POLITICS
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Oct- 2024 -22 October
Protest against proposed Adani cement factory in Yadadri District
The protesters also voiced their concern over the different industrial projects that threaten their environment and livelihood. Hyderabad: Residents of different villages staged a protest in front of the Yadadri Collectorate, demanding the cancellation of the proposed Adani Ambuja Cement Factory in Ramannapet on Tuesday. Led by the BRS activists, they submitted a memorandum to the Collector, expressing their concerns about the environmental impact of the factory. They also voiced their concern over the different industrial projects that threaten their environment and livelihood. Former MLA Chirumarthi Lingaiah, who participated in the protest, threatened to stall the project. “We will not allow Adani to set foot here. Chief Minister Revanth Reddy and Adani are looting Telangana together. The Ambuja Cement Factory will turn the…
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22 October
Four stundents suffered electric shock in residential school Medak
The incident took place when the girls were installing a flag post during a sports competition when the high mast pole came in touch with overhead electric lines. Medak: Four girl students of BC residential schools sustained injuries as they came in touch with live electric wires accidentally on the premises of a Residential School at Havelighanpur on Tuesday. The victims were Rajitha, Gayathri, Tanushka, and Vasantha. The girls were installing a flag post during a sports competition when the high mast pole came in touch with overhead electric lines. While Rajitha was studying intermediate, the other three were 10th-class students. Another boy also reportedly sustained an injury in the incident. Former Medak MLA Padmadevendar Reddy visited them in the hospital and…
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22 October
East coast braces for cyclone impact, West Bengal to receive heavy rains
IMD warns that wind speed is likely to reach 60 kmph along and off Odisha-West Bengal coasts and gradually increase thereafter Bhubaneswar/Kolkata: A well-marked low-pressure area over the Bay of Bengal intensified into a depression on Tuesday morning as it rolled towards the eastern coast with the likelihood of turning into a severe cyclonic storm, the IMD said. In its bulletin, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said the well-marked low-pressure area over the east-central Bay of Bengal moved west-northwestwards, concentrated into a depression and lay centred at 730 km southeast of Paradip in Odisha and 770 km south-southeast of Sagar island in West Bengal around 5.30 am. The depression will further intensify into a cyclonic storm by October 23 and cross north Odisha and southern West Bengal coasts between…
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22 October
Telangana: Over 40 AEOs suspended for non-participation in Digital Crop Survey
Sources say the AEOs expressed their inability to conduct the Digital Crop Survey due to insufficient staffing and excessive workload Hyderabad: In a surprise move, over 40 Agriculture Extension Officers (AEOs) of Grade II rank have been suspended from services for their non-participation in the Digital Crop Survey, a Central government-sponsored initiative. The suspension orders were issued by the Director of Agriculture late on Monday night, and the District Agriculture Officers of the respective districts were informed of the action taken against the AEOs. The grounds for the suspension were reportedly different from what the official records suggest. Disciplinary proceedings were initiated against these officers for not performing their legitimate duties in recording the deaths of farmers as per the Rythu Bhima scheme guidelines. In Nagarkurnool district alone, four AEOs…
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22 October
Maharashtra elections: Cops seize Rs 5 crore from car in Pune
The unaccounted cash was seized near Khed-Shivapur plaza on Mumbai-Bengaluru highway during a police nakabandi Pune: Pune rural police have seized Rs 5 crore in cash from a car amid the model code of conduct in force in Maharashtra for the November 20 Assembly polls, an official said. The unaccounted cash was seized on Monday evening near Khed-Shivapur plaza on Mumbai–Bengaluru highway during a police nakabandi (on-road checking), the official said. “A car travelling towards Satara was intercepted during nakabandi. A search led to the seizure of Rs 5 crore cash from the vehicle’s four occupants. The money is being counted by police and district election officials. A probe into the source of the cash and other details is underway,” the Pune rural police official said. Meanwhile, Shiv Sena (UBT)…
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22 October
PM Modi says BRICS summit emerged as important platform for dialogue
Summit is being seen as an attempt by non-Western powers to project their clout amid the conflict in Ukraine and the escalating situation in West Asia New Delhi: India values close cooperation within BRICS which has emerged as an important platform for dialogue and discussion on a range of key issues concerning global developmental agenda, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Tuesday. Modi made comments in a statement before embarking on a two-day visit to the Russian city of Kazan to attend the 16th summit of the BRICS grouping. “The expansion of BRICS with the addition of new members last year has added to its inclusivity and agenda for the global good,” he said. Being hosted by Russia, the summit is being seen as an…
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22 October
Oxygen cylinder blast kills six of a family in UP’s Bulandshahr
Personnel of the NDRF, fire brigade, police, medical and the local administration were involved in the rescue work, say officials Bulandshahr: Six people died and three were injured following an oxygen cylinder blast which led to a partial house collapse in the Sikandrabad area of Bulandshahr district, officials said on Tuesday. District Magistrate of Bulandshahr Chandra Prakash Singh said the incident occurred on Monday evening in the house of one Riyazuddin in which around 19 people, including women and children, were living. Riyazuddin was involved in shuttering work — the process of giving support and stability to concrete during construction work before it becomes solid. The initial death toll was five which increased to six in the early hours of Tuesday. City Magistrate Chandra Prakash…
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22 October
Crucial day for actor Siddique as SC to examine plea for bail extension Today
Trouble began for Siddique when on September 24, the Kerala High Court rejected his anticipatory bail. Thiruvananthapuram: Malayalam actor Siddique, who got anticipatory bail from the Supreme Court in a rape case filed against him by an actress last month, will have his fate decided on Tuesday as it will decide whether he can be granted permanent bail or not as the police probe team has stated he has not cooperated and is seeking custodial interrogation. On Monday, his counsel filed an affidavit saying that as directed by the apex court last month while granting him anticipatory bail, he has cooperated with the police probe team which questioned him two times earlier this month. He has argued that he has given…
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22 October
J&K LG says two foreign terrorists involved in Gagangir terror attack
The terrorists reportedly infiltrated from the Bandipora area of North Kashmir, says Lt Governor Manoj Sinha Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir Lt Governor Manoj Sinha has said that possibly two foreign terrorists were involved in the Gagangir terror attack. “According to an initial investigation, two people with masks covering their faces, both possibly foreign terrorists, entered the mess of the company constructing the Z-Morh tunnel and opened indiscriminate fire. Seven people were killed and four injured,” L-G Sinha said on Monday in Jammu. The Lt Governor added that both the terrorists reportedly infiltrated from the Bandipora area of North Kashmir. “They are being tracked and will be neutralised,” he said. Officials said that the terrorists carried out the attack when the labourers and other staff…
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22 October
Over 30 domestic and international flights receive bomb threats
According to sources, the flights of IndiGo, Vistara and Air India were among those that received the bomb threats New Delhi: As many as 30 domestic and international flights operated by Indian airlines received bomb threats on Monday night, according to sources. The flights of IndiGo, Vistara and Air India were among those that received the bomb threats, the sources in the know said. An IndiGo spokesperson on Tuesday said four of its flights on Monday received security-related alerts. They are 6E 164 (Mangaluru to Mumbai), 6E 75, (Ahmedabad to Jeddah), 6E 67 (Hyderabad to Jeddah) and 6E 118 (Lucknow to Pune). Passengers from these flights disembarked safely, according to four separate statements from the airline. “We worked closely with the relevant authorities, and standard operating procedures were…
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