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Coimbatore: The district green committee and revenue officials have launched a manhunt for unidentifed miscreants who poured chemicals at the base of two trees on NSR Road in the city in an attempt to uproot them.A resident of Saibaba Colony said that chemicals were deliberately and maliciously poured at the base of the two trees near a private dental hospital. "The method employed is both cruel and highly illegal. Unknown perpetrators appear to have used an acid-like substance to poison and kill the trees. This act is not merely an offence against the environment but a blatant criminal act," the resident alleged."We have informed the district green committee and urged that an FIR be registered for the use of chemicals and the damage caused to public property. A thorough investigation is needed to apprehend the individuals involved and penalise them. Only then will such offences not occur in the future," he added.To save the trees, a group of local volunteers on Sunday used water from a tanker to clean the base of the trees and reduce the effect of the chemical.
Mumbai: Following allegations that the minister of state for home, Yogesh Kadam, was running a dance bar with a licence in his mother's name, the Kadam family reportedly surrendered the orchestra licence of Savali bar in Kandivli on Friday.Shiv Sena (UBT) MLC Anil Parab criticised the licence surrender, stating it proves his allegations were right and that a dance bar with immoral activities was being operated by the Kadam family for years. Demanding Kadam's resignation, Parab argued that just because a thief returns stolen goods, he cannot be let off. "Yogesh Kadam must resign on moral ground ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: Former head of Air India and chairman of the Railway Board Ashwani Lohani is the new Prime Ministers Museum and Library (PMML) director. The official order for his appointment was issued on Wednesday. A 1980-batch officer of the Indian Railway Service of Mechanical Engineering (IRSME), Lohani is known for turning around various organisations during his illustrious career. Following his retirement from IRSME service, he joined the GMR Group as the CEO. According to the order dated June 4, his appointment to the post of director, Prime Ministers Museum and Library in the rank and pa ...Read More >
Greater Noida: A second-year Bachelor of Dental Surgery (BDS) student of Sharda University allegedly died by suicide late Friday night in the girls' hostel located at the university campus in Greater Noida's Knowledge Park, police said on Saturday. The student was found hanging in her room. Upon receiving the information, the Knowledge Park Kotwali police reached the spot and sent the body for postmortem. The incident sent shockwaves across the university campus, especially within the hostel premises. Suicide Note Recovered According to police officials, a suicide note was recovered from t ...Read More >
Greater Noida: A video of the angry mother of the second-year Bachelor of Dental Surgery (BDS) student who died by suicide inside the Sharda University campus in Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh, due to alleged mental harassment by professors has surfaced. The mother of the deceased student, Jyoti Sharma, allegedly slapped the head of the university's dentistry department. Video Of HOD Getting Slapped Goes Viral A video showing the student's mother slapping the HOD of Sharda University's dentistry department has surfaced and gone viral. In the video, the deceased student's angry mother and other ...Read More >
Mathura, July 19 (UNI) Six people died and two others are in critical condition after a car overturned when it was hit by an unknown vehicle on the Yamuna Expressway in Mathura. The car occupants were going from Delhi to Agra. The accident happened in the Baldev police station area early Saturday morning, police said. After the accident, passersby informed the police. As soon as the information was received, the police reached the spot, rescued the occupants from the car, and sent them to the hospital, where doctors declared six people dead. Treatment of the two injured is underway. ...Read More >
At least nine people were killed and 32 injured late Friday in Indian-administered Kashmir in an accidental blast that happened while officials were inspecting bomb-making materials recently seized as part of an investigation into a terror network, the police said. The police had announced the discovery of the cache on Monday, the same day a car exploded in India's capital, killing at least eight people. The Indian government has said it is treating the blast in New Delhi as a terror attack, and ...Read More >
Amritsar (Punjab) [India], August 2 (ANI): Counter-Intelligence (CI), Amritsar, has busted a cross-border illegal arms smuggling module with alleged links to Pakistan and arrested five operatives, recovering six sophisticated pistols from their possession, Punjab Director General of Police (DGP) Gaurav Yadav said on Friday. According to a statement issued by the Department of Information and Public Relations, Punjab, those arrested have been identified as Jagroop Singh of Dhun (Tarn Taran), Navdeep Singh of Patti Lahian Di (Tarn Taran), Arshdeep Singh of Shaliwal (Amritsar), Gurlal Singh of R ...Read More >
