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Srinagar, Dec 16: In preparation for the upcoming Pulse Polio National Immunization Day (NID) 2025, a Media Sensitization Workshop was held on Tuesday at Conference Hall of the Directorate of Family Welfare, MCH & Immunization, Barzulla. The workshop aimed to strengthen collaboration with the media and enhance public awareness ahead of NID scheduled on 21 December 2025. A detailed presentation was delivered by Dr. Mohammad Ramzan Mir, Assistant Director, Family Welfare, MCH & Immunization, Kas ...Read More >
CHENNAI: As dense fog and adverse weather conditions continue to disrupt air traffic in Delhi and other northern States, a total of 11 flights, four departures and seven arrivals were cancelled at Chennai airport on Wednesday, causing inconvenience to passengers. The cancelled departures from Chennai include flights to Delhi, Jaipur, Kolkata and Ghaziabad. Similarly, seven incoming flights from Delhi, Jaipur, Patna, Pune, Kolkata and Indore to Chennai were also called off, airport sources said. ...Read More >
The All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Guwahati has achieved a significant milestone by becoming the first institution in Northeast India to receive accreditation as an Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) Provider Centre. The recognition marks a major step forward in strengthening structured trauma care and emergency medical training in the region. The accreditation has been secured under the leadership of Prof. (Col.) Ashok Puranik, Executive Director of AIIMS Guwahati. To mark th ...Read More >
BENGALURU: The Lokayukta police on Tuesday unearthed disproportionate assets (DA) of Rs 18.20 crore allegedly possessed by four officials of the state government. It includes immovable assets of Rs 14.63 crore, cash of Rs 13.11 lakh, jewels of Rs 1.37 crore, and vehicles worth Rs 82.1 lakh. The raids were conducted at 21 places belonging to four officials in Mandya, Dharwad, Hospet and Shivamogga. In Mandya, Byresh VS, Office Superintendent of Panchayat Raj Engineer Division, Zilla Panchayat, ...Read More >
Goa Nightclub Fire: The Luthra brothers, owners of Birch by Romeo Lane nightclub in Arpora, were taken to Goa by the state police on Wednesday. Visuals captured this morning show Saurabh and Gaurav Luthra in police custody, being transported to Goa from Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport. The duo was deported to Delhi from Thailand earlier on Tuesday, ending a 10-day international search following a deadly fire at their nightclub that killed 25 people on December 6. A Delhi court had e ...Read More >
BENGALURU: Forest, Environment and Ecology Minister Eshwar B Khandre on Tuesday said that an FIR has been registered against a man who had submitted fake documents to take possession of 482 acres of BM Kaval forestland. The accused, MB Nemanna Gowda alias MB Manmatha, tried to usurp 532 acres of forest and government lands. Before this, he tried to grab 512.26 acres of forest and government lands by submitting fake documents. A case was filed by local forest officials and the tahsildar with Mud ...Read More >
Northeastern India is currently braving a significant chill, as various locations in Assam experience a substantial drop in temperatures. A thick blanket of fog is forecasted to envelop Assam, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Manipur, and Mizoram over the next day. Meanwhile, dry conditions are set to linger across seven northeastern states, with light to moderate fog likely in some areas. Guwahati: Mercury levels dropped noticeably across the northeast, with the biggest declines below normal in several pl ...Read More >
Judge Leonardo Nemer Caldeira Brant emphasized the importance of states exercising due diligence to prevent environmental harm. At a VIT Chennai conference, he discussed the ICJ's role in international environmental law and cited disputes over natural resources and wildlife protection. Judge Leonardo Nemer Caldeira Brant of the International Court of Justice stressed the vital responsibility of nations to exercise due diligence in preventing harm to the climate system, during a keynote address ...Read More >
During the rally, the Chief Minister inaugurated and laid the foundation stones of three development projects worth Rs 77.30 crore. Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini on Tuesday announced that Hansi will become the 23rd district of the state. Addressing a rally in Hansi, the Chief Minister said the official notification would be issued within a week, after which Hansi would formally function as a district from the revenue administration perspective. During the rally, the Chief Minister i ...Read More >
The BMC administration also maintained that disciplinary action would be taken against officials for failure to remove the posters and hoardings within the time frame. A day after the State Election Commission (SEC) implemented the model code of conducted in the wake or civic elections to be held on January 15, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Tuesday removed 2,103 political banners, flexes and flags from various locations in Mumbai. The officials said that the drive will be ong ...Read More >
