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Hyderabad: Escalating his attack ahead of the municipal elections, chief minister A Revanth Reddy on Thursday alleged a ‘tacit alliance’ between the BRS and BJP, accusing the two parties of working in tandem to undermine the Congress govt in the state.Addressing a ‘Praja Palana-Pragati Bata’ meeting at Gumlapur village in Choppadandi mandal of Karimnagar district, the CM claimed the BRS had ‘donated’ seats and votes to the BJP in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls, resulting in the saffron party winning eight MP seats from Telangana. He alleged that the understanding between the two parties would continue even in the ongoing…

Chennai: A full bench of the Madras high court has clarified that resignation from service by a Tamil Nadu state govt servant, even on medical grounds, would entail forfeiture of past service, making them ineligible for pension benefits.”The grounds on which resignation is sought are immaterial, and resignation shall only mean forfeiture of past service,” the three-judge bench comprising Justice S M Subramaniam, Justice D Bharatha Chakravarthy and Justice C Kumarappan said on Thursday.In service jurisprudence, the expressions ‘superannuation, voluntary retirement, compulsory retirement and resignation’ convey different connotations. Voluntary retirement and resignation involve voluntary acts on the part of the…

Ahmedabad: A clerical entry made nearly three decades ago triggered a 13-year legal battle for a childless Ahmedabad couple after they found municipal records listing their nephew as their biological son.The husband and wife discovered the discrepancy during a visit to the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation’s Birth and Death Department on Sep 21, 2012. The birth record showed them as the parents of the boy, now 30, even though the couple said they never had a child.The couple later established that the boy is the biological son of the the man’s elder brother and his wife. The couple maintained that their…

Prayagraj: A social media user Shailesh was booked for allegedly threatening Abhilasha Gupta, former mayor and wife of state cabinet minister, and uploading objectionable remarks on her social media account.A joint team of Kotwali police, SOG and Cyber Cell are tracking the location of the user. He was booked under section 351(4) of BNS and section 66 of the IT Act. The FIR was registered with Kotwali police on the complaint of the media adviser of the former mayor.A senior cop said that the joint team is investigating the case and action would be taken accordingly. He added, “A social…

Bhubaneswar: Two of Odisha’s govt-run premier institutions — Odisha University of Technology and Research (OUTR) and Buxi Jagabandhu (BJB) College — figure among the city’s biggest holding-tax defaulters, owing Rs 4 crore and Rs 3.5 crore respectively. The fact came to the fore after the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) released its list of defaulters ahead of the financial year-end.While OUTR is the state’s top engineering university and BJB is one of the most sought-after colleges, the civic body warned that properties will be sealed if dues are not cleared. BMC has already sealed over 100 institutions this financial year, making…

Gurgaon: The land acquisition process for Gurgaon Metro project has gained momentum, with the first meeting of the land purchase committee (LPC) held under the chairmanship of deputy commissioner Ajay Kumar.The committee, formed under Haryana govt’s policy for private land acquisition through mutual consent, reviewed land requirements presented by GMRL. Gurgaon: Deadly Crash, Child Crime, Crackdown & Green PlansAt the meeting, the DC instructed the land acquisition officer to complete joint inspection and prioritise ownership verification for land identified for corridor-1. “This process could take about one week, after which the next LPC meeting will be held on Feb 11,”…

Silchar: At least six labourers from Assam’s Barak Valley were among those killed after a massive explosion ripped through an illegal coal mine in Meghalaya’s East Jaintia Hills district on Thursday. All six victims were residents of Cachar district, mostly from the Katigorah area, who had migrated to Meghalaya in search of work amid acute unemployment back home.Among the deceased were two brothers — Anwar Hussain and Dilwar Hussain of Sarishakuri village under Katigorah circle — whose deaths have devastated their family and neighbours. The other victims were identified as Purunjay Vaishnav, Nikunj Vaishnav, Faruk Ahmed and Krishna Vaishnav, all…

Belagavi: A herd of elephants has been camping near Neelawade village on the banks of Malaprabha River, in Khanapur taluk for several days after a female elephant delivered a calf. The elephants damaged standing crops in Neelawade and surrounding villages, causing losses to farmers. The farmers urged forest dept to assess the damage and compensate them appropriately, for the loss incurred.Vitthal, a farmer from Neelawade village, said that 5 to 6 weeks have passed since the herd of 10 to 15 elephants has arrived near Neelawade village. Sunita Nimbargi, assistant conservator of forests (ACF), said that, like every year, this…

Mangaluru: Thieves broke into a house in Balthila village, Bantwal taluk, while the family was away at a temple fair.The burglary occurred at the house of Sathish Shenoy on Feb 4, when the family had locked the house and gone to Sri Lakshmi Venkataramana Temple festival at Kashekodi.Islamabad Suicide Blast, Bangladesh Crisis, RBI’s Fraud Compensation And MoreWhen they returned, they found the door open. It had been forcibly broken using tools, and the cupboard inside the room was open. Clothes and other items were scattered.Thieves, unidentified, are suspected to have opened the steel boxes in the cupboard. The family found…

Mysuru: The state govt had announced the velodrome in the 2024 budget in Mysuru and released Rs 10 crore for the project, aimed at training cyclists for national and international competitions. However, the project has made no progress because land has not been allotted.Three years ago, govt had also sanctioned Rs 6 crore to the department of youth empowerment and sports (DYES) to establish volleyball, kho kho, and wrestling academies in Mysuru, but these projects too have remained stalled for the same reason—lack of land. A velodrome is a dedicated track-cycling arena with a steeply banked oval track comprising two…