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SURAJ NANDREKAR Panaji: It’s been 8 years since Panaji was selected for the Smart City project by the Narendra Modi Government and funds to the tune of hundreds of crores have been received for infrastructure development in the city. However, eight years down the line, while Panaji still stinks and floods, the officials seem to have become SMARTER. On Thursday, the former CEO of IPSCDL Swayandipta Pal Chaudhari was booked for misappropriation of funds of Rs 87 lakhs. But Goemkarponn investigations now reveal the amount is much more and several others seem to be involved in the case. A complaint…

China: India managed to make it four wins in as many games as they were tested against a resilient South Korea unit during the Asian Champions Trophy 2024 clash that took place at the Moqi Training Base in China on Thursday. Team India began on a flyer scoring two goals in the first quarter. Araijeet Singh opened the scoring in the seventh minute thanks to a timely overload on the right flank and the quick switch where Araijeet netted the goal to open India’s tally for the match. Promptly after scoring, India also received a penalty corner which Harmanpreet Singh…

New Delhi: The Congress on Thursday hit back at the BJP amid a political row over Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Chief Justice DY Chandrachud’s home for Ganesh Chaturthi. The BJP had countered the opposition’s initial barrage of criticism by pointing to an Iftar party hosted by then Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, which was attended by then Chief Justice KG Balakrishnan. BJP spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla led that particular charge, sharing a photo of the two meeting and declaring, “Attending Ganesh puja is no crime… but if PM attends it at the house of the Chief Justice… Congress ecosystem attacks…

New Delhi: The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a petition by the Shahi Idgah Masjid challenging last month’s Allahabad High Court verdict, which allowed 15 suits filed by Hindu petitioners claiming the mosque, in Uttar Pradesh’s Mathura, is built on 13.37 acres of land that was Lord Krishna’s birthplace. The petitioners had sought removal of the mosque. The top court will hear the Muslim side’s petition on Tuesday. On August 1 Justice Mayank Kumar, in what was seen as a landmark ruling with implications for other similar pending suits, allowed all 15 suits by the Hindu petitioners to stand.…

Moscow: National Security Adviser Ajit Doval met Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday on the sidelines of the BRICS National Security Advisers’ meeting. The two were seen exchanging a handshake in a picture shared on X by the Russian Embassy in India. NSA Doval’s visit to Russia comes two-and-a-half weeks after Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s historic visit to Ukraine. In his talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, PM Modi said both Ukraine and Russia should sit together to end the ongoing war and that India was ready to play an “active role” to restore peace in the region. Sources had…

New Delhi: A 35-year-old gym owner was shot dead in full public view in South Delhi on Thursday night, in a shocking case of gang war in the capital. A CCTV camera captured the chilling moment when a shooter opened fire on a busy road in the upscale Greater Kailash-1 colony. Rohit Godara, a close aide of Goldy Brar of the Lawrence Bishnoi gang, has taken responsibility for the murder in a social media post. NDTV cannot confirm the authenticity of the post. In the video exclusively accessed by NDTV, gym owner Nadir Shah, an Afghan-origin man who lived in…

New Delhi: Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, stood up by junior doctors who were invited at the state secretariat for a meeting today, in an emotive speech said she was not enamoured of the top post in the state and was ready to step down “in the interest of the people”. Assuring the doctors that no action will be taken against them, she said the government is always ready for a dialogue. Her anger fell on people, who, she hinted, were masterminding the protest with vested interests. Pointing to the proliferation of anti-government messages on social media, she said, “Our…