Centre’s ease-of-doing-biz push targets land conversion nod | Thiruvananthapuram News

Thiruvananthapuram: The cabinet secretariat’s deregulation cell has asked states to consider scrapping the requirement for ‘change in land use’ (CLU) permissions and easing zoning norms—proposals that could have significant implications for Kerala, where land use is tightly regulated and linked to environmental safeguards.The suggestions were presented to the state govt as part of the Centre’s…

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Crushed in wreck, abandoned on road: Dwarka accident survivor, family battle for survival; ‘even breathing causes me pain’ | Delhi News

NEW DELHI: Fifty-three-year-old Ajit Singh has been bedridden since Feb 3 when an SUV being driven by a minor crashed into his cab after colliding with the motorcycle of Sahil Dhaneshra (23) in Dwarka. While the young biker died instantly, Singh suffered severe head and rib injuries. “Even breathing causes me pain,” he tells TOI…

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Proposed Yerawada-Katraj underground tunnel under scanner again, consultant told to resubmit report | Pune News

Pune: The proposed Yerawada-Katraj underground tunnel has come under scrutiny once again with Pune Unified Metropolitan Transport Authority (PUMTA) officials questioning the project’s feasibility and directing the appointed consultant to rework and resubmit the pre-feasibility report.The officials said it was found at a recent PUMTA meeting that the study submitted by the consultant lacked adequate…

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Bengaluru Murder: ‘Yes, I killed her’: 76-year-old ex-Isro employee kills wife in Bengaluru, says, ‘who’ll look after her after my death’ | Bengaluru News

BENGALURU: Haunted by morbid thoughts of who would take care of his wife upon his death, a former Isro staffer, 76, allegedly strangled his wife to death on Wednesday morning, contemplated ending his life by suicide, but panicked and aborted the plan.Police officers probing the case said Nageshwar Rao, who retired as a team leader,…

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‘Bengal will have its fish & meat,’ says Samik Bhattacharya after TMC attack on Bihar ‘ban’ | Kolkata News

Samik Bhattacharya (File photo) KOLKATA: After Trinamool’s attack over an alleged “BJP’s fish-meat ban”, Bengal BJP president Samik Bhattacharya on Tuesday asserted that people in the state “will eat whatever they want to eat”, adding that the party would only oppose the open sale of beef.Bhattacharya’s clarification came in response to questions on Bihar govt’s…

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Months after Delhi bombing, fake ‘NIA officer’ from Pulwama held near Red Fort with minor boy | Delhi News

Picture of the arrested accused, Mudassar, shared by the police. NEW DELHI: A man from Jammu and Kashmir has been arrested in Delhi for allegedly impersonating an officer of a central agency and cheating economically vulnerable families on the promise of jobs, police said.The accused, identified as Mudassar, a resident of Pulwama, was intercepted during…

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