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The two arrested accused in custody Koderma: Two residents, including a woman, of Madhopur village under the Satgawan police station limits were arrested from their homes on charges of sharing anti-national content on social media platforms and attempting to radicalise youths, Koderma police said.The accused were identified as Arsad Mahfuj and Shaheen Parveen alias Muskan, both aged 21 years, police added.Acting on inputs received from the Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS), Ranchi, a special investigation team was constituted under officer in-charge of the Telaiya police station Vinay Kumar.Koderma SP Kumar Shivashish said, “The accused used Instagram to spread extremist ideology, promote jihadist…

Agnimitra Paul said Kolkata Police is developing an app through which parking fees will be collected Kolkata: The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) will introduce an app-based parking system to bring greater transparency to parking management and curb illegal parking and alleged financial irregularities, state urban development and municipal affairs minister Agnimitra Paul said on Tuesday.“Around 15,000 parking spaces have been identified by the Kolkata Police and the KMC, of which 10,000 have already been listed. The remaining spaces will be examined and added to the list,” she said. “Vehicles will have to be parked only at designated parking spaces. Parking…

Srinagar , August 5 : Security has been stepped up across Jammu and Kashmir in view of the seventh anniversary of the abrogation of Article 370, with authorities putting in place a multi-layered security grid across the Union Territory.Security was also beefed up in the border areas of the Union Territory.Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) conducted security checks along the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway in Ramban. Kulgam Police also intensified vehicle checking and identity card verification on NH-44 as part of heightened security measures.In August 2019, the Central government, led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, repealed Article 370 of the Indian…

As rain lashed the Pir Panjal mountains before dawn on 19 July, Haji Mohammad Latief stepped outside his home in Murrah, a remote mountain village in Indian-administered Kashmir. His daughter had asked him to move the family’s car to a safer place as the rain got heavier.“I had only just parked it,” Latief recalled. “When I turned around, I saw the water coming.” Minutes later, a cloudburst sent mud, boulders and water crashing down the hillside.Latief, 48, had spent years building the house, where five generations of his Gujjar family lived together. Within minutes, the torrent swallowed it, trapping eight…

Resident doctors said that emergency and casualty services will continue during the initial 24 hours in the interest of patient safety. (Representational Image) MUMBAI: The Maharashtra Association of Resident Doctors (MARD) on Tuesday announced an indefinite statewide strike starting midnight of August 5 over the government’s proposal to grant Maharashtra Medical Council (MMC) registration to homoeopathy practitioners, news agency PTI reported.In a statement, MARD said that while emergency and casualty services will continue during the initial 24 hours in the interest of patient safety, all OPD services, routine duties and academic activities at government medical college hospitals in all districts…

New Delhi: Delhi High Court has expressed concern over the “uninhabitable” condition of thousands of flats constructed in the capital under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) incurring an expenditure of Rs 2,000 crore.A bench of Chief Justice DK Upadhyaya and Justice Tejas Karia observed that although JNNURM was a scheme to alleviate poverty, three out of seven projects entrusted to DUSIB in Dwarka required “special repair work” and remained uninhabitable.Under JNNURM in 2009-10, with financial assistance from the Centre and Delhi govt, DUSIB and Delhi State Industrial and Infrastructure Development Corporation were entrusted with constructing 52,344 EWS…

Karnataka CM DK Shivakumar Tuesday inaugurated the Bengaluru India Nano 2026 Bengaluru: Chief minister DK Shivakumar Tuesday urged global capability centres (GCCs) in Bengaluru to move beyond back-office operations and make the city a hub for innovation, saying the “GCCs of the future should file patents, not merely close tickets here” as the state unveiled its plan to position the capital as a global deep-tech powerhouse.Launching Bengaluru India Nano 2026, Shivakumar said Karnataka’s next phase of growth would be driven by nanotechnology, AI, semiconductors, biotechnology, quantum technologies and advanced materials. He said the state would build an ecosystem that enables…

Hyderabad: The Teachers’ Unions’ Struggle Committee (TUSPC) on Tuesday announced a phased statewide agitation beginning Aug 7, alleging that the state govt was neglecting issues concerning teachers and the education sector.The committee demanded that transfers and promotions be completed by Aug 15 and sought amendments to GO 25. It also called for the appointment of at least two teachers in every primary school and one teacher for each class in schools with 50 or more students. Other demands included filling vacant posts of DEOs, deputy EOs, MEOs and supervisory staff, granting service weightage in TET, conducting a special TET, scrapping…

(Clockwise) DMK supporters greet Udhayanidhi Stalin after release near Thanjavur; TVK supporters carry out a demonstration outside Trichy district collectorate; DMK protest near Anna Arivalayam CHENNAI: Several leaders, including political rivals of DMK, criticised the arrest of Leader of Opposition Udhayanidhi Stalin on Tuesday. Though they found Udhayanidhi’s remark objectionable, they said the arrest was unwarranted, especially when the state assembly session was set to begin.TVK leaders, however, flayed Udhayanidhi and defended the arrest.Former chief minister MK Stalin said the arrest was a sign of arrogance on the part of the TVK govt.“Arrogance leads to destruction and continued arrogance only…

Ahmedabad: The Urban Development and Urban Housing Department of the state govt issued a notification on July 28, 2026, proposing amendments to CGDCR (Comprehensive General Development Control Regulations) and inviting objections from citizens.For the first time, CGDCR clarifies and fixes the height limits for bungalow construction. In urban areas, including Ahmedabad city, residential constructions up to a height of 12 metres and up to three storeys will now be classified as bungalows. If a residential construction exceeds 12 metres in height, apartment construction rules will apply. Residential construction exceeding 12 metres, instead of being treated as a bungalow, will be…