CHENNAI: International Court of Justice (ICJ) Judge Leonardo Nemer Caldeira Brant on Tuesday said the World Court is transposing established environmental jurisprudence to build a framework for climate justice, describing the issue as the challenge of our century. Speaking at the valedictory function of the 'International Conference on Protection of Environment under International Law' organised by VIT School of Law, Brant highlighted the ICJ's landmark advisory opinion delivered on July 23. He ...Read More >
NOIDA: With the Graded Response Action Plan (Grap) Stage-4 restrictions in force, the Noida authority has decided to take multiple measures including electric mobility, expansion of EV infrastructure, and reduction in daily vehicular movement. The Authority's plan is focused on accelerating a shift to electric and hybrid mobility, expanding EV infrastructure and cutting down daily vehicular movement, particularly in high-footfall IT and institutional zones, officials said on Tuesday in a statem ...Read More >
NEW DELHI, Dec. 17 (Xinhua) -- ReNew Energy Global plc, an Indian renewable energy company has said it signed an agreement with Google to build a 150 MW solar project in the western Indian state of Rajasthan. "Under this partnership, Google will procure the project's energy attributes from ReNew. This long-term procurement is essential for the bankability of the project, and will also help Google make progress towards addressing its value chain emissions," ReNew, a leading decarbonisation solut ...Read More >
New Delhi: IndiGo has issued a travel advisory for Wednesday (December 17) morning as thick winter mist and dense fog are expected to blanket parts of North and East India, leading to reduced visibility and slower flight movements. In a post shared on X, the airline said, "As the morning approaches under misty winter skies, fog is predicted across parts of North and East India, which may lead to reduced visibility and a slower pace of flight movements during the early hours. In the interest of ...Read More >
Thakur, who is believed to have been a mentor to underworld don Dawood Ibrahim, will be brought to Vasai on Tuesday and produced before the Thane MCOCA court. Chauhan, 32, was shot dead on February 26, 2022, in Manvelpada area of Virar by two bike-borne assailants, following what police said was a conspiracy linked to a property dispute. The police had earlier invoked provisions of the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) in the case and arrested 13 accused, including alleged shoo ...Read More >
A tragic road accident involving a bus carrying Urs pilgrims resulted in four fatalities and 11 serious injuries. The collision happened on the Basti-Lumbini Road, causing a major casualty incident. Among the deceased were two passengers and both drivers involved in the accident. In a tragic incident on the Basti-Lumbini Road, a bus carrying Urs pilgrims collided head-on with a truck, leading to four fatalities and 11 serious injuries, according to local police authorities. The accident took p ...Read More >
President Droupadi Murmu has emphasised the need for both power of technology as well as strength of values as the country moves towards the vision of a Developed India by 2047. Speaking after inaugurating the 1066th Jayanthi celebrations of Adi Jagadguru Sri Shivarathreeshwara Shivayogi Mahaswamiji at Malavalli in Mandya district on December 16, Ms. Murmu noted that spiritual guidance was essential for nurturing social harmony, ethical leadership, youth empowerment, and inner resilience in an ...Read More >
SRINAGAR, Dec 16: An Army soldier died in a landmine blast in the Kupwara district. Havildar Zubair Ahmad of the Army's 13 Jammu and Kashmir Light Infantry was injured in a land mine blast at Putaha Khan Gali in the Trehgam area of the border district on Monday, they said. Follow the Daily Excelsior channel on WhatsApp Officials said the injured soldier was rushed to a military hospital at Drugmulla but was declared dead on arrival. Meanwhile, Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha has expressed gr ...Read More >
In compliance with Meghalaya High Court orders, East Jaintia Hills authorities have taken decisive action by demolishing 11 illegal coke plants. These facilities, which lacked the necessary permits to operate, were previously warned in October. A coordinated effort involving the pollution control board and local police ensured that all unlawful operations have been effectively dismantled. Shillong: Several unauthorised coke plants in East Jaintia Hills district were demolished on Saturday, in c ...Read More >
The government announced that 1992-batch IPS officer OP Singh would continue as officiating DGP until further orders and posted Kapur as the Chairman of the Haryana Police Housing Corporation. The Haryana government late Sunday evening formally relieved Director General of Police Shatrujeet Kapur of his responsibility as the DGP, two months after he was sent on leave amid controversy surrounding the alleged suicide of senior IPS officer Y Puran Kumar. The government, however, announced that 19 ...Read More >
