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Navi Mumbai: Two incidents of multi-vehicle pile-ups occurred inside Bhatan tunnel on the Mumbai-Pune Expressway’s Pune-bound carriageway on Saturday morning in which two persons were injured and five vehicles were damaged. They included two cars, an MSRTC bus and two private luxury buses. The mishaps occurred at an interval of 30 minutes between 8.30 and 9.15 am.Rasayani police and highway safety patrol team had rushed to the spot upon receiving the information and the traffic movement was streamlined by clearing the tunnel pathway.Abhijit Bhujbal, senior inspector of Rasayani, said that the first mishap occurred inside Bhatan tunnel around 8.30 am.…

Police found a suicide note in the room, which contained no allegations against anyone (Representative image) NEW DELHI: A 26-year-old Army jawan was found hanging from a ceiling fan inside a hotel room in southwest Delhi’s Satya Niketan on Saturday, with police recovering a suicide note from the room.A PCR call about the incident was received at the South Campus police station around 12.20pm, following which police personnel reached the hotel and found the man hanging inside the room, PTI reported.The deceased was identified as Anil Sai Tejja Vallepu, a resident of Guntur in Andhra Pradesh. He was serving in…

Bengaluru: How dangerous can expired medicines be? The question has gained urgency after police recently busted a fake drug racket in Bidadi and seized expired medicines worth Rs 35 lakh from a farