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Anganwadi workers sit-in-protest entered the third day, as scores of women persisted on their protest demanding fulfilment of government’s promises here on Thursday.The stand-off between anganwadi wor

408 new cases in district Updated: Updated: Share Article AAA The district reported 408 new COVID-19 cases and 490 recoveries on Thursday. Three health workers tested positive on the day. Thirty-nine cases were reported from Koovappady followed by 19 from Thrikkakara, 17 from Mudakkuzha, 13 from Varapetty, 12 from Kalamasery, and 10 from Kunnukara. The district has 9,101 patients and 25,207 under disease surveillance. Samples of 6,517 people were sent for testing from the district on Thursday....

Updated: Share Article AAA The TRS-affiliated Telangana Boggu Gani Karmika Sangham (TBGKS) Yellandu area vice-president Gaddam Venkateshwarlu was booked on the charges of harassing a woman over phone in Yellandu town. Sources said the aggrieved woman, who is wife of an employee of the Singareni Collieries Company Limited (SCCL), on Wednesday lodged a complaint with the local police against Venkateshwarlu charging the latter with harassing her by making repeated phone calls. She submitted a ph...

AIMPLB secretary diagnosed with COVID Updated: Updated: Share Article AAA Noted Muslim cleric and All India Muslim Personal Law Board office-bearer Maulana Khalid Saifullah Rahmani has tested positive for COVID. Maulana Rahmani’s health condition came to light after his son Mufti Omar Abedeen issued a statement on it. Maulana Rahmani, who is the secretary of the AIMPLB, was diagnosed with COVID a week ago while he was travelling to Dubai, Mufti Abedeen said in his statement. The cleric also...

Chamoli disaster toll goes up to 71 Updated: Updated: Share Article AAA Search for missing people continues in the disaster-hit areas of Tapovan, in Chamoli district, Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2021.   | Photo Credit: PTI The toll in Uttarakhand’s Chamoli disaster went up to 71 on Thursday, according to the State public information bureau. The identities of 40 bodies have been established while 30 human body parts have so far been found at different places. The police have sent the DNA samples of ...

VAO caught taking bribe Updated: Updated: Share Article AAA Officers of the Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption have arrested a village administrative officer (VAO) for allegedly receiving a bribe of ₹2,000. According to DVAC sources, a complainant approached the agency’s Special Investigation Cell stating that he had applied for free patta for his land. He alleged that K. Durgadevi, VAO, Palavedu in Avadi taluk, had demanded ₹2,000 as bribe for processing the application. A c...

Coimbatore reports one death, 40 cases Updated: Updated: Share Article AAA Coimbatore district reported one COVID-19 death and 40 new cases on Thursday, taking the tally to 55,630. A 79-year-old man died of the disease, taking the district’s toll to 683. The district saw 54,556 recoveries and 391 were active cases. A total of 47 persons were discharged on Thursday. Tiruppur reported 17 fresh cases, taking the district’s tally to 18,303. No deaths were reported. As many as 17,962 patients re...

Woman killed by husband over suspicion of extramarital affair Updated: Updated: Share Article AAA A 25-year-old woman was killed allegedly by her husband on Thursday morning in outer north Delhi’s Bhalaswa Dairy area, the police said on Thursday. A senior police officer said that the accused, identified as Devki Nandan (26), hit his wife Pooja on her head with a hammer and later strangulated her. Nandan suspected his wife was having an extramarital affair and it is suspected to be the motive...

Vizag zoo to mark World Wildlife Day with workshops Updated: Updated: Share Article AAA On the occasion of World Wildlife Day, scheduled on March 3, officials from Indira Gandhi Zoological Park (IGZP) will conduct a workshop on various topics such as Biodiversity of Butterflies, Reptiles Awareness Session and Wildlife at Indira Gandhi Zoological Park, for students from schools and colleges at the zoo on that day. IGZP curator Nandani Salaria said that the programme is intended to create awarene...

GRIET gets A++ from NAAC Updated: Updated: Share Article AAA Gokaraju Rangaraju Institute of Engineering and Technology (GRIET) has received the highest rating of A++ from the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC). The grading was conferred on GRIET by NAAC on the basis of evaluation of its performance in seven different quality parameters like curricular aspects, teaching learning evaluation, research and extension activities. Only a handful of higher education institutions in...