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Bathinda: Vedanta Power’s Talwandi Sabo Thermal Plant (TSPL) used 3.61 lakh metric tonnes (LMT) of agricultural residue for biomass co-firing in 2025-26, accounting for 5.21% of its total fuel consumption, the company said on Tuesday.The plant at Banawali village in Mansa uses baled paddy straw that is collected, transported and processed before being supplied as fuel. The initiative aims to create a market for crop residue and provide farmers an alternative to stubble burning by linking them with biomass aggregators, logistics operators and the power sector.In Mansa, stubble-burning incidents declined by around 87% during the 2025 harvest season compared with…

Lucknow: Rampur has once again secured the first position in the CM Dashboard. As per the July rankings issued on Tuesday, the district has scored the highest on the basis of effective resolution of public grievances, better feedback and corrective initiatives in administrative functioning.Shahjahanpur has secured second place and Bareilly has come third.Rampur DM Ajay Kumar Dwivedi said that in July, 59 schemes of the district were monitored through the CM Dashboard, of which the district achieved an ‘A’ grade in 56 programmes. Rampur received 9.58 out of 10 points in July. The district has been ranked in the top…

Amna Khatoon of Sheohar district build a growing business in traditional lahthi (lac bangles), after years of financial hardship Patna: A combination of traditional craftsmanship, entrepreneurship and access to self-help group (SHG) credit has helped Amna Khatoon of Sheohar district build a growing business in traditional lahthi (lac bangles), after years of financial hardship.A resident of Dostia village in Purnhiya block of Sheohar district, Amna has four children. Her husband worked as a tailor in Ludhiana, Punjab, but his earnings were insufficient to significantly improve the family’s financial condition. She subsequently joined an SHG, through which she accessed credit and…

Kota: A second woman aged 25 died at Kota’s JK Lon Hospital Tuesday after giving birth, just a day after a 34-year-old woman lost her life after delivery Monday. The deceased, identified as Karina (25), wife of Amir Khan and a resident of Kaithun area, died Tuesday morning shortly after a Caesarean section to deliver twin babies Monday evening around 6pm.“Her blood pressure initially was normal in the earlier months of pregnancy, but upon arrival at our facility, it significantly elevated,” said Superintendent, JK Lon Hospital, Dr Nirmala Sharma. Medical records indicated that Karina had been prescribed blood pressure medication…

Nagpur: City police have invoked the stringent Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) against a seven-member gang allegedly involved in a series of violent crimes, including an attempt to murder a man during a birthday celebration at Kamal Chowk last month.According to police, the incident occurred around 2am on July 16 when complainant Ajay Chichkhede, 29, was celebrating his birthday with a friend at Shanichara Market under Pachpaoli police station area. The accused allegedly arrived as a group, picked a fight and attempted to kill Ajay and his friend.Police said one of the accused allegedly pulled out a firearm…

Ranchi: A local court in Ranchi has allowed two week time to the CID to submit case diary related to irregularities in the 14th JPSC examination. The direction was issued while hearing the bail petitions of former JPSC deputy examination controller Shweta Gupta and employees of TSR Data Processing Limited Abhay Tiwari, both of whom have been arrested in the case. The court also asked CID to submit its reply to the bail petitions of the accused persons. Advocates appearing on behalf of the accused persons said that the bail petitions were filed earlier but hearing was delayed due to…

Govt. Medical College Surat Surat: A day after four resident doctors of Government Medical College (GMC), Surat, were suspended, Khatodara police registered an FIR on a complaint filed by the college authorities in connection with the suicide of first-year PG microbiology student Dr Harsh Pandya.Police invoked BNS Sections 127(2) (wrongful confinement), 352 (intentional insult intended to provoke breach of peace) and 54 (abetment) against four second-year PG students — Dr Dikshita Gevariya, Dr Niral Vasave, Dr Anuj Maheshwari and Dr Hina Bhut.The FIR states that the four allegedly confined Dr Pandya and nine other first-year microbiology students and subjected them…

Vadodara: Torrential rain lashed Lunawada, Kothamba and Balasinor talukas of Mahisagar district on Tuesday, leaving many villages flooded. Around 25 people were rescued by fire brigade personnel from Suva village and taken to safety.District authorities said around 100 people, who were visiting an ayurveda practitioner in Suva village, got marooned in floodwaters. All of them are safe, the authorities added. The local administration is monitoring the situation and carrying out relief measures.Panchmahal district also got heavy rain on Tuesday, leaving villages in some talukas inundated. Shehra taluka received around two-and-half-inches of rain in two hours. The authorities said all the…

Varanasi: A 25-year-old man, allegedly linked to nearly a dozen cases registered in different districts, including under the Gangsters Act, cow slaughter laws and gang rape charges, was arrested after he sustained a bullet injury in his right leg during an encounter with Gambhirpur police in Azamgarh district on Monday night.Acting on a tip-off, police reached the spot and came across armed miscreants, leading to an exchange of fire in which accused Vishal Yadav, a resident of Kishanpur Kashinath under the Gambhirpur police station area, sustained a bullet injury in his right leg. He was arrested and taken to a…

T’puram: The Nedumangad SC-ST special court has found seven accused guilty in the 2016 Kannammoola Vishnu murder case. The court will pronounce the sentence on Thursday. There were 12 accused in the case.The murder took place on Oct 7, 2016, when Vishnu, 18, was attacked by a group in front of his parents at Kannammoola. The assailants allegedly attacked Vishnu with deadly weapons, including axes, machetes, swords and iron rods.Vishnu sustained grievous injuries. Though he was rushed to MCH, he succumbed to his injuries.Vishnu’s father Anilkumar, mother Bindukumari and his paternal aunt Laila were also grievously injured in the attack.…