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Mumbai: Visitors to Dadar's iconic Kabutarkhana on Sunday found the nearly 100-year-old pigeon feeding zone shut and wrapped in grey tarpaulin sheets. The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has closed the grade-II heritage site citing public health risks associated with pigeon feeding. Warning Issued at Site A notice displayed at the Kabutarkhana reads, "All citizens are hereby informed that it is strictly prohibited to offer and feed food items to birds and animals at this site. Feeding ...Read More >
Mangaluru: A man has come forward with a complaint before the Special Investigation Team (SIT) -- probing the alleged mass burials in Dharmasthala -- claiming to provide details in connection with the murder of a minor girl nearly 15 years ago.Jayanth T told reporters: "I came forward to file a complaint in connection with the murder of a minor girl, which I witnessed around 15 years ago. No FIR was registered then, and the body was buried without investigation. I have now submitted a formal com ...Read More >
The Supreme Court is currently examining the status of Rohingya people in India. The key question is whether they are refugees or illegal immigrants. This determination will impact their rights and potential deportation. The court is also considering basic amenities for Rohingyas in refugee camps. Previous petitions regarding Rohingya deportation have faced scrutiny. The Supreme Court on Thursday said the first major issue to be dealt with in cases concerning Rohingyas is whether they are refug ...Read More >
Prayagraj (Uttar Pradesh) [India], August 3 (ANI): Incessant heavy rainfall has caused a flood situation in Uttar Pradesh's Prayagraj District. Public life in the area remains severely affected due to consistent downpours and resultant waterlogging. On Sunday morning, a man was seen using a boat to commute to his work as the streets got flooded in Prayagraj's Karela Bagh area, following heavy rainfall. Also Read | Santa Paul Arrested: Bangladeshi Model's Source of Funds, Luxury Cars Under Kolk ...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), Nav ...Read More >
Kolkata: Chief minister Mamata Banerjee's announcement of an increased grant of Rs 1.1 lakh to each registered Durga Puja committee in the state has added to the festive fervour. This move has been welcomed by organisers and the larger puja fraternity at a time when artisans are busy giving shape to Durga idols and pandals across the city. The announcement, an increase from last year's Rs 85,000, has sent the city's thousands of puja committees to the table to plan how to spend the money in the ...Read More >
Hyderabad: The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) has introduced a new WhatsApp service to make it easier for citizens to report issues related to construction and demolition (C&D) waste and garbage lifting. If construction debris is dumped near homes or garbage bins are overflowing in your area, residents can now send a WhatsApp message to 81259 66586. They can also attach photos and share their location directly through the app. There is no need to visit any GHMC office in person. ...Read More >
New Delhi, Aug 1: India launched the first phase of four development projects across nine partner countries as part of its 'India-UN Global Capacity Building Initiative'. The programme aims to deepen South-South cooperation in support of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The launch event was presided over by Secretary (West) in the Ministry of External Affairs, Tanmaya Lal, and attended by heads of missions from participating countries, UN Resident Coordinator in India Shombi Sharp, dip ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar, Aug 1: The police on Friday issued a notice to a peon asking him to clarify his alleged role in serving urine instead of drinking water to a newly appointed junior engineer at a government department in Odisha's Gajapati district, an officer said. The peon, however, asserted that he had taken the water from a purifier machine, kept the bottle in the engineer's room and had no idea what happened thereafter. The police action came around a week after the incident that took place at ...Read More >
New Delhi/Imphal, Aug 1 (SocialNews.XYZ) The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has made a second consecutive arrest in the 2024 killings in Manipur's Jiribam, central probe agency sources said on Friday. The NIA in a statement said that the national probe agency caught Lalrosang Hmar alias Rosang, a resident of Moinathol Village in southern Assam's Cachar district, from the Mizoram capital Aizawl on Thursday. The arrest came after the arrest of another key accused, Thanglienlal Hmar, by a jo ...Read More >
Berhampur: A case has been registered against a Class IV employee for allegedly offering urine instead of water to a newly appointed engineer of the rural water supply and sanitation (RWSS) department at R Udayagiri in Gajapati district, recently."Police swung into action after an FIR was lodged by Sachin Gouda, the engineer, at R Udayagiri police station on Thursday evening," said Suresh Tripathy, sub-divisional police officer (SDPO), R Udayagiri. Police sought sample of the water which was ser ...Read More >
