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T’puram: Rescue teams on Sunday recovered the bodies of two fishermen who had gone missing in separate boat accidents off Thiruvananthapuram coast on Friday night, while intensive search operations continued for two others who remain missing.The body of Antony, 61, of Adimalathura, Vizhinjam, was recovered by a marine enforcement search team after the fishing boat capsized in rough seas off Vizhinjam coast. The body was located on the outer sea by fisheries sea rescue guards M Paniyadima, Nazrath, Robin and Robert aboard the boat Dheera. Personnel led by Vizhinjam coastal police station SHO C Babukurup completed the inquest and other…

Taslima Nasrin said denying Joy Goswami the opportunity to speak was an insult to him. She said, “I felt bad. I invited Joy and requested him to speak. I spoke about freedom of speech — people can have different opinions, but everyone should be allowed to express their views. Why did those who claim to support freedom of speech not allow Joy to get up on stage? Political ideologies can differ, but people should be allowed to express them freely.” Osman Mallick from Secular Mission, one of the organisers, said, “We felt very bad and tried to calm down the…

A building facade from the Motel Inn in 2022. The birthplace of modern road-trip culture is back on the market, giving buyers the chance to restore a landmark of hospitality history or redevelop it into housing for older residents.Located along Highway 101 in San Luis Obispo on California’s Central Coast, the historic 4.2-acre site where the world’s first motel opened in 1925 is up for sale for the first time in nearly a decade.Local developers CoVelop and Rossi Enterprises, who bought the property in 2017, have listed it for sale through Hayes Commercial Group. SFGATE reported on Friday that the…

Citizens staged an impromptu peaceful protest at the Kharghar hill entrance near RBI Colony Metro station at Belpada in CBD-Belapur on SundayCidco has prohibited public entry to the Kharghar hill between June 15 and September 15, citing the risk of landslides during the monsoon seasonCitizens staged an impromptu peaceful protest at the Kharghar hill entrance near RBI Colony Metro station at Belpada in CBD-Belapur on SundayCidco has prohibited public entry to the Kharghar hill between June 15 and September 15, citing the risk of landslides during the monsoon seasonCitizens staged an impromptu peaceful protest at the Kharghar hill entrance near…

NEW DELHI: Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) spokesperson Vaishnavi Gaur on Sunday hit back at RTI activist Amit Tiwari after he sought an investigation into the finances of CJP founder Abhijeet Dipke’s father over his children’s education expenses in the United States.Responding to Tiwari’s allegations, Gaur posted on X, writing, “Ek private individual ke education expenses pe RTI lagane wale kabhi PM CARES Fund ki taraf bhi dekhe. Modi ji aapko maaf kar denge, don’t worry.” (Those filing RTIs over a private individual’s education expenses should also look at the PM CARES Fund. Modi ji will forgive you, don’t worry.)What Amit…

Chennai: DMK MP Dayanidhi Maran lashed out at Congress and its leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday stating that those maintain silence about Karnataka’s proposed Mekedatu dam project even during their visit to Tamil Nadu were “betrayers” of Tamil people.In an apparent response to Rahul Gandhi’s statement in Chennai on Saturday that those who do not oppose delimitation were `Ettappan,’ a historical character associated with betrayal, Maran said it was Congress which had betrayed the rights of Tamil Nadu.“Those who come to Tamil Nadu but do not speak about Tamil Nadu’s rights over the Cauvery are traitors. Those who do not…

Berhampur: Paralakhemundi police in Gajapati district busted an inter-state robbery gang, which targeted bank customers, with the arrest of two of its members, who hail from neighbouring Andhra Pradesh, following a Rs 5 lakh loot on Saturday. The cash amount and documents like a bank passbook, which they snatched from a person in Paralakhemundi on Saturday, were recovered from their possession, police said on Sunday.Arrested Petla Devadhanam (40) and Goddeti Salman (54), who hail from Kapparallathippa village in neighbouring Andhra Pradesh’s Sri Potti Sriramulu Nellore district, have been involved in at least 11 robbery cases in different districts of Odisha,…

JE Dinesh Kr Verma, Supervisor Chandra Prakash, Private person Shravan Kumar LUCKNOW: A day after the Uttar Pradesh Vigilance Establishment arrested a Lucknow Development Authority (LDA) junior engineer, supervisor and an alleged middleman in a Rs 7.5 lakh bribery trap, the complainant, NRI businessman Jitendra Narayan, claimed that the accused had initially demanded Rs 40 lakh to halt action against his commercial complex before gradually reducing the amount to Rs 15 lakh.Speaking to reporters after the arrests, Narayan alleged that he had been subjected to weeks of intimidation, including repeated threats of demolition and sealing of his property, forcing him…

Patna: The state govt has invited applications under the Pulse Processing Unit Establishment Scheme, offering a subsidy of up to Rs 25 lakh for setting up new pulse processing units in 10 districts. Applications can be submitted online till August 31 under the scheme, which is being implemented as part of the Mission for Self-Reliance in Pulses.According to a press release issued by the agriculture department on Sunday, beneficiaries will receive a subsidy of 33% of the project cost or a maximum of Rs 25 lakh, whichever is lower. The assistance will cover expenditure on plant and machinery, buildings, warehouses…

Heeralal Oraon, a resident of Latehar district, was present at the protest site Ranchi: A 35-year-old man climbed a nearly 60-ft high-mast light at Jaipal Singh Munda Stadium around midnight and remained perched there for seven and a half hours, triggering a prolonged rescue operation early Sunday.The incident disrupted a protest by aspirants alleging irregularities in recruitment examinations conducted by Jharkhand Public Service Commission (JPSC) and Jharkhand Staff Selection Commission (JSSC).Police identified the man as Heeralal Oraon, a resident of Latehar district who was present at the protest site.“As soon as we were alerted, police, fire brigade personnel and quick-response…