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LUCKNOW: Dissent within the party and lack of cooperation from the district administrative machinery were two key factors that led to the BJP’s poor show in Uttar Pradesh in the Lok Sabha elections, the party’s task force has said its report submitted to chief minister Yogi Adityanath. The BJP’s tally dropped to 33 seats versus the 62 it won in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls. Soon after the task force submitted its report, Adityanath transferred as many as 12 district magistrates (DMs) — mostly from the districts falling in the constituencies from where BJP lost in the 2024 polls. District…

BENGALURU: A huge air blast from an asteroid flattened about 2,200 square kilometres of dense forest, destroying nearly 80 million trees in Tunguska, a remote location in Siberia on June 30, 1908. Apophis, a near-Earth asteroid, and termed the most hazardous of the present era with a diameter of 370 metres will fly by us on April 13, 2029, and again in 2036. The impact of an asteroid 10 km or bigger is regarded as an extinction-scale event, causing most of the species to perish due to its aftermath. Such an impact is hypothesised to have caused the extinction of…

New Delhi: As the newly formed Modi 3.0 government settles in, all eyes are on the upcoming Budget 2024-25, which Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is likely to present on July 23. The real estate sector has high hopes for this budget, with demands ranging from tax reliefs to affordable housing initiatives and land-related announcements. In the past few years since early 2022, the luxury real estate segment has been gaining fast traction. However, the affordable sector has taken a backseat as compared with the luxury segment. Here are some expectations of the real estate from the upcoming Union Budget 2024-25:…

New Delhi: The T20 World Cup 2024 gala featuring the Indian team reached the doorsteps of Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday. The Indian team, after landing in New Delhi around 6:00 AM freshened up at the ITC Maurya Hotel before taking the team bus to PM Modi’s residence. The Rohit Sharma-led team had a brief dance performance at the hotel after embracing a grand welcome. Not long after, the players, led by skipper Rohit, cut a special cake at the hotel before they headed off to meet the Prime Minister. At around 1:00 PM, the Indian left PM Modi’s…

New Delhi: Reacting to the clarification issued by the Indian Army on the emoluments to Agniveer Ajay Kumar, Defence Minister RajnathSingh said that the “Indian Army is committed to the welfare of Agniveers.” Taking to X, the defence minister wrote, “Indian Army is committed to the welfare of Agniveers!” Indian Army’s Additional Directorate General of Public Information (ADGPI) posted a ‘clarification on emoluments to Agniveer Ajay Kumar’ on Wednesday and said certain posts on social media have brought out that compensation hasn’t been paid to the next of kin of the Agniveer. “Certain posts on Social Media have brought out…

Guwahati, India: The flood situation in Assam further deteriorated with over 16.50 lakh population affected in 29 districts with the major rivers flowing above the danger level across the state on Thursday, an official bulletin said. An alert has been sounded in the Kamrup (Metro) district with the Brahmaputra, Digaru and Kollong rivers flowing above the red mark with vast tracts of land inundated. Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma is scheduled to visit flood-affected areas in Maligaon, Pandu Port and Temple Ghat areas in Guwahati Metropolitan area on Thursday to take stock of the situation. Sarma chaired a meeting on…

Goemkarponn desk VASCO: On Thursday morning, Vasco MLA Krishna Salkar, MMC Chairperson Girish Borkar, and GAMMON India officials inspected the ongoing construction of the up-ramp near the IOC junction. Speaking to reporters, MLA Salkar revealed that the project is nearly 90% complete and expressed satisfaction with the progress. “When the project was launched, several people raised objections and predicted it would be a disaster. However, today, as I arrived here, I see broad roads below the ramp, and the project is almost 90% complete,” said Salkar. “This up-ramp will provide a new exit from Vasco and significantly decongest the city’s…