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Chikkamagaluru: After a five-month ban, trekking has resumed in Kudremukh, Netravathi, Bandaje, Gangadikal, and other areas under the Kudremukh range, but all 300 daily tickets sold out within minutes, prompting allegations of misuse of the online booking system.To prevent overcrowding, the forest department restricted trekking permission to 300 people per day. Bookings were allowed only through the official website.All 300 tickets for the June 6 treks to Kudremukh and Netravathi were sold out within minutes of bookings opening on May 22. Similarly, tickets for June 13 were snapped up soon after release, leaving trekkers angry and disappointed.Locals alleged that travel…
Congress leaders at the swearing-in ceremony of DK Shivakumar and his ministers NEW DELHI: Karnataka’s new cabinet took shape on Wednesday as DK Shivakumar took oath as chief minister along with 13 other Congress MLAs and leaders as ministers.Senior leader G Parameshwara was sworn in as deputy chief minister. Shivakumar was the deputy CM under predecessor and rival, Siddaramaiah, for over two years.Priyank Kharge, son of Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, and Yathindra Siddaramaiah, son of Siddaramaiah, also took oath as ministers.The allocation of portfolios will be announced later.Here’s a look at those who took oath and their brief profile:DK Shivakumar…
Hyderabad: Reacting sharply to the AP deputy chief minister Pawan Kalyan’s remarks on Telangana is not Jagir (private estate) of anyone, BRS working president KT Rama Rao said Telangana undoubtedly belongs to four crore of Telangana people, `sons of the soil’, who fought and sacrificed their lives for Telangana. He said in the past 12 years after formation of Telangana, there was no single incident between the people belonging to the Telugu states.He said people from AP including Pawan Kalyan’s family live here and do businesses like many others do. He said Pawan Kalyan’s party Jana Sena contested in 2023…
Rourkela: Mining officials and police personnel were allegedly attacked by members of a sand mining mafia during a raid on illegal sand transportation from Amalipali sand ghat in Sundargarh district on Wednesday. One mining official and two police officers sustained injuries in the attack.Sources said a team led by Akashaya Kalo, junior mining officer, Sundargarh, along with some police personnel from Town police station conducted a raid at Amalipali sand ghat on Wednesday morning following information about illegal sand extraction and transportation.During the operation, the team seized six vehicles loaded with illegally mined sand. While the vehicles were being taken…
Ludhiana: A convicted criminal out on bail is now accused of fracturing a scrap dealer’s arm and skull with a knife after the man refused to pay extortion money in the city’s Killa Mohalla.Local shopkeeper Satish Kumar, 42, said Shiva Bhatti and several accomplices had stormed his business hours after he had refused their demand for hafta (protection money), having paid them ₹2,000 and ₹3,000 previously following threats.Satish said: “Shiva threatened me over phone hours before barging into my shop with his gang.” The Division Number 4 police registered a first-information report (FIR) against Bhatti, his brother Deepak Bhatti, associate…
District administration to conduct fresh inspections of sensitive, flood-prone zones Madikeri: Kodagu deputy commissioner SJ Somashekar has directed designated nodal officers and assistant nodal officers assigned for disaster management to visit vulnerable locations and implement precautionary measures this monsoon season.Speaking at a meeting held with the officials at Madikeri, he instructed them to maintain coordination among tahsildars, town panchayat EOs, engineers, PDOs, gram panchayat staff, police, fire services, health, electricity, PWD and ensure that officials remain stationed in their assigned areas and are available at all times.He asked them to conduct fresh inspections of sensitive, flood-prone and landslide-prone zones, document…
Patna: The RJD on Wednesday announced statewide protests at all block headquarters on June 9 and at district headquarters on June 17, citing issues such as inflation, unemployment, alleged corruption, and deteriorating law and order.State president Mangani Lal Mandal made the announcement at a press conference attended by party national vice-president Uday Narayan Chaudhary, state vice-president Tanveer Hasan, principal general secretary Ranvijay Sahu, chief spokesperson Shakti Singh Yadav, and spokespersons Ejaz Ahmad and Arun Kumar Yadav.Targeting the state govt, Mandal alleged the administration relied on rhetoric and force, and said governance gaps were adding to people’s hardships.Referring to a CAG…
New Delhi [India], June 3 : President Droupadi Murmu on Wednesday expressed grief over the loss of lives in the fire incident at a hotel in South Delhi’s Malviya Nagar area, describing the tragedy as “extremely heartbreaking” and extending condolences to the bereaved families. Taking to the social media platform X, the President also prayed for the speedy recovery of those injured in the incident. “The news of the loss of lives in the fire incident in Malviya Nagar, Delhi, is extremely heartbreaking. I express my deepest condolences to the bereaved families and pray for the swift recovery of those…
NEW DELHI: In a major setback for Mamata Banerjee, expelled Trinamool Congress leader Ritabrata Banerjee claimed on Wednesday that assembly Speaker Rathindra Bose had appointed him as the leader of the opposition in the state assembly. Ritabrata further claimed that the Speaker has accepted the rebel group’s claim for legislature party status”We are real and main opposition in West Bengal assembly according to parliamentary norms,” Ritabrata said. “Javed Khan, Sandeepan Saha, Sabina Yasmin, Shiuli Saha to be deputy leaders of TMC legislature party,” he added.Also Read | Why TMC revolt is about Abhishek Banerjee, not MamataAddressing a press briefing, Ritabrata…
NEW DELHI: Seventeen foreign nationals were among the 21 people who lost their lives in the fire that swept through a hotel in Delhi’s Malviya Nagar on Wednesday. Most of the victims were reportedly from Liberia, Nigeria, Mozambique and Bangladesh, officials said.Police officials told PTI that the hotel had permission to operate only six rooms under the Delhi government’s bed-and-breakfast policy. However, it was allegedly functioning with 25 rooms, including several that had been set up in the basement, they said.Meanwhile, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and the Congress alleged serious lapses in the response of the fire department to…