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Nagpur: To cater to the fitness and recreation needs of fast-growing Besa-Pipla area, the nagar panchayat is set to establish a sports hub featuring swimming pool, football turf and modern badminton facilities. The proposed project is expected to significantly improve access to sports amenities for residents, especially the younger generation.Besa-Pipla Nagar Panchayat chief officer Bharat Nandanwar said the proposed sports complex, estimated to cost 5 crore, will be developed near the old Besa Gram Panchayat office. The proposal has been sent for approval, and further procedures are underway. Nandanwar said one of the key attractions of the project will be…
Kolkata: The civic body has put up demolition notices on several buildings in Tiljala and Beleghata, giving residents 48 hours to vacate the properties branded “unauthorised”. Residents who had moved into those buildings in the past 15 years feel the bulldozer fear and are worried about moving homes in a short span of time. What adds to their worry is that the developers who handed them the properties are staying off the radar.The residents of buildings in Tiljala where KMC fixed notices staged a protest on GJ Khan Road, alleging that the developer had deceived them by calling the properties…
BJP leader Ramchander Rao Hyderabad: BJP Telangana chief N Ramchander Rao slammed the Revanth Reddy-led Congress govt for its “non-serious attitude” toward irrigation projects in the Godavari basin. In a letter to the chief minister, he stated that delays in execution are hindering Telangana from utilising its allocated share of water, estimated at 968 tmcft.Rao highlighted that the state has not addressed the reports from the National Dam Safety Authority regarding damage to the Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Project’s barrages, specifically Medigadda, Annaram, and Sundilla, which remain unrepaired. He noted that while the NDSA issued recommendations for repairs as early as…
Ahmedabad: Kalupur police have arrested two more accused in the Rs 8.7 crore theft from the RBI currency chest at Bank of Baroda’s Kalupur branch and recovered Rs 60 lakh in cash from their possession, officials said.The latest arrests come days after police nabbed the main accused, Harsiddh Kadiyar, a joint custodian at the bank, who allegedly siphoned off the money over several months and manipulated records on the RBI’s e-Kuber portal to conceal the shortage.Police identified the newly arrested accused as Zulfikar Ansari (57), a labourer, and his son Sultan Ansari (26), both residents of Vatva. Police said the…
The AI-generated picture shows an acid-like substance thrown at two-wheelers Pune: As many as eight vehicles, including a car, were damaged in two separate cases of vandalism in Ambegaon Pathar and Karvenagar on Saturday and Sunday, respectively.In Ambegaon Pathar, off the Katraj-Dehu Road bypass, two armed men damaged a car and a two-wheeler on a public road late on Saturday night.The Ambegaon police have registered a non-cognisable offence against the duo. According to the police, they moved around in the area with sharp weapons before damaging vehicles as they wanted to terrorise the local residents.A video of the incident surfaced…
Panaji: The re-emergence of the endangered flagship windowpane oyster (placuna placenta) in Chicalim bay after several years has enthused locals, but unregulated harvesting has triggered concern as pickers are ransacking the delicacy.With water levels receding before the monsoon, scores of collectors from outlying areas arrive near St Jacinto island as early as 3am, wading into risky waters and carrying away massive quantities before high tide.Despite Goa State Biodiversity Board (GSBB) guidelines notified in Sep 2022 for sustainable extraction of clams (tisreo) and other shellfish, locals allege that windowpane oyster extraction has turned into “loot and plunder”, and that the Chicalim…
Mohali: A massive fire broke out late Saturday night at Nahar Spinning Mills near Lalru, causing extensive damage to cotton stock worth lakhs and destroying a shed inside the factory premises.Sources said the fire broke out in two large cotton warehouses of the company and spread rapidly due to the highly inflammable material stored inside. Massive flames and thick clouds of smoke were visible from a considerable distance, triggering panic across the industrial area.The administration immediately launched a large-scale response operation. Several nearby establishments were evacuated as a precautionary measure. To bring the blaze under control, multiple fire tenders from…
DRI seizes 3 lakh sticks of smuggled foreign cigarettes in GorakhpurDRI seizes 3 lakh sticks of smuggled foreign cigarettes in GorakhpurDRI seizes 3 lakh sticks of smuggled foreign cigarettes in GorakhpurDRI seizes 3 lakh sticks of smuggled foreign cigarettes in GorakhpurDRI seizes 3 lakh sticks of smuggled foreign cigarettes in Gorakhpur Lucknow: The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) seized 3 lakh sticks of smuggled foreign-origin cigarettes worth Rs 45 lakh concealed inside a truck in Gorakhpur, officials said on Saturday.Acting on specific intelligence inputs that a large consignment of cigarettes smuggled from Myanmar into India was being transported from Assam…
Bettiah: Panic gripped a family in Santpur Soharia village under Valmikinagar forest range of Valmiki Tiger Reserve after a 12-foot-long venomous cobra was found inside their bedroom on Saturday night.The snake was spotted at the residence of Kishor Kazi, prompting family members to immediately vacate the house in fear. They swiftly alerted the forest department.A trained snake rescue team reached the spot. The operation was carried out by Mukesh Kumar, project assistant at the Wildlife Institute of India (WII), along with forest guard Sunil Kumar and other team members. After great effort, the team successfully rescued the cobra and later…
Jaipur: A city-based man has lodged an FIR at Shastri Nagar police station alleging that his wife and her alleged lover conspired to murder him, threatened to implicate him in false criminal cases, and fled with gold and silver jewellery worth lakhs of rupees.Police said the FIR was registered Saturday.According to the complaint, the couple got married in Feb 2025, but the woman allegedly continued a relationship with another man even after the marriage. “She used to remain on phone calls with the alleged lover late into the night and frequently took money from him on various pretexts, including online…