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Srinagar, Apr 01: Jammu and Kashmir's tourism sector is witnessing rapid infrastructure growth, but the expansion is increasingly shadowed by a surge in illegal constructions across key destinations, official data tabled in the Legislative Assembly reveals. The response shared by the government in reply to a query by MLA Waheed-ur-Rehman Para revealed that a total of 415 building permissions were granted by various Tourism Development Authorities (TDAs) over the past three years. The figures sho ...Read More >
HAVERI: A government bus rammed into commuters waiting on a platform at the Haveri Central Bus Stand on Tuesday, killing a two-year-old boy and injuring several others. The incident has raised serious concerns over passenger safety at the facility. Eyewitnesses said immediately after entering the premises, the bus veered off course and sped towards a crowded platform. Panic-stricken commuters scrambled to escape, but the vehicle rammed into the crowd. The boy died on the spot. Several injured p ...Read More >
Chief minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu had tabled the Bill on Tuesday, which proposes stricter penalties and higher permit fees for vehicles entering restricted areas, including the Mall Road. The bill was passed by voice vote without any opposition and the BJP legislators had walked out the House earlier during the day. The bill provides that the vehicles found plying on sealed roads without a valid permit would face a fine of ₹15,000, while those on restricted roads without permission would b ...Read More >
Bengaluru: The much-awaited Census 2027, the world's largest human count, got underway today, April 1. The first phase of the census, the 'Houselisting and Housing Census,' will collect data on every household's housing conditions, assets, and amenities. The first phase will take place in two rounds: Self-enumeration (SE), from April 1 to 15, where people can provide details of their housing conditions and amenities online. During the second round from April 16 to May 15, enumerators will visit ...Read More >
BENGALURU: Arrangements have been made in Karnataka to embark upon The Census of India-2027 from Wednesday which will be held in two phases-Houselisting and Housing Census and Population Enumeration. The latest Census will be the 16th of its kind in the country since 1872 and 8th after the country attained Independence. Significantly, Census-2027 represents a paradigmatic shift as India's first digital Census. Data collection will be carried through dedicated mobile applications using a 'Bring ...Read More >
Hyderabad: Hoteliers and small eatery owners staged a protest in Telangana's Nalgonda district on Monday, March 30, against the shortage of LPG commercial cylinders. A large number of restaurant and bakery owners, pushcart vendors, tea stalls and fast-food owners besieged the office of the Revenue Divisional Officer (RDO) in Devarakonda Town, seeking relief from frequent raids by the Civil Supplies Department. Kumar Srinivasan Goud, one of the protestors, told the media that the unavailability ...Read More >
New Delhi, Mar 30 (PTI) Observing that judicial infrastructure in Kargil holds deeper significance, Chief Justice of India Surya Kant said the establishment of a district court in the town reassures citizens that the constitution does not recede with the mountains and justice remains accessible to all. Speaking at the inauguration event of the new District Court Complex in Kargil on Sunday, CJI Surya Kant said that for a person living in Ladakh, reaching a courtroom is often a journey of great ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar: The Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Monday sharply criticised the BJP over an incident in Odisha where Titlagarh MLA Nabin Kumar Jain allegedly fired shots in the air during a Ram Navami procession, accusing the saffron party of using religious events to promote violence and polarisation. In a strongly worded statement posted on X, the TMC said: "Odisha used to be a peaceful state. Then @BJP4India happened. Their Titlagarh MLA, Nabin Kumar Jain, fired shots during a Rama Navami process ...Read More >
Agitated 'displaced' poor people of Vinoba Navodaya Colony, joined by a host of leaders of various mass organisations, staged a dharna at Ambedkar statue in Khammam on Monday demanding justice. Taking up cudgels on behalf of the 'displaced' dwellers, Telangana Jagruthi president Kalvakuntla Kavitha and Dalit Shakthi Programme State president Visharadan Maharaj among others squatted on the main road expressing solidarity with the protesters. Traffic movement on the main road was disrupted for s ...Read More >
Abdullah represents the Ganderbal constituency in the assembly. The projects, spanning multiple departments, were inaugurated and e-launched at different locations, underscoring the government's commitment to balanced and inclusive development. "From healthcare and sanitation to roads, schools and drinking water, these projects reflect our resolve to ensure comprehensive development of Ganderbal. Our focus is not merely on announcements but on timely execution and quality outcomes," he said. ...Read More >
