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NEW DELHI: Heavy rain lashed parts of West Bengal on Thursday morning as severe cyclonic storm ‘Dana’ inched closer to the state’s coast, also touching neighbouring Odisha. According to the India Meteorological Department, the cyclonic storm is likely to make landfall between Bhitarkanika National Park and Dhamra Port in Odisha early Friday with wind speeds of up to 120 kilometres per hour (kmph). With this, the cyclone is set to bring heavy rainfall in several south Bengal districts, including Kolkata. Teams of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) have been deployed across South Bengal to tackle emergencies. The Kolkata Municipal…

Team Goemkarponn SANCOALE: In a strong show of solidarity, leaders of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) including MLAs Capt. Venzy Viegas and Engr. Cruz Silva, AAP Working Presidents Gerson Gomes & Valmiki Naik, along with other party members met former Sancoale Sarpanch Premanand Naik, who is currently on an indefinite hunger strike. Naik is protesting against the proposed Bhutani Infra mega-project comprising almost 700 villas and flats, and is demanding its immediate revocation. Naik, a respected community leader, began his hunger strike on Monday and has vowed not to quit until the construction licence given to Parmesh Constructions for the…

NEW DELHI: A scuffle broke out between two groups of students during Diwali celebrations at Jamia Millia Islamia University here, following which police personnel were deployed outside its gates as a precautionary measure, officials said on Wednesday. A police officer said no complaint has been received in connection with the incident which took place on Tuesday night. The Diwali event was organised by the Rashtriya Kala Manch (RKM), a dimension of RSS-backed Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) at the university. The ABVP said it will hold a ‘deep mahotsav’ again on Wednesday evening. Calls and messages to Jamia Millia Islamia…

New Delh: A virtual meeting involving several airline officials and various social media platforms was held on Tuesday evening, sources said, in reference to the bomb threats received on various flights during the past eight days. According to the details, Air India and Vistara participated in the meeting, chaired by Joint Secretary Sanket S Bhondve. Hours later, on Wednesday, the Union Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology blasted social media platform X through which most of these hoaxes were circulated. Social media platforms, including X, were also suggested to use Artificial Intelligence (AI)-based mechanism to block any accounts that send…

PANAJI: The Leader of Opposition Yuri Alemao demanded that the government should immediately implement ‘Disability Security SOP’ and should restart the exclusive helpline number to address their issues. In a letter to the Chief Minister Pramod Sawant, Congress leader Yuri Alemao has said that the government has failed to keep continuity of the helpline exclusively started in 2022 for disabled people. “There are around fifty thousand disable persons in our state. With the initiatives of people working for their welfare, then DGP Mr. I.D Shukla had launched this helpline. But after his retirement, this helpline stopped working. It should be…

DELHI: Nearly three lakh pilgrims from India have visited the Gurudwara Shri Darbar Sahib Kartarpur in Pakistan since a corridor was opened on the border nearly five years ago, but each one of them had to pay a $ 20 (Rs 1,681.51) fee. This is the amount that Pakistan has steadfastly charged from each Indian pilgrim as fee, despite India raising it multiple times that the amount should be waived off in deference to the wishes of the pilgrims. The writer of this report also paid the fee when he visited the Gurudwara in 2022. Pakistan has earned nearly Rs…

Pune: India set out on their quest for revenge in Pune, as skipper Rohit Sharma announced three changes to his playing XI from the first Test: a decision that raised eyebrows. The likes of Shubman Gill, Washington Sundar, and Akash Deep all replaced KL Rahul, Kuldeep Yadav and Mohammed Siraj, as India opted to bank on their firepower with the bat more. India’s troubles with the bat was showcased in the first innings of the first Test, when India were bundled out for just 46 runs: an issue that probably plagued their minds as they selected the squad today. But,…