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Commuters remained the worst sufferers on city roads for second consecutive day on Thursday as almost all the prominent roads remained chocked during busy hours.

Kashi, the temple town and parliamentary constituency of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, is among 98 cities which would be developed under Smart City scheme of the Central government. Union minister Venkaiah Naidu released the list of cities in New Delhi on Thursday.

The National Green Tribunal has fined the Agra Municipal Corporation Rs1 lakh ($1,500) for dumping garbage into the Yamuna river.

The labour department has cleared welfare pensions and other benefits dues till July this year in connection with Onam celebrations, said labour affairs minister Shibu Baby John here on Thursday.

It will be a key to better and secure life for 60 year old Hariharan, who has been provided a ‘On the wheels shop’ in of the second phase of the Bhagya Theruvu project of Jwala Foundation, a city based NGO. The key to the on the wheels shop was presented to Hariharan by managing director of Favourite Homes Martin Thomas in a function organised by Jwala Foundation at Hassan Marikar Hall on Thursday.

If Chingam 1 was an auspicious day for Thiruvananthapuram with the launch of the Vizhinjam port project, September 1 will witness another major development initiative – inauguration of the Kazhakoottam-Mukkola NH widening project.

Fourteen new cases of dengue were reported on Thursday as suspected patients continued to pour in various government hospitals.

Mysuru City Corporation officials on Thursday faced the collective ire of corporators over the looming water crisis. The mayor adjourned the council session when a few corporators protested over the issue inside the hall.

The district administration’s negotiation skills were on display on Thursday as it tried to project Mysuru as the ideal venue for an Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) before a four-member site selection committee.

Over 500 members of the Jain community on Thursday held a silent protest against the recent Rajasthan high court verdict which termed ‘Sallekhana’ or starvation till death to achieve salvation illegal and punishable offence under the provisions of the Indian Penal Code.

The district administration has decided to hold Krishna Jayanti on September 5 in a simple manner owing to farmer suicides and drought in the state.

The family of B K S Iyengar continues its association with Mysuru.

It’s official. The Quran, which Mysuru police recovered from a 10-member gang recently, is not Mughal emperor Aurangzeb’s.

Five members of a family sustained burn injuries when fire broke out at their house in Chamanganj due to leakage in LPG pipe on Thursday. Fire personnel reached the spot and doused the fire.

Three persons including two women died while more than two dozen others suffered injuries when an overspeeding private high-end Volvo AC bus lost control and turned turtle in Sikandara area of Kanpur Dehat during the wee hours of Thursday.

Department of social work Chhatrapati Shahuji Maharaj University and an NGO launched a special mobile van for spreading awareness among people, particularly girls, against sexual harassment. Head of department of social work Sandeep Singh said that the van moved within the university campus to make people aware about sexual harassment and violence against women.

Once the Manchester of East and the industrial capital of Uttar Pradesh is set for a makeover after being included in the list of 98 cities from all over the country to be developed as ‘smart cities’. The list of the smart cities was declared by Union minister Venkaiah Naidu in Delhi on Thursday.

The police launched a massive vehicle checking drive to curb misuse of Motor Vehicle Act. More than 700 vehicles were checked at Parade, Bada Chauraha, Kidwainagar, Kalyanpur, Rawatpur and Mall Road. A good number of vehicle owners were fined and forced to remove black films from window screens, hooters and improper number plates as per Supreme Court guidelines and the Motor Vehicles Act

There has been a steady barrage of inhumanity: mass executions of Christians and others, throwing gay men from rooftops, the destruction of ancient archaeological treasures, the routine use of poison gas.

China has been accused of pirating movies, handbags, Rolexes — even cars. Add Goldman Sachs to the list.

The addition of multiple slang words showed "creative" use of language, Oxford Dictionaries said.

The disgruntled former US television station employee who murdered two journalists had "annoyed" colleagues but showed no signs at work of any mental health issues, his former boss said Thursday.