Union Home and Cooperation Minister Amit Shah interacted with drivers of Bharat Taxi and assured them of support for the new initiative. He told the drivers that the company belongs to them and asked them to be patient for the next three years as the platform is on its growing stage. On February 5 in Delhi, Amit Shah launched India's first cooperative-based ride-hailing platform, "Bharat Taxi". The platform is India's first government-backed cooperative ride-hailing app, seen as an alternative ...Read More >
Shimla, Feb 23 (PTI) Hundreds of truck operators on Monday took to the streets in Himachal Pradesh's Solan district against the hike in toll charges collected at entry points from vehicles registered outside the state and warned of blocking the national highway if the decision is not rolled back. The Congress government led by Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu, during a cabinet meeting held on February 13, approved the toll tax barrier policy 2026-27, according to which the light motor vehi ...Read More >
Jaipur, Feb 16 (PTI) Seven people were burnt alive in an illegal firecracker-manufacturing factory in the Bhiwadi town of Rajasthan's Khairthal-Tijara district on Monday, officials said. "Seven persons have died in the incident. It was a garment factory but firecrackers were being manufactured inside it illegally," Sumitra Pareek, Additional District Magistrate, said. She said that two people trapped in the factory were rescued. They were admitted to Delhi's Safdarjung Hospital in a critical co ...Read More >
Ahmedabad: Bodies of a man and a woman were found at two locations of the Narmada main canal near Viramgam on Wednesday, triggering a police investigation into the circumstances of their deaths.Police said the body of an unidentified man was first spotted in the Saurashtra main canal near a nursery on the outskirts of Viramgam town. Fire personnel from the Viramgam municipality were alerted, and the body was retrieved from the canal.A few hours later, the body of an unidentified woman was found ...Read More >
RAMESWARAM: She turned down his romantic proposals multiple times. But 21-year-old Muniyaraj wouldn't take no for an answer. When her father warned him against harassing his daughter, Muniyaraj chose revenge. He stabbed her to death when she was on her way to school, on a public road in broad daylight. According to police, the incident happened on Wednesday in Rameswaram. The girl lived with her family in Cherankottai near the island town. The accused Muniyaraj, a resident of the same area, had ...Read More >
Jadcherla/Hyderabad, Nov 20 (Maxim News): A serious road accident took place on the 44th National Highway at Jadcherla Macharam in Mahabubnagar district. Another private travel bus passing over the bridge narrowly avoided an accident. The accident occurred when Jagan's travel bus hit a tanker carrying hydrochloric acid from behind. A major accident was averted as there was no possibility of the chemical in the tanker catching fire. Although smoke was coming out of the tanker, a major accident w ...Read More >
Rameswaram (Tamil Nadu), Nov 18 (PTI) A 21-year-old man was arrested for allegedly stabbing a Class 12 girl to death in broad daylight while she was on her way to school here on Wednesday, police said. The girl had reportedly rejected the man's love proposal, they said. The victim lived with her family in Cherankottai near the island town. Police said the accused, identified as Muniyaraj, a resident of the same area, had been allegedly stalking the schoolgirl for days and pressuring her to acc ...Read More >
Srinagar, Nov 13 (PTI) The mercury dropped across Kashmir, with night temperatures remaining below the freezing point at most places and Srinagar recording the coldest night of the season at minus 2.1 degrees Celsius, Meteorological Department officials said on Thursday. The minimum temperature in Srinagar on Wednesday night was over three degrees below the season's normal. Except for south Kashmir's Kokernag, which recorded a minimum temperature of 1.2 degrees Celsius, all other weather stati ...Read More >
Hyderabad: A day after 19 lives were lost in the fatal road accident between a TGSRTC bus and a tipper lorry in Chevella mandal, members of Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) led a protest demanding the long-pending request of road expansion on Tuesday, November 4. Demanding accountability from the Telangana government over consistent delays, former BRS Tandur MLA, Pilot Rohit Reddy, alleged that the issue has been pending even after funds were sanctioned under the BRS government. The TGSRTC bus, ca ...Read More >
NEW DELHI (AP) - A minibus carrying passengers rammed into a parked truck in India´s northern state of Rajasthan late Sunday, killing at least 15 people and injuring two others, local authorities said. The victims, including the driver, were returning to the desert city of Jodhpur after offering prayers to a Hindu deity in the pilgrimage town of Kolayat, officials said. Among the dead were 10 women, four children, and the driver, senior government official Shweta Chauhan told The Associated Pr ...Read More >
