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Thiruvananthapuram: Transport minister C P John on Friday said the search for Shijin, an Anchuthengu native who went missing at sea off Muthalapozhi, wouldn’t be called off; instead, 10 more fishermen would be deployed to intensify the operation.John was speaking to the media after holding discussions with Shijin’s family members, parish priest Fr Santhosh and representatives of the fishing community at St Peter’s Forane Church in Anchuthengu. The minister said govt stood firmly with Shijin’s family in their grief.Ten fishermen with a thorough knowledge of the sea have been selected for the operation under the leadership of Fr Santhosh. Instead…

Kolkata: Assistant teachers from the 2016 SLST panel, whose jobs were terminated following a Supreme Court ruling, held a protest march on Friday from Sealdah to the Gandhi statue at Esplanade. As the court-granted extension of their jobs nears its Aug 31 deadline, the teachers sought govt intervention to safeguard their livelihoods, provide support to the families of deceased teachers, and restore their halted salaries. Source link

Udhampur, Aug 07: “Water conservation is a shared responsibility,” Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said on Friday as he laid foundation stones for two major infrastructure projects worth over Rs 140 crore, reaffirming his government’s commitment to providing safe and sustainable drinking water to every citizen.The projects include the Rs 124.19 crore Augmentation of Water Supply Scheme for Udhampur Town under AMRUT 2.0 and the Rs 16.33 crore Used Water Management Project, including a 3.0 MLD Sewage Treatment Plant at Reasi under SBM 2.0.The Udhampur water supply project is designed to address the town’s long-standing drinking water requirements by augmenting and modernising the existing infrastructure. On…

The Chinese side of the peak – where Green Boots’ body is – is steeper and doesn’t have the same support structures as the southern slope, which is another complicating factor, Sherpa sources have told BBC News Nepali.”It’s really tough to get that body down even in popular spring season, let alone the autumn [which has more unpredictable weather]. That’s the simple reason it is still there for so many years,” mountaineering guide Pemba Ongchu Sherpa said.”There would need to be 10 to 12 climbers who are capable of making summits, just to fix [support] ropes to reach that point.”Green…

The money was found missing when Roy checked his baggage on Wednesday night and found his wallet and the bag were open Mumbai: A scientist-businessman from Kolkata, Rahul Roy (65), filed a police complaint after $6,000, equivalent to around Rs 5.3 lakh, went missing from his baggage at a five-star hotel room in Bandra (W).Bandra police registered an FIR against an unknown person and said they scanned the hotel’s closed-circuit television (CCTV) footage to track down the accused.“The police team probing the case is questioning the staff and has scanned the CCTV at the hotel. So far, we did not…

New Delhi: A 42-year-old woman died after allegedly falling from a flyover near Haiderpur Metro Station Wednesday. Police are probing whether the incident was a case of suicide.The incident occurred while she was travelling on a motorcycle with her husband. According to police, the couple, along with their daughter, were returning from Kashmere Gate ISBT. They dropped their daughter at Mukarba Chowk, from where she went home, before the husband and wife continued towards their workplace.“During the journey, an argument reportedly broke out between the couple. Our preliminary inquiry suggests that the woman jumped from the flyover. We have a…

Crackdown continues against illegal bike taxis in Bengaluru Bengaluru: As transport dept intensifies its crackdown on illegal bike-taxi operations, commuters are questioning why the same urgency is not being shown against autorickshaw drivers who allegedly overcharge passengers, refuse trips, and exploit the shortage of alternative transport.Over the past three days, transport officials have seized nearly 350 bike taxis in the city for allegedly operating private two-wheelers for commercial purposes. Bike owners now face penalties ranging from Rs 5,000 to Rs 10,000, besides the possibility of suspension of driving licences and seizure of their vehicles.However, the enforcement drive has triggered frustration…

Hyderabad: The CBI has registered a corruption case against a senior Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) official and the managing director of a pharmaceutical company over allegations that bribes were sought and offered to secure clearances for applications linked to World Health Organisation (WHO) certification standards.A Hyderabad-based regulatory consultant is also mentioned in the FIR as an alleged intermediary in the dealings. The FIR, registered by the CBI’s anti-corruption branch, Visakhapatnam, on Aug 6, names Bikash Roy, assistant drug controller (India) at the CDSCO sub-zonal office in Visakhapatnam, and H Vikram, MD of Chennai-based Artura Pharmaceuticals Private Limited, which…

Chennai: Tamil Nadu chief minister C Joseph Vijay on Friday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi not to introduce a separate entrance examination or use NEET scores for admissions to Bachelor of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry (BVSc & AH) courses. Instead, admissions should be made based on Class XII marks or criteria decided by state govts, he said.In a letter to Modi, Vijay opposed a common entrance examination. “I would be grateful if the Veterinary Council of India could be advised to review its decision and permit admissions to the BVSc & AH degree programme to continue on the basis…

The court held that the candidate’s answer was correct as it was supported by NCERT and GCERT textbooks, while the source relied upon by GPSC for framing the question was ‘unauthenticated’ Ahmedabad: In a significant relief to a Gujarat Public Service Commission (GPSC) aspirant who missed qualifying for the next stage of a recruitment process by just one mark, the Gujarat high court on Friday directed the commission to award her a mark for a disputed question on Kautilya’s Arthashastra.The court held that candidate Arti Rangpariya’s answer was correct as it was supported by NCERT and GCERT textbooks, while the…