Visakhapatnam: GVMC Mayor and Municipal Commissioner inspect night sanitation works
GVMC Mayor G Hari Venkata Kumari and Municipal Commissioner Dr. G Lakshmisha inspecting night sanitation works in Visakhapatnam city on Tuesday night. GVMC mayor G Hari Venkata Kumari and commissioner G Lakshmisha recently said that the civic body would work towards achieving the first rank in Swachh Survekshan-2022.The GVMC appreciated and felicitated its sanitary workers, who played a crucial role in the city getting ninth rank in SS-2021. In a rare gesture, the mayor touched the feet of a sanitary worker, G Mahalakshmi, for her phenomenal services to the city.
December 08, 2021
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Lucknow: Four miscreants, posing as customers, loot jewellery shop; one shot at
Four miscreants, posing as customers, looted jewellery from a shop holding the proprietor at gunpoint in Sector B of Lucknow’s Aliganj area in UP on Wednesday. Four years ago, a similar heist had taken place in the jewellery shop. Cops informed that around 1pm, owner Nikhil Agrawal was at his shop on Chandganj road near Lucknow Nagar Nigam office when two miscreants got off a motorcycle and entered the shop. Two of them stood guard on the bike outside the shop, while the other two entered the shop and pointed a pistol at Nikhil. They looted gold of about 500 gram and cash and put them inside a polythene bag. However, an employee, Shrawan Kumar, intercepted them, but was shot at. The goons left and sped away on their bike.
December 08, 2021
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The living dead: Declared deceased in govt records, it's a hard battle to prove they are alive
Can you imagine a situation where someone informs you that you are already dead... This may seem like a prank, but for many, it is the hard reality of life... And, they are struggling to prove to the world that they are still alive. In June 2021, a 55-year-old teacher, Chandrashekhar Desai, who recovered from Covid in August 2020, got a shock of his life when he received a call from Thane Municipal Corporation saying he has been declared dead by the civic body. Desai wants this error to be rectified at the earliest as it could lead to complications in his job and his life as well. While Chandrashekhar Desai's case is clearly the result of a clerical error, but thousands of others across India have fallen victim to scams by relatives who bribe officials to declare someone dead with an aim to grab property. Bihari suffered a great deal of mental trauma after he was declared dead. It took 18 years for him to prove in the courts that he was still alive. Lal Bihari says that there should be a simpler mechanism to get the situation rectified if one is wrongly declared dead by authorities.
December 07, 2021
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How Mumbai police band is pulling a heist on people's hearts with Khaki studio
They are the men in Khaki who have been an integral part of ceremonial event, functions and state visits but they have come front and centre only this year after their version of the James Bond theme music and Bella Ciao got a lot of attention on social media. Meet the Mumbai band that found a new name in 'Khaki Studio' in the pandemic and nurtured their love for music. In the process, they have transformed not just their own set to include Western Classics but also their followers and following.
December 06, 2021
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Natural twist: Nashik converts water park into a flower park
A 25,000 sq m water park in Maharashtra’s Nashik has been converted into a flower park. The park now features more than 50 lakh flowers of over 43 varieties. It also features many plant and flower-based sculptures as centres of attraction. These sculptures are made in the image of birds, animals and dolls. Keeping some of the old water park’s structures intact, such as the slides, have been covered in flowers to give a unique experience to patrons. The flower park will be open to visitors till March 2022.
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December 06, 2021
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Bhubaneswar: Unidentified miscreants loot gold and silver jewellery worth Rs 1 crore
Unidentified miscreants allegedly looted gold ornaments worth over Rs 1 crore from a jewellery shop near Delta Square in Bhubaneswar. The robbery reportedly took place last night but it came to light after a case was filed over the incident today. They broke open the shutter and grille using a gas cutter. They also disconnected the CCTV cameras installed inside the shop. The accused allegedly looted gold and silver ornaments worth Rs 1 crore including 1 Kg Gold, 10 Kg Silver, and 1.5 Lakh cash from the store.
December 06, 2021
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‘Vijay Shrankala’ observed in Mangaluru
‘Vijay Shrankala’ observed in Mangaluru to mark the Golden Jubilee victory of Indian armed forces over Pakistan in 1971. Mangalore Group NCC held ‘wreath laying ceremony’ at War Memorial in Mangaluru's Kadri. The ceremony was conducted by 18 Karnataka Battalion NCC under Colonel Nitin Bhide. NCC cadets from various colleges from city participated in the event.
December 06, 2021
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Monday Review: TOI's weekly roundup of print news from Chandigarh, Mohali, and Panchkula
In the 83rd edition of Monday Review, the Times of India’s weekly home update of print news from Chandigarh, Mohali, and Panchkula, catch how campaigning for the MC polls has begun in Chandigarh in the shadow of Omicron. 316 candidates representing the BJP, Congress, AAP, SAD, BSP, and independents have filed their nomination papers for 35 seats. The voting is on December 24. The reservation of wards made many councillors bring their spouses to contest their seats. All parties have crorepatis but the BJP tops this list. Its first-timer Anup Gupta is the richest. On Saturday, when the Congress announced its final list of six, it triggered a spate of resignations from different posts. AAP became the first party to name its candidates. It will fight for all 35 seats. The BJP ignored five key members. Two-time mayor Raj Bala Malik, former mayor Asha Jaswal, former senior deputy mayors Rajesh Gupta and Gurpreet Singh Dhillon, and ex-deputy mayor Farmila Devi missed out. The Shiromani Akali Dal, which had announced to contest 50% of the seats, filed nominations for only seven. The first list of the Congress had 17 new faces, most of them wives and sons. TOI finds out how civic issues were addressed in the last five years. In the first report, Deepak Yadav highlighted how paid parking had worsened. In Zirakpur, after a compromise was struck with the Municipal Council, the sanitation workers ended their week-long strike and at last picked up piles of garbage from the roads. The threat of Covid variant Omicron has spurred the city to decide to conduct rapid antigen test or R-A-T for all OPD and admission cases at big hospitals. Panjab University’s Student Centre reopened but the image would have you believe that Covid was gone. For your TOI copy, call us at this number: 1800 121 0005. Please, like, share, and subscribe, and get vaccinated.
