Jakarta – The Ministry of Environment (KLH) is investigating the source of the logs swept away by floods in Sumatra. Hanif Faisol Nurofiq, minister of environmental affairs, aims to complete the investigation of the case in three months. “I am asking for three months, I hope three months. If it is more than that, we will catch a cold. We forget. Usually the criteria for a disaster is, if the ground is dry, we forget it all,” Hanif said at Hotel Indonesia Kempinski, Jakarta, Tuesday (2/12/2025). Currently there are eight companies that will be invited by the Ministry of the Environment. The eight companies are known to operate in the Batang Toru Watershed (DAS), North Sumatra. SCROLL TO CONTINUE CONTENT Hanif said that his party will study the documents of these companies. He also immediately visited the place where the logs were found in North Sumatra. “God willing, I will go there on Thursday to take over, to see first-hand, so that I can get an idea, an idea of ​​how the construction of the case is,” he explained. He added that his party also checked the map description. These initial findings will be followed up with an on-site inspection. “But in general, from the map study, in the upstream part it really became a dryland plantation, yes, dryland cultivation, in the upstream even. Then there is a new oil palm. It looks like the picture of the plot. Exactly like what we have. We are currently investigating it further, related to this. But the data is already there. We will try,” he added. Hanif emphasized that this investigation will be different from the Ciliwung River case. This is because all data can be seen directly from satellite images. “Well, it’s different. Sorry, in Ciliwung it’s very heterogeneous. So we don’t even know what the cause is. But it can be seen. Where did the wood come from? I didn’t come before the investigation. I didn’t want to disturb the independence of many of my fellow investigators. But our logic is, from the satellite images we can already see how it is,” he said. As is known, the Minister of Environment (LH) Hanif Faisol Nurofiq said that his party will invite eight companies that operate in the Batang Toru Watershed (DAS), North Sumatra. This is to investigate the source of the logs that were swept away by the flood. Hanif said this after the 2025 Proklim Awards event in Jakarta, Monday (1/12). He said his party has identified eight companies in flood-affected areas in the Batang Toru watershed, ranging from oil palm plantations to gold mining companies. “There are eight that, based on our analysis of satellite images, contributed to make this rain worse. So, we are currently investigating it and I have asked the deputy Gakkum (law enforcement) to take quick and measurable action,” Hanif said, as reported by Antara. Based on satellite images, his party can project events in the disaster area during heavy rain. “So, on Monday we will immediately call all the units based on the study of satellite images, we can see everything from satellite images so that we can logically project what happens to those conditions during heavy rain,” he said. Then Hanif also said that his party will ask for an explanation from each company with high-resolution satellite images to confirm the condition of the location of the site where the company was located before the flood. “So that we can prove it, where does the wood come from,” he said. Also watch the video “Minister of Environment will call 8 Companies regarding Logging in North Sumatra” (ygs/ygs)

