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Thane: Barely four months after presenting its 2026-27 budget without a property-tax increase, the Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC) has now proposed a steep hike – 12% for residential and up to 20% for non-residential properties – apparently to shore up its finances. The proposal, placed before the municipal General Body, that meets this week, will take effect only after House approval.The proposed revision, the first in eight years, is expected to generate an additional Rs 104.67 crore-Rs 63.07 crore from residential and Rs 41.60 crore from non-residential properties. However, it will still not bridge the civic body’s existing revenue gap.…
Kolkata: City private hospitals saw a minor surge as patients started trickling in to seek treatment under Ayushman Bharat a day after the scheme was rolled out in the state on Sunday, even as technical glitches and online verification slowed down their admission process. Insurance and help desks set up to assist patients had a busy time as most had been enrolled online and had to be verified before they could be admitted under the new scheme. Five-six leading hospitals in Kolkata received around eight-10 Ayushman patients on Monday.Lalita Mandal (51) was one of the first to get admitted under…
A teenager typed an insult on their phone and prepared to publish it. Before hitting send, the screen would ask if they were sure they wanted to say that to the other person. Trisha Mahajan was just 13 years old when she developed a mobile keyword that identified offensive messages before posting. Today, she has taken her dream further creating a non-profit organisation against cyberbullying and receiving support from across the globe.The story was reported by The Harvard Crimson, a student-run newspaper at Harvard University. For the teenager, it all stemmed from a personal experience. She had already faced cyberbullying…
Doctors in Sri Lanka have removed a 3.1kg (6.8lb) bladder stone from a man – which they believe to be the largest of its kind on record. The procedure was carried out last week at a hospital in Trincomalee, in the east of the country.The 55-year-old patient had been admitted to hospital after suffering a stroke. But while receiving treatment, doctors found stones in his urinary bladder after noticing that he was experiencing difficulty urinating.During surgery, doctors removed the bladder stone – it weighed as much as a full-term baby and was around the size of an ostrich egg.”According to…
A man has been charged with manslaughter over the death of a man who was bitten by a dog on a footpath in West Yorkshire.A 55-year-old man was left critically injured in an altercation on a disused railway line off Blacker Lane in Calder Grove, Wakefield, at about 13:30 BST on Saturday and died in hospital at about 19:00 the same day, according to police.Lee Ellis, 55, of Blacker Lane, had since been charged with manslaughter and being the owner/person in charge of a dog dangerously out of control causing injury resulting in death, a West Yorkshire Police spokesperson said.Ellis…
Several European nations have female leaders next in line for the throne, but one of them has recently initiated the norm. Liechtenstein has become the latest country to amend its royal rules and allow women to take the throne. During its national day celebrations on Saturday, August 15, the country announced the change.“The order of succession is being changed from male primogeniture to absolute primogeniture,” the House of Liechtenstein said in a statement. “This means that in future the first-born child, regardless of sex, will become heir to the throne and later princess or prince of Liechtenstein.”The decision will not…
Odegaard finished last season fit and went on to shine at the World Cup with Norway. He started five of Norway’s six games in the tournament and registered four assists. “Last year was really a big struggle with a lot of difficult moments. To miss so many games because of injury was really frustrating,” Odegaard said on Sunday. “It is the worst thing for a footballer to not be able to be on the pitch and I had quite a lot of weird injuries, and bad luck. “It was good for me to end the season with a title, here,…
You wake up with steadier energy than most people around you today, Taurus. There’s a clear, cheerful note in the air, and you’ll feel it in small ways, while getting ready on time, while finishing a pending task, while speaking with more confidence than usual. The Moon helps your daily routine, and Jupiter adds a clean sense of purpose.Joy comes from movement today. Not chaos, just healthy movement. A family function, social visit, or gathering may pull you out of the usual pattern, and that’s no bad thing. If you’ve been buried in routine, this little change will feel like…
Spotting a snake basking on a woodland path or tucked into tall grass on a countryside walk can send anyone’s heart racing, and if you’re anywhere across Britain, Scandinavia, or much of continental Europe, there’s a genuine chance it could be the European adder, the only venomous snake native to the UK and one of the most widely distributed snake species on the planet. Despite its fearsome reputation, the adder is shy by nature and generally bites only when startled, stepped on, or handled, but knowing exactly how to identify one correctly still matters, both for your own safety and…
WASHINGTON – The Justice Department finalized a rule Monday that will pave the way for people who’ve been barred from owning firearms because of criminal convictions to apply to have their gun rights reinstated.The process launched by newly confirmed Attorney General Todd Blanche is a victory for Second Amendment advocates who have long pushed for nonviolent people with felony convictions to be given a pathway to regain their legal right to own firearms.”The Second Amendment is not a second-class right, and the federal government should not permanently deprive Americans of a constitutional right without regard to whether they pose a…