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Tuesday, August 31, 2021

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We will distribute Nizam's assets, says Telangana BJP chief Bandi Sanjay Kumar
Telangana BJP chief and Karimnagar MP Bandi Sanjay Kumar stoked a fresh controversy on Monday, saying that if his party was voted to power in the state, properties belonging to the erstwhile Nizam of Hyderabad would be taken over and distributed among the people.

Loan app fraud: Banker held in Hyderabad for defreezing accounts
The manager of an ICICI Bank branch in Kolkata has been arrested for siphoning off Rs 1.18 crore from accounts frozen by Hyderabad police's cyber cell as part of its probe into a loan app fraud. Accused Rakesh Kumar Das allegedly made Rs 36 lakh by way of "commission" for facilitating the fraud, said officials chasing the money trail for months.

Telangana: Murder-accused tribal woman thrashed and disrobed, 5 held
Two days after a woman accused in a murder case was beaten and disrobed by the family members of the deceased in the streets of their hamlet near Suryapet, five tribal women were arrested on Monday for the attack.

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Chandigarh

Shimla train speed upgrade hinges on new brakes
The Northern Railway has not scrapped the project to enhance the speed of trains on the Kalka-Shimla heritage section, waiting for installation of air brake system in the toy trains to touch 30kmph from 20kmph and reduce travel time by 30 to 60 minutes.

Chandigarh: Janmashtami devotees take Covid norms lightly
The fervour of Janmashtami overshadowed Covid safety concerns for residents, many of whom threw caution to the winds. A large crowd gathered at Iskcon temple in Sector 36, Chandigarh, where Covid norms were violated.

Farm stir: Haryana, Punjab CMs resume war of words
Haryana chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar, who marked his government’s 2,500 days in power on Monday, blamed the Punjab government for provoking farmers and instigating violence in his state, claiming that only farmers from Punjab were protesting at the Delhi borders

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Ahmedabad

Together in life and death: Family of two Gujarat friends donate record 13 organs after mishap
Meet Pandya and Krish Gandhi, both 18, went down in history of Gujarat’s organ donation programme on Monday as the first double donors who collectively gave four kidneys, two livers, one heart, two lungs and four corneas.

Active wet spell likely in rain-deficient Gujarat over 5 days: IMD
Gujarat is very likely to experience an "active wet spell" during the next five days, the India Meteorological Department said on Monday, signaling a possible respite for a state that has recorded rainfall 50 per cent below normal this season.

Gujarat sees 12 new Covid-19 cases, 13 recoveries
Gujarat reported 12 Covid-19 cases on Monday, including three in Ahmedabad, taking the state's tally to 8,25,410, while the death toll remained unchanged at 10,081, an official said.

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Chennai

No Covid-19 deaths in south, Tamil Nadu cases remain below 1,600
Covid-19 cases in the state have been steadily dropping below 1,600 in the past week, with 1,532 new cases reported on Monday. This took the state’s tally to 26.13 lakh which included17,085 people still undergoing treatment for the infection.

Tamil Nadu: Six, including boy, 12, dead as car rams bus
Six people, including a 12-year-old boy, were killed when the SUV in which they were travelling collided head-on with a Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation (TNSTC) bus near Kallakurichi on Sunday night.

Paralympians rake in medals, India Inc showers them with rewards

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Bangalore

Karnataka: Fresh outbreak in Kolar nursing college, poultry farm
Alarm bells were ringing in the corridors of Kolar’s district administration after two Covid-19 cluster outbreaks were reported — one in KGF taluk and another in Mulbagal taluk.

Karnataka govt likely to allow Ganesha idols in public places
The government is likely to allow installation of Ganesha idols and celebration of the festival in public places, heeding to pressure from some ruling party MLAs and pro-Hindutva groups.

Karnataka aims to jab 2 crore in a month, says health minister K Sudhakar
With supply streamlined, Karnataka plans to significantly ramp up Covid-19 vaccination coverage by administering five lakh doses a day, doubling the target to 10 lakh every Wednesday by arranging special drives. Underlining that it means business, the state administered 6.8 lakh doses on Monday alone.

Couple move Bombay HC to ship embryo from US to India
The Bombay high court on Monday issued notices to the Centre, the state government, Indian Council of Medical Research and other departments on a plea filed by a couple wishing to bring to India their embryo which has been cryo-preserved in a lab in Florida since 2016, reports Swati

Maharashtra: Two Konkan districts put travel curbs, RT-PCR test must
With the Centre issuing an advisory for imposition of curbs ahead of the festive season, two districts in the Konkan region have mandated a compulsory RT-PCR negative test report on arrival for travellers, except for those who are fully vaccinated and under 18 years of

Mumbai records only 53% of its required rain in Aug

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Delhi

8 mths after policy launch, no data yet on trees felled

Timeframe needed to clear bills of Delhi government's lawyers, says high court
Delhi high court has stressed on having a time frame within which bills of lawyers representing the government should be cleared. Justice Prathiba M Singh suggested that the entire process of clearing of lawyers’ bills needs to improve and timelines are required to be fixed, failing which the government ought to pay interest.

Woman targeted near bank, loses Rs 50,000

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Delhi

8 mths after policy launch, no data yet on trees felled

Woman targeted near bank, loses Rs 50,000

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Delhi

8 mths after policy launch, no data yet on trees felled

Woman targeted near bank, loses Rs 50,000

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