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It’s the eighth list of the names of individuals who have been reported unaccounted for or missing following the Lahaina wildfire disaster on August 8 this year, according to the Maui Police Department (MPD) on Friday.The new tally represents a significant drop from 66 in September, Xinhua news agency reported.Officials said last month that more than 3,000 individuals had been found safe, who were previously reported unaccounted for, with their names provided to the public.”As stated previously, the MPD will only report on individuals who have had an MPD missing person report filed,” said the department in its latest update.Officials…

The arrested individual has been identified as Bichitra Behera — a resident of Malipada area in Khordha district.The EWO has so far arrested eight members of the racket, including Bichitra, in connection with the land scam case (7/23) registered over the allegations of one Lipika Das of Nasadipur village in Kendrapara district.Lipika in her complaint alleged that the accused persons had fraudulently sold her landed property measuring 2,000 sq ft located at Malipada mouza in Bhubaneswar to one Haladhara Dash (ex-employee of Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation) in 2020.The accused Bichitra, along with mastermind Antaryami and other members of the racket, used…

Speaking during the review of the progress of the Energy Department at Chief Minister’s Home office ‘Krishna’ on Friday, Siddaramaiah mentioned the districts where farmers’ protests were happening and reprimanded the officials concerned.”Action should be taken to supply the available power scientifically in different batches. If this had been done earlier, it would have been possible to handle the situation without troubling the farmers, despite the lack of electricity. Sitting in the office will not solve the problem. Chief Engineers must report to the field,” the Chief Minister said.Siddaramaiah gave clear instructions to convince the farmers about the power crisis…

The Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S) leader claimed that the cash was collected from contractors as “commission” immediately after the release of Rs 650 crore pending dues to them.He also claimed that the seized money was headed to poll-bound Telangana.”Immediately after the announcement of assembly elections in five states, the money gets staked up in boxes in the state. That too, under the cot. How is this sinful money collected? These questions need answers,” Kumaraswamy said.”The Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has released Rs 650 crore pending dues for select contractors. Soon after the release of this amount, Rs 42 crore in cash…

The leaders of 10 parties led by former three-time Manipur Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh (2002-2017) met the Governor and told her that despite the present crisis in Manipur now stretching over five months, no meaningful peace talks with the concerned stakeholders is in sight.”The Central and state governments are trying to sideline the main reasons behind the crisis by taking shelter under the theory of conspiracy by outside militant organisations with an intent to attack India. Finding a solution by correctly analysing the causes behind the crisis requires no emphasis. It is high time for the Central and state…

The Finance Minister expressed happiness over the fact that under India’s presidency, G20 has given the world a glimmer of hope, especially at a time when one thinks that multilateral institutions can’t take any decisions and deliver.”During our G20 presidency, a sense of wanting to deliver was on our minds. So it’s not just to the credit of the Indian G20 Presidency but the members who felt that this was the best opportunity to come out, showing the world that we can take decisions,” the Finance Minister said.Speaking about payments infrastructure for emerging economies, Sitharaman said that for countries, particularly…

The accused — Mehraj Salmani (33) and Asif (24), both residents of Uttar Pradesh’s Meerut, were produced before the Metropolitan Magistrate Animesh Bhaskar Mani Tripathi of the Patiala House Court.The police sought the duo’s remand for seven days on the grounds that they need to recreate the scene of crime and for the proper investigation of the case.”Visits have to be made to Meerut and other places of Delhi to prepare the pointing out memo and recovery of case property,” the court was told.The judge was told that the thorough investigation and collection of the evidences in the present case…

“As per the direction of the Chief Minister, the Labour Commissioner has taken up the issue with the Indian Embassy at Laos. The Embassy authorities have informed that they are in touch with the labourers and all necessary steps will be taken for their safe return to India,” a press release issued by the Chief Minister’s office said. The workers from Kendrapara district have reportedly been held captive at a plywood factory in Attapeu province of the southeastern Asian country. The issue came to the fore after the stranded workers sent videos to their families narrating their ordeal. The workers…

The Kerala Devasom Recruitment Board is the apex body that does all the job selection for the various Devasoms, and in the state, all the temples, other than the ones which are privately run, come under the various Devasoms. The notice for the post at the Sree Krishna temple at Guruvayoor has a condition that only Brahmins can apply, and even physically challenged Brahmins cannot apply. The scale of pay is Rs 23,000 – Rs 53,000. Asked about it, Radhakrishnan said he is not aware of such an advertisement. –IANSsg/vd

The vitality of the US economy seems perched on a dangerous edge in an uncertain macroeconomic environment.The path forward for the US economy seems more uncertain than it has in some time, economists predict.Rising interest rates, stubborn inflation and international strife are weighing down the economy while strong employment numbers and a rising stock market counterbalance that effect, they said.The US economy is a delicate balancing act, and the recent labor strife threatens to upset the whole apple cart, financial websites in the US say.The UAW said around 8,700 members working at Ford’s truck plant in Louisville, Ky., its biggest…