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Chennai: Police launched investigations into three temple thefts reported in Tiruvottiyur and Gummidipoondi after burglars stole cash from donation boxes and gold ornaments from deities.In Tiruvottiyur, burglars broke open two donation boxes at the 75-year-old Gangai Amman Temple on West Mada Street and escaped with cash offered by devotees. The theft came to light on Wednesday morning when a temple staff member arrived to open the premises. Police said the locks of the hundis were broken using a ‘vel’ (spear) kept near the idol of Lord Murugan. A forensic team examined the scene, while investigators collected CCTV footage from the…

A legacy dumpsite near IKEA in Hyderabad Construction and Demolition Debris at Meenakshi Towers in Gachibowli in Hyderabad on Thursday. Pic: Suman Reddy D Hyderabad: At a time when land in Hyderabad’s IT corridor commands more than Rs 200 crore an acre, a prime parcel near IKEA and Deloitte remains locked in a decades-old legal dispute, lying abandoned beneath towering heaps of construction debris.According to industry estimates, the disputed property spans around 10 acres and is now valued at over Rs 2,000 crore. Sources said the legal battle between a real estate firm and the state govt has dragged on…

Rain lashes Balasore, which has received Rs 22.03 crore aid for flood Bhubaneswar: Odisha is moving to upgrade its disaster management network with advanced technology in response to changing weather patterns and climate, revenue minister Suresh Pujari said during a high-level review meeting on Thursday.Officials said 122 early warning towers have been installed along the state’s 573-km coastline. These facilities will be upgraded with 360-degree surveillance cameras. Senior officials of the department have also visited Goa and Kerala to study advanced warning systems and disaster management practices adopted there.The state is working to improve the efficiency of the towers by…

Dikhow river’s sharp U-turn at Hiloni Nepali Khuti, Bihubor in Assam’s Sivasagar disrtict Hiloni Nepali Khuti (Sivasagar): Residents who lost their homes to devastating floods are struggling to determine what caused their ruin — a natural calamity or human negligence.They suspect mechanised extraction of sand and stones from the Dikhow River over the past 15 to 20 years, coupled with the movement of overloaded dumpers, may have worsened the disaster.The floods wiped out Hiloni Nepali Khuti, Natunbasti, Signalbasti and Lines 6, 7 and 8 of Sontok Tea Estate in Bihubor.Originating in Nagaland’s Zunheboto, the Dikhow takes a sharp U-turn near…

Mangaluru: Six men from Jammu and Kashmir have been booked under the NDPS Act for allegedly consuming ganja after they were found behaving suspiciously near a hotel in Mangaluru on Aug 4.Sheethal Alagur from Mangaluru North police station, who was on patrol duty noticed six people walking unsteadily, and stopped and questioned them. They struggled to speak clearly, with slurred speech and a strong odour on their breath. Upon further questioning, they reportedly admitted to having consumed ganja. The individuals identified themselves as Junaid Ahmad Gujjar, 19, Mohammad Abeed Gojar Komshi, 21, Sajad Ahmad Kataria, 23, Mok Malli Komshi, 19,…

Mysuru: Chamarajanagar district has identified 82,991 voters under the categories of absent, shifted, dead, duplicate, and others (ASSDO) during the ongoing special intensive revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls, which concludes on Sunday.These voters have been marked for deletion following door-to-door verification conducted by booth-level officers (BLOs) across all polling booths. According to a status report released by the district electoral officer on Wednesday, of the 82,991 voters classified under the ASSDO category, 30,878 were identified as deceased, 35,148 as shifted, and 7,551 as duplicate entries.Chamarajanagar district has 8,80,224 registered voters spread across 983 polling booths. Enumeration forms have been…

Approximately 250 metric tonnes (MT) of C&D waste is generated in PMC limits per day Pune: A group of corporators has suggested that Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) offer a cash reward to citizens who help expose illegal debris dumping in public spaces and riverbeds.The corporators have proposed offering a reward of Rs 5,000 per piece of information shared. Further, their proposal states that the initiative could be funded by fines collected from those who dump debris illegally.A civic official said the initiative would begin once the standing committee approves the proposal and allots funds for it. In the interim, PMC…

India have been slotted into group A of Division 1 for ASEAN Cup and will face hosts Indonesia, Singapore and Malaysia in the group stage Panaji: The All India Football Federation (AIFF) will withdraw from the inaugural FIFA ASEAN Cup if it’s not allowed to field a reserve side, since the main team will feature against Brazil at home during the Sept-Oct international match window.India have been invited by the governing body for world football to take part in the inaugural ASEAN Cup, a tournament designed for southeast Asian nations in a format that follows in the footsteps of the…

Shimla: Of the 3,000-hectare target under Phase I of the Himachal Pradesh Subtropical Horticulture, Irrigation and Value Addition (HPSHIVA) project, 2,612 hectares have been developed, with plantation completed on 1,543 hectares, horticulture minister Jagat Singh Negi said on Thursday.The climate-resilient agricultural initiative aims to diversify fruit production away from apples by developing subtropical horticulture across seven low-elevation districts: Bilaspur, Hamirpur, Mandi, Kangra, Solan, Sirmaur and Una.While reviewing the ADB-funded project in these districts, Negi said about 1,000 hectares will be planted during the ongoing monsoon, while the remaining area will be covered in Jan–Feb 2027, as most plantations involve winter…

Photographs showing pedestal fans placed along a repair site went viral on social media, drawing flak and jibes. LUCKNOW: How does one repair an expressway that is heavily damaged barely days after being inaugurated with much fanfare? Using fans to blow-dry it, of course!That’s what PNC Infratech, the contractor for the Rs 4,200 crore Lucknow-Kanpur expressway, was caught doing after stretches of the country’s first e-way with AI-based traffic management systems caved in.Photographs showing pedestal fans placed along a repair site went viral on social media, drawing flak and jibes. The images showed about a dozen fans positioned near a…