Patna, Aug 1 (PTI) Healthcare services were affected at AIIMS-Patna on Friday as resident doctors went on an "indefinite strike" in protest against the alleged high-handedness of Sheohar MLA Chetan Anand. According to a press statement issued by the Resident Doctors' Association (RDA), AIIMS-Patna, on Friday, "The RDA expresses deep disappointment and anguish over the lack of action by the administration following the violent and traumatic incident that occurred on Wednesday, when MLA Chetan An ...Read More >
Mangaluru: The special investigation team (SIT) probing the alleged mass burials near Dharmasthala continued with its exhumation work for the fourth consecutive day on Friday. Despite digging at two more spots identified by the complainant-witness, no human remains were found.This brings the total number of sites searched so far to eight, including site No. 7 and 8 on Friday. Partial skeletal remains were from at site No 6 on Thursday, after SIT mapped 13 locations on Monday for exhumation work. ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar: The police on Friday issued a notice to a peon asking him to clarify his alleged role in serving urine instead of drinking water to a newly appointed junior engineer at a government department in Odisha's Gajapati district, an officer said. The peon, however, asserted that he had taken the water from a purifier machine, kept the bottle in the engineer's room and had no idea what happened thereafter. The police action came around a week after the incident that took place at the off ...Read More >
New Delhi, Aug 1 (PTI) Trades worth nearly Rs 3.21 lakh crore have been conducted through the electronic National Agriculture Market (e-NAM) platform during the last five financial years, the government said on Friday. In a written reply to the Rajya Sabha, Minister of State for Agriculture Ramnath Thakur said, "From 1st April, 2020 to 31st March, 2025, trade worth Rs 3,20,766 crore has been conducted through electronic National Agriculture Market (e-NAM)". The minister was replying to a quest ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar, Aug 1 (PTI) The police on Friday issued a notice to a peon asking him to clarify his alleged role in serving urine instead of drinking water to a newly appointed junior engineer at a government department in Odisha's Gajapati district, an officer said. The peon, however, asserted that he had taken the water from a purifier machine, kept the bottle in the engineer's room and had no idea what happened thereafter. The police action came around a week after the incident that took plac ...Read More >
Mumbai: The Supreme Court has stayed a May 2 order by the Bombay High Court in a PIL which challenged continued waste dumping at the Kanjurmarg landfill and sought its relocation on the grounds that the site was protected forest land. The PIL was filed in 2013 by the NGO Vanshakti.HC had ruled that 118 hectares at Kanjurmarg, used as a landfill for over 15 years, remained forest land and must be restored as such. The state govt, represented by solicitor general Tushar Mehta and advocate Siddhart ...Read More >
Moradabad (UP), Aug 1 (PTI) The Moradabad district administration has cancelled the allotment of a government bungalow granted to former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Mulayam Singh Yadav. The Samajwadi Party (SP) has been asked to vacate the premises within 30 days. The bungalow, located in the posh Civil Lines area near the Police Training College (PTC II), was allotted to the SP patriarch 31 years ago. Spread across nearly 1,000 square meters on Nazul land, the property serves as the local S ...Read More >
Dharmasthala (Karnataka), Aug 1 (PTI) No skeletal remains were found on Friday at two sites in Dharmasthala identified by an anonymous complainant-witness as mass burial sites, police said. A day after skeletal remains were recovered from the sixth of 15 locations marked by the complainant, excavation was carried out under tight security at the seventh and eighth spots, located near the Nethravathi riverbank. However, the forensic and police teams reportedly found no human remains or signs of ...Read More >
The first human remains have been found in an investigation into the alleged secret burial of hundreds of women and girls, many showing signs of sexual assault, over two decades in the holy Indian town of Dharmasthala. In July, a former sanitation worker at the 800-year-old Dharmasthala Temple returned to the quiet town in southern India to make a startling confession to the police. He claimed that between 1998 and 2014, he was forced to secretly dispose of hundreds of bodies of women and mino ...Read More >
