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Delhi coaching centre deaths: High Court to hear plea seeking setting up of panel to probe incident

Students protest outside the Rau’s IAS study circle in Old Rajinder Nagar area, where 3 students died in a coaching centre Saturday Night, after it was waterlogged in basement of IAS study circle building | Photo Credit: Shiv Kumar Pushpakar The Delhi High Court has agreed to hear on July 31, a plea seeking to constitute a high-level committee to probe the incident in which three civil service aspirants drowned in the basement of a coaching centre in Old Rajinder Nagar.The plea was mentioned for urgent hearing on July 30 before a Bench of Acting Chief Justice Manmohan and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela which said the matter be listed on July 31 if the petition is in order by afternoon. Petitioner advocate said he f...
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Body of woman found near Uran railway station in Navi Mumbai

“The body of a 20-year-old woman was found in a thicket near Uran railway station in Navi Mumbai, after which a murder case was registered,” a police official said on July 28.“The body was found at 2.15 a.m. on July 27,” Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Vivek Pansare confirmed.“The victim, who worked in Belapur, had taken half-day leave on July 26 and the murder may have taken place between 3.30 p.m. and 4 p.m. that day,” the DCP said."A case under Section 103 of Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita (BNS) has been registered against unidentified person(s.) Three teams have been formed to trace the accused. The Crime Branch is also probing the case independently," he informed.Source link
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Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee’s ‘insult’ at NITI Aayog meeting doesn’t suit democratic norms: Sanjay Raut

Shiv Sena UBT leader Sanjay Raut said the “insult” of West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee is not good for democracy. File | Photo Credit: PTI Shiv Sena UBT leader Sanjay Raut on July 28 said the "insult" of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee at the NITI Aayog meeting held in New Delhi a day earlier was not good for democracy.“States have several issues, which need to be addressed and muting the microphone of a Chief Minister doesn’t suit democratic norms”, Mr. Raut said.Mamata Banerjee on July 27 walked out of a NITI Aayog meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, claiming she was unfairly stopped midway through her speech, a charge denied by the government asserting that her speaking time was over.M...
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Nitish Kumar skipped NITI Aayog meet over refusal of special category status to Bihar: CPI(ML) Liberation leader

JD(U) leaders were tight-lipped over the absence of Nitish Kumar, the party president, at the NITI Aayog meeting held in Delhi (File) | Photo Credit: PTI The Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation [CPI(ML)L], a constituent of the INDIA bloc, claimed, that Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar skipped the NITI Aayog meeting out of embarrassment over the Centre’s refusal to grant special category status to the State.The party also slammed the National Democratic Alliance-led (NDA) Central government for "misleading" people over the special package and announced protest marches next month.However, JD(U) leaders were tight-lipped over the absence of Nitish Kumar, the party president, at the NITI Aayog m...
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Will scrap Agnipath scheme when we come to power: Akhilesh Yadav

Samajwadi Party national president Akhilesh Yadav. File | Photo Credit: Sandeep Saxena Samajwadi Party (SP) president Akhilesh Yadav said on July 27 that the Agnipath recruitment scheme will be cancelled “as soon as we come to power”. The declaration comes a day after Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath announced reservation for retired Agniveers in the U.P. Police.“As soon as we come to power, the short-term ‘Agniveer’ military recruitment that compromises the security of the country and plays with the future of the soldiers will be cancelled within 24 hours. This is our demand on ‘Agniveer’. Old recruitment should be reinstated,” wrote Mr. Yadav on X (formerly Twitter).Quota in jobsMr. Adityanath ann...
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Parliamentary Panel highlights significant delays in installation of telemetry systems in critical flood-prone areas

The delay at Khanabal is attributed to a court case pending since 2018 while non-clearance from the forest department has stalled installations at Sara Thang and Dambong since 2017. (File) | Photo Credit: PTI A Parliamentary Panel has highlighted significant delays in the installation of telemetry systems vital for real-time data collection and flood forecasting in some critical flood-prone areas.The Committee's report on the performance audit of schemes for flood control and forecasting, submitted to the 17th Lok Sabha and tabled in the 18th Lok Sabha on July 26, underscores the need for urgent action to ensure timely and effective flood management.According to the report, the installation of telemetry systems...
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Tamil Nadu government lists various welfare programmes implemented by MAWS Department

“Under the Tamil Nadu Urban Road Infrastructure Programme, a total of 1,178 road works to the extent of 1,583 km have been taken up at a cost of ₹812.21 crore.” | Photo Credit: The Hindu The Tamil Nadu government on July 21 listed various welfare programmes being implemented by its Municipal Administration and Water Supply (MAWS) Department. It included ‘AMRUT 2.0’ being implemented at ₹2,391.72 crore, including various road projects, and urban development programmes. An official release issued by the State Government on July 21 said 515 road works and 11 bridge works were completed during the past three years since 2021 under the National Bank for Agricultural and Rural Development (NABARD) scheme at a total c...