Updated: Wed, 03 Dec 2025 01:07 (IST) The first case of cyber attack has come to light in Uttar Pradesh, in which documents worth Rs 4 crore have gone missing from the Public Works Department (PWD) of Kanpur. Read more Ritesh Dwivedi, Jagran, Kanpur. Cyber ​​attack: For the first time in Uttar Pradesh, a serious case of cyber attack on the e-tendering process has come to light. It is alleged that once PWD participated in the tender worth about Rs 4 crore, all the documents of the company suddenly disappeared from the Prahari application. Expressing fear of cyber attack, Durgesh Singh Chauhan, owner of the firm Varad Enterprises, has given a letter of complaint to the PWD headquarters in Lucknow as well as the office of DCP East, in which he is acting. Durgesh Singh Chauhan, owner of Varad Enterprises, said that on November 28, the public works department floated tenders worth around Rs 4 crore for road construction and repair work in Ghatampur (Kanpur city) and Bhognipur, Sikandra and Rasulabad areas of Kanpur Dehat. His firm Varad Enterprises applied for participation in six tenders by uploading all the documents within the stipulated time limit through Prahari App. For this, a fee of around Rs 40 lakh was also deducted from the online account, but as the bidding process progressed to the final stage, the entire data of his firm suddenly disappeared from the application, automatically excluding his firm from the e-tendering process. Remove Advertisement Read Only News Victim Durgesh claims that this well-planned cyber attack was carried out so that his firm could be thrown out of the auction process. In this case he gave a letter of complaint to the engineers of PWD head office. Along with this, a complaint letter was given to the office of DCP East Satyajit Gupta and a demand was made for investigation by cyber cell. He alleged that some unknown element interfered in the e-tendering process and deleted the documents uploaded in the application. According to him, this irregularity only came to light after the online process was completed on 28 November. However, DCP East Satyajit Gupta said that he has not received the complaint letter, after receiving the letter, investigation will be done and action will be taken. The IT cell of PWD headquarters has started investigation in this case. PWD headquarters also considered the incident very serious. Headquarter Superintending Engineer Praveen Kumar Bangdi said that after taking cognizance of the complaint, instructions were given to the IT cell to investigate. He admitted that this type of cases came to light for the first time in e-tendering in UP. The process is technically very secure, so the possibility of sudden disappearance of documents does not occur under normal circumstances. Therefore, the matter is thoroughly investigated. He said that Superintendent Engineer Chandrashekhar, in-charge of the IT cell of the headquarters, is himself investigating the matter from every aspect. The team is trying to find out whether the documents were deleted due to a technical error or the data was deleted due to some hacking attempt. A three-member high-level committee has already been constituted at the Lucknow head office to monitor the e-tendering process and the Sentinel app. The chairman of this committee is Saurabh Bairathi, chief engineer of the Indo-Nepal border, while the two other members are chief engineer (building) CP Gupta and headquarters of chief engineers themselves. This team monitors the ongoing e-tendering process across the state. We didn’t see any data on the Sentinel app. The firm contractor filed a complaint, information about which was given to the head office officials. The possibility of missing documents in the tender is not possible in the technical system. The whole situation will be clear only after investigation. Anil Kumar, Superintending Engineer, PWD All the necessary documents were uploaded on time and their confirmation was also visible in the application. But after opening the app after some time, the entire data was found to be missing. If the investigation is done properly, it will definitely confirm any external cyber interference. This tender process must also be stopped until the investigation is completed. Durgesh Singh Chauhan, Varad Enterprises

Updated: Wed, 03 Dec 2025 01:00 AM (IST) Due to the absence of traffic police in Badaun city, the traffic system has broken down. Due to VIP service and training, there is pressure on the roads due to…read more Road junctions in Badaun Jagran Correspondent, Badaun. Currently, the transport system of the district has completely collapsed. Due to this, there are traffic jams all over the city and people struggle with it for hours. There are also not enough policemen to clean up the jam and there are no other arrangements either. As a result, the problem of traffic jams has become a major problem in the city. It is said that the policemen have deployed here. More than half of those cops are outside. Among them 14 policemen went for training and 23 policemen went to Lucknow for BIP duty. As a result, the system of the city is constantly deteriorating. Remove advertisement Just read the news The problem of traffic jams has been going on for a long time in the city and the people here are constantly struggling with the traffic jam. There is no traffic jam anywhere here. There are traffic jams at different places in the city. There are some areas where traffic jams occur daily. Once there is a jam there, it only opens after two to four hours. Among these, the worst situation includes many places including Shaheed Bhagat Singh Chowk, Dataganj Tiraha, Indira Chowk, Bhamashah Chowk, Maharana Pratap Tiraha, Lalpul. This problem is there as there was a good number of traffic police personnel here and apart from them home guards were also deployed. Despite this, the problem of traffic jams in the city could not be eliminated; the problem exists even today. Now the problem has increased further in the past few days. Now there is traffic jam everywhere. The biggest reason for this has come to light that when those who come here, policemen have been deployed. Their numbers have fallen to less than the order. It is said that there are 53 traffic police personnel here yesterday and 14 of them have gone for training. Apart from them, 23 policemen have been posted on VIP duty in Lucknow and they have come charging till now. As a result, the traffic system is constantly deteriorating. The work is going on here with only 10-12 policemen. Apart from them, some home guards have also been deployed, which cannot cover every three-way intersection. Traffic month passed in vain. Due to shortage of policemen, traffic month also passed in vain. People were not properly made aware and neither were the vehicles checked. Although it started well. An awareness rally was also taken out in the city. After that the whole month went like this. Only Khanapuri continued in the name of Traffic Month. There are no traffic policemen at many intersections. Currently, many intersections in the city are in a bad condition. There are many three-way intersections where even traffic policemen are not deployed. The work there is only done by housekeepers. The entire road crossing is handled by only one policeman. There is no policeman at Parshuram Chowk. Similarly, there is no policeman at Shaheed Bhagat Singh Chowk, Old Chungi, Dataganj Tiraha. No traffic policemen have been deployed in the city. Only home guards were deployed there. Currently there is a shortage of traffic policemen. Our 23 policemen went to Lucknow on VIP duty. 14 policemen are on training. Some policemen are also on leave. This causes problems. This arrangement will be established in two to four days. – RL Rajput, in charge traffic system Also read- Bike collides with sugarcane laden tractor-trolley in Badaun, youth dies; two injured

