Salem: An elderly woman was found strangled to death in her residence at Kitchipalayam in Salem city on Monday, and her gold jewellery missing.The deceased was identified as K Jakkubai, 75, of SMC Colony in Kitchipalayam. She was residing with her 45-year-old son K Senthil Kumar.“When Senthil returned home from work in the evening, he…
The meeting also discussed an accountability measure for garbage vulnerable points (GVPs) under the GVP Mukt Abhiyan Gurgaon: MCG will now seek direct confirmation from complainants before treating civic complaints received through X as resolved. Officials will be required to speak to residents, obtain a formal satisfaction letter and, where possible, retain recordings of the…
Guwahati: The NSCN (IM) has renewed its call for Naga unity across the India-Myanmar border, asserting that Nagas on both sides are “one people” belonging to a single homeland, as reunification talks with the Myanmar-based Ang Mai-led NSCN-K faction continue in Sagaing.“We uphold the destined reality that Nagas are one people and that we belong…
Chitradurga: Members of the Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha and Hasiru Sene on Wednesday deposited Rs 2,998, collected as alms from shopkeepers, autorickshaw drivers and the public in Molakalmuru town, into the Chief Minister’s Relief Fund. The members had collected the money on Oct 1 from traders and others near the private bus stand and along…
Kanpur: All shops and commercial establishments will remain closed on Oct 13 due to Nagar Panchayat election.District election officer Mahendra Singh Tanwar said voting for vacant post of Chairperson of Bithoor Panchayat will be held on Oct 13 from 7am to 5pm as per State Election Commission notification. Public holiday has been declared for shops,…
Kolkata: Calcutta High Court on Thursday “put in abeyance” the deportation of a Murshidabad resident to Bangladesh, stressing that a person cannot be detained for two months without due process of law and on “mere suspicion” of being a Bangladeshi.Justice Saugata Bhattacharyya also questioned whether a deportation order can be issued solely on the basis…
City’s garbage mountain grows as Jamalpur dumpsite cleanup stalls Ludhiana: Work on bioremediation of legacy waste at the main garbage dump in Jamalpur has been disrupted for the past one month. Machines meant for use in the project, aimed at eliminating “garbage mountains”, are lying idle at the dumpsite. Officials said the project was stalled…
DCC president Padmaraj R Poojary (left) and Mithun M Rai, general secretary, KPCC, address media in Mangaluru on Wednesday Mangaluru: District Congress Committee president Padmaraj Poojary alleged that Form 7 applications were being misused to seek the deletion of eligible voters from electoral rolls in parts of the district, and said that cases had been…
Mysuru Gandhi Bhavan Gandhi Bhavan in Siddhartha Nagar lies unused. pic by madhusudhan.sr Mysuru: Gandhi Bhavan, built near deputy commissioner’s office complex in Siddhartha Nagar at a cost of Rs 3 crore, remains locked and unused despite being inaugurated last year by then chief minister Siddaramaiah.Siddaramaiah had announced in the 2016-17 budget during his first…
Ghaziabad: A two-judge Allahabad high court bench has said land for the Harnandipuram township in Ghaziabad should not be acquired except in accordance with law.In an order dated Sept 30, Justices Kunal Ravi Singh and Siddhartha Varma noted that Ghaziabad Development Authority (GDA) was proceeding through mutual negotiation and its counsel had given a categorical…
