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Commissioner GS Sameeran has also initiated a move to remove these officials from service, and at least four of them will face criminal proceedings. CHENNAI: To boot out corruption from the Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) corridors, the civic body suspended six officials, including four senior officers, for issues linked to bribery, cash-for-jobs, and misuse of public funds.Commissioner GS Sameeran has also initiated a move to remove these officials from service, and at least four of them will face criminal proceedings.The action follows information and evidence received from various sources, including contractors, officials from the Department of Vigilance and Anti-corruption (DVAC),…

Real estate to mutual funds Real estate professionals offer their clients contracts to discuss home purchases, insurance or real estate loans. Home sales agents sit at the office with new home buyers in the office. Ahmedabad: Gujarat’s mutual fund market is witnessing a new wave of investors as retirees and individuals inheriting family wealth increasingly liquidate real estate holdings and channel the proceeds into professionally managed financial portfolios, according to wealth managers and distributors.Financial advisers said the trend was being driven by a combination of practical and financial considerations, with senior citizens seeking regular income, better liquidity and simpler succession…

Rajesh Kumar PandeyPrayagraj: Allahabad High Court observed that once a mother was granted maintenance from her son under section 125 of CrPC, she cannot subsequently seek maintenance from her stepson.The court’s Jul 14 order said that after receiving maintenance from her son, the mother is can maintain herself, hence, is not entitled to any subsequent maintenance order in her favour.The court, however, clarified that if there are two or more persons under obligation to maintain the applicant and claimant approaches court, it is the court’s duty to decide from whom and to what extent maintenance is to be made payable.Justice…

Kendrapada: The arrival of monsoon and continuous rainfall over the past two weeks have brought much-needed relief to farmers in Kendrapada district, ending a prolonged dry spell and triggering a surge in kharif cultivation activities.Farmers across the district have begun preparing their fields for sowing and transplanting paddy, with the agriculture department targeting paddy cultivation over 1.24 lakh hectares during the current kharif season. “The continuous rains have filled hundreds of ponds and ditches that dried up earlier. Farmers are now busy preparing their fields, procuring paddy seeds and transplanting seedlings,” said Bhikari Mohanty, a farmer from Ichapur village.Another farmer,…

The proposed line will connect the Sector 99 substation to the Daulatabad feeder and onward to Manesar Gurgaon: GMDA has given in-principle approval to HVPNL to lay a 220kV transmission line on land under the authority’s jurisdiction along Dwarka Expressway.The move is expected to clear a major hurdle in the commissioning of the Sector 99 power substation and pave the way for connecting the Rs 62-crore substation to the transmission grid.The proposed line will connect the Sector 99 substation to the Daulatabad feeder and onward to Manesar, integrating it with the wider power transmission network. Once operational, the substation is…

Dibrugarh: Assam governor Lakshman Prasad Acharya visited the Nagaghuli Ghat along the Brahmaputra in Dibrugarh on Wednesday as part of his ongoing tour of the district and reviewed flood control and erosion prevention measures.Acharya held detailed discussions with water resources department officials on the maintenance and long-term sustainability of the riverbank erosion control and flood mitigation projects being implemented in the area. He also inspected the geo-bag projects along the riverbank to control erosion, examining the on-ground execution and effectiveness of the work.He said under the initiatives of the state govt, extensive work has been undertaken across Assam to strengthen…

Kanpur: The Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (IIT Kanpur) celebrated its 59th convocation ceremony on Wednesday, with 3,104 students graduating from a diverse range of disciplines. The graduating cohort comprised 1,325 postgraduate students, 1,247 undergraduate students and 532 students from the eMasters outreach degree programmes.The chief guest at the convocation was Dr Pawan Goenka, an IIT Kanpur alumnus and chairperson of the Indian National Space Promotion and Authorisation Centre (IN-SPACe), Department of Space, Govt of India.The ceremony was presided over by Jayant Patil, officiating chairperson of the Board of Governors, IIT Kanpur, along with Prof. Manindra Agrawal, director, IIT Kanpur.Held…

Students disperse after school hours at the temporary campus in Ram Leela Maidan Ghaziabad: In 2019, Ajabpur Primary School Muradnagar had its moment in the sun when its students formed the musical troupe that welcomed a distinguished guest — then Norwegian PM Erna Solberg. Dressed in crisp uniforms, the children marched alongside Solberg, beating drums in a rhythm they rehearsed and perfected.The event drew praise, and the school attention. Admissions increased, new benches arrived. The walls came alive with colourful BALA (Building as Learning Aid) paintings. A new concrete dining table was built for midday meals. The campus was transformed…

The Maharashtra Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has ordered a spice and dry fruits shop owned by the family of Siya Goyal PUNE: The Maharashtra Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has ordered a spice and dry fruits shop owned by the family of Siya Goyal — the woman accused of murdering Pune realtor Ketan Agarwal — to stop operations over alleged violations of food safety norms. The action follows an FDA inspection of the Market Yard-based establishment, M/s BG Goyal and Company, which is owned by Goyal’s family. Officials said the firm failed to comply with mandatory provisions under the…

The supplementary chargesheet contained material including a test identification parade, alleged call detail records between the accused and another person, witness statements and the seizure of mobile phones Panaji: The Bombay high court on Wednesday set aside the supplementary chargesheet filed in the 2022 murder case of assistant professor Gauri Achari, holding that it had been submitted without obtaining the magistrate’s permission for further investigation.The order came on a petition filed by murder accused Gaurav Bidre, a freelance gym instructor, challenging the supplementary chargesheet filed by the prosecution in 2023.Advocate Rohan Dessai, appearing for Bidre, argued that the law requires…