State Bureau, Patna. Bihar still remains in the first position in providing free medicine to patients admitted from OPD of government hospitals. The Department of Health gave this information on Tuesday. Referring to the report released by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, the Health Department informed that in October last year Bihar itself bagged the first position with 79.34 points, leaving Rajasthan behind. Since then, Bihar has continuously remained in the first position. This state was second in providing free medicine. This year, once again in the month of October, Bihar won the title of first place in providing medicine to patients with 81.35 points, while Rajasthan is in second place with 77.77 points and Punjab in third place with 71.80 points. Let us tell you here that the department claims that to strengthen the supply of medicines and other medical supplies, 165 GPS-equipped medicine vehicles are currently being operated in the state. The aim of this entire scheme is to provide free medicine to the citizens of the state, so that no patient is deprived of treatment due to lack of medicine. Also Read – Over four lakh disabled people traveled free in Bihar buses in 7 years, this section remained on top. Also Read – Death of youth admitted to de-addiction center in Patna, ruckus by alleging murder by beating. Also Read – Insult even after death, body left unclaimed under stairs in SKMCH, not even cloth found.

Jagran Correspondent, Lucknow. There was a commotion after a fire broke out in a sweet shop in Lucknow. This incident took place at Awasthi Sweet House near Matiyari Crossing of Chinhat Police Station. As soon as information about the fire was received, fire engines immediately reached the spot and efforts were made to control the fire.

Digital Desk, New Delhi. Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan’s problems seem to be increasing in the Masala bond case. Actually, ED issued a show cause notice to the CM. Now controversy over this is increasing in the state. The Congress on Tuesday said it does not trust the notice issued by ED to Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan in the KIIFB masala bond case. Congress made it an election gimmick. Not only that, the Congress termed this notification from the national agency as a fraud. The Congress made these allegations. Let us tell you that while talking to reporters here, senior Congress leader Ramesh Chennithala said that there is huge corruption involved in the masala bonds issued by Kerala Infrastructure Investment Fund Board (KIIFB) and it should be investigated sooner or later. He said that the Congress will go to any extent to bring out the truth in this matter and expose corruption. While accusing both BJP and CPI(M) of misusing the ED, Chennithala alleged that the recent show cause notice is part of the undercurrent between the two parties. Congress’s claim – ED sends notices only at the time of elections. He claimed that ED will send notices at the time of elections. After the election, there will be no follow-up. This is a ploy by BJP to help CPI(M). The former home minister further claimed that the move was an attempt to save Chief Minister Vijayan and his government, which has become notorious for anti-people policies. He also alleged that a Canadian company (identified as a major investor in KIIFB masala bonds) has close links with SNC-Lavalin. It is noteworthy that ED has issued a clear notice to Kerala Chief Minister Vijayan, former Finance Minister TM Thomas Isaac and Principal Secretary to CM KM Abraham in the KIIFB Masala Bond case. No personal appearance is required under this notice. ED sources said show cause notices are issued after the FEMA probe is completed, and the violations specified therein attract penalties.

