to undergo an additional one month of imprisonment.Durodhan Sahoo (28), Pramod Sahoo (30) and Prasant Sahoo (27) of Dharmasala visited the house of the victim, Bikash Kumar Mohapatra, at Bhamanda village under Aul police station limits on April 5, claiming…

Gurgaon: On May 3, when Panchul Bansal returned to his Faridabad home after appearing for NEET-UG, his first attempt, the 18-year-old scored himself and found he hadn’t done badly at all. At 706 out of 720, he would be in the top tier come admission time to medical colleges. He could finally relax.But then came a rude shock. NEET was cancelled because of a leak. Panchul, like lakhs of other students, was left dejected. His mother’s words helped take pressure off him. “Treat the next one like a mock test. You have seen your competence, now improve it,” she told…

Aizawl: The Mizo National Front (MNF), Mizoram’s main opposition party, on Friday reiterated its opposition to the proposed Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2026, and accused the Zoram People’s Movement (ZPM) govt of mishandling key issues, including the Mizo Taxi App, implementation of the RTI Act and declining GST collections.Addressing a meeting at the party’s Mizo Hnam Run in Aizawl, MNF general secretary J Malsawmzuala Vanchhawng said the party will continue to defend the interests of the Mizo people and the Christian community.Malsawmzuala said MNF will “firmly oppose” the proposed FCRA amendment, claiming that churches were also against the changes.…

Times News NetworkKanpur: A fire broke out in the parking area of a three-storey house in the Barra police station area of the city on Thursday night, gutting household belongings and a car, while the family escaped without injury.Four fire tenders reached the spot after receiving information and doused the blaze in nearly two hours. The extent of the loss could not be assessed immediately.The house belongs to Dhirendra Sachan, a resident of Vishwa Bank Barra H Block, who is a real estate businessman. His son Sudhanshu is an advocate.According to Sudhanshu, at around 10 pm on Thursday night, after…

Udupi: A man who suffered a sudden cardiac arrest at his residence has made a full recovery with no neurological deficit at Kasturba Hospital, Manipal. Doctors from Kasturba Hospital were in the neighbourhood when he collapsed. They began CPR within seconds and intubated him at his residence. He was shifted to the emergency department with chest compressions continuing. After multiple defibrillator shocks, circulation returned at the end of nearly an hour, stated a hospital release.Both lungs were flooded with pulmonary oedema, and the heart could not sustain circulation. The department of cardiovascular and thoracic surgery placed him on veno-arterial extracorporeal…

Mandya: Former Union minister and MLA Basanagouda Patil Yatnal on Friday visited Srirangapatna, where he offered special prayers at Mudalabagilu Anjaneya Swamy temple and extended support to the long-standing demand of right-wing organisations for the reconsecration of the deity at its claimed original location.The idol, currently installed on Pete Street in Srirangapatna, was earlier located in the River Cauvery before being shifted and consecrated at its present site several years ago. Right-wing organisations have been conducting annual protests seeking reinstallation of the deity at what they claim is its original place and have also been demanding action regarding the Jamia…

Portion of the third-floor wall of the under construction house suddenly collapsed Ghaziabad: Three school students were injured after a portion of the wall of an under-construction house collapsed on them in Makanpur on Friday afternoon while they were returning home from school. All three were treated at a nearby private hospital and discharged after first aid. Their condition is stated to be stable.Police identified the injured students as Krishanpal (14), his younger brother Hirdesh (12) and Monu Kumar (13), all residents of Makanpur. Krishanpal and Hirdesh study in Class 6, while Monu is a Class 7 student at a…