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Union Home Minister Amit Shah flags off 300 e-buses in New Delhi on Tuesday. | Photo Credit: ANI Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday flagged off 300 new electric buses, comprising 195 nine-metre ‘DEVi’ buses and 105 regular 12-metre buses, and laid the foundation stone for a high-security prison in Narela. “The newly inducted…
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An 18-year-old migrant worker was killed while trying to board a moving train at the Tambaram railway station on Monday. A senior official of the Government Railway Police (GRP) said the deceased was identified as Sahil Kumar, a native of Bihar, and had been staying in Virudhunagar with two friends, working at a brick kiln…
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The Cooperation Department Secretary wrote to the Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare at the Centre, urging it to increase the quantity of procuring Totapuri mangoes. | Photo Credit: FILE PHOTO Thousands of farmers who have grown Totapuri mangoes have been coming to the Agriculture Produce Market Committee (APMC) mandis and dumping the harvested yield…
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Corporation Council meeting under way in Dindigul. | Photo Credit: G. KARTHIKEYAN Water crisis dominated Dindigul Corporation Council meeting held on Monday. The meeting was presided over by Mayor J. Ilamathi and Corporation Commissioner J. Prem Anand. Several councillors said drinking water was supplied only once in every four days. Uninterrupted water supply should be…
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The new Bengaluru RD&I centre will work closely with TMICC’s global design centre in Colworth, U.K., and Regional Innovation hub in Istanbul, Turkey. Amsterdam-based The Magnum Ice Cream Company (TMICC) has opened its new research, design and innovation (RD&I) centre in Bengaluru. The new Bengaluru RD&I centre will work closely with TMICC’s global design centre…
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The holiday applies to all primary, high school, and residential schools, and to pre-university and residential pre-university colleges. | Photo Credit: H.S. MANJUNATH The Dakshina Kannada district administration has declared a holiday for children from anganwadis to class 12 on Wednesday in view of the India Meteorological Department declaring a red alert for extremely heavy…
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Police officials create road safety awareness using a giant Snakes and Ladders board in Khammam on Tuesday. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT A novel road safety awareness initiative using the traditional board game – Snakes and Ladders drew widespread attention at the inaugural ceremony of the Road Safety Awareness Centre in Khammam on Tuesday. Director…
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The body of a boy, believed to be about 15 years old, was found floating in the Gambheeram Gedda reservoir in Visakhapatnam on Tuesday. According to police sources, preliminary investigations suggest that the boy may have gone to the reservoir with a group of friends to play in the water. Police suspect that he might…
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Although disasters continue to strike Kerala, particularly Wayanad, during the monsoon season, the State and Central government agencies appear to have learnt little from past incidents. | Photo Credit: PTI Two years after the catastrophic landslides in Wayanad that claimed around 300 lives, accurate weather forecasting continues to remain elusive. The weather conditions in Wayanad…
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Unauthorised parking of autorickshaws is the most common offence committed by the drivers in Madurai, say the traffic police. | Photo Credit: FILE PHOTO Madurai City Traffic Police have warned autorickshaw drivers with strigent warning for violating road safety rules. A statement said that during routine vehicle checks at important junctions and roads, the police…
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