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BMC commissioner directs officials to ensure completion of all 7 under-construction sewage treatment plants across Mumbai within stipulated timeline | Mumbai News

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Mumbai: BMC commissioner Ashwini Bhide on Saturday directed officials to ensure that all seven under-construction sewage treatment plants (STPs) across Mumbai are completed within the stipulated timeline, saying the projects are key to improving the quality of wastewater discharged into the sea.During a visit to the under-construction 454 MLD Malad STP, she directed contractors to…

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‘May pose risk to kidney function’: Doctors warn of health complications if Sonam Wangchuk continues fasting | Delhi News

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Sonam Wangchuk being continuously monitored, kidney risk if fasting continues: Safdarjung Hospital NEW DELHI: The doctors have found that activist Sonam Wangchuk, who was admitted to Safdarjung Hospital after 20 days of prolonged fasting, is suffering from dehydration, low potassium levels and rising ketone levels.According to doctors, these conditions may pose a risk to kidney…

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Madras HC stops Tamil Nadu forest dept from engaging NGOs to treat elephants in custody | Chennai News

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Chennai: Madras high court has directed the state forest department to not engage NGOs to treat elephants in its custody until further orders. A special bench of justices N Sathish Kumar and D Bharatha Chakravarthy passed the interim order on a public interest writ moved by animal welfare activist S Muralidharan seeking direction to the…

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Private school in Dhanbad accused of forcing students to sweep classrooms, clean toilets; dept assures probe | Ranchi News

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Parents with their children on Saturday Dhanbad: Protests erupted outside a private residential school in Bapu Nagar on Saturday as parents claimed that the management was forcing students to perform domestic chores. Students who refused to comply were being assaulted, they further alleged.Parents who gathered on campus claimed students were being made to sweep classrooms…

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Kiren Rijiju: Monsoon Session: Rijiju invites rebel TMC bloc for all-party meet; Kakoli Ghosh recognised as NCPI chief | India News

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File photo: Union minister Kiren Rijiju and rebel TMC MP Kakoli Ghosh NEW DELHI: Union parliamentary affairs minister Kiren Rijiju has invited rebel Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Sudip Bandyopadhyay and 19 other Lok Sabha MPs, who have joined the National Citizens Party of India (NCPI), to attend the customary all-party meeting ahead of the Monsoon…

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Howrah teen shooter found near ghat 2 days after disappearance, mystery remains | Kolkata News

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Howrah: Fifteen-year-old national-level shooter Damayanti Sen, whose disappearance from her Howrah home on Thursday morning triggered widespread concern and viral social media appeals, was found on Saturday morning near Ramkrishnapur Ghat. But her return, as puzzling as her disappearance, has left police and family members searching for answers.Damayanti had reportedly left home to buy milk…

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Dog turns aggressive, lunges at girls inside lift in Mumbai building; CCTV shows owner struggling to restrain pet | Mumbai News

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MUMBAI: Panic gripped residents of a high-rise residential tower in Mumbai after a pet dog allegedly became aggressive inside an elevator and lunged at three young girls. The incident, captured on CCTV, has gone viral on social media.According to police, the incident took place on Thursday evening at Sheth Irene Tower in Malad, a western…

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Govt forms panel to probe irregularities at 4 B.Ed colleges in MP linked to Barkatullah University | Delhi News

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Govt forms committee to probe ‘missing’ B.Ed colleges in Madhya Pradesh NEW DELHI: The National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE) has constituted a five-member fact-finding committee to investigate alleged irregularities at four B.Ed colleges in Madhya Pradesh, amid reports that some institutions were not operating from their declared addresses and lacked the infrastructure mandated under…

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