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Bengal govt scraps Tajpur deep-sea port project, identifies new site 10 km away

Bengal govt scraps Tajpur deep-sea port project, identifies new site 10 km away

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The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in West Bengal has decided to scrap the Tajpur deep-sea port project in East Midnapore district proposed by the previous Mamata Banerjee administration and will shift the location of the proposed greenfield port to Dadanpatrabar, a coastal village 10km away. Bengal govt scraps Tajpur deep-sea port project, identifies new site 10 km away The Tajpur project was not viable due to paucity of land around the proposed project, chief minister Suvendu Adhikari said after a meeting with Union minister for ports, shipping and waterways Sarbananda Sonowal. On Wednesday, Adhikari met Karan Adani, managing director of Adani Ports and SEZ Ltd and son of business tycoon Gautam Adani, at the state secretariat. “I had a discussion with Karan Adani regarding the deep-sea port at Tajpur. They have already exited the project. We have seen that the project was not viable. The government had no land for rail-road connectivity and where warehouses could be set up,” Adhikari said. The Tajpur project had been in the works for years but hadn’t gotten …

Kerala govt scraps ‘Silverline’ high-speed rail project launched by LDF. Here’s why

Kerala govt scraps ‘Silverline’ high-speed rail project launched by LDF. Here’s why

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Kerala Chief Minister VD Satheesan announced on Wednesday that the proposed “Silverline” semi-high speed rail project would now be scrapped. The 530-km project was expected to reduce the distance between Thiruvananthapuram and Kasaragod- two districts at opposite ends of the state- to four hours. This was a collaboration between the former government under the LDF administration and the Ministry of Railways, planned by K-Rail. VD Satheesan’s government scraps former LDF administration’s semi-high speed rail project called “Silverline” (PTI) “The Cabinet has decided to scrap the Thiruvananthapuram to Kasaragod semi-high speed rail corridor project called Silverline,” Satheesan said at the commencement of a press conference. The CM also added that notifications regarding land acquisition for the project will be revoked, as reported by PTI. Why the ambitious project was withdrawn The Congress-led Kerala government stated that the project was withdrawn due to its abandonment by the previous administration and issues pertaining to transactions regarding lands notified for acquisition, a move affecting the common man. The central government’s lack of approval for the project added to the …

Bombay HC Scraps ‘Illegal’ Rs 700 Crore MMRDA Penalty Over BKC Land Delays

Bombay HC Scraps ‘Illegal’ Rs 700 Crore MMRDA Penalty Over BKC Land Delays

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3 min readMumbaiApr 9, 2026 10:57 PM IST In a setback to the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA), the Bombay High Court set aside the “arbitrary and illegal” penalty demand notices issued by it between 2014 and 2019, ordering refunds of over Rs 700 crore deposited by various entities including Reliance Industries Ltd. The HC also refused MMRDA’s request to stay the operation of its ruling and granted 90 days to the authority to refund the deposited penalty. The notices were issued to recover penalty dues on lease premiums for additional built-up area in Bandra-Kurla Complex (BKC) lands owned by MMRDA. The court ordered refund of Rs 646.77 crore to Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL), Rs 52.8 crore to Sunteck Realty Limited (formerly Starlight Systems), Rs 8.9 crore to hotel developer Shree Naman Hotels Pvt Ltd and Rs 22.6 crore to Indian Newspaper Society. A division bench of Chief Justice Shree Chandrashekhar and Justice Suman Shyam allowed pleas by four entities argued through senior advocate Vikram Nankani and advocates Ankit Lohia and Sujay Kantawala, and …

Maharashtra govt scraps 5 per cent Muslim quota in jobs and education

Maharashtra govt scraps 5 per cent Muslim quota in jobs and education

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The Maharashtra government has cancelled the five per cent reservation for members of the Muslim community in government jobs and educational institutions. A government resolution (GR) to this effect was issued on Tuesday, following the lapse of the previous ordinance granting the quota, which also faced an interim court stay, news agency PTI reported. The earlier Congress-Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) government had issued an ordinance providing a 16 per cent quota to Marathas and five per cent to Muslims. According to the new GR, all previous decisions and the ordinance concerning the five per cent reservation for the socially and educationally backward Muslim group under the Special Backward Category (A) have been revoked, PTI reported. This includes government and semi-government jobs, as well as seats in educational institutions. The GR also cancelled earlier notifications from 2014 and directed that caste and non-creamy layer certificates for Muslims in the Special Backward Category will no longer be issued. Opposition slams move, calls BJP-led govt ‘anti-minority’ The opposition, criticising the government’s decision, on Wednesday called the Bharatiya Janata …

Madhya Pradesh school serves meal to students on scraps of paper

Madhya Pradesh school serves meal to students on scraps of paper

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In a shocking incident, students of a government school in Madhya Pradesh’s Maihar district were served the special Republic Day mid-day meal on scraps of waste paper and torn pages from old notebooks, instead of plates. After video clips of the incident went viral, the district administration has ordered action, officials said on Tuesday. The video shows students sitting on the floor and eating halwa-puri served to them on torn pages from old notebooks and books.  Taking cognisance, Public Relations Officer for Satna and Maihar, Rajesh Singh, said strict action has been initiated. A proposal for suspending the in-charge Principal of the Government High School, Sunil Kumar Tripathi, has been forwarded.  This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed, agencies. Mid-day accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability, trustworthiness, reliability and data of the text. Mid-day management/mid-day.com reserves the sole right to alter, delete or remove (without notice) the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever Disclaimer: We do not own any of the content, ideas, images, or text …

