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Nagpur: Fifteen instances of noise levels exceeding permissible limits were detected in the city between Aug 1 and Sept 3, but no criminal case was registered, city police informed the Bombay High Court on Monday.The affidavit, filed by DCP (traffic) Aditya Mirkhelkar before the Nagpur bench, also states that no action was taken on noise-pollution complaints received during the period. The disclosures came as the HC continued hearing a public interest litigation concerning enforcement of noise-pollution regulations in the city.A division bench comprising Justices Urmila Joshi-Phalke and Raj Wakode heard the matter, which includes a suo motu PIL taken up…
A 1.5-cm hard Ayurvedic tablet lodged in the food pipe of a 70-year-old woman was removed Rajkot: A 1.5-cm hard ayurvedic tablet lodged in the food pipe of a 70-year-old woman was removed intact through an emergency endoscopic procedure by ENT surgeon Dr Himanshu Thakkar in Rajkot during the Janmashtami holidays.The woman, Devika Vyas, was taking the tablet for knee and joint pain when it got stuck in the upper portion of her oesophagus. The tablet was extremely hard and could not be broken.Vyas was unable to swallow even water for several hours and developed severe throat pain.We suspected an…
Surat: Rajkumar Beniwal, a 2004-batch IAS officer, assumed charge as the new municipal commissioner of Surat following transfer orders issued on Saturday.Beniwal, who previously served as managing director of Gujarat Narmada Valley Fertilizers and Chemicals Ltd (GNFC) in Bharuch, took over at a time when the commissioner’s post at Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) had remained without a full-time officer for weeks.Soon after taking charge, Beniwal outlined his priorities for Surat, stressing the need to sustain the city’s development in line with the national vision of ‘Viksit Bharat @2047.’ He said cleanliness and sanitation would remain among the SMC’s top priorities…
Varanasi: To familiarise students, research scholars, faculty members and staff with new books on Hindi literature, knowledge systems and science, a special exhibition of Hindi books was organised at the Srinivas Deshpande Library of IIT-BHU as part of Hindi Month celebrations being held under the guidelines of the Ministry of Education, Govt of India.Deputy librarian Dr Naveen Kumar Upadhyay said around 400 new and important Hindi books have been displayed at the exhibition. The collection covers a wide range of subjects, including literature, culture, history, philosophy and society. Books honoured with the Jnanpith Award and Saraswati Samman have also been…
Chirayinkeezhu MLA Ramya Haridas Thiruvananthapuram: A day after KPCC suspended Palayam Pradeep over the clash involving Congress workers in Chirayinkeezhu, MLA Ramya Haridas has challenged the party brass by seeking her aide’s appointment as her additional private secretary. She even requested the Speaker to make this appointment with retrospective effect from May 21, but he turned down the request.The move comes amid continuing differences between Haridas and the Congress brass over the incident. An inquiry committee headed by M M Hassan reportedly found that Pradeep’s presence in Chirayinkeezhu was a major reason for the clash. The committee recommended that the…
Kolkata: Jadavpur Police Station has sent a letter to Jadavpur University (JU) vice-chancellor Chiranjib Bhattacharjee on September 2, demanding records for 18 specific students within five-days. The information includes extensive background details for each named student, including their full name, enrolled course and department, year or semester of study, student ID or roll number, present and permanent addresses, registered mobile numbers, and email IDs.The legal directive was issued under Section 94 of the BNSS as part of an ongoing investigation into the case which was registered on August 20 for assaulting fellow students. The FIR involves a string of serious…
Some library books disappear for a few months. Others never make it back. But one copy of Your Child, His Family, and Friends took nearly 82 years to complete its journey home. According to the San Antonio Public Library, which announced the unusual return in August 2025, the book was checked out in July 1943 and was due back 28 days later. The story was also reported by Texas Public Radio and CBS News. Instead, it resurfaced in June 2025, arriving at the library from Oregon with a letter explaining how it had spent more than eight decades away.A book…
Carys’ first baby was born in 2022.After needing an emergency C-section, Carys, a content creator, said she had many unanswered questions about her recovery. “I think I was thrown in at the deep end and I really didn’t know how to deal with it,” she said.It was almost three weeks before the 29-year-old said she felt physically able to leave the house.”And even then, I only walked up to the top of the street and back,” she added. Carys has since had two more caesareans and said each experience was very different.Both times, she said the care she received in…
England have better access and control over players who are at Prem clubs. The clubs, in turn, benefit from central payments from the Rugby Football Union (RFU) and more chance of retaining their biggest stars, who face international exile with a move overseas.Other nations, such as New Zealand, France and Ireland, have a policy of picking home-based players, but some of England’s other rivals, such as South Africa, Australia and Scotland, lean heavily on players based abroad.Borthwick has opted not to include either Lawes or Joe Marchant, his new Sale team-mate who has spent the past three seasons at Stade…
Elena Rybakina, of Kazakhstan, celebrates winning a match against Naomi Osaka, of Japan, during the fourth round of the U.S. Open tennis championships, on Monday, Sept. 7, 2026, in New York. | Photo Credit: AP Elena Rybakina cleared another big hurdle in her bid to win a third Grand Slam title by outclassing former U.S. Open champion Naomi Osaka 6-1 6-4 on Monday (September 7, 2026) to reach the quarter-finals at Flushing Meadows.The flawless victory for Rybakina, who won Wimbledon in 2022 and this year’s Australian Open, booked a last-eight clash with Olympic champion Zheng Qinwen and left the Kazakh…