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“Department proceedings against A. Koan, IPS (AGMUT 2009), are contemplate. The President of India, in exercise of the powers conferred under Rule 3 of All India Services (Discipline and Appeal) Rules, 1969, hereby places A. Koan under suspension with immediate effect,” the MHA order said.”It is further ordered that during the period for which this order shall remain in force, the headquarters of A. Koan shall be Goa and the said person shall not leave the headquarters without obtaining the prior permission of the competent authority,” it added.After the incident of alleged misbehaviour with a female partygoer at a nightclub…

Former Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai said on Wednesday that the Congress government has committed a great crime by releasing water to Tamil Nadu immediately after the submission of a petition in this regard by the neighbouring state.Bommai said Tamil Nadu has utilised two times of allotted proportion of water for Kuruvai crop.”The land used for cultivation has been extended four times. The Karnataka government has not protested these facts in the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal (CWDT) and released the water as soon as Tamil Nadu filed a petition in the Supreme Court.”You (Congress government) have failed to release water to…

The bus driver hailing from Visnagar faced a sudden heart attack while maneuvering his bus towards Keshod. In a swift and decisive response, the driver managed to bring the bus to a halt and promptly sought assistance from nearby traffic police personnel.The immediate and strategic intervention by the traffic policeman effectively stabilised the driver’s condition, ensuring his well-being until he was safely transported to a medical facility.More than 55,000 policemen got CPR training at 51 sites across the state during a government initiative.–IANSjanvi/dan

Performance levels lifted as conditions improved with clean surf in the two-foot-plus range. The Round of 48 and six Heats of the Round of 32 were completed before competition went on hold due to onshore winds.Fresh of a semifinal finish at the recent Bonsoy Chiba Ichinomiya Open in Japan, Joh Azuchi (JPN) carried his form into Heat 1 of the Round of 32, posting the highest two-wave total of the event so far.Azuchi’s 14.15 combination (out of a possible 20) came from his razor-sharp frontside snaps which were a perfect match for the slow right-handers of Mahabalipuram Beach. Azuchi was…

Congress spokesperson Supriya Shrinate said in a tweet in Hindi that the NRI businessman was also included in a Niti Aayog task force, while adding that for framing the farm laws, the consultations were held with corporates like Adani group, Mahindra group, ITC and Patanjali, while excluding farmers.Tagging a tweet by journalist Nitin Sethi, who is part of an independent journalists’ forum called “Reporters’ Collective”, which has done an investigative report on how the government set up a task force under Niti Aayog reportedly on an idea floated by a NRI businessman, to suggest ways to double farmers’ income, Shrinate…

Naik said this while speaking at the Tuberculosis Awareness Programme, organised by the Goa Board of Homoeopathy in collaboration with the National Tuberculosis Elimination Programme Unit and Directorate of Health Services Panjim, here.The Minister urged for awareness about TB and called for a united front in the battle against the disease.”Everyone should support Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision to make India TB-free. There is a need for collective participation in the fight against TB,” Naik said.He commended the role of homeopathy medicines during the challenging times of the Covid pandemic and highlighted the instrumental role of homeopathy doctors in aiding…

Madrid, Aug 16 (IANS) FC Barcelona has announced that its former player Anderson Luis de Souza ‘Deco’ will join the club to replace Mateu Alemany as director of sport. Deco, who played for Barca between 2004-2008, has signed a three-year contract to be the man behind Barcelona’s moves in the transfer market for the coming campaigns.Alemany will step down from the post when the current transfer window closes at the start of September, a Xinhua report said.The Barcelona website confirms that “Deco will be in charge of setting FC Barcelona’s sporting philosophy and putting together the squad with the coach…

“FM Nirmala Sitharaman met Hayashi Nobumitsu, Governor, Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC), in New Delhi, today, to exchange views on JBIC’s recent activities in India contributing towards Japan’s investment target of five trillion yen over next five years,” the Finance Ministry said in a series of tweets on X (formerly Twitter).”The Union Finance Minister observed that India has been ranked by the JBIC as one of the most attractive #investment destinations in recent years’ survey of Japanese manufacturing companies and encouraged engagement of JBIC with Indian financial institutions such as Exim Bank @IndiaEximBank,NIIF and lending banks to leverage the…

He said after the meeting that a strong bipartisan support from the US Congress is instrumental in elevating ties between both the nations.”Glad to receive a Congressional delegation from US, including co-chairs of India Caucus in the House of Representatives, Rep. @RoKhanna and Rep. @michaelgwaltz. Strong bipartisan support from the US Congress is instrumental in further elevating India-US Comprehensive Global Strategic Partnership,” he tweeted after the meeting.The US Congressional delegation had arrived in India last week for a visit to Mumbai and New Delhi.The delegation had also attended the Independence Day function at Red Fort on August 15, where the…

According to party sources, Rahul Gandhi has been nominated again in the committee after his disqualification (as MP) was revoked.The Congress leader was disqualified as an MP after a Surat court convicted him in a 2019 Modi surname remark defamation case.He had made the remark in Karnataka’s Kolar in the run-up to the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.His conviction was stayed by the Supreme Court on Augist 4 after which his Lok Sabha membership was reinstated.–IANSaks/arm