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Margao: A 32-year-old Mercedes-Benz driver who was booked for culpable homicide not amounting to murder after allegedly driving in a drunken state and causing a fatal crash at Sancoale, was on Saturday remanded in two days’ police custody by the JMFC court, Vasco.Accused Vidyadhar alias Vipul Prabhu, a resident of Fatorda, was produced before the court a day after his arrest, with Verna police seeking custodial interrogation to further probe the circumstances that led to the crash, which claimed the life of a 37-year-old motorcyclist and left another injured.Police said that Prabhu was driving his Mercedes-Benz car at a high…

Lucknow: A 15-year-old girl died in Lucknow’s Malihabad area on Friday morning after she allegedly consumed rat poison mistaking it for a painkiller.Family said that the girl’s condition deteriorated, and she was admitted to a nearby private hospital.Doctors treating her asked the family about the medicine she had consumed. The family then checked the medicine container and realised that she had accidentally taken rat poison instead of pain killer. The information was shared with the doctors.Given her critical condition, she was referred to the community health centre in Malihabad where doctors pronounced her dead.The girl was a student of Class…

Rajasthan Congress president Govind Singh Dotasra Jaipur: Rajasthan Pradesh Congress Committee president Govind Singh Dotasra Saturday warned rebel candidates contesting against party nominees, asking them to publicly announce their support for Congress candidates or face disciplinary action.“Our district presidents and observers are reaching out to the rebels and making a last effort to convince them. Such acts will not take them anywhere,” Dotasra said. He added that several rebels were likely to announce their support for Congress candidates in the next two days. “Those who do not listen will be suspended for six years,” he said.Dotasra said the party had…

Kolkata: The state govt has given the go-ahead to KMDA to build a promenade on the southern and western part of Subhas Sarobar, secure the banks of the waterbody, paint the kerb and pathway on the lake premises and re-construct a part of the boundary wall opposite Swabhumi.KMDA has been working on a revival plan for the 98-acre lake premise off EM Bypass following an inspection by minister Agnimitra Paul, who called for a revamp and clean-up project. KMDA proposes to install benches with sheds, keep dust bins, develop a children’s park, colour the paver blocks, earmark a yoga zone…

Fellow Briton Georgia Hunter Bell came fourth in the 1500m despite being among the pre-race favourites.Hunter Bell has won three international titles this year, including the world indoor 1500m, Commonwealth Games 800m and European 1500m, but never looked like threatening the top three in Brussels.Poland’s Klaudia Kazimierska came first with a time of three minutes 54.05 seconds, with Kenya’s Dorcus Ewoi second and Australia’s Jessica Hull third.Hunter Bell said her performance was a result of a “long hard season”, with the 32-year-old having competed in 19 races this year.”I have done three championships so I am starting to feel it…

Zheng Qinwen was on her back with her arms in the air, celebrating a U.S. Open victory maybe only she believed was possible.Madison Keys fought off tears as she tried to explain how Zheng, way down and all but out, somehow got the win.Zheng, the Olympic gold medalist, extended her return to the U.S. Open on Saturday (September 5, 2026) with a spectacular and stunning rally, winning the final seven games to eliminate No. 22 Keys 1-6, 7-6 (3), 7-5.“I feel like I obviously got off to a really good lead, and then I just got really, I mean, got…

Your ideas move faster than the room this week. A meeting or discussion gives you the chance to take the lead, but don’t rush everyone else into agreeing with you. Give people enough time to understand what you’re proposing. A colleague could also become unexpectedly useful in getting something approved or executed. You don’t have to do everything yourself just because you can do it faster.TaurusSomeone you’ve worked with before becomes relevant again. It could be a former colleague, client or professional contact who remembers your reliability and reaches out. Give that conversation proper attention. At the same time, don’t…

Steve Irwin (Photo: Australian Zoo) Steve Irwin, the khaki-clad Australian known to millions as “The Crocodile Hunter,” died at just 44 after being fatally injured by a stingray while filming a documentary off Queensland’s coast. Twenty years ago, on September 4, 2006, the world lost one of its most recognisable wildlife champions.Two decades later, his name is still instantly recognisable, remembered as a man wrestling a crocodile with a grin on his face, shouting “Crikey!” to a television camera.But who was this courageous and animal-loving braveheart whose family has kept that mission alive through Australia Zoo and the charity Wildlife…

Srinagar, Sep 05: Phosphate, detergents, pesticides and other pollutants are adding to the growing pressure on Kashmir’s iconic Dal and Nigeen lakes, with a comparative water-quality study warning that continued anthropogenic activity could eventually threaten their ecological health, aquatic life and tourism value.The study, titled “A Study on Comparative Assessment of Water Quality of Dal and Nigeen Lakes of Jammu and Kashmir, India”, by Faheem Ahamad, Arun Kumar Sharma and Sandeep Kumar Tyagi, assessed the water quality of the two lakes through five sampling sites—three in Dal Lake and two in Nigeen. The researchers examined key physicochemical parameters including pH, electrical conductivity (EC), dissolved oxygen (DO), biochemical…

On September 5, Joheirry Mola of the Dominican Republic was crowned Miss World 2026. The grand finale of the 75th anniversary edition of the beauty pageant was held in Nha Trang, Vietnam, where women from around the world travelled to compete for the international title.Also Read | Miss World 2026 is Dominican Republic’s Joheirry Mola Here’s everything you should know about the winner:Who is Miss World 2026, Joheirry Mola?The Miss World crown has a new home, and this time it is heading to the Dominican Republic. Joheirry Mola, who won the title for her home country, is a Dominican educator,…