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Around 7,000 residents have either been evacuated or told to stay at home as the perimeter of the fire has extended to 41 km from 22 km late on Wednesday night, Xinhua news agency reported.Up to 3,069 people in the small town of El Sauzal have to leave their homes late on Thursday, while in nearby La Esperanza, 3,820 were told to stay indoors, partly due to the risk from smoke inhalation.Addressing the press, the President of the Spanish-controlled Canary Islands Fernando Clavijo said that some firebreaks were starting to have a positive effect, but the hilly and rocky terrain,…

The modification paves the way for future recruitments, including the forthcoming intake for an estimated 12,000 positions encompassing both Lok Rakshak Dal (LRD) and PSI roles. Until now, the PSI Recruitment Board, under state Director General of Police Vikas Sahay, was entrusted with the responsibility of recruiting Police Sub Inspectors. Concurrently, the Lok Rakshak Bharti Board, guided by IPS Hasmukh Patel, focused on the meticulous process of selecting candidates for the Lok Rakshak Dal police constables, more commonly recognised as LRD jawans. By merging both boards, the government has engineered a unified platform for recruitment activities, aptly named the Police…

The US National Weather Service tweeted that the storm would “lead to significant impacts” to the southwestern US this weekend into early next week, with rainfall totals of 3 to 6 inches and isolated amounts of up to 10 inches for parts of southern California and southern Nevada.Within 24 hours, Hilary has rapidly intensified from a 70 mph tropical storm to a “large and powerful” 140 mph Category 4 hurricane as of early Friday, Xinhua news agency reported, citing the National Hurricane Center.The storm is forecast to begin weakening on Saturday as it encounters cooler water temperatures and then become…

Trump, a frontrunner in the GOP race for the 2024 presidential elections in a field of some five prominent candidates, said he had reasons for cancelling the press conference as his lawyers would instead put “irrefutable and overwhelming evidence” in their legal filings over his latest indictment. Both the federal jury in Washington D.C. and state jury in Fulton County in Georgia had indicted him on four and 41 counts of felony to conspire with 18 associates to overturn a duly elected result of a President in 2020.”I will no longer hold a news conference nor release a supposed extensive…

The meeting was organised to clear the air about rumours of BJP leaders joining Congress ahead of Lok Sabha elections.Former minister and BJP MLA S.T. Somashekar and Bhyrati Basavaraj remained absent during the meeting. Both hail from Bengaluru and are said to be capable of winning the seats on their own. Somashekar had addressed Deputy Cheif Minister D.K. Shivakumar as his “guru” (mentor) and showered praises on him.Sources said that Shivakumar and Chief Minister Siddaramaiah are at loggerheads over rejoining Basavaraj back to Congress.Basavaraj is a resourceful leader representing K.R. Puram seat in Bengaluru. Shivakumar is making an all out…

The complainant, Ashok Kumar, a resident of R.K. Puram under the Danapur police station, claimed that Pratik Shall used to demand dowry ever since the latter’s marriage to his daughter Chandni Chanda. The marriage was solemnised on May 11, 2022.“On August 14, Chandni fell sick and was admitted to a private hospital. We went there, but her health was not improving. Then we took her to Paras Hospital for better treatment, but she died during treatment on Thursday. Chandni’s in-laws, who were harassing her for dowry, are responsible for her death,” said Ashok Kumar, the victim’s father.Pratik, who is reportedly…

The L-G noted about the “lapses” in a letter addressed to Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal.Responding to Saxena, Bharadwaj in a letter said: “I am bit surprised, being the Minister in-charge of the concerned Departments, I was neither taken in loop by your good self or the officers of the department while preparing any such report nor was such file routed through the undersigned. I expected your good office to follow these basic principles of governance.” “I was amazed to see that how conveniently all the responsibility has been pushed towards Delhi government despite Haryana government already accepting the fact that…

Das resigned from the university after his paper suggesting voter manipulation in 2019 elections sparked a controversy. Later, Professor Pulapre Balakrishnan also resigned in protest over acceptance of resignation of Das.The department has demanded that Das and Balakrishnan be offered their positions back unconditionally by the varsity.“Department of Psychology expresses unwavering support and solidarity with Sabyasachi Das and Pulapre Balakrishnan from the Economics Department and they should be offered their positions back unconditionally, with a clear commitment to upholding their academic freedom and autonomy. We pledge our unequivocal support for the demands and plan of action put forward by the…

The mishap took place at Machli Lok village in the district at around 3.30 p.m.Sub Divisional Police Officer Mahtab Alam told IANS: “Five minor boys were moving on one motorcycle and heading towards their village when a Scorpio rammed them from behind. Two of the children died on the spot while another succumbed due to injuries in the hospital.”The condition of the remaining two children is also critical,” the police officer said.The person driving the Scorpio fled along with the vehicle from the spot after the accident.Alam said that police were trying to trace the vehicle and identify the driver.The…

A CBI official said that a case was registered on complaint against superintendent of CGST, Bhiwandi Commissionerate in Mumbai identified as Hemant Kumar on the allegations of demanding undue advantage of Rs 30 lakh for settling the pending GST matter of a company.”Later, the accused allegedly negotiated the bribe amount to Rs 15 lakh. After the matter was brought to the notice of CBI a team was formed and laid a trap and caught the accused red handed. CBI arrested the accused while accepting bribe of Rs 5 lakh from the complainant, as the first instalment of total bribe,” an…