HYDERABAD, India (AP) -- A truck loaded with concrete stone chips rammed into a passenger bus in southern India early Monday, killing at least 20 people and injuring about two dozens, local authorities said. The state-run transport bus was carrying around 70 passengers en route to Hyderabad city in southern Telangana state when a truck coming from opposite direction collided with it near the town of Chevalla, local district official K. Chandrakala told The Associated Press. The front of the bu ...Read More >
HYDERABAD, India (AP) -- A truck loaded with concrete stone chips rammed into a passenger bus in southern India early Monday, killing at least 20 people and injuring about two dozens, local authorities said. The state-run transport bus was carrying around 70 passengers en route to Hyderabad city in southern Telangana state when a truck coming from opposite direction collided with it near the town of Chevalla, local district official K. Chandrakala told The Associated Press. The front of the bu ...Read More >
Chennai: The Madras High Court on Monday directed the Tamil Nadu Government to prepare within 10 days a Draft Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for holding political meetings and rallies to avoid tragedies like the recent stampede in Karur at actor-politician Vijay's rally in which 41 persons died. The actor, incidentally, facilitated the travel of the families of the victims from Karur to Chennai and met them at a luxury convention hall in the tourist town of Mamallapuram to offer condolences ...Read More >
It also gave its approval to include 19 games in the list of games which qualify meritorious sportspersons for consideration for appointment to Group A, B, C and D posts and services under the government departments, boards, corporations, etc. The Himachal Pradesh Cabinet, presided over by Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu on Saturday decided to allow the Transport Department to issue necessary permission for conversion of 1,000 existing diesel and petrol taxis into electric taxis with the ...Read More >
CHENNAI: The Tamil Nadu Forest Department has issued a public alert and launched an awareness drive in several villages along the Old Kollidam River after crocodiles were sighted in the region following heavy water discharge from the main Kollidam River. Teams led by Forest Range Officer Vasanth Bhaskar, Forester Panneerselvam, and Forest Guard Anbumani visited villages including Velakkudi, Agaranallur, and Pazhaiyannallur on Saturday to warn residents and distribute pamphlets outlining safety ...Read More >
Bengaluru: Bangalore South MP Tejasvi Surya said Sunday he has sought a 30-minute meeting with deputy chief minister DK Shivakumar to present an alternative urban mobility plan for the city, countering the govt's proposal for a tunnel road.He added that Bengaluru's civic issues required cooperation, not confrontation. "Bengaluru will not benefit from an ego clash. What we need is a comprehensive mobility plan that reduces private vehicles and boosts public transport," he said, adding that if the ...Read More >
Chennai: Converting govt-aided colleges into private universities will exclude the vast majority of students from economically and socially disadvantaged groups from accessing quality higher education, say educationists.The Tamil Nadu Private Universities (Amendment) Bill, 2025 allowed the govt-aided colleges to be converted as private universities and relaxed the land requirement norms to establish private universities in urban areas. After facing opposition from teacher associations and politi ...Read More >
Chaibasa: Five children suffering from thalassaemia have tested HIV-positive in Jharkhand's Chaibasa town, leading to allegations of medical negligence at a government hospital. Families of the affected children claim that contaminated blood supplied by the local blood bank at Sadar Hospital may have caused the infection. Probe Ordered, Discrepancies Found in Blood Bank Following the allegations, the Jharkhand government has set up a five-member medical team from Ranchi to investigate the cas ...Read More >
Hyderabad: In a new twist to the horrific bus fire on National Highway 44 (NH-44) near Andhra Pradesh's Kurnool town that claimed 19 lives in the early hours of Friday, investigations by the police revealed that the bus did not ram into a moving motorcycle, but ran over a bike lying on the highway after a road accident, police officials said. Kurnool district superintendent of police Vikrant Patil said on Saturday that Panchala Shiva Shankar (20) and his friend Erriswamy, both residents of Laks ...Read More >
JAMMU, Oct 24: The judicial inquiry into the violent clashes of September 24 in Leh will begin tomorrow, inviting aggrieved persons to record their testimonies before members of the probe panel. Follow the Daily Excelsior channel on WhatsApp "The judicial inquiry regarding the September 24 incident in Leh town shall be held at the Alternate Dispute Redressal Centre at Melongthang in Leh from October 25 to October 28," an order issued by Consultant, Law and Justice Department, Qureshi Tariq Meh ...Read More >
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