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Chennai: DMDK MP L K Sudhish called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi at his office in New Delhi on Monday and requested him to prevent Karnataka from constructing a dam at Mekedatu.In a statement, DMDK said Sudhish had submitted a memorandum to Modi urging the Union BJP govt not to give the nod to Karnataka govt for the dam which would be detrimental to the farmers of Tamil Nadu. “Sudhish also appealed the Centre to take steps to ensure that Karnataka govt releases the due share of water to Tamil Nadu,” DMDK said. The party further said Sudhish had also…

Led by state party chief Amit Chavda, party workers and supporters marched from Nehru Bridge to Sardar Baug to protest against the NEET examination issue on Monday, August 3, 2026 Ahmedabad: The state unit of Congress held ‘Chhatron Ki Gunj’, a protest rally and dharna in the city on Monday, with state party chief Amit Chavda demanding the resignation of Union home minister Amit Shah for the lathi charge and teargas shelling on students in Delhi during the recent protest against the NEET paper leak.Party workers and leaders marched from Nehru Bridge to Sardar Baug, where a dharna was held.…

Prayagraj: The Allahabad high court has ruled that a licenced firearm cannot be used for “celebratory firing” during weddings or religious festivals, emphasizing that every arms licencee is duty-bound to maintain proper records of ammunition purchased and consumed.Justice Saurabh Shyam Shamshery, while dismissing a petition filed by one Akhilesh Kumar, refused to interfere with the cancellation of arms licence issued to him, after the holder failed to account for 757 missing cartridges.The court said that an arms licence is a privilege subject to strict statutory compliance and upheld the orders of both the licensing authority and the appellate authority. “An…

Koraput: A Class IX student and his 18-year-old elder brother, who studies in Class XII, were apprehended for the murder of a Class X student, Mahesh Bag, on Sunday evening.Police said the adult accused has been arrested and remanded in judicial custody after being produced before a local court. His 14-year-old brother has been produced before the Juvenile Justice Board, which sent him to a correctional home.According to the police, the incident occurred during the lunch break on July 31 when 15-year-old Mahesh and five other students had stepped out of their school to buy biscuits. The juvenile accused allegedly…

Gurgaon: The director of 32nd Milestone, a commercial complex in Sector 15, and his wife have been arrested for allegedly cheating an investor of around Rs 28 lakh.Director Anubhav Sharma (65) and his wife Mamta (65) — who allegedly misrepresented the size of a shop and lured the buyer with false assurances of assured rental income — were arrested from Kolkata on July 31 and Aug 1, respectively, by the economic offences wing (EOW) of the city police.The case is based on a complaint filed on Dec 20, 2025 by Madan Lal Sharma of Greater Kailash-1. Police said four people…

Itanagar: Itanagar: Police in Arunachal Pradesh’s Banderdewa have arrested a 23-year-old youth from Assam and recovered 9.29 grams of suspected heroin from his possession.The accused, identified as Rohit Borah, a resident of Laluk in Assam’s Lakhimpur district, was intercepted near the border checkpoint around 11.49pm following a tip-off.A police team led by Banderdewa police station officer-in charge inspector Kipa Hamak conducted a search and found the contraband allegedly concealed inside the accused’s innerwear. A case has been registered under Section 21(b) of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act at Banderdewa police station, and an investigation is underway.Itanagar Capital…

Times News NetworkKanpur: Ganga water level in Kanpur was again rising rapidly, with the level in Shuklaganj recorded at 111.53 metres at 8 am on Monday, just 1.5 metres below the warning mark of 113 metres.In view of the crowd of devotees on Sawan, barricading was put up towards Parmat Ghat and additional police force was deployed along the ghat on Monday. Warning banners were also put up on the ghat walls.In the past 24 hours, the Ganga water level rose by 56 centimetres. On Sunday, the water level was 110.97 metres, which increased to 111.53 metres by Monday morning.…

Traffic restrictions are also in place to support the kanwar pilgrims’ movement. Noida: The district has rolled out artificial intelligence-enabled cameras and tethered drones to monitor this year’s kanwar yatra, officials said. More than 3,000 CCTV cameras, 30 drones and 2,500 police personnel have been deployed across 334 km of pilgrimage routes, with special traffic diversions in force till Aug 11. Of the CCTV network, the AI-enabled cameras will estimate the number of Kanwariyas passing through the district and flag suspicious activity to the police control room.According to police commissioner Laxmi Singh, the district has been split into 20 zones…

Delegation of Queen’s University Belfast with officials of Bharati Vidyapeeth Pune: Students at Bharati Vidyapeeth could soon get opportunities for international academic exposure, joint research projects and postgraduate pathways in the UK as the university has initiated talks for a strategic partnership with Queen’s University of Belfast.A delegation from the UK university visited Bharati Vidyapeeth Medical College and Hospital recently, and other constituent institutions in Pune to discuss student mobility, faculty exchange, collaborative research, dual and joint degree programmes, and new academic initiatives.The delegation included Kathy Brennan, senior partnerships manager for Africa, MENA, central and south Asia; professor Christine Brown…

Chodankar accused AAP of trying to make inroads into the Congress-held constituencies Panaji: State Congress president Girish Chodankar said he has reached out to the Goa Forward Party (GFP) and AAP to initiate talks on a pre-poll alliance for the 2027 state assembly elections. He added that he will also approach the Revolutionary Goans Party (RGP) to discuss the possibility of an alliance.At the same time, Chodankar questioned AAP’s intentions, accusing the party of trying to make inroads into the Congress-held constituencies of Cuncolim and Quepem.“Mutual respect and sacrifice is important. AAP publicly says that there should be an alliance…