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Agartala: Union minister for power, housing and urban affairs Manohar Lal Khattar flagged financial losses in the power sector during a review meeting in Tripura and directed officials to identify and curb illegal electricity connections, stressing better planning to meet future energy demand.Khattar asked officials to improve the quality and reliability of electricity services across the state, ensure uninterrupted supply, and review the progress of centrally funded power infrastructure projects. The meeting also discussed modernising power infrastructure, reducing transmission losses and improving service delivery in urban and rural areas.He appreciated Tripura’s reduction in power transmission losses over the past seven…

During investigation, a few villagers informed police that Mahadevappa, 58, who was working as a security guard in a local farm, would know about the incident. MYSURU: A security guard who murdered a 63-year-old woman for gold ornaments worth Rs 7.5 lakh in Mysuru district tried to pass it off as an attack by a leopard. However, his luck ran out within five days when police reconstructed the events, leading to his arrest on Saturday.According to Nanjangud Rural police, Shivarudramma, from Kasuvinahalli, went missing on May 25 after she left home for her agricultural land. The police registered a missing…

Ara: A 40-year-old woman was crushed to death by a speeding dumper truck on Monday morning near the Sun temple at Chandwa under Nawada police station area in Ara town of Bhojpur district.The deceased was identified as Neetu Devi, wife of Sudhir Singh, a sub-inspector posted in Ranchi, Jharkhand. SI is a resident of Kaushikpur Dularchak village under Mufassil police station area.According to police, Neetu was riding to the market with her husband on a scooter when the heavy vehicle hit them, killing her on the spot. Her husband sustained serious injuries and is undergoing treatment at Sadar hospital, Ara.…

Hazaribag: The body of a 12-year-old girl, who was missing along with her younger brother since May 27, was recovered from the banks of a river in Hazaribag district on Sunday night.Police on Monday said the victim had deep injury marks and her face was disfigured, leading investigators to suspect an attempt to conceal her identity. “The exact cause of death and possibility of sexual assault will be known after we get the postmortem report,” a police officer said.The girl’s family, hailing from Uttar Pradesh, has been living in a village in Hazaribag for the past four years. The parents…

Haldwani, In a first-of-its-kind initiative, Haldwani forest division has launched an innovative bird monitoring initiative using advanced wildlife acoustic recorders and AI-based analysis for scientific assessment of avian biodiversity, a senior official said on Monday.Haldwani forest division starts AI-based wildlife acoustic monitoring for birdsUnder this initiative, automated wildlife acoustic recorders are being deployed in forest areas to continuously capture natural sounds and bird calls from the environment, Haldwani Divisional Forest Officer Kundan Kumar said.These devices are capable of recording sounds round-the-clock with minimal human disturbance, he said.”Since every bird species has unique vocal signatures and call patterns, the recorded audio…

NEW DELHI: BJP on Monday launched a sharp attack on Congress Rajya Sabha MP and senior advocate Kapil Sibal over his remarks criticising the ruling party, accusing him of “hating India” and remaining silent on incidents such as the 2021 post-poll violence in West Bengal.The saffron party’s response came a day after Sibal said he was ashamed to be living in a country where the party in power would use “any means” to destroy the foundations of democracy, while referring to the alleged attack on Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee in West Bengal.BJP accuses Sibal of selective outrageIn a video…

Telangana CID’s Special Investigation Team has dismantled an illegal online betting network connected to Dafabet HYDERABAD: Telangana CID’s Special Investigation Team (SIT) has busted an illegal online betting network linked to the Dafabet platform and arrested 11 persons from Delhi, Gujarat and Punjab. The action followed a complaint by Karimnagar-based software engineer Challa Sai Krishna Reddy, who allegedly lost Rs 9.95 lakh after participating in online betting between January 2024 and January 2025.According to CID, the victim was lured through promotional campaigns to place bets on cricket, casino games and the Aviator platform. A case was registered at Karimnagar-II Town…

KOLKATA: A cancelled meeting of Trinamool Congress (TMC) legislators, a growing list of arrests of party leaders across West Bengal and fresh protest plans announced by the ruling party have brought the spotlight back on the political turbulence unfolding in the state.The developments came into focus on Sunday after a scheduled meeting between TMC chief Mamata Banerjee and party MLAs was called off when only around 20 of nearly 80 legislators turned up. The party attributed the low attendance to an “emergent ground situation”, saying several MLAs were occupied with handling protests and assisting party workers arrested in recent police…

Kulgam, June 01 : Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Monday gave an emotional and people-centric push to the ongoing Nasha Mukt Jammu Kashmir Abhiyaan, describing himself as “a member of your family” while assuring full support of the administration in the fight against drug addiction and narcotics abuse in Jammu and Kashmir. Addressing a public gathering at Laroo Bus Stand in south Kashmir’s Kulgam district, the Lieutenant Governor said the anti-drug campaign launched 51 days ago has evolved into a mass public movement across Jammu and Kashmir, with active participation from families, youth, educational institutions, religious leaders and civil society…

India and the United States are inching closer to signing the first tranche of the proposed bilateral trade agreement, with most of the key details already settled, commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal said on Monday. His remarks came as a high-level US delegation arrived in New Delhi for a fresh round of negotiations. Speaking about the ongoing discussions, Goyal said members of the US negotiating team had already begun arriving in India ahead of meetings scheduled for June 2, 3 and 4.“As far as the US team is concerned, some members have already arrived, while others are arriving tonight.…