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Jaipur: To curb maternal deaths and improve pregnancy outcomes, the Rajasthan health department, Wednesday launched a statewide campaign to identify and closely monitor high-risk pregnancies. The special drive will continue till July 20.Under the campaign, health workers have been directed to ensure 100% registration of pregnant women for antenatal care (ANC) and provide at least four ANC check-ups to every expectant mother. The initiative includes home visits, routine health assessments and regular follow-up to strengthen maternal and newborn healthcare services.District-level officials have been asked to inspect health facilities, review the quality of ANC services, verify the availability of essential diagnostic…

Nagpur: The bulldozer action against illegal commercial structures in Kachipura has hit a fresh hurdle despite the state govt clearing the decks for demolition. According to NMC sources, three more occupants have approached the govt seeking a stay on the proposed demolition.Official correspondence accessed by TOI reveals that the Nagpur Municipal Corporation’s (NMC) Dharampeth Zone has written to the civic body’s legal and town planning departments before proceeding with the demolition. The zone has sought confirmation on whether the fresh appeals or any related proceedings before the High Court or any other judicial forum are pending before invoking Section 53(1)…

Nearly 20,000 seats are lying vacant in the state’s engineering colleges Thiruvananthapuram: The state govt is actively considering a long-standing demand of self-financing engineering colleges to overhaul the prevailing engineering admission process in the state. The demand includes doing away with the entrance test as a prerequisite for shortlisting candidates for admission to engineering colleges.Kerala State Higher Education Council vice -chairperson Achuthsankar S Nair has been tasked with reviewing the engineering entrance and admission procedure. Self-financing engineering colleges have been urging the govt to either do away with the entrance test or to allow them to admit students to management…

Krishna Daga’s new leadership at EIMPA faces a challenge from distributor Ratan Saha. KOLKATA: Controversy refuses to stop courting the premises of the Eastern India Motion Pictures Association. Krishna Daga’s new leadership has been challenged by distributor Ratan Saha, who ironically was previously celebrated as the interim head in the presence of filmmaker Goutam Ghose. Reacting to the development, Saha questioned the legitimacy of the decision, stating, “All this while I heard rumours of Krishna Daga now holding the EIMPA president chair. I got the confirmation of who is making the claims from the TOI report. My records state that…

New Zealand actor Sam Neill, who passed away on Monday at a Sydney hospital, died from pneumonia, his agent has confirmed.Best known for his roles in Jurassic Park and Peaky Blinders, the 78-year-old’s family described his death earlier this week as “sudden and unexpected”.Neill’s long-time agent Philip Grenz released a statement on Thursday about the cause of death after speaking to the actor’s family and due to what he said were “inaccurate and outright falsehoods” in the media.In April this year, Neill announced he was in remission after being diagnosed with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma – a type of blood cancer -…

“I’ve never heard of it in England myself, so it came as a complete surprise, but now I’m just waiting to see how much bigger they will get,” he added.”There’s at least 20 of them but I don’t think they will be edible, but I like to think they will be, so I will have to give it a go when they get a bit bigger.”My friend came from Jamaica and so grew up with bananas and he is quite amazed by this.”Hind bought his banana plant from the Henstead Exotic Garden, run by Andrew Brogan, who said Hind’s bananas…

Argentina defender Cristian Romero says Gary Neville was “stupid” to criticise his centre-back partnership with Lisandro Martinez.In the build-up to Argentina’s dramatic 2-1 World Cup semi-final win over England, former Manchester United full-back Neville described Romero and Martinez as “the best, worst centre-half pairing in the world”.Both were booked in Wednesday’s feisty last-four match in Atlanta, but they also played a significant part in England being limited to only two shots on target as defending champions Argentina came from behind to win with late goals.Romero and Martinez, who are both 28, have started all but one of Argentina’s World Cup…

R. Ashwin said, teams like the Netherlands, Scotland, Nepal, USA and Ireland need more meaningful matches, not just qualification tournaments for the collective growth that will make this sport a spectacle at the Olympics. File | Photo Credit: K. Murali Kumar Indian Spinner Ravichandran Ashwin on Thursday (July 16, 2026) said the structural changes made to the ODI and T20 World Cup formats to include more teams make sense but for the game to become truly global, the ICC needs to add the lower rung sides into every bilateral series.Following the revamp announced by the ICC on Wednesday (July 15,…

Today, June 16, 2026, marks the start of the Jagannatha Puri Rath Yatra in Puri, the holy city of Odisha. This is a fantastic, colorful celebration that is held with immense grandeur and zeal. Millions of people travel to this sacred city to take part in the Rath Yatra and celebrate the event with great joy and happiness. This is more than simply a celebration that takes place every year; it’s a spiritual occasion that forges a permanent connection with Lord Jagannatha, another manifestation of Lord Vishnu. People are able to sense God’s presence during this sacred yatra. Only very…

Travellers use trains to reach a destination safely. However, a recent viral video has turned an ordinary rail trip into a nationwide conversation about parenting, child safety, hygiene, travelling and shared space. The now-viral clip, recorded by a fellow passenger inside a moving train, shows a woman lifting a young child toward an open window so the child could urinate while the train was still moving. It’s not only unhygienic but also a dangerous act that could have harmed the kid. The obvious safety risk involved has left the users more shocked than anything else. The videoIn the video, we…