December 06, 2021
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Civil Hospital in Ahmedabad starts Omicron isolation ward with 12 beds
Civil Hospital in Ahmedabad started Omicron isolation ward with 12 beds. Several states have stepped up vaccination, surveillance and containment measures as India detected more than 20 cases of Omicron variant of coronavirus.
December 06, 2021
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Karnataka: Kambala season 2021-22 has begun in coastal districts
Kambala season 2021-22 began on Sunday in coastal districts Dakshina Kannada and Udipi. The Hokkadigoli Veera-Vikrama Joudkere Kambala, the first Kambala race of the 2021-22 season was held on Sunday in Bantwal taluk. More than 100 pairs took part in junior, senior and various other categories. Thousands of spectators watched the nail-biting finishes of Kambala which began in the morning and continued till late in the night in floodlights.
December 06, 2021
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Maharashtra: Amid Omicron scare, huge rush witnessed at Sai Baba temple in Shirdi
A large number of people turned up at Sai Baba temple for Maha Prasad in Shirdi on December 6. With 7 new fresh cases of Omicron in Maharashtra, the state may witness more cases of the new variant.
December 06, 2021
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NRI businessman Yusuffali visits people who had rescued him during chopper crash
LuLu group owner and NRI businessman M A Yusuffali met people who had rescued him when his helicopter crash landed in the marshy land at Nettoor on April 11 this year in Kerala.
December 06, 2021
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What Mumbaikars take for granted
What do you take for granted in your home, in your city? We put the question to Mumbaikars and you will be surprised with some of the answers. Take a look at what Mumbaikars have to say...
December 05, 2021
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Children for children: Kids taking charge of their mental health
The pandemic has been traumatic for young people. While adults have had to adjust to work from home and battle Covid in the wake of losing family, friends and loved ones to the disease and staring at job insecurity, scores of teens across the country were pushed to take charge of their mental health, with some launching awareness initiatives to protect their own age group from reeling further.
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December 05, 2021
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Moneylenders took their farms, a law is giving it back
Stories that come out of Maharashtra’s Vidarbha region are invariably grim, with farmers losing land, money, and often life. Not for nothing has this region been called the country’s suicide capital. But there now seems to be a glimmer of hope even in this drought-stricken and debt-ridden area. Farmers, who pledged land to illegal moneylenders, are now getting their land back under the Maharashtra Money-lending (Regulation) Act, 2014. Some 473 hectares of land has so far been rescued from these private moneylenders.
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December 05, 2021
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Is multitasking making you forgetful?
Have you recently picked up your phone to call someone, got distracted by WhatsApp messages, Twitter updates and emails, and eventually could not remember what you had picked up the mobile for? If your answer is ‘yes’, then welcome to the world of shrinking attention spans and simultaneous, multiple demands on your brain that are causing short-memory blackouts.
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December 05, 2021
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Cyclone Jawad impact: Children park at R K Beach in Visakhapatnam suffers sand erosion
The Children park at R K Beach in Visakhapatnam suffered sand erosion due to the impact of cyclone Jawad. The lawn and walking track have also developed cracks. The parapet wall of the children's park also partially collapsed. A few cement benches in the park suffered damage. The police cordoned off the park.
December 05, 2021
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Cyclone Jawad: Red alert in Odisha, AP, 122 trains cancelled
A red alert was issued in Odisha and Andhra Pradesh after cyclone Jawad continued to move towards the northwest on December 4. West Bengal too is bracing for heavy rainfall and gusty winds as the cyclone is likely to recurve toward’s the state’s coast. Multiple NDRF and other disaster management teams have been deployed across these states. Ferry services have been suspended in West Bengal and fishermen have been asked to return to land in the Puri district. The East Coast railways have cancelled 122 trains to various destinations due to the cyclone as well.
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December 04, 2021
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Bhopal gas tragedy, 37th anniversary: Youths perform flash mob to pay tribute to victims
On the 37th anniversary of the Bhopal gas tragedy, a group of youths performed a flash mob and paid dance tribute to the victims of the 1984 disaster. NGO's working for the rights of the gas tragedy survivors took out a rally to mark the 37th anniversary of the Bhopal disaster. During the rally, they burned an effigy of Dow Chemical and demanded justice for the survivors.
December 03, 2021
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Mamita Meher murder: BJP purifies Odisha Assembly in protest against MoS Dibya Shankar Mishra
Continuing its protest against the minister of state Dibya Shankar Mishra, BJP opposed the entry of MoS in the assembly. BJP MLAs started sprinkling the Gangajal and cow-dung water to purify it. They said the sanctity of the house became impure with the entry of minister Mishra. The opposition is demanding the sacking of Dibya Shankar Mishra for his alleged involvement in Mamita Meher murder. BJP and Congress continue disrupting proceedings over the issue.
December 03, 2021
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