Updated: Wed, 03 Dec 2025 12:44 (IST) An IIT Kanpur student has received an annual package of Rs 2.9 crore, which is a matter of pride for the institute. In the current placement drive, many students … read more Jagran Correspondent, Kanpur. The placement drive of IIT Kanpur has started well. An offer of Rs 2.9 crore was received from a multinational company on the very first day. More than two dozen students accepted the offers received. Remove Advertisement Read Only News IIT’s employment campaign has started from 1st December. The first phase will be carried out until December 15. Official figures will only be released after this, but information received from students has shown that multinational companies have made a good start this time compared to previous years. A computer science student got a package of Rs 2.9 crore. The international packages available to students have also increased this time. However, a reduction in total jobs is estimated due to the US President’s tariff and visa rules. More than 400 companies from around the world are said to be participating in the employment drive. In addition to offline, students are also interviewed through online medium. Major companies coming in campus placements include companies like Google, Amazon, Microsoft, Flipkart, Zomato, Oracle, BPCL. This year, more than one thousand students registered themselves in the employment campaign.

South Africa defeated India by 408 runs in the second Test in Guwahati. With the target of 549 runs, India’s second innings ended on 140 runs. The performance of India’s batsmen was very poor in this Test, only Yashasvi Jaiswal scored a half-century in the first innings and Ravindra Jadeja scored a half-century in the second innings. Team India were also all out for 201 runs in the first innings. In this series, Temba Bavuma maintained his record of never losing a test as captain. South Africa won the two-match Test series 2–0. 5th defeat in last 7 matches, Team India drops down in WTC standings. India have lost five of their last seven Tests played at home. Last year, in the same month, Team India lost the Test series 3-0 at home against New Zealand. Team India had a poor performance in Kolkata before Guwahati, where the pitch was blamed, but here the visiting team’s batsmen performed brilliantly. Still, none of India’s batsmen could perform well on this pitch. Senuran Muthusamy scored a century (109) in the first innings, while bowler Marco Jensen, who scored heavily against the Indian bowlers (93), missed his century. After India lost the Test series 0-2 against South Africa, India moved down to 5th in the World Test Championship 2025-2027 standings. South Africa scored 489 runs in the first innings. Temba Bavuma won the toss and decided to bat first. Aiden Markram (38) and Ryan Rickelton (35) gave the team a good start with an 82-run partnership to take the first wicket. Tristan Stubbs (49) and Temba Bavuma (41) added 84 runs for the third wicket. Indian bowlers were ineffective in the first innings, a proof of this is that lower order batsman Marco Jensen also played a brilliant innings of 93 runs, through which South Africa could reach a total of 489. Senuran Muthusamy top-scored 109 runs for South Africa in the first innings, which included two sixes and 10 fours. It was his first Test century. Marco Jensen created history by hitting seven sixes in his explosive innings of 93 runs and became the joint batsman to hit most sixes in a Test innings against India. Kuldeep Yadav took the most wickets for India in the first innings, taking four wickets at an economy rate of 3.94, giving away 115 runs. Bumrah and Siraj took two wickets each, but they too could not stop the score. India’s first innings collapsed for 201 runs. Yashasvi Jaiswal and KL Rahul got India off to a good start in the first innings, putting on a 65-run partnership for the first wicket. However, India’s middle order was a complete flop. Rahul (22) was dismissed by Keshav Maharaj, after which Yashasvi Jaiswal scored his half-century. He also fell victim to Simon Harmer for 58 runs. It was India’s second wicket for 95 runs, followed by India’s seventh wicket for 122 runs. This means that six wickets fell within 27 runs. Sai Sudarshan (15), Dhruv Jurel (0), Rishabh Pant (7), Ravindra Jadeja (6) and Nitish Kumar Reddy (10) were out cheaply. Marco Jensen took six wickets in this innings. Only the partnership of Washington Sundar and Kuldeep Yadav took India past 200. Sundar scored 48 runs, while Kuldeep scored only 19 runs, but he scored 134 balls. India’s second innings was reduced to 140 runs. South Africa took a lead of 288 runs in the first innings. The visiting team declared its second innings at 260/5, giving India a target of 549 runs to win. Tristan Stubbs scored 93 runs in the second innings but missed his century. With his wicket, Bavuma declared the innings. India’s batting also flopped in the second innings. Yashasvi Jaiswal (13) and KL Rahul (6) could not give good starts; Jaiswal was dismissed by Jensen, while KL Rahul was dismissed by Harmer. Today, on the final day of the Test, Kuldeep Yadav became the third wicket of India’s innings. After this, Dhruv Jurel (2) and Rishabh Pant (13) also got out cheaply. Sudarshan was also out after scoring 14 runs. Ravindra Jadeja put up some fight but it wasn’t enough. Jadeja scored 54 runs, which included two sixes and four fours. India’s second innings was reduced to 140 runs. South Africa won this match by a huge margin of 408 runs. Simon Harmer took six wickets in this innings, which was the second five-wicket haul of his Test career. Keshav Maharaj took two wickets. Marco Jensen and Senuran Muthusamy took one wicket each.

