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The Chief Minister’s Cancer Care Mission will be upgraded at a cost of Rs 673.44 crore. CHENNAI: Chief minister C Joseph Vijay, announced that the annual insurance cover under the Chief Minister’s Comprehensive Health Insurance Scheme had been increased from Rs 5 lakh to Rs 25 lakh and a 400-bed multispeciality hospital would be established in Perambur at a cost of Rs 300 crore.“Medical care is not a concession; it is a basic right of every human being,” Vijay said in the assembly on Wednesday.The Perambur hospital will cater to the healthcare needs of north Chennai and provide advanced medical…
Ahmedabad: Ahmedabad Crime Branch on Monday arrested a 35-year-old man from Juhapura for allegedly possessing a country-made pistol, five live cartridges and five swords near the Sabarmati Riverfront.The accused, identified as Rajik Qureshi, was apprehended around 8pm on the riverfront road connecting Kashi Vishwanath temple and Dhobighat after cops acted on a tip-off. He was riding a scooter, said police.During a search, officers allegedly recovered a country-made pistol, and five live cartridges concealed in his waistband. Five swords were also allegedly found in the footwell of the scooter.According to police, Qureshi failed to produce any licence or permit for possessing…
Guwahati: Assam cabinet on Tuesday approved a policy to revive exploration as crude output faces a possible decline within a decade.The cabinet approved the Assam Hydrocarbon Exploration, Production and Upstream Ecosystem Development Policy, 2026, to attract Oil India, ONGC and private companies to untapped areas.The policy offers incentives, including GST-related concessions and support for bringing in new rigs and equipment.CM Himanta Biswa Sarma said Assam had not made any significant oil or natural gas discovery in nearly two decades, while existing operators were largely drilling deeper into old fields.“Exploration is unpredictable. If a company drills a well and does not…
CCTV captures 3 shots in 3 seconds at Ludhiana pizza outlet LUDHIANA: CCTV footage from inside the Pizza outlet in J-Block, BRS Nagar, has surfaced, showing two people sitting and talking when a young man wearing a hat entered the premises along with his companion.Moments after entering, one of the accused allegedly pulled out a pistol and fired three shots within three seconds. The hooded accomplice also attempted to load and fire his pistol, but the weapon reportedly failed to discharge.Following the incident, both accused fled the spot and escaped with a third accomplice, who was waiting outside on a…
Noida: Police have busted a gang allegedly involved in stealing nearly Rs 1.5 crore from a garage in Sector 25 and arrested six people, recovering Rs 1.48 crore and the car used in the crime. The accused were allegedly caught on Tuesday while gathering to divide the stolen cash, police said.The accused — Avnish Kumar, Pawan alias Shivam alias Kancha, Jitendra Kumar, Sumit Kumar, Anil Kumar and Nishu Chauhan — have criminal records, with cases registered against several of them in Noida, Mathura, Hathras and Bulandshahr.Police identified Avnish as the alleged mastermind.Avnish (33), a BSc graduate from Saatha village in…
Satyaki Savarkar, V.D. Savarkar’s grandnephew, is the complainant in a defamation case. Rahul Gandhi faces charges for alleged remarks made about Savarkar in London. PUNE: Satyaki Ashok Savarkar, the grandnephew of Hindutva ideologue Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, is the complainant in the criminal defamation case against Congress leader and leader of opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi over remarks Gandhi allegedly made about Savarkar during a speech in London in March 2023.The proceedings in Pune have brought renewed attention to Satyaki’s family background, his own association with Savarkar-related activities and his maternal links to the family of Nathuram Godse. During…
An applicant had approached the tribunal over nine jetties carrying out commercial activities Panaji: Based on National Green Tribunal (NGT) directives, the Goa coastal zone management authority (GCZMA) has issued demolition orders to four of nine illegal jetties identified by the captain of ports along the Britona to Ecoxim stretch.The nine jetties were found operating in the Mandovi in CRZ areas of tidally-influenced waterbodies. The GCZMA accordingly carried out a site inspection and some of the temporary floating pontoon jetties were found operating in the CRZ-III area in the river’s no development zone and in intertidal zone CRZ-1B.In the case…
Shimla: The Himachal Pradesh high court has taken serious note of construction activities in the immediate vicinity of the historic Ellerslie Building in Chhota Shimla, which currently houses the Himachal Pradesh secretariat. The court observed that the matter raises important concerns regarding heritage preservation, govt accountability, transparency in public administration, and the supremacy of law.The division bench comprising chief justice Gurmeet Singh Sandhawalia and justice Bipin Chander Negi was hearing a public interest litigation on Monday registered on the basis of a representation submitted by Captain Atul Sharma. The court has put the state govt on notice to file its…
Lucknow: Lucknow University’s senior professor, RP Singh has penned the first-ever college anthem of Shashi Bhushan Balika Vidyalaya Degree College (SBBVDC), which was formally approved during the institution’s prize day celebration on Tuesday.RP Singh is a senior professor in the department of English. He wrote the anthem reflecting the college’s traditions, aspirations of its students and its emphasis on education, values, women’s empowerment and nation-building.College principal Prof Anjum Islam said the anthem would give students a sense of belonging and inspire them to follow the path of education, values and service to the nation. Source link
Bankipur MLA Prashant Kishor at a Lakhisarai hospital on Tuesday Patna: Jan Suraaj founder and Bankipur MLA Prashant Kishor on Tuesday met families of those killed in the Lakhisarai temple stampede and the injured, alleging the administration had “failed” to demonstrate the seriousness required to handle the tragedy. Seven women devotees died and 25 people were injured near Ashok Dham temple on Monday.“After speaking to people about the tragic incident that happened yesterday, prima facie it appears that the administration did not show the seriousness that it should have shown in handling the entire episode and arrangements,” he said.Kishor also…