Chennai: AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami on Thursday urged chief minister C Joseph Vijay to implement the proposed ‘Nadanthai Vazhi Cauvery’ project, saying it would benefit farmers and improve drinking water supply to several districts in the state.“The CM should focus on implementing the river project instead of “horse-trading of MLAs to safeguard his…
TGCSB takes over Rs 1,000-cr mule account fraud cases Hyderabad: On the instructions of director-general of police (DGP) CV Anand, Khammam police have transferred two major cybercrime cases involving procurement of mule banking accounts, using which cyber fraudsters operating from abroad had funnelled over Rs 1,000 crore, to TGCSB for thorough investigation. Khammam police have…
The reshuffle is expected to affect planning approvals, development regulation and enforcement Gurgaon: Haryana govt on Wednesday transferred 17 officers of Department of Town and Country Planning, including senior town planners and district town planners, in a reshuffle affecting Gurgaon, Manesar and Haryana Real Estate Regulatory Authority (HRera).Sanjay Kumar, senior town planner at Haryana State…
Kolkata: A week after public access to the 136-year-old Gouripur Jame Masjid inside the Kolkata airport was suspended over security concerns, the Bankra mosque committee on Thursday called for a peaceful protest after Friday prayers, even as the airport authorities maintained that the restriction would continue until further orders.Addressing a press conference, former minister and…
The state recorded no rainfall between July 11 and 14 Panaji: After four consecutive dry days, Goa witnessed short spells of intense rainfall on Thursday.The state recorded no rainfall between July 11 and 14. It received just over 4.4mm of rain on July 15, while precipitation remained limited on July 16.Meteorologist M R Ramesh Kumar…
Gandhinagar: The proposed centre of excellence (CoE) for road safety and traffic management, to come up at Viramgam in Ahmedabad district, will initiate focused research on facial recognition technologies, assessing how they could be ethically and legally integrated into the Trinetra system to help identify repeat offenders or wanted individuals. Officials said any such deployment…
Chandigarh: Ludhiana has emerged as the district with the highest number of beneficiaries under the state govt’s Mawan Dhiyan Satkar Yojana, with 7.4 lakh beneficiaries enrolled so far. Across Punjab, 68.9 lakh beneficiaries had been registered for the scheme till Tuesday.Ludhiana is followed by Patiala (5.3 lakh beneficiaries), Amritsar (4.9 lakh), Jalandhar (4.8 lakh), Gurdaspur…
Pune: Maharashtra’s classrooms are still grappling with some of the most basic facilities despite hosting country’s second-largest school enrolments at 2.16 crore students. Fresh UDISE Plus 2025-26 data shows that more than 9,900 schools across the state continue to lack functional toilets for girls and boys, exposing a stark gap between infrastructure claimed on paper…
Lucknow: The Lucknow Police have arrested six members of a suspected burglary gang for carrying out a theft at a jewellery shop in Gomti Nagar Extension.According to police, the accused first surveyed Venkatesh Jewellers, located near Geetapuri Crossing in Kharagapur, to study the shop’s security arrangements, movement of people and surrounding area before striking on…
Jaipur: Ahead of the upcoming urban local body elections, the Rajasthan State Election Commission (SEC) has made it mandatory for candidates contesting municipal elections to submit declarations on criminal convictions and pending criminal cases along with their nomination papers, warning that nominations may be rejected if the prescribed forms are not furnished before scrutiny.The Commission…
