INDIA

Chennai, Oct 26 (IANS) Over the past week, residents across Chennai have flooded social media with complaints about the worsening condition of the state capital's arterial and interior roads, which were battered by recent spells of heavy rain. Videos and photos of cratered roads, traffic snarls, and waterlogged stretches have sparked public outrage and renewed calls for urgent civic intervention. Responding to the criticism, Mayor R. Priya announced that the Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) has identified potholes in nearly 2,000 locations across the city.In a statement on Sunday, she attributed the deterioration directly to the continuous downpour and assured that immediate steps are being taken to fix the damaged stretches. “Due to heavy rainfall, potholes have appeared on several city ...

New Delhi, Oct 26 (IANS) In a major breakthrough against organised crime, gangster Lakhvinder Kumar, an associate of the Lawrence Bishnoi gang, has been deported from the United States and brought to Delhi, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) said in a statement. Upon his arrival at Delhi Airport on Saturday, he was detained by the Haryana Police.According to officials, Lakhvinder faces multiple criminal charges in Haryana, including extortion, intimidation, illegal possession of firearms, and attempted murder.Acting on a request from Haryana Police, the CBI had issued a Red Corner Notice against him through Interpol.Following coordinated efforts by the CBI, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), and the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), he was successfully deported from the US and br...

Chennai, Oct 26 (IANS) In a major civic outreach initiative, the city corporation has announced that special meetings will be held across all 100 wards from October 27 to 29 to address key local issues and enhance citizen participation in urban governance.Each meeting will be chaired by the respective ward councillor in the presence of senior corporation officials. Representatives from residents’ welfare associations, non-governmental organisations (NGOs), and local community members are expected to attend.The corporation has urged residents to actively take part in the sessions and voice their concerns regarding public services.According to officials, the meetings will cover a wide range of civic issues, including the supply of drinking water, solid waste management, maintenance of roads,...

Chennai, Oct 26 (IANS) The Regional Meteorological Centre (RMC) in Chennai has forecast heavy rainfall across six districts of Tamil Nadu on Sunday due to the formation of a low-pressure area over the Bay of Bengal. The system, currently active over the central and adjoining eastern parts of the Bay, is bringing widespread showers and strong winds to the region.According to the latest bulletin, Chennai, Chengalpattu, Tiruvallur, Kancheepuram, Ranipet, and Villupuram districts -- along with Puducherry -- are likely to experience heavy rain.The RMC further noted that rainfall activity is expected to intensify on Monday, with extremely heavy rain possible in Tiruvallur, Chennai, and Ranipet districts.Strong showers are also expected in Chengalpattu, Kancheepuram, Vellore, Villupuram, and Pudu...

New Delhi, Oct 26 (IANS) In a significant development in the Maharashtra’s female doctor's rape and suicide case in Satara district, police arrested Sub-Inspector Gopal Badane after he surrendered at the Phaltan Police Station. Badane, who had been absconding since his suspension, is accused of repeatedly raping a woman doctor and driving her to suicide. He will be produced before the court on Sunday.Earlier on Saturday, police arrested another accused, Prashant Bankar, the son of the deceased doctor’s landlord. Bankar has been charged with mentally harassing the doctor, whose name appeared alongside Badane’s in her four-page suicide note and in a message written on her palm before her death.According to officials, the deceased was a government medical officer posted at the Phaltan sub-dis...

Thiruvananthapuram, Oct 26 (IANS) A man was killed and his wife critically injured after a landslide buried their house in Adimali in Kerala's Idukki district, triggering a gruelling seven-hour-long rescue operation by emergency teams and local residents. The deceased has been identified as Biju, who was trapped inside his home along with his wife Sandhya when a portion of the hill behind their house caved in around 10.30 p.m. on Saturday near the national highway.The mudslide struck with such force that it completely buried the couple’s house, leaving them pinned under concrete debris. Teams from the Fire and Rescue Services and the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), assisted by local residents, immediately launched rescue efforts despite heavy rain and unstable terrain.The couple w...