Chennai, Aug 28 (SocialNews.XYZ) Tamil Nadu has once again emerged as the country's leader in industrial employment, with Chief Minister M.K. Stalin attributing the achievement to the policies of the Dravidian model government. Citing the Union government's Annual Survey of Industries 2023-24, CM Stalin said the recognition from New Delhi is itself the strongest rebuttal to critics, who have been "targeting" the state government on the industrial and economic fronts. In a post on 'X', the Chief Minister said, "This survey result is the irrefutable answer given by the BJP government itself to ...Read More >
Jammu, Sep 14 (PTI) The directors of two private companies are among the eight individuals booked for allegedly swindling over Rs 3 crore from residents in Jammu, a crime branch official said on Sunday. One of the accused is a government employee who allegedly secured his job using a fake qualification certificate, the official stated. Following a complaint filed by Guninder Jeet Singh Wazir of Trikuta Nagar in Jammu, an FIR was registered against the directors of Shreekatyani Metal Private Limited: Nitin Gupta and Nidhi Gupta, both from Yojna Vihar, Delhi, and Nitin Maheshwari from Suryanaga ...Read More >
CHANDIGARH: A portion of the frontal section of Congress MLA Sukhpal Singh Khaira's house in Bholath, Kapurthala, was demolished on Monday by the office of the Block Development and Panchayat Officer (BDPO). Khaira, a strong critic of Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, condemned the move, calling it the dangerous introduction of "bulldozer (Pila-Panja) politics" in Punjab by Mann under directions from AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal, aimed at silencing criticism and democratic dissent. As the demolition began, Khaira went live on social media, criticising the state government. Anticipating the ...Read More >
New Delhi: Another India-flagged liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) tanker, Green Sanvi, transited east of the Strait of Hormuz on Saturday, according to ship tracking data, making it the seventh Indian vessel to clear the maritime chokepoint safely amid the West Asia conflict. The vessel used a designated corridor through Iran's territorial waters to navigate the strategically sensitive waterway. The tanker is estimated to be carrying around 44,000 tonnes of LPG, roughly equivalent to half a day's LPG consumption in India before the ongoing West Asia conflict. Industry experts say that two more I ...Read More >
The National Green Tribunal has extended its directive requiring GPS systems on tankers to include those transporting STP-treated water, alongside those carrying groundwater. This move aims to enhance tracking and management to promote sustainable water use. The tribunal has issued strict compliance orders to the Delhi Jal Board and tanker owners. The National Green Tribunal has clarified that its previous ruling on mandatory GPS tracking systems now applies to tankers carrying both groundwater ...Read More >
MUMBAI: Shadowfax has filed draft IPO papers with markets regulator Sebi through the confidential filing route. The company is seeking to raise up to Rs 2,000-2,500 crore comprising a mix of fresh issue of shares and offer for sale (OFS) by existing shareholders, sources said. The Flipkart and TPG backed logistics startup which was last valued at $712 million or about Rs 6,000 crore is eyeing an IPO valuation of about Rs 8,500 crore.Startups are rushing to Dalal Street after a recovery in stock markets opened up the IPO window for companies. Over the past few days, Pine Labs, Wakefit and Curef ...Read More >
Cuttack: Two persons were arrested for operating a milk adulteration racket from Gurudijhatia in Cuttack district, on Saturday. The accused were identified as local hotel owner Prakash Khuntia and his associate Sudhir Tiwari.Police said Khuntia was the key conspirator. Preliminary probe revealed the duo had been mixing milk with chemicals and synthetic powder to increase volume, which poses a serious health risks to consumers.The adulteration unit was operating from a facility behind Khuntia's ho ...Read More >
Jaipur: Tuesday night's tragedy on Jaipur-Ajmer NH-48 has once again exposed the lethal combination of unsafe roadside parking, hazardous goods transport, and weak enforcement on one of Rajasthan's most vital freight corridors.While an investigation is underway to probe the reason behind the collision of a chemical-laden tanker with a truck carrying LPG cylinders, sources said the probe is focused on the immediate cause of the crash, not on the chronic road safety hazards on this highway. "The combination of low visibility, fatigue, and speeding at night makes it extremely difficult for driver ...Read More >
Mumbai, April 6: The Bombay High Court on Monday sought a response from the Deputy Director General of Shipping on a plea by the family of a 25-year-old Indian seafarer, who was killed in a suspected drone boat attack off the Oman coast, seeking a DNA test of the mortal remains brought to India. A bench of Chief Justice Shree Chandrashekhar and Justice Gautam Ankhad was informed that the remains of Dixit Solanki reached India on Sunday. However, his family has not yet been able to take custody due to identification issues. Family seeks scientific verification Appearing for the family, advoc ...Read More >
Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin on Monday backed West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for calling out the Delhi police for allegedly referring to Bengali as a Bangladeshi language, labelling it a "direct insult to the very language in which the National Anthem is composed." Stalin said such remarks were not "inadvertent errors" but a reflection of a regime that undermines India's linguistic diversity. "The Delhi Police, under the Union Home Ministry, has described Bengali as a 'Bangladeshi language.' This is a direct insult to the very language in which our National Anthem ...Read More >