Thane, Dec 16 (UNI) The Thane Municipal Corporation has launched a strict enforcement drive against unauthorised political advertisements following the implementation of the Model Code of Conduct for the upcoming local body elections, removing 1,404 illegal banners and posters across the city within 24 hours, officials said. The action was carried out by the Anti-Encroachment Department between 4 pm on December 15, and December 16, after the election code came into force for the Thane Municipal ...Read More >
A straightforward leave request from an employee to spend time with his girlfriend before she travels has gone viral on LinkedIn. The manager's approval and appreciation for the honesty sparked a wider conversation about evolving workplace cultures and the importance of trust and empathy in modern offices. A simple leave request email has unexpectedly gone viral on LinkedIn, opening up a wider conversation on how workplace culture is slowly changing. A manager shared a screenshot of an employee ...Read More >
One of the two men suspected of carrying out a mass shooting at Bondi Beach was originally from southern India but had "limited contact" with his family there, police sources have said. Sajid Akram, who died at the scene in Sydney on Sunday, was originally from the city of Hyderabad, a police official from the Indian state of Telangana said. He had travelled to India just six times since moving to Australia in 1998 and his family "expressed no knowledge of his radical mindset or activities," t ...Read More >
CHENNAI: The State Cyber Crime Investigation Centre (SCCIC), the investigating body of the Tamil Nadu Police's Cyber Crime Wing headquarters, has detained five major cyber offenders under the Goondas Act for their organised role in large-scale cyber fraud and cyber slavery-related offences, which affect the financial security of citizens. The Cybercrime headquarters did not name the offenders. However, it said that two of them were mule account aggregators from Rajasthan handling the financial ...Read More >
Panaji, Dec 16 (PTI) Gaurav Luthra and his brother Saurabh, co-owners of the Goa nightclub where 25 people were killed in a fire on December 6, will be brought to Goa from Delhi by the coastal state's police on Wednesday around 11 am, a senior official said. A team of the Goa Police, which is currently in Delhi, will be landing with the Luthra brothers at the Manohar International Airport, Mopa in North Goa, the police spokesman said. "The police team along with the Luthra brothers will arrive ...Read More >
Ahmedabad: Twenty-five families living in Snehanjali Society in the Thaltej area will now be rehabilitated with new homes, after an impending demolition drive by the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) pushed them to the brink of displacement. The society, built 35 years ago, had been declared "illegal" by the civic body, triggering days of protests and anxiety among residents. Despite holding registered documents and loan papers, residents said their homes were suddenly deemed illegal, and t ...Read More >
Patna: Patna traffic police have issued fresh directions for visitors arriving by vehicle at the ongoing Saras Mela at Gandhi Maidan, mandating entry exclusively through gate number 10 and compulsory parking within the designated areas inside the venue. Roadside parking or parking at any unauthorised location has been strictly prohibited and violators will face legal action, including fines and towing of vehicles.The advisory follows severe traffic congestion around Gandhi Maidan last Saturday a ...Read More >
Jamnagar, Dec 16 (PTI) Global football icon Lionel Messi on Tuesday visited Vantara, a wildlife rescue, rehabilitation and conservation centre in Jamnagar, where he participated in traditional rituals and interacted with conservation teams at the facility founded by Anant Ambani. Messi, accompanied by his Inter Miami teammates Luis Suárez and Rodrigo De Paul, was accorded a traditional welcome, featuring folk music, floral greetings and a ceremonial 'Aarti'. During the visit, Messi toured Vant ...Read More >
Kolkata: Mizoram governor and former Army Chief General (retired) V K Singh asserted on Tuesday that India has always been in favour of peace and progress in Bangladesh. He attended the 54th anniversary of Vijay Diwas celebration at the Eastern Command headquarters in Fort William, recently renamed as Vijay Durg, to mark the defeat of Pakistan to India in the 1971 Liberation War and birth of Bangladesh. Eight Mukti Joddhas from Bangladesh led by Habibul Alam and their spouses participated in t ...Read More >
MUMBAI: The NCP minister Manikrao Kokate is in trouble after the Nashik District Session court upheld the order of the First Class court on Tuesday, confirming the two years' imprisonment and fine of Rs 50,000 for falsifying the income proof documents. The minister falsified the documents to get two swanky apartments in the Chief Minister's 10 per cent housing quota. The verdict of the district court is a big setback for Minister Kokate. If Kokate did not get respite by the Bombay High Court i ...Read More >
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