Guwahati, November 26 (IANS). South Africa defeated India by 408 runs in the Test match played at the Barsapara Cricket Stadium in Guwahati. This is India’s biggest defeat in terms of Test runs. South Africa won the Guwahati Test and won the series 0-2. South Africa won by 30 runs in the first Test played in Kolkata. South Africa won the Test series in India after 25 years. The last time South Africa defeated India was 0-2 in a 2-Test series in 1999-2000. In this series, South Africa’s captain was Hansie Cronje, while India’s captain was Sachin Tendulkar. Temba Bavuma became the second South African captain after Hansie Cronje to win a Test series in India. With the win in the Guwahati Test, Temba Bavuma’s record of not losing a Test as captain also remained intact. Talking about the Guwahati Test, after winning the toss and batting first, South Africa scored 489 runs with the help of Senuran Muthusamy’s 109 runs and Marco Jansen’s 93 runs. For India, Kuldeep Yadav took 4 wickets, Jasprit Bumrah, Ravindra Jadeja and Mohammad Siraj took 2 wickets each. The Indian team were all out for 201 runs in the first innings and trailed by 288 runs. For South Africa, Marco Jansen took 6 wickets, Simon Harmer 3 wickets and Keshav Maharaj 1 wicket. South Africa declared the second innings at 260 runs for 5 wickets and based on the lead of 288 runs in the first innings, India were given a target of 549 runs. Bundled out for 140, the Indian team suffered its biggest defeat in Test cricket history by a margin of 408 runs. In the second innings, Simon Harmer took 6 wickets for 37 runs for South Africa. Keshav Maharaj took 2 wickets, Marco Jansen and Senuran Muthusamy each took 1 wicket. –IANS PAK Share this story Tags

Guwahati, November 26 (IANS). South Africa defeated India by 408 runs in the Test match played at the Barsapara Cricket Stadium in Guwahati. This is India’s biggest defeat in terms of Test runs. South Africa won the Guwahati Test and won the series 0-2. South Africa won by 30 runs in the first Test played in Kolkata. South Africa won the Test series in India after 25 years. The last time South Africa defeated India was 0-2 in a 2-Test series in 1999-2000. In this series, South Africa’s captain was Hansie Cronje, while India’s captain was Sachin Tendulkar. Temba Bavuma became the second South African captain after Hansie Cronje to win a Test series in India. With the win in the Guwahati Test, Temba Bavuma’s record of not losing a Test as captain also remained intact. Talking about the Guwahati Test, after winning the toss and batting first, South Africa scored 489 runs with the help of Senuran Muthusamy’s 109 runs and Marco Jansen’s 93 runs. For India, Kuldeep Yadav took 4 wickets, Jasprit Bumrah, Ravindra Jadeja and Mohammad Siraj took 2 wickets each. The Indian team were all out for 201 runs in the first innings and trailed by 288 runs. For South Africa, Marco Jansen took 6 wickets, Simon Harmer 3 wickets and Keshav Maharaj 1 wicket. South Africa declared the second innings at 260 runs for 5 wickets and based on the lead of 288 runs in the first innings, India were given a target of 549 runs. Bundled out for 140, the Indian team suffered its biggest defeat in Test cricket history by a margin of 408 runs. In the second innings, Simon Harmer took 6 wickets for 37 runs for South Africa. Keshav Maharaj took 2 wickets, Marco Jansen and Senuran Muthusamy each took 1 wicket. –IANS PAK Share this story Tags