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The EU’s new border system has nearly tripled the time it’s taking for Brits to get through passport control even after improvements have been made, a boss at Rome’s main airport has said.It comes as Ryanair has warned passengers travelling to Europe this summer to prepare for extended waits. Border police at Portugal’s Faro airport also told the BBC the Entry Exit System technology suffered from bugs, but insisted any queues there would go down quickly.The European Commission (EC) has said in most EU airports disruption is limited, and added that it will continue to support member states in the…

The HC bench upheld the conviction by the trial court, relying on a combination of CCTV footage, forensic evidence and circumstantial evidence. BHOPAL: The Gwalior bench of Madhya Pradesh high court Friday commuted the death sentence of a man, convicted of raping and murdering a 9-year-old girl, to life imprisonment, holding that while the crime was “heinous”, it did not warrant capital punishment as the case did not fit the criteria to be adjudged “rarest of rare”.A division bench of justices GS Ahluwalia and Anuradha Shukla upheld the conviction of Kallu Rathore by the trial court under IPC sections 302,…

Mumbai: A severed human leg was found entangled under a long-distance train coach at CSMT on Friday. The limb was sent to St George’s Hospital by the Govt Railway Police (GRP), and an investigation was started.During the maintenance of 11058 UP Amritsar–CSMT Express train on July 17, the on-duty maintenance staff, during the undergear examination of the coach, noticed an amputated human body part (most likely a leg below the knee) entangled under Coach M2. The Railway Protection Force (RPF) and GRP were informed immediately through the station manager. The GRP rushed to the spot for panchanama and other formalities,…

A week-long mystery concluded with the exhumation of a 16-year-old girl’s body. Her death occurred after an argument with her boyfriend over a mobile phone. BENGALURU: A week-long mystery surrounding the sudden disappearance of a 16-year-old girl ended Saturday evening after Sathanur police exhumed her body from an agricultural farm in Kanakapura.Her murder and subsequent cover-up came to light following a drunken confession by the accused minor boy’s uncle at a local bar.The victim and the 16-year-old accused, both hailing from families of daily-wage labourers, befriended each other on Instagram.Last month, the teenagers eloped from Bengaluru. The girl reportedly informed…

Chief Minister Revanth Reddy held a review meeting with senior officials on the prevention of food adulteration at the MCRHRD in the city on Saturday. Pic: TOI Hyderabad: Alarmed by the growing threat posed by adulterated food and medicines, chief minister A Revanth Reddy on Saturday directed officials to frame a stringent law to crack down on the practice and safeguard public health.At a review meeting on the proposed Telangana Food Adulteration and Drug Control Act (TGFADCA) at the MCRHRD Institute, the chief minister expressed serious concern over rising instances of people falling ill due to the adulteration of vegetables,…

Silent, preventable cholesterol burden: Nine in ten Indian adults have abnormal blood lipids Chennai: Nine in 10 Indian adults live with at least one abnormal blood lipid — fats, including cholesterol and triglycerides, in their bloodstream and body tissues, according to national data from the ICMR‑INDIAB study. Dyslipidemia, or an unhealthy imbalance or abnormal amount of lipids (fats) in your blood, is one of the most common yet least discussed cardiovascular threats in the country, the study found. Women, city dwellers and people in Central India carry a disproportionate burden, and the problem spikes sharply in those with adverse glycemic…

Ahmedabad: The Gujarat State Examination Board (GSEB) has decided to award grace marks for five questions in Paper 2 of the main exam of Assistant Education Inspector Aptitude Test (AEIAT) after releasing the final answer key.The board found that the five questions had more than one correct option. Candidates who selected any of the correct options will be awarded marks. The decision was taken after reviewing the provisional answer key and objections submitted by candidates.The test was conducted for the direct recruitment of assistant education inspector. A total of 25,991 candidates from across Gujarat had registered for the test. The…

Prayagraj: Prayagraj: Underlining the growing role of mediation in building a dispute-free society, Supreme Court judge Justice Vikram Nath on Saturday emphasised that mediators need not necessarily be lawyers and that trained individuals can help resolve disputes at various levels, contributing to a more harmonious society.Addressing the valedictory session of the first mediation training programme for Allahabad University teachers, Justice Nath, who chairs the Supreme Court’s Mediation and Conciliation Project Committee (MCPC), said trained faculty members of AU could assist the Allahabad HC in mediation-related work whenever required.He said MCPC was expanding mediation and conciliation training to different sections of…

A devotee with his pet dog in front of Lord Jagannath’s chariot in Puri on Saturday Bhubaneswar: A sea of devotees from Bhubaneswar, Cuttack and nearby areas streamed towards Puri on Friday night, turning the Bhubaneswar-Puri highway into a slow-moving ribbon of vehicles as pilgrims rushed for a glimpse of the deities after the chariots reached the Gundicha Temple.Relentless rain coupled with an extraordinary surge in vehicular traffic slowed movement along the route. While congestion was visible from Uttara Square in Bhubaneswar, traffic crawled for long stretches beyond Sakhigopal, with thousands of devotees inching their way towards the pilgrim town…

Silchar: A man was arrested in Cachar for allegedly raping and impregnating his minor daughter.Police said the 17-year-old has learning disabilities. The accused was caught by residents on Friday night and handed over to the police and produced in court on Saturday.The case came to light after the accused’s brother filed an FIR, alleging that he repeatedly raped the girl over the past three to four months by threatening her and exploiting her condition. Family members suspected something was wrong after noticing physical changes in the teenager.“The complainant alleged that the accused took advantage of the victim’s learning disabilities to…