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Srinagar, Feb 06: The Jammu and Kashmir government is developing hamlets within Dal Lake as eco-friendly settlements under an in-situ conservation model, instead of relocating families, the Assembly was informed on Friday. So far, 1,808 families have been successfully rehabilitated at Rakh Arth Colony, receiving free land and compensation for their properties.In response to an assembly question by MLA Zadibal Tanvir Sadiq regarding Dal dwellers’ rehabilitation, the Housing and Urban Development Department said that Rakhi-e-Arth and Mir Behri Dal are not neglected areas and emphasized that residents are considered an integral part of the lake ecosystem.A High-Level Committee (HLC) headed…

Thane: A sessions court convicted a Bangladeshi couple of illegally entering and residing in India without valid documents and ordered their deportation after they completed their sentence of one year and 10 days of simple imprisonment.Riyaz Almin Mulla (24) and his wife, Soniya alias Sathi Riyaj Mulla (22), were arrested by Shil-Diaghar police on Jan 26, 2025, after a tip-off about foreign nationals living under false identities in the Uttar Shivgaon area. Acting on the information, a police team set up a naka-bandi and intercepted an autorickshaw carrying the couple. When questioned, they gave vague details about their residence and…

NEW DELHI: India’s winter air pollution crisis showed no signs of easing in Jan and NCR dominated the pollution rankings. Nearly half of the country’s monitored cities have recorded PM2.5 levels above the national safety standards. According to an analysis by the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air (CREA), Ghaziabad has emerged as India’s most polluted city in Jan, followed by Delhi, then Noida, Gurgaon and Greater Noida.With a staggering monthly average PM2.5 concentration of 184 g/m³ – three times over the national limit – Ghaziabad, which is consistently among the most polluted pockets of NCR, breached daily…

Bengaluru: An accidental fire that erupted in a pile of garbage near labourers’ sheds close to Hosa Lake at Kudlu Gate early Friday gutted around 13 makeshift shelters and a mini goods vehicle. Segregated waste stored in the area was also destroyed. Officials confirmed that no casualties were reported.Police said labourers from West Bengal and Assam were staying in sheds built on land owned by four persons, a property currently locked in a court dispute. The residents were living in two partitions, one of which was used by scrap collectors to sort dry waste. Preliminary investigation indicates the fire began…

Hyderabad: Civic agencies involved in garbage collection, fogging operations, stray dog catching, and road sweeping will no longer be able to shirk their duties, as the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) has decided to track the movement of all its operational vehicles through GPS.GHMC has proposed equipping nearly 5,000 vehicles, including Solid Waste Management (SWM) vehicles, dog-catching vans, fogging vehicles, anti-larva operation vehicles, and mechanical road sweeping machines, with GPS tracking systems.The initiative will be implemented across all 300 wards in Greater Hyderabad. To roll out the system, the civic body has invited bids for the implementation and maintenance of…

Chennai: Mitsubishi Electric India has commissioned a Rs 2,100-crore air conditioner and compressor manufacturing facility in Chennai, as the Japanese major steps up expansion in the country’s fast-growing cooling market and targets sustained double-digit growth in its air-conditioning business.Spread over 210,000 sq m, the facility was inaugurated virtually by Tamil Nadu chief minister M K Stalin on Friday. The plant will have an annual capacity of 300,000 indoor and outdoor room air conditioners and 650,000 compressors, and is expected to generate over 2,100 direct and indirect jobs. “We expect our air-conditioning business in India to grow at a double-digit average…

Ahmedabad: A phone call promising govt benefits turned into financial loss for women in Rajpar village of Surendranagar district. Pregnant and lactating women enrolled under the Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana (PMMVY) were targeted by callers posing as govt officials. Exploiting the victims’ trust and limited digital awareness, the cyberscamsters attempted to extract OTPs from beneficiaries. While most women refused, two lost money from their bank accounts.Around 30 women beneficiaries linked to a local anganwadi centre got calls from the fraudsters under the guise of verifying pending payments under the maternity benefit scheme. The callers told the women that their…

Prayagraj: Kamala Nehru Memorial Hospital (KNMH) successfully performed its first-ever Trans-Arterial Chemoembolization (TACE) procedure on a two-year-old girl suffering from hepatoblastoma, a rare form of liver cancer in children. The procedure, carried out on Monday, marked a significant advancement in paediatric oncology and interventional radiology services at the hospital.TACE is a modern, minimally invasive cancer treatment in which high-dose chemotherapy drugs are delivered directly to the tumour through a targeted blood vessel. The procedure was performed by a multidisciplinary team led by head of the department of Interventional Radiology Dr Daksh Chandra along with consultant in Medical Oncology Dr Manas…

Bhubaneswar: Accion, a global microfinance and impact investment non-profit organisation, will support women self-help groups (SHGs) in Odisha engaged in entrepreneurship to export their products to suitable international markets, the state govt said on Friday after Accion CEO Michael Schlein met chief minister Mohan Charan Majhi.Schlein, along with Singapore-based Global Finance & Technology Network (GFTN) chairman Ravi Menon and Ant International president Douglas Feagin, called on the CM at Lok Seva Bhawan to discuss ongoing and potential collaborations, govt sources said.Bhubaneswar: Constable’s Suicide After ₹9L Transfer, 24 Places To Be Renamed, India-US Trade Boost And MoreThe CM sought the support…

Guwahati:Accusing three Kuki-Zo-Hmar legislators of betraying the community’s demand and joining a new govt, thousands of protesters across Manipur’s three hill districts took to the streets on Friday as a strike in the roiled region took hold.In Churachandpur, effigies of the three were set ablaze during a rally jointly organised by the Kuki Women Organisation for Human Rights (KWOHR) and the Women Wing of the Indigenous Tribal Leaders Forum (ITLF).Islamabad Suicide Blast, Bangladesh Crisis, RBI’s Fraud Compensation And MoreAs men, women and youths in colourful attire marched across the streets, newly sworn-in minister Govindas Konthoujam, acknowledged “disturbances” in Churachandpur but…