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At least 20 schoolchildren and one adult have been killed after a bus carrying pupils on a study trip crashed in eastern Uganda, local officials say, in one of the country’s deadliest road accidents involving children in recent years. Dozens of others, including school staff, were injured in the crash in Kapchorwa area on Thursday evening.Preliminary investigations show the bus suffered a mechanical fault before the driver lost control on Chekwatit Hill, a stretch of road that has been the site of several serious crashes, according to local officials.”The driver reportedly lost control of the vehicle, which veered off the…

The United States on Thursday announced a new visa restriction policy aimed at foreign nationals accused of supporting activities linked to far-left terrorist and aligned groups.Announcing the policy in a post on X, US secretary of state Marco Rubio said the measures were aimed at preventing individuals who support or enable political violence from entering the United States.”Today, the state department is imposing new visa restrictions to bar Far-Left Terrorists from entering our country. Foreigners who finance, incite, or aid and abet Far-Left Terrorists are enemies of our civilisation. They are not welcome in the United States,” Rubio said.According to…

Mumbai: At least eight people lost Rs 49,000 each after fraudsters hacked into Shiv Sena national spokesperson and fashion designer Shaina NC’s WhatsApp account on Thursday and sought financial assistance. The fraudsters sent messages saying, “Need some help’’, asking for money and promising to return it in two hours.Speaking to TOI, Shaina said some of the transfers could have been stopped had the police acted on time. The hacking was reported at 1. 58 pm, but the police did not act swiftly. The hackers were having a live conversation with my contacts who transferred the money up to 6 pm.…

NEW DELHI: Educator and climate activist Sonam Wangchuk on Friday said he would “stay alive till July 20 at any cost” as his indefinite hunger strike entered its 20th day, even as doctors warned that his prolonged fast had reached a critical stage.Meanwhile, Wangchuk’s health condition showed signs of concern on the 20th day of his hunger strike. Dr Satish Lamba said his health parameters showed that his weight had dropped to 56.55 kg, a reduction of 350 grams over the previous 24 hours.”It is the 20th day of the hunger strike. As of 9:30 am on 17 July 2026,…

Note claiming a bomb was found in an IndiGo flight washroom. BENGALURU: Miscreants left behind a note claiming a bomb inside the washroom of an IndiGo flight bound for Ahmedabad from Kempegowda International Airport (KIA) on Thursday night. According to a complaint filed by the airline’s security manager, the handwritten chit read: “Don’t go Bomb Hai Please.” Security agencies carried out a search of the aircraft for over two hours, following which police declared it a hoax. The flight, scheduled to depart at 8pm, was later cleared, sources said. Source link

BY: Dr. Deepak RaghavanHYDERABAD/CHENNAI: Prostate cancer, one of the top cancers affecting Indian men, is increasingly being diagnosed at an earlier age, making timely screening and advanced treatment options more important than ever, according to urologists.Dr. Deepak Raghavan, Senior Consultant, Urology, Apollo Hospitals, Greams Road, Chennai, said while prostate cancer is most common in men over 50, cases are now being seen even among those aged 35-55. He attributed the rising burden to a combination of lifestyle, environmental and genetic factors, while highlighting that delayed diagnosis remains a major concern due to low awareness and the stigma surrounding men’s health.The…

MADURAI: Magic mushrooms, the illegal yet famed fungi of the Kodai hills that induce hallucination, are playing a trick on prosecutors.The question before the courts now is: Should they consider the quantity of the mushrooms or that of psilocybin, the psychoactive compound, in it? In the absence of a system to ascertain the active ingredient, peddlers are getting away with a rap on the knuckles.Here’s the latest case: Possession of 55g of magic mushrooms should have sent two men in Kodaikanal to at least 10 years in prison. Instead, they walked away after an 11-month imprisonment because the prosecution failed…

Ahmedabad: After identifying thousands of unsafe private buildings over the past two years, the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) has now turned its focus to its own ageing housing stock, with plans to redevelop more than 10,600 dilapidated residential units across the city.A pre-monsoon structural survey of AMC-owned residential buildings, including schemes for housing urban poor, staff quarters, slum quarters and health quarters, found 10,632 units spread across 445 blocks in 42 residential buildings to be unsafe. The civic body initiated redevelopment of all these buildings.The redevelopment process has already begun for 7,986 units across 266 blocks in 24 buildings, with…

The accused in police custody Berhampur: Two retired Army personnel, one of them from Andhra Pradesh, were arrested on Wednesday night for posing as Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) and the Intelligence Bureau (IB) officers by forging documents and trying to influence police in a property dispute case.The accused, Durga Prasad Brahma (53) of Brahmantaria, near Palasa in Andhra Pradesh’s Srikakulam district, and Pradeep Kumar Mandal (58) a resident of Nigam Nagar, Ankuli, here, knew each other during their service period, said police on Thursday. The service-related cards, forged RAW movement order and fake IB representation letter, two motorcycles without…

GURGAON: A suspected cattle smuggler was injured in an exchange of fire with Nuh police in the Rawli Bandh area of Ferozepur Jhirka on Thursday after he allegedly opened fire at a police team during an operation. Police identified the accused as Jamshed, son of Abdul Ali, a resident of Agon village in Ferozepur Jhirka. According to police, Jamshed sustained bullet injuries to both legs during retaliatory firing and was admitted to Shaheed Hasan Khan Medical College in Nalhar for treatment. The operation was carried out by the Ferozepur Jhirka CIA staff under the supervision of Sub-Inspector Mahendra. During the…