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CHENNAI: At least 30 people have died, and over seventy hospitalised after allegedly consuming spurious liquor in Tamil Nadu’s Kallakurichi district on Wednesday. Following the incident, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin has ordered a CB-CID inquiry and transferred District Collector Sravankumar Jatavath, appointing MS Prashanth as the new Collector for Kallakurichi district. Kallakurichi SP Samaysingh Meena has been suspended, with Rajath Chaturvedi taking over as the new SP. Several police officials have also faced suspension. According to News18 sources, one person has been arrested so far in connection with the case. As per The Hindu report, An official said that preliminary investigations revealed…

NEW DELHI: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) opposed Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s bail plea on Thursday in the money laundering case related to the now-scrapped excise policy, alleging that hawala money was used to finance the Aam Aadmi Party’s (AAP) national convenor’s stay at a 7-star hotel during the 2022 Goa polls. This comes after a Delhi court extended Kejriwal’s custody till July 3. Appearing on behalf of the ED, ASG Raju on Wednesday informed the court that the Delhi CM stayed in a 7-star hotel named Hyatt during the Goa Assembly elections IN 2022. The cost of the Delhi…

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia: A diplomat in Saudi Arabia said on Wednesday that 68 Indian nationals died during the hajj pilgrimage this year marked by searing heath, bringing the overall tally to more than 600. “We have confirmed around 68 dead… Some are because of natural causes and we had many old-age pilgrims. And some are due to the weather conditions, that’s what we assume,” the diplomat, who spoke on condition of anonymity, told AFP. The new toll comes after two Arab diplomats told AFP on Tuesday that 550 deaths had been recorded during the hajj, one of the five pillars…

New Delhi: The cancellation of the UGC-NET examination amid the ongoing protests against the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) has provided fresh ammunition to the Opposition parties to target the Narendra Modi government ahead of the Parliament session. UGC-NET is a test to determine a candidate’s eligibility for the post of assistant professor in universities and colleges, and also for the award of research fellowships. The Education Ministry yesterday ordered that the exam — held Tuesday — be scrapped after inputs that its integrity may have been compromised. This exam too was conducted by the National Testing Agency (NTA),…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Kadamba Transport Corporation Limited (KTCL) said that it will no longer be offering its pass concession program to workers in corporations, autonomous bodies, and government departments as of July 1. KTCL Chairman Ulhas Tuenkar said that in order to find different ways to give benefits to government employees who receive lower transport allowances as part of their salaries, the issue will be discussed with the Chief Minister and the Transport Minister. “We have noticed that many workers at corporations, aided institutions, and autonomous bodies receive smaller transportation allowances as part of their pay. Thus, in order to…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Public Interest Litigation banning the transportation of iron ore across the State of Goa is pending before the Bombay High Court and arguments are ongoing in the matter. In the course of a hearing on 19 June 2024, Advocate for the Petitioner Norma Alvares argued before the Court to restrict the number of trips for iron ore trucks to 20-40 trips per hour as per the Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) of the Directorate of Mines & Geology. Adv. Norma pointed out that any transportation of iron ore on public roads has to be restricted to the above…

PATNA: Amid the controversy over the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) for admission into medical colleges, four men arrested from Bihar have confessed that the question paper for the entrance exam was leaked the previous day. NEET-UG 2024 is a burning issue that has seen students hit the streets over allegations of grace marks awarded to over 1,500 students and question paper leaks. While the grace marks were later scrapped and the students were offered a re-test, the paper leak was denied by the education minister. The four men arrested from Bihar include three aspirants – Anurag Yadav, Nitish Kumar, Amit…