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Around two dozen medical stores and other shops were razed to the ground this morning as Haryana's Nuh district administration's action against "illegal" construction continued for the third day. The officials had razed shanties of immigrants living in Tauru region, situated about 20 km away from violence-hit Nuh, for encroaching on government land on Thursday evening. Morover, 50 to 60 structures in different areas have been demolished so… read-more

A day after a tractor-trolley carrying 22 passengers plunged into the Garra river, officials in Hardoi, Uttar Pradesh retrieved eight remains and called off the search on August 28. 14 individuals were rescued from the river on August 27. Hardoi District Magistrate Avinash Kumar stated, "The operation has been called off. The district administration will provide an amount of ₹ 5 lakh each to the families of the victims."

The CBI registered a bribery case against Executive Director of Power Grid Corporation of India BS Jha and five officials of Tata Projects, including its Executive VP Deshraj Pathak and Assistant VP RN Singh. The five were arrested and will be produced before Panchkula court, for alleged illegal favour to the private company, after conducting raids in Ghaziabad, Noida, and Gurugram. During the searches, CBI recovered Rs 93 lakh cash.

The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) searched the premises of 18 government officials in Karnataka in the light of possession of disproportionate assets, on March 16. In addition, a team of around 100 ACB officials with 300 staff members turned up at 75 locations to search the residences and offices of the officials. Notably, officials found Rs 7 lakh in cash, gold, and silver inside the dustbin of an official's house.