After Dubai, Heathrow scraps 100ml liquid limit: Details inside

After Dubai, Heathrow scraps 100ml liquid limit: Details inside

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If you happen to be flying through London any time soon, you’re going to have a way smoother time doing the math on all the liquid gold you travel with. Yes, we’re referring to those niftily packed mini-bottles of skincare, makeup, perfume and anything else that has been met with stringent weight limitation over your years as a frequent flyer. After Dubai, Heathrow scraps 100ml liquid limit (Photo: BBC) What’s happening? As per a BBC report, London’s Heathrow Airport has now become the next major international hub to do away with the ancient 100ml liquid limit on hand luggage moving through security, updating the same to as much as 2 litres. What has prompted this is a complete airport-wide rollout of new high tech CT scanners. Liquids and electronic items can now smoothly move past security, doing away with the need to load them into clear plastic bags. One thing to keep in mind however is that this rule applies only to those flights departing from Heathrow with directions for passengers to check liquid limit …

Khurchan Laddoos, Made from Delicious Ghee Scraps

Khurchan Laddoos, Made from Delicious Ghee Scraps

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Vatsala Pandey talks about the sweet byproduct that defined her childhood summers, a laddoo made from the milk solids left behind after making ghee. In many homes today, the rich scent of clarified butter bubbling on the stove is a memory, replaced by the convenience of a jar from the store. But in my family, the ritual of making ghee from homemade butter endures. And with it comes an unsung hero; a humble byproduct that holds the sweetest of secrets —khurchan. Khurchan is the term for the caramelized, nutty residue that settles at the bottom of the pan after the ghee has been strained. While a modern kitchen might discard it, to us, it is culinary treasure. As children, we would wait for the ghee-making to finish, knowing our reward was a small bowl of warm khurchan, mixed simply with a spoonful of sugar. It was a dessert of undiminished joy. This simple pleasure was a beloved ritual, particularly for my grandfather, for whom my grandmother would always set a portion aside. On a recent …

Andhra Pradesh govt scraps 15 per cent non-local quota in higher education admissions from 2025-26

Andhra Pradesh govt scraps 15 per cent non-local quota in higher education admissions from 2025-26

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According to the government order, the southern state followed a common admission process, which also involved admitting students from Telangana under the non-local quota for 10 years after the bifurcation of united Andhra Pradesh. Amaravati: In a big policy shift, the Andhra Pradesh government has revised its admission rules for higher educational institutions, eliminating the existing 15% non-local quota. Starting from the academic year 2025-26, admission to various professional courses will be reserved exclusively for students from Andhra Pradesh. This move will effectively bar students from other states, including Telangana, from seeking admission under the non-local category. According to the new government orders, admissions to courses such as engineering, technology, pharmacy, architecture, Pharma D, business administration, computer applications, law, education, and physical education will now be allotted solely to students who qualify as locals of Andhra Pradesh. However, specific categories — such as children of Central government employees — will still be considered under special provisions. What the govt order said?  “To protect the interests of the students hailing from the state of Andhra Pradesh, …

Snapchat scraps ‘simple’ redesign as it loses users in North America

Snapchat scraps ‘simple’ redesign as it loses users in North America

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Snap is backing away from plans to simplify the design of Snapchat as it reports losing 1 million users in North America. As part of its Q1 2025 earnings report on Tuesday, Snap revealed that it’s instead going to start testing a “refined” layout that keeps the app’s five existing tabs. Snap is now reversing these plans after months of testing, seemingly after seeing reduced usage or user frustration. “Our‬‭ most‬‭ engaged‬‭ Snapchatters‬‭ consistently‬‭ demonstrated‬‭ a‬‭ preference‬‭ for‬‭ a‬‭ five-tab‬‭ layout, favoring‬ the‬‭ familiarity‬‭ of‬‭ tile-based‬‭ content‬‭ discovery‬‭ and‬‭ a‬‭ dedicated‬‭ Map‬‭ tab,” Snap writes in a letter to investors. In 2018, Snap’s stock sunk and users fled following a redesign aimed at keeping content from friends and brands separated. The newly revamped five-tab layout “combines the best of both approaches,” the company says, as it will bring more Stories to the messaging experience and make it easier to find Spotlight, which will appear directly to the right of the camera button. Snap doesn’t say how widely the redesign was rolled out or where it …

Trump Scraps US Office On Climate Diplomacy

Trump Scraps US Office On Climate Diplomacy

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Washington: President Donald Trump’s administration has abolished the office that runs US climate diplomacy, potentially meaning the world’s largest economy will be a no-show at November’s COP30 summit in Brazil. The State Department confirmed Friday that its Office of Global Change, which was in charge of representing the United States in UN climate diplomacy, was being closed. “We will not participate in international agreements and initiatives that do not reflect our country’s values,” a State Department spokesperson said. “Consequently, this office — which supported the efforts of previous administrations to hobble the United States through participation in the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and other agreements purporting to limit or prevent climate change — is unnecessary.” The move was not a surprise as Trump is a climate skeptic and moved to pull the United States for the second time out of the landmark Paris climate accord immediately on returning to office on January 20. The climate office was among notable absences when Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Tuesday laid out a reorganization …