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The Minister said this in a written reply in Lok Sabha in response to a question on the details of the projects under NESIDS in the last four years.”Under the NESIDS, projects are sanctioned from the sectors relating to water supply, power, connectivity and specially the projects promoting tourism and the social sector of primary and secondary sectors of education and health,” Reddy added.In response to a another question on connectivity in the northeast, the Minister said: “On rail connectivity, a total of 19 railway infrastructure projects, falling fully/ partly in northeastern states, covering a total length of 1,909 km…

The medical board constituted for his treatment took the decision of bringing him out of the invasive ventilation, sources from the hospital in south Kolkata where he was admitted said.On Monday morning,Bhattacharjee underwent a CT scan at the hospital and sources said that no major complication has been revealed in the report.Even in the latest medical bulletin issued by the hospital, the medical condition of the former Chief Minister has been stated as stable.Sources said that following the reduction in the creatinine level in his blood, the antibiotic dosage could be increased which resulted in improvement of his medical conditions.…

Afghanistan is all set to host Pakistan for the second time in a bilateral series this year after securing a 2-1 series victory in a three-match T20I series earlier this year in Sharjah. Pakistan and Afghanistan have played four ODIs, with the former winning all of them.The two sides last played each other in this format in the Men’s ODI World Cup 2019 in England, where Pakistan won the match in the league stage.“Our previous ODI assignment was a 2-1 series victory in our away tour to Bangladesh, which has boosted the team’s morale for the Pakistan series. We are…

“The girl student had come to the police station on Friday with her family members. She filed a complaint against her two classmates. The student said that during lunch, a foul smell was coming from her water bottle,” ASP Ghanshyam Sharma said.Following the incident, the villagers went to the school principal and during the visit, they created ruckus and locked the school gate.Soon the protesting people gathered at the bus stand and started raising slogans and also entered the locality of a particular community.At around 1 pm, the situation deteriorated and police restored to lathi-charge to disperse the protesting mob.Police…

In the Men’s 10m Air Rifle Team event, India shot 1894.7 points for the title, 7.3 points ahead of the previous world record set by China in 2018. However, since the shooting results of the FISU World University Games are not included in the results of the ISSF, the governing body for Olympic shooting events, it does not count as a new world record, Xinhua reported.The six medals on Monday took India’s tally in the Chengdu Universiade to 17 — 9 gold, 3 silver and five bronze as they remained fourth in the overall standings behind hosts China (30), South…

The reply document stated that subsequent to his conviction, the Congress leader, in a press conference, said that he would never apologise “as he was not a Savarkar but a Gandhi”.”At the time of sentencing before the trial court, the petitioner (Rahul Gandhi) far from being repentant or contrite, displayed arrogance. He said he did not seek any mercy from the Court and would not apologise for any harm to reputation of the persons he had defamed,” said the counter affidavit filed before the top court opposing Rahul Gandhi’s plea for stay of conviction.It further said that Gandhi’s attitude “disentitles…

Minister of State for Civil Aviation, Gen V.K. Singh (retd), in a written reply, told the Rajya Sabha that the details of the aircraft approved for import by the DGCA are enclosed as an annexure, but information regarding the cost of acquisition of these aircraft, being of commercial nature between the airline and the Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs), is not available. Meanwhile, the DGCA said that the availability of parking slots is ensured at the time of granting NOC for the actual import of aircraft. “As per the airlines’ induction plan, the aircraft are proposed to be imported during the…

The Cabinet, at its meeting chaired by Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao, constituted a sub-committee comprising officials to frame the guidelines. A total of 43,373 TSRTC employees will become government employees. A Bill in this regard will be introduced in the Assembly session, beginning on August 3. Industries Minister K. T. Rama Rao told media persons that the decision was taken to protect the TSRTC as a social obligation and to strengthen the public transport system. The Cabinet also decided to expand Hyderabad Metro at a cost of Rs 60,000 crore in next 3-4 years. A double-decker Metro line will…

After Mark Wood hit Usman Khawaja on the helmet with a bouncer on the first delivery of the 37th over, umpires Joel Wilson and Kumar Dharmasena changed the ball, citing that it had gone out of shape.But the replacement ball looked newer than the previous ball, as Khawaja, David Warner and Marnus Labuschagne were dismissed in quick succession in Australia’s chase of 384.”The biggest concern I have is the big discrepancy in the condition of the ball that was chosen to replace the one (that had gone out of shape). There’s no way in the world you can even look…

The incident had taken place in Cubbon Park police station area. The victim had lodged a complaint against senior architect Sharana Basappa Maraturu, senior vice president Vaidyanathan Shehan, vice president Praveen Mysuru, and senior manager Shravan Poligili, alleging that the accused had also targeted all women employees in the company who had refused to attend parties. She had also claimed that the management did not respond or extended help even after she complained about sexual harassment, police sources said. Police have begun the investigation and further details are yet to emerge. –IANSmka/vd