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Atal Dulloo appointed as Jammu and Kashmir’s new Chief Secretary

New Delhi [India], November 29 (ANI): Atal Dulloo has been appointed as the new chief secretary of Jammu and Kashmir. The Ministry of Home Affairs released the order today. Dulloo will take over the post from Arun Kumar Mehta, who will retire on November 30. Atal Dulloo, who was in central deputation, was repatriated to the J&K cadre. Dulloo is a 1989 batch IAS officer from Jammu and Kashmir and has served in various capacities in UT, including as the additional chief secretary and financial commissioner before he was shifted out from the UT.

Ex-Mumbai mayor Datta Dalvi held for ‘objectionable’ remarks against CM Shinde

Mumbai, Nov 29 (PTI) The Mumbai police on Wednesday arrested Shiv Sena (UBT) leader and former city mayor Datta Dalvi for allegedly making objectionable remarks against Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, an official said. During a probe, the police found that a meeting was organised on Sunday by the Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena (UBT) in suburban Bhandup where Dalvi allegedly made some objectionable remarks against Shinde, the Bhandup police official said. On that basis, an FIR was registered against Dalvi under various Indian Penal Code sections including 153 (a) (promoting enmity between different groups on ground of religion, race, place

We never lost hope Worker after being rescued from Silkyara tunnel

Uttarkashi, Nov 29 (PTI) “We never lost hope,” Vishal, one of the workers rescued from the Silkyara tunnel, told PTI. All the 41 workers were rescued on Tuesday evening after 17 days of a multi-agency operation conducted by the central and state governments. Soon after being rescued, Vishal, a resident of Himachal Pradesh’s Mandi, met his family members outside the tunnel and was then taken to a hospital in an ambulance. Ambulances which had lined up at the tunnel ferried the workers to a community health centre where a special 41-bed ward had been set up. Before this, the workers

Union Minister Gadkari says “relieved and happy” after rescue of 41 workers from Silkyara tunnel

New Delhi, Nov 28 (PTI) Union minister Nitin Gadkari on Tuesday said he is “relieved and happy” as all 41 trapped workers have been rescued from the collapsed Silkyara tunnel in Uttarakhand. “I am completely relieved and happy as 41 trapped laborers in the Silkyara Tunnel Collapse have been successfully rescued,” Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari said in a post on X. The 41 workers, who were trapped in the tunnel since November 12, were rescued on Tuesday evening. “This was a well-coordinated effort by multiple agencies, marking one of the most significant rescue operations in recent years.

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