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Patna: As it gets battle-ready for the Bihar polls, the Congress will hold a meeting of its working committee here on Wednesday, for the first time in the state in the post-Independence era, to brainstorm on the election strategy and ramp up its attack against the BJP over alleged “vote chori”. It would be an extended Congress Working Committee (CWC) meeting, with permanent and special invitees, the party’s chief ministers, Pradesh Congress Committee presidents and Congress Legislature Party (CLP) leaders participating. Sources said a couple of resolutions are expected to be passed at the crucial meeting, with an eye on…

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed the Himachal Pradesh government to answer whether it had a “climate change policy” aside from explaining its disaster management plans in view of the state’s “fragile” ecological system. A bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta said the current monsoon season saw unprecedented rain “causing havoc” in the state’s fragile ecosystem while resulting in widespread damage to life and property. “Evidently, the state of Himachal Pradesh and for that matter, all the states in the Himalayan region are facing a serious existential crisis,” it added. Also ReadCloudburst in Himachal; several vehicles…

New York: ABC will reinstate Jimmy Kimmel’s late night show in the wake of criticism over his comments about the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, officials with the network said Monday. “We have spent the last days having thoughtful conversations with Jimmy, and after those conversations, we reached the decision to return the show on Tuesday,” said a statement from the network. ABC suspended Kimmel indefinitely after comments he made about Kirk, who was killed Sept. 10, in a monologue. Kimmel said “many in MAGA land are working very hard to capitalize on the murder of Charlie Kirk” and…

Hyderabad: The Mailardevpally police foiled a plan by a gang to murder a realtor and arrested three people, including a home guard. The police seized two knives, two bikes, and Rs 10,000 in cash from them. The accused have been identified as Mohammed Imran, 35, Mohammed Saif, 21, and Nenavath Sriram, 35, home guard of Falaknuma police station. Four others are absconding. According to the police, Imran was facing financial disputes in his automobile business a year ago with his former business partner, Yaseen. There were also disputes over a property. Amid the disputes, Imran’s home was attacked, a case…

New Delhi: India is emerging as the leading market of interest for companies looking to realign their trade and manufacturing activities, a report said on Tuesday. India is the leading market of interest, where almost half of the respondents are looking to ramp up or maintain trade activities with the world’s fastest-growing major economy, while two in five intend to ramp up or continue manufacturing activities, Standard Chartered said in a report. In particular, more than 60 per cent of corporates from the US, the UK, Mainland China and Hong Kong are looking to increase trade with India, the report…

Tirupati: A Parliamentarian from Telangana, K Visweswar Reddy, on Tuesday donated a 535-gram ornament worth Rs 60 lakh to Tirupati temple, the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams said. Reddy, who represents Chevella Lok Sabha constituency for BRS, donated an ‘Ashta Lakshmi Chandra Vanka’ ornament, a crescent-shaped one bearing deities motif. Also ReadAP: Drunk man bites snake’s head off after being bitten in Tirupati “Telangana MP Konda Visweswar Reddy donated an Ashta Lakshmi Chandra Vanka ornament weighing 535 grams and worth Rs 60 lakh to Sri Venkateswara of Tirumala on Tuesday,” Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) said in a release. VIDEO | Telangana MP…

Hyderabad: Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board (HMWSSB) managing director Ashok Reddy on Tuesday inspected the emergency repair works of a sewer trunk main pipeline at Vanasthalipuram, after it collapsed 20 feet below the surface, affecting multiple colonies. The sewer trunk originally built by the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) around 25 years ago was handed over to HMWSSB in 2021. Also ReadHeavy rains likely in many parts of Hyderabad from 8 pm MD Reddy met with the officials as he asked for swift action to be taken with the repairs, and directed them to identify the manholes related to…

New Delhi: Chief Justice of India B R Gavai has said his judgement on bulldozer action gave him “immense satisfaction” as it dealt with “human problems”. A Supreme Court bench of Justices Gavai and K V Viswanathan on Novemer 13, 2024 equated “bulldozer justice” with a lawless state of affairs where might was right and laid down pan-India guidelines. Speaking at a felicitation event organised by an academic group of Supreme Court advocates on September 19, CJI Gavai said he got the opportunity to share the bench with Justice Viswanathan for approximately six months. Also ReadNOC hurdles stall Ayodhya mosque…

The New York City gridlock during the high-level UN General Assembly session did not spare even visiting French President Emmanuel Macron, whose entourage was stopped by police due to strict traffic restrictions in place for US President Donald Trump’s motorcade. A video going viral on social media shows Macron and his delegation standing on the sidewalk as a New York police official, while apologising to them, says that they cannot cross the road as traffic has been stopped for a motorcade. The New York City gridlock during the high-level UN General Assembly session did not spare even visiting French President…

New Delhi: An MoU to promote collaborative research and academic activities in veterinary sciences was signed between the Central Council for Research in Ayurvedic Sciences (CCRAS) and Hyderabad-based PV Narsimha Rao Telangana Veterinary University (PVNRTVU). The salient features of the agreement include joint research and academic programmes as a part of which faculty, researchers, and scientists from both institutions will undertake collaborative projects in areas of mutual interest. Emphasis will be on translational research, livestock management and nutrition, and the development of novel diagnostics and therapeutics for animals. The MoU enables mutual access to research infrastructure and animal facilities, subject…