Kolkata, Sep 16 (PTI) Economist and former CPI(M) leader Prasenjit Bose joined the Congress during a programme in the metropolis, and asserted that he would support the party in its fight to "save the Constitution". Bose (51) became a part of the Congress at a formal joining ceremony here on Monday in the presence of party leaders Ghulam Ahmad Mir, Syed Naseer Hussain and Kanhaiya Kumar, besides state unit president Subhankar Sarkar. "We have to protect the Constitution, establish a government that is non-communal. Only the Congress can do that. I have joined the Congress to be part of its fi ...Read More >
New Delhi: Delhi govt has decided to set up a single-window system at the district level to handle all permissions and no-objection certificates required for holding Ramlila performances across the city. It has also decided to constitute a special committee to resolve any issue regarding the organisation of the events and ensure that the committees do not face any problem in seeking approvals.The decisions were made at a special meeting held at Raj Niwas under the chairmanship of lieutenant governor Vinay Kumar Saxena. Chief minister Rekha Gupta, office bearers of Delhi Ramlila Federation and ...Read More >
New Delhi, October 2: In a major festive season crackdown, the Delhi Police Crime Branch has busted three illegal manufacturing units engaged in producing adulterated desi ghee in North-East Delhi and seized over 1600 kg of duplicate ghee, the Delhi Police said on Thursday. Acting on intelligence inputs, teams carried out coordinated raids in Shiv Vihar, Karawal Nagar, and Mustafabad, seizing 1,625 kg of duplicate ghee and arresting six men. The crackdown comes amid rising demand for ghee during the festival season of Dussehra and Diwali, with racketeers exploiting the festive market by circul ...Read More >
Gangtok, Jul 19 (PTI) Vehicular movement on a stretch of National Highway-10 connecting Sevoke in West Bengal and Sikkim's Rangpo has been temporarily halted due to landslides and rockfall, officials said on Saturday. Clearance activities are underway on the stretch following landslides at Birik Dara in Kalimpong district of West Bengal, they said. The road is closed for all vehicular movement along the stretch since 11 am on Friday, the National Highways and Infrastructure Development Corporation Ltd (NHIDCL) said. A statement from the Siliguri office of NHIDCL said that adequate machinery ...Read More >
Leh, July 18: Veteran BJP leader and former Deputy Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir Kavinder Gupta, was sworn as the 3rd Lieutenant Governor of Ladakh.Dressed in traditional Ladakhi attire, Gupta took the oath of office in a solemn ceremony held in Leh, administered by Justice N. Kotiswar Singh, Chief Justice of the High Court of J&K and Ladakh.Welcoming this new chapter in Ladakh's journey, Gupta emphasized service over power, declaring Ladakh deserves dignity, development, and a voice. "I'm here to serve, not to rule."Speaking to the reporters, Gupta acknowledged the pain of past neglect ...Read More >
Greater Noida, July 19: A second-year Bachelor of Dental Surgery (BDS) student of Sharda University allegedly died by suicide late Friday night in the girls' hostel located at the university campus in Greater Noida's Knowledge Park, police said on Saturday. The student was found hanging in her room. Upon receiving the information, the Knowledge Park Kotwali police reached the spot and sent the body for postmortem. The incident sent shockwaves across the university campus, especially within the hostel premises. According to police officials, a suicide note was recovered from the student's room ...Read More >
New Delhi, Mar 30 (PTI) As many as 19 ships with LPG, crude oil and LNG meant for India are currently stranded in the Strait of Hormuz due to the escalating war in West Asia. At an inter-ministerial briefing on the fallout of developments in West Asia, Rajesh Kumar Sinha, Special Secretary in the Ministry of Ports, Shipping, and Waterways, said 10 foreign-flagged vessels with energy cargo for India are currently stranded. These include 3 vessels with LPG, four crude oil tankers and three liquefied natural gas (LNG) carriers. Besides these, there are Indian-flagged vessels. These include thr ...Read More >
Police said a probe is underway. A second-year Bachelor of Dental Surgery (BDS) student of a Greater University student allegedly died by suicide late Friday night in the girls' hostel located at the university campus, police said on Saturday. The student was found hanging in her room. Upon receiving the information, the police reached the spot and sent the body for postmortem. The incident sent shockwaves across the university campus, especially within the hostel premises. According to polic ...Read More >
Chennai, August 1: Actor, music director and producer G V Prakash Kumar, who has won the National Award for Best Music Direction (Songs) for the Tamil, Telugu bilingual film Vaathi, has called the honour "a blessing for the second time". Taking to his X timeline soon after the 71st National Awards were announced, G V Prakash expressed his gratitude to the jury and the selection committee of the National Awards and the entire team of Vaathi. G V Prakash wrote, "A blessing for the second time. I'm truly overwhelmed and deeply grateful to receive the 71st National Film Award for Best Music Direc ...Read More >