Mangaluru: No human remains were found at the two sites that were dug by the special investigation team (SIT) to look into the allegations of murder and secret burials at Dharmasthala on the fourth day on Friday. The complainant, a former sanitation worker at Dharmasthala, had identified 13 locations on Monday where he claimed bodies of murder and sexual assault victims had been buried. The SIT began digging these spots on Tuesday, starting with one location on the first day and four on the se ...Read More >
CM Siddaramaiah's statement came a day after a lawyers' delegation met him seeking a comprehensive probe into the alleged secret burials in Karnataka's Dharmasthala. The Karnataka Government will await a preliminary investigation report by the state police into a former sanitation worker's claims of carrying out secret burials of several dead bodies in the Dharmasthala region, before deciding on constituting a Special Investigation Team (SIT) for a detailed probe, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah ha ...Read More >
Mangaluru: The Karnataka government has officially transferred the investigation into the shocking Dharmasthala serial murder allegations to a Special Investigation Team (SIT), following explosive media reports and a formal request from the Karnataka State Women's Commission. In a government order dated July 19, 2025, the Home Department announced the formation of the SIT to conduct a comprehensive and impartial probe into the disturbing allegations, including mass graves, sexual violence, and ...Read More >
Mount Abu (Rajasthan) [India], July 20 (ANI): The water level rose in Lake Nakki at Mount Abu on Sunday as heavy rainfall continues to lash parts of Rajasthan. In other parts of Rajasthan, the Anasagar Chaupati area in Ajmer was waterlogged on Sunday morning. As the lake overflowed, the residential areas bore the brunt. Also Read | Kolkata Fatafat Result Today: Kolkata FF Result for July 20, 2025 Declared, Check Winning Numbers and Result Chart of Satta Matka-Type Lottery Game. Traffic moveme ...Read More >
Mount Abu (Rajasthan) [India], July 20 (ANI): The water level rose in Lake Nakki at Mount Abu on Sunday as heavy rainfall continues to lash parts of Rajasthan. In other parts of Rajasthan, the Anasagar Chaupati area in Ajmer was waterlogged on Sunday morning. As the lake overflowed, the residential areas bore the brunt. Traffic movement on the route has been halted; only large vehicles are permitted to move here, while small vehicles and two-wheelers are not allowed. Earlier, the Ana Sagar la ...Read More >
Ajmer (Rajasthan) [India], July 20 (ANI): Following incessant heavy rainfall for two consecutive days, the Anasagar Chaupati area in Ajmer was waterlogged on Sunday morning. As the lake overflowed, the residential areas bore the brunt. Traffic movement on the route has been halted; only large vehicles are permitted to move here, while small vehicles and two-wheelers are not being allowed. Earlier, the Ana Sagar lake in Rajasthan Ajmer overflowed on Saturday morning, following incessant rain, ...Read More >
Ajmer (Rajasthan) [India], July 20 (ANI): Following incessant heavy rainfall for two consecutive days, the Anasagar Chaupati area in Ajmer was waterlogged on Sunday morning. As the lake overflowed, the residential areas bore the brunt. Also Read | Kolkata Fatafat Result Today: Kolkata FF Result for July 20, 2025 Declared, Check Winning Numbers and Result Chart of Satta Matka-Type Lottery Game. Traffic movement on the route has been halted; only large vehicles are permitted to move here, while ...Read More >
Pune: The Indian Gig Workers' Front on Saturday evening suspended the ongoing strike of cabs and autorickshaws operating on applications till Tuesday, after leaving many commuters, including those arriving at the airport on Saturday morning, hassled. Keshav Kshirsagar, the president of the front, said, "We have a meeting on Tuesday with senior officials of the state transport department. If its decisions don't meet our expectations, the strike will resume." Several commuters had a harrowing expe ...Read More >
In a high-level meeting held with senior officials on Saturday, the Chief Minister expressed serious concern over the poor state of sanitation, waste management, road infrastructure, safety, drainage, and drinking water supply in these markets. Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta has taken a strong and proactive stance on revitalising the national capital's wholesale fruit, vegetable, and flower markets. She has directed the concerned departments to initiate immediate corrective measures while lay ...Read More >
SHILLONG, July 19: Even as Shillong has been declared the cleanest city in Meghalaya in the Swachh Survekshan 2024-25 rankings, Deputy Chief Minister Prestone Tynsong has made it clear that the government's sanitation efforts will not stop at awards or remain confined to urban boundaries. The state capital, which secured the top rank in Meghalaya and placed 763rd nationally, was also recognised as a 'Promising Swachh Shehar' -- a commendation reflecting notable improvements in public space clea ...Read More >
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