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Speaking to ANI amid widespread waterlogging and disruption caused by heavy snowfall and rain, Mankotia said that despite repeated complaints by locals, authorities had failed to address serious flaws in an underpass on the national highway. "Since Nitin Gadkari took charge, especially of the National Highways, our reputation has soared worldwide. Unfortunately, the engineers and the National Highways Authority team have been called to this site many times by local people because the underpass is not being constructed properly," he said.

Priya was convicted of murdering Dushyant Sharma in 2018, while Hanuman was serving a life sentence for killing his lover's husband and four kids in 2017. The couple met at Jaipur's Open Jail and married with the family's consent.

The census of aquatic birds has commenced in Thoothukudi district to assess their population, species diversity, and habitat conditions.

According to the police, smoke was first noticed coming out of the vehicle, after which it caught fire. Rahul Sharma Gyanchand, a resident of Hastinapur village in Meerut district, was driving the car. He managed to get out of the vehicle safely before the fire spread further.

Chief Uddhav Thackeray said that the Shiv Sena (UBT) cannot be destroyed, calling it more than a political outfit and describing it as an ideology and a symbol of the sons of the soil.

Police recovered a large cache of arms and explosives from the accused, including 2.5 kilograms of RDX in the form of an improvised explosive device (IED), two pistols, and live cartridges. Preliminary investigations suggest that the recovered IED was meant for a targeted terror attack in view of the upcoming January 26 celebrations.