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MRPL has received approval from the Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board to lay a dedicated aviation turbine fuel pipeline to Kempegowda International Airport Bengaluru from Devangonthi Mangaluru: Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Limited (MRPL) has received approval from the Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board to lay a dedicated aviation turbine fuel (ATF) pipeline to Kempegowda International Airport Bengaluru from Devangonthi.According to a release issued by MRPL, the approval covers the laying, building, operating, and expansion of a petroleum products pipeline dedicated to ATF transportation from MRPL’s Devangonthi Marketing Terminal to the existing Common User Fuel Farm Station and the…

Image used for representation Sasaram: Sasaram continues to face an acute drinking water crisis despite over Rs 150 crore being spent in recent years to ensure supply across its 40 wards. The scheme has failed to deliver, with residents—especially in the old city—still struggling to access potable water.Several families in the old town have either shifted to rented accommodations in other localities or sold their ancestral properties due to the persistent shortage. Protests and demonstrations over the issue have become frequent.Even 77 years after Independence, more than two dozen localities in the old city are yet to receive regular drinking…

Srinagar, May 22: Inspector General of Police (IGP) Kashmir, V.K. Birdi on Friday chaired a high-level security review meeting at PCR Kashmir to assess preparedness for the upcoming Eid-ul-Adha celebrations and the annual Shri Amarnath Ji Yatra (SANJY). According to officials, the meeting focused on security deployment, traffic regulation, crowd management, surveillance mechanisms, and logistical arrangements across Kashmir Valley ahead of the major religious events. During the meeting, district Senior Superintendents of Police (SSPs) briefed the IGP on preparedness plans, including deployment strategies at major mosques, congregation sites, vulnerable locations, and along the Amarnath Yatra routes. Emphasizing the importance of…

NEW DELHI: The National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC) has held a surgeon guilty of gross medical negligence for removing a patient’s healthy left kidney instead of her diseased right kidney, an error that ultimately cost the patient her life. In its order dated May 18, a bench of President AP Sahi and Member Bharatkumar Pandya awarded the family ₹2 crore in total compensation in Veer Singh & Ors. v Dr Rajeev Lochan, as per a report by Bar and Bench.The case concerns Shanti Devi, who was diagnosed with severe hydronephrosis, which is a condition causing dangerous fluid buildup in…

Hyderabad: BRS working president KT Rama Rao alleged that both union minister Bandi Sanjay and CM Revanth Reddy hid Bandi Bageerath, who is accused in POCSO case, for nine days due to the association between Sanjay and Revanth Reddy and injustice was done to a girl.He also asked them to reveal who conspired to file a counter-case against the girl’s family, labelling it a ‘honey trap.’ He mentioned that Bandi Sanjay’s son got a court order stating he had no relation to the case and expressed that such a disgraceful situation should not happen to any father. KTR questioned why…

Cuttack: Alleging prolonged inaction in implementing the provisions of the Panchayats Extension to Scheduled Areas (PESA) Act, 1996, four tribal villagers have moved Orissa high court, seeking directions to the state govt to frame and enforce the long-pending rules under the legislation. The matter is yet to be listed for hearing before the high court.The public interest litigation was filed on Wednesday by Purushottam Hikaka and three others, who are from scheduled areas in Rayagada, Kandhamal and Koraput districts, through advocate Anup Kumar Mohapatra. The petitioners, all dependent on agriculture and forest produce for livelihood, contended that despite the enactment…

Dibrugarh: In a push to reduce fatal road accidents and protect lives, the Majuli district administration on Friday launched a massive road safety awareness drive across all petrol pumps in the riverine district, enforcing a strict “No Helmet, No Petrol” rule that denies fuel to two-wheeler riders arriving without helmets.Under the drive, banners bearing the “No Helmet, No Petrol” message were displayed at all petrol depots and strategic locations across the district. Petrol pump operators have been directed to comply with the rule and refuse fuel to any two-wheeler rider not wearing a helmet at the time of purchase. The…

Retired meteorological officer RJ Vaz pays respect to IX 812 air crash victims at the memorial at Kulur in Mangaluru on Friday Mangaluru: Sixteen years after the tragic crash of Air India Express Flight IX 812 at Mangaluru International Airport, memories of that ill-fated morning continue to haunt retired meteorological official RJ Vaz.Only eight persons survived the accident which took the lives of 158 persons, including the two pilots and the four-member cabin crew. The flight was arriving from Dubai.Vaz, who was serving as the officer-in-charge of the India Meteorological Department (IMD) at the airport on May 22, 2010, visited…

Image used for representation Patna: Allegations of unauthorised fee collection have surfaced at the Indira Gandhi Institute of Cardiology (IGIC), where some staff are accused of demanding money from patients and attendants in the name of medical tests and quicker processing, despite provisions for free or nominal-cost treatment at govt hospitals. The claims have once again drawn attention to persistent complaints of patients being misled into making payments that are neither mandatory nor officially sanctioned.According to patients and attendants, money is being collected for routine cardiac diagnostics. An attendant, Ashok Kumar, said he was asked to pay Rs 200 for…

Srinagar, May 22: Inspector General of Police (IGP) Kashmir, V.K. Birdi on Friday chaired a high-level security review meeting at PCR Kashmir to assess preparedness for the upcoming Eid-ul-Adha celebrations and the annual Shri Amarnath Ji Yatra (SANJY). According to officials, the meeting focused on security deployment, traffic regulation, crowd management, surveillance mechanisms, and logistical arrangements across Kashmir Valley ahead of the major religious events. During the meeting, district Senior Superintendents of Police (SSPs) briefed the IGP on preparedness plans, including deployment strategies at major mosques, congregation sites, vulnerable locations, and along the Amarnath Yatra routes. Emphasizing the importance of…