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Baramulla, May 30: General Manager (Civil), Uri-I Stage-II Hydroelectric Project of NHPC Limited, has issued a rebuttal to concerns being circulated on various social media platforms regarding the safety of construction activities associated with the Uri-I Stage-II Hydroelectric Project. In a communication, NHPC clarified that the project has secured all major statutory clearances, including environmental, forest, defence and other requisite approvals, besides obtaining no-objection certificates from the concerned ministries and departments. The GM stated that the proposed tunnel is located approximately 400 metres inside the mountain cover, with an additional lateral cover ranging between 300 and 500 metres, thereby ensuring…
Staff and tourists are among 25 people who have been killed in a fire at a popular nightclub in Goa, India.Authorities are investigating cause of the fire, which caused the venue, Birch, to be engulfed in what one eyewitness called a “complete fireball”.The BBC’s India Editor Vikas Pandey visited the club the morning after the fatal blaze.Read more on this story. Source link
The arrest of nine alleged terror suspects by the Delhi Police’s special cell has unearthed a Mumbai underworld connection, with investigators focusing on the role of Muddasar Hussain Sayyed, alias Munna Jhingada, a close aide of fugitive gangster Chhota Shakeel and a key operative of the underworld don Dawood Ibrahim. MUMBAI: The arrest of nine alleged terror suspects by the Delhi Police’s special cell has unearthed a Mumbai underworld connection, with investigators focusing on the role of Muddasar Hussain Sayyed, alias Munna Jhingada, a close aide of fugitive gangster Chhota Shakeel and a key operative of the underworld don Dawood…
MAJOR BOOST: The Perur plant will supply drinking water to more than 22 lakh people across the city and its suburbs CHENNAI: The ₹5,814 crore desalination plant, one of the city’s largest infrastructure projects, taking shape at Perur on East Coast Road, is expected to be commissioned by the year-end. Once operational, the 400 million litres per day (MLD) facility will supply drinking water to more than 22 lakh people across Chennai and its expanding suburbs.Metrowater managing director T Anand, who inspected the project site on Friday, directed officials to expedite the remaining work. Work on the project, funded by…
Jhansi: A trivial dispute over a watermelon allegedly thrown outside a house escalated into a violent clash between two groups in Fatehpur State village under the Poonch police station area of Jhansi. A video of the incident, showing men and women attacking each other with sticks, has gone viral on social media.According to a complaint lodged with the police, Lakshmi Devi, wife of Ballan Pal and a resident of the village, alleged that a group of villagers forcibly entered her house armed with sticks and assaulted her around 8 am on the day of the incident. At the time, she…
Pune: The prosecution on Saturday completed the examination-in-chief of two key witnesses in the in-camera trial of the Nasrapur minor girl rape and murder case. These witnesses were produced to support the “last seen together” theory against the accused.Special public prosecutor Ajay Misar represented the state before special judge S.R. Salunkhe. The accused, currently in judicial custody, attended the proceedings via video conferencing.With the conclusion of Saturday’s proceedings, a total of eight prosecution witnesses have been examined since the trial began. During the session, the prosecution also placed additional documents and exhibits from the investigation onto the court record.A significant…
Vasco youth sings qawwali Panaji: Konkani has been the language of Goan music through dhalo, mando, kantar, and found devotional expression in hymns and Bhakti geet. There are ghazals and rap songs too. Now, a 27-year-old from Vasco has given a completely new musical expression to Konkani words.Nawab Gaffar Shaikh, a singer with a BSc degree in geography, has adapted Konkani lyrics to the tune of a qawwali, his performance recently taking famous Indian fadista Sonia Shirsat by surprise.It was All Goa Catholic Association president Cyril Fernandes who first pitched the idea of using Konkani lyrics in a Sufi song.Nawab’s…
RTI activist Simranjit Singh JALANDHAR: An RTI activist, who had stepped out of his home without the armed police cover provided by govenment, was shot dead near a private university in Phagwara on Saturday morning.The murder sent shockwaves through the state as victim Simranjit Singh was known for approaching the courts on controversial issues and had also filed complaints against senior officials on the basis of RTI replies.Police said they solved the crime within hours, arresting his cousin Sharnjit Singh. A financial dispute led to the murder, they say.According to police, the activist had two Punjab Police gunmen, but he…
Lucknow: Chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Saturday invoked India’s ancient sage tradition to highlight the importance of national security, asserting that while non-violence remains the highest virtue, force becomes a duty when the nation and society face threats.Speaking after the inauguration of the Nausena Shaurya Vatika in Lucknow, the CM referred to the Sanskrit maxim, “Ahimsa paramo dharmah,” meaning non-violence is the supreme duty. He argued that the phrase was often quoted incompletely and stressed the importance of understanding its full meaning.“We should learn to say the complete statement – Ahimsa paramo dharmah, dharma himsa tatheva cha (Non-violence should guide…
Srinagar, May 30: Central Kashmir Excise Range intensified its crackdown against the Illicit cultivation of Narcotic crops (Poppy) under the Nasha Mukht Jammu and Kashmir Abhiyan and destroyed illegal poppy cultivation at multiple locations across the Srinagar-Budgam-Ganderbal Excise Range. The drive was conducted in collaboration with Police, Revenue and Agriculture Department and the FIR was lodged under the relevant sections of NDPS Act at the concerned Police Stations. All legal formalities including seizure, Sampling and destruction were reportedly completed on spot and Case FIR No. 16/2026 and U/S 8/18 NDPS Act has been registered at Police Station Lar Ganderbal…