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The SHRC has sought to make it mandatory for quarry owners or operators to install barricades and warning signs around abandoned quarries that have become water-filled pits T’puram: The state human rights commission (SHRC) has directed the authorities to submit a detailed report within one month on measures proposed to eliminate safety hazards posed by abandoned quarries that have turned into water bodies across the state.Commission chairperson Justice Alexander Thomas issued the directive to the director of the department of mining and geology. The commission has asked the director to examine the possibility of amending the Kerala Minor Mineral Concession…

Former CM Mamata Banerjee greets supporters at a sit-in to protest alleged attacks on party seniors and and workers (R) BJP minister Tapas Roy fends questions from media outside assembly over his claim that more than 50 Trinamool MLAs were ready to break off from the party (L) KOLKATA: The ‘M’ word entered the lexicon of Bengal politics on Tuesday, with both Trinamool and BJP seniors referring to the ‘Maharashtra model’ to explain what is happening to Trinamool Congress following the Signgate mess.Tapas Roy, who took oath on Monday as a cabinet minister in Bengal’s first BJP govt and was…

Focus on oral, breast, cervical, GI cancers; gastric cancer high in Valley Mansoor Peer Srinagar, Jun 02: In a significant initiative aimed at tackling the growing burden of cancer in Jammu and Kashmir, the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has invited Expressions of Interest (EOIs) from research teams in the Union Territory for implementation of a research study focused on prevention and screening of oral, breast, cervical, and gastrointestinal cancers. This is part of efforts to strengthen cancer prevention, early diagnosis, and treatment within the framework of the National Programme for Prevention and Control of Non-Communicable Diseases (NP-NCD). The…

Jos Buttler (Image credit: BCCI/IPL) NEW DELHI: Gujarat Titans’ star wicketkeeper-batter Jos Buttler has revealed details of a frightening safety scare involving the team’s players and support staff after their IPL 2026 final defeat to Royal Challengers Bengaluru at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on May 31.The incident occurred while the Gujarat Titans contingent was returning to the team hotel following the five-wicket loss in Ahmedabad on Sunday night. A short circuit reportedly caused smoke to spread inside the team bus, forcing players and support staff to evacuate the vehicle and wait by the roadside before an alternative bus…

Municipal Commissioner Saurabh Rao announced the launch of TMC’s first CBSE school at Kharegaon, scheduled to begin classes from June 8 Thane: The Thane Municipal Corporation is all set to operate its first CBSE-affiliated school at Kharegaon starting June 8, Municipal Commissioner Saurabh Rao announced on Tuesday following a review of the campus.The school will be run in partnership with non-profit organisation Christel House India for the next 30 years where the organisation will be responsible for appointing trained teaching and non-teaching staff and providing free education from pre-primary to Class XII. In the first phase, classes from nursery to…

New Delhi: For an Israeli tourist, it was a distressing start to her India visit when she left her purse containing cash, ATM cards and other valuables in an auto in central Delhi’s Paharganj early on Tuesday morning. However, Delhi Police managed to trace the auto and recover the purse within a few hours.She took the auto from outside the airport. “I arrived in India in the morning by a flight that had taken all night. I got a vehicle from the airport to the main bazaar and forgot my wallet. It was a disaster and I cried all morning.…

Techie who killed parents is mentally sound, say police BENGALURU: Was he schizophrenic and did the illness lead him to stab his parents to death? This question haunted everyone when police arrested 33-year-old software engineer Rohan Chandra on charges of stabbing his parents — Naveen Chandra Bhat, a retired Navy captain, and Shyamala Bhat — in their villa in Vignan Nagar near HAL Township in Feb.A neighbour, Dr Madhavi Nair, was among the witnesses to the attack and shifted the couple to Manipal Hospital on Old Airport Road, where she worked. However, both victims were declared brought dead.While taking statements…

Hyderabad: Telangana high court has directed district and gram panchayat authorities to implement a GO naming the Timmapur gram panchayat building in Siddipet district as ‘Raji Reddy Bhavan’ and to display the name on the building.A vacation bench of Justice Nagesh Bheemapaka issued the order on May 29 while disposing of a writ petition filed by advocate Ramavaram Madhavi Reddy. The petitioner stated that her father-in-law, late Raji Reddy, had served as sarpanch of the village, and in 2017 the gram panchayat had unanimously resolved to name the newly-constructed building after him.Based on this resolution, the state govt issued a…

Annamalai met Union home minister Amit Shah and explained the reasons for his decision ‘Party Hopeful of Retaining, But He ‘Not Reconsidering’CHENNAI: Former BJP Tamil Nadu state president K Annamalai on Tuesday submitted his resignation to party national president Nitin Nabin, along with a report outlining the reasons behind the party’s rout in the recent assembly polls. There was, however, no statement from Annamalai or the party.Hours later, Annamalai met Union home minister Amit Shah and explained the reasons for his decision. BJP sources said he has been asked to stay back in the national capital, even as the party…

Hotelier Vikas Shah has increased his frequency of cycling to work after the PM’s appeal to conserve fuel Ahmedabad/Rajkot/Vadodara: Across Gujarat, many car owners — including those with a luxury statement on wheels — are saddling up on their cycles, not just to heed the PM’s austerity call but also to take the healthier path in life.Affluent industrialists, businesspersons, and doctors are among those who are pushing the pedals on this commuter revolution.In Rajkot, cycling for health and financial prudence predates the West Asia conflict. Divyesh Agehra, an industrialist who runs an engineering unit in Rajkot and is associated with…