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T’puram: The state govt has granted permission to National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) to excavate sand from Muthalapozhi harbour at its own expense for the ongoing six-laning of NH 66.According to govt order, the dredged sand will be used exclusively for construction work on the Kadambattukonam–Kazhakkoottam stretch of the NH 66 project. Govt has exempted the NHAI from paying any fee or charges to either the state govt or the harbour engineering department (HED) for the removal of the material.The order stipulates that the HED and the NHAI must execute a memorandum of understanding (MoU) in consultation with the…
Police posting outside TMC party office on Sadananda Road Kolkata: Trinamool Congress alleged “political high-handedness” after a former councillor’s office on Sadananda Road in ward 83, Kalighat, was ransacked. On Tuesday night, Trinamool MLA Kunal Ghosh claimed on Facebook that BJP-backed miscreants had attacked and vandalised the office of former councillor Prabir Kumar Mukhopadhyay in an attempt to seize it.“BJP hooliganism in Kalighat… Mamatidi has strongly condemned the attack. A police complaint has been lodged,” Ghosh wrote. Police later sealed the site and deployed personnel to prevent trouble.BJP rejected the allegation, saying the structure was an illegally extended shop built…
California [US], August 5 : US President Donald Trump on Wednesday (local time) said “a lot of progress” had been made and claimed that Iran had reached out seeking talks, adding that the situation would become clearer within the next 48 hours, Fox News reported.”We’re moving along very nicely. We’ll find out. We’ll know in 48 hours, I would say,” Trump told reporters as he departed Los Angeles for Las Vegas as part of a two-day West Coast trip.Trump said that Iranian officials had contacted the US and expressed an interest in talks, while suggesting that Tehran would be “very…
Scientists have transformed a simple fragment of a cicada’s wing into an optical platform capable of detecting molecular signals By coating a cicada wing with an extremely thin layer of silver, researchers in Taiwan have created a highly sensitive optical sensor that can boost very weak molecular signals by tens of millions of times.The findings, published in the journal AIP Advances, show how natural structures found in living organisms can replace expensive manufacturing methods used to build high-precision chemical sensors.Lead author Chung-Hung Hong, working with Cheng-Wei Kuo and Hui-Hsin Hsiao from China Medical University and National Taiwan University, said the…
Bombay high court on Wednesday granted urgent interim relief to Union Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari MUMBAI: Observing that some of the content was “vile’’ “abusive’’ and “certainly defamatory’’, Bombay high court on Wednesday granted urgent interim relief to Union Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari and directed Social Media intermediaries to remove posts including videos that linked him to the ethanol-blended fuel (EBP) controversy.Gadkari had sought judicial intervention against Meta Platforms, X Corp, Google LLC, and others to delete online content he alleged was “false, fabricated, and defamatory”, AI-generated deepfake videos and other manipulated digital content linking him incorrectly to EBP programme.Justice…
A viral video showed a food vendor wailing after his wares were thrown NEW DELHI: A viral video showing a food vendor breaking down and pleading with a Delhi Police constable in west Delhi’s Janakpuri has triggered a controversy, with the vendor alleging that the policeman threw away his food and disrupted his livelihood.Hours after the video gained traction on social media, Delhi Police rejected the allegations, claiming that the vendor himself scattered the food items on the ground to create a scene and falsely implicate the policeman.Police said an internal inquiry found the allegations to be baseless and maintained…
Bengaluru: A 23-year-old postgraduate student, HM Manasa, who was injured after an auto rickshaw rammed into her on Bangalore University campus on July 30, died Wednesday.The first-year MA student of visual arts, Manasa lived in the university hostel, said her relative Prajwal NC, who lodged a complaint at Jnanabharati traffic police station. Manasa belonged to Nanjanagud in Mysuru district. “Around 2.15pm on July 30, Manasa with other classmates was crossing the road outside her visual arts department. A rashly driven auto rickshaw heading in the direction of Nagarabhavi Circle knocked her down. With serious injuries, Manasa was shifted to a…
Hyderabad: Telangana State Southern Power Distribution Company Limited (TGSPDCL) will launch the ‘Prajabata–Bastibata’ programme across all 21 operation circles under its jurisdiction from Thursday. The programme will be conducted every Thursday, during which TGSPDCL officials will visit consumers at their doorstep, understand their electricity-related grievances, and take immediate steps for their resolution.TGSPDCL chairman and managing director Jitesh V Patil said as part of ‘Governance at the Doorstep of the People’ initiative, TGSPDCL is expanding the Prajabata–Bastibata initiative to strengthen its direct engagement with electricity consumers.Under this programme, consumers no longer need to visit electricity offices for resolving their grievances. Instead,…
Chennai: City police suspended inspector Mohammed Buhari on Wednesday, a day after his arrest on charges of extorting about ₹40 lakh from a businessman by threatening to implicate him in the 2024 murder of BSP leader Armstrong. City commissioner of police A Amalraj ordered his suspension from service.Buhari, who was attached to the St Thomas Mount police station and was part of the special team that investigated the Armstrong murder, was arrested, along with a home guard, following the businessman’s complaint.Police had earlier transferred inspector T Saravanan to the vacancy reserve and ordered an internal inquiry into complaints against him.…
Rabi Narayan Naik convenes the meeting at Keonjhar Circuit House Keonjhar: Panchayati raj and drinking water, rural development minister Rabi Narayan Naik convened a meeting at Keonjhar Circuit House on Wednesday to review flood damage assessment and restoration work undertaken by various departments during recent floods.The minister reviewed damage to roads, bridges, drinking water supply, power infrastructure, agricultural damage and forest areas as per departmental estimates. Officials briefed the minister on the progress of restoring road connectivity, repairing water supply system, deploying emergency response teams, distributing relief, and other relief measures in the affected areas.The minister commended restoration work of…