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Chennai: A 50-year-old man was arrested for breaking into two locked houses in Taramani and Thiruvanmiyur and stealing gold jewellery and cash. Police recovered 54 sovereigns of gold jewellery and 7.5 lakh in cash from him.Police said Anand of Raja Annamalaipuram, broke into the house of Jayapratha, 45, who lives with her family on Pillaiyar Kovil Street in Kaanagam, Taramani, on Jan 23. She had locked the house in the morning and went out after her husband left for work and son went to college. Upon returning in the evening, Jayapratha found the door frame broken and the door open.…

Ahmedabad: The Sabarmati riverfront, one of Ahmedabad’s most celebrated public spaces, has emerged as the site of a disquieting trend: since 2016, at least 1,617 people have died by suicide by jumping into the Sabarmati. That means, on average, one life has been lost every 48 hours during the 2016-2025 period.Authorities receive one distress call a day from the riverfront stretch. Another statistic shows that men account for an overwhelming majority of riverfront deaths year after year, particularly those in the 20-50 age group.”Most of the cases are linked to prolonged illness, financial crises, and relationship problems,” a senior police…

Jharsuguda: Two elderly men were killed and one was critically injured after the car in which they were travelling lost control and rammed into a tree in Laikera block of Jharsuguda district on Monday.Police said Sushil Patel, 72, of Sahaspur, Pramodini Choudhury, 80, of Bandhapali village near Sahaspur, and Kuber Choudhury, 63, who drove the car, went to attend a wedding at Laida in Sambalpur district. On Monday afternoon, while returning, the car lost balance at Dhuka Chowk in Laikera and crashed into a tree.All three injured occupants were rushed to the Mundrajore community health centre. Pramodini was declared dead…

Coimbatore: The Tamil Nadu govt on Monday expanded across the state its scheme to provide food to sanitary workers. The expansion was flagged off by chief minister M K Stalin at a function in Thiruvallur.The expansion is set to benefit more than 1.29 lakh sanitary workers across all city corporations, municipalities and town panchayats. “The Dravidian model govt is all about providing housing for sanitation workers, life insurance for them, scholarships for higher education for their children and loans for aspiring entreprenuers among them,” Stalin said in a social media post after the event. “We will implement many more welfare…

Gurgaon: Overflowing sewer lines and clogged manholes have left residents of Mayfield Gardens’ N Block dealing with unhygienic conditions and a persistent foul smell for nearly two months. Residents said the problem has affected around 500 families in the block, along with two HSVP pockets in Sector 51.Sewage from these areas is supposed to flow into the GMDA main line through a sewer laid along the 14m-wide road passing the Orchid commercial plot near the women police station. However, residents said the sewer line is choked with silt and is no longer functional.”The sewer line is completely blocked up to…

Guwahati: Sulfur dioxide (SO2) has emerged as a prominent air pollutant in Guwahati over the past two days — Sunday and Monday — alongside PM2.5 and PM10, raising concerns over respiratory health risks.Additional chief environmental scientist of the Assam Pollution Control Board (APCB), Gautam Kumar Mishra said, “Sulfur dioxide usually remains well below the 24-hour limit of 80 micrograms per cubic metre, but its concentration was found higher in Panbazar area on Sunday and Monday. The reasons will come out after analysis.” Delhi’s Air Pollution Gets Attention, But Most Indian Cities Are As Bad Or Worse | I Witness Mishra…

Hubballi: For the convenience of pilgrims attending Shri Kottureshwara Jatre at Kottur, SWR will run an unreserved express special train between Hosapete and Tholahunse for six days.Hosapete-Tholahunse train will run from Feb 10 to 15 (six trips). It departs Hosapete at 11.30 am, and has one-minute halts at Tungabhadra Dam at 11.40am, Vyasanakeri 11.52am, Vyasa Colony at 12.03pm, Mariyamanahalli at 12.14pm; Hampapatnam at 12.30pm; Hagribomanahalli at 12.46pm, Malavi at 12.57pm, Kotturu at 13.15pm; Bennehalli at 13.33pm; Harapanahalli at 13.48pm, Teligi at 14.08pm, Amaravathi Colony at 14.29pm, Davanagere at 14.38pm, and arrives at Tholahunse at 15.15pm.GDP growth at 6.4%, Kanpur Lamborghini…

Mangaluru: DYFI Dakshina Kannada district unit members on Monday held a demonstration in the city, demanding a govt medical college for the district, upgradation of Wenlock District Hospital to a regional hospital, an end to the PPP model, and the establishment of taluk and community hospitals, and primary health centres according to the population. BK Imthiyaz, district president of DYFI, said: “There is no regulation on private hospitals, which charge different rates for the same medical procedures. People in the district are in a situation where they have to beg for help when they fall ill.” He urged the legislators…

Mysuru: A fire broke out at four scrap shops on the outskirts of the city early Monday morning, prompting a swift response from the fire department.Officials said no casualties were reported, and there were no residential structures nearby. The shops, located off Old Kesare Road near the Bengaluru-Mysuru National Highway, had stored used materials like plastic items, foam, and wooden waste both inside and outside. Vehicular movement in the area was disrupted for a while as thick smoke billowed from the burning scrap.GDP growth at 6.4%, Kanpur Lamborghini Case, No-Trust Move Against Birla And MoreDistrict fire officer K C Ramesh…

Panaji: What was supposed to be a routine 50-minute flight from Mumbai to Goa turned into a seven-hour ordeal for over 100 passengers aboard Akasa Air’s flight QP 1301 on Sunday night. Passengers on the flight said that the chaos stemmed not from technical issues but from poor crew scheduling.Initially scheduled for a 6 pm departure, flight QP 1301 was first rescheduled to 6.25 pm, only for passengers to be informed at check-in that the flight was delayed to 8 pm at Mumbai’s Terminal 1.Nirmala Sequeira, a senior citizen from Panaji told TOI that the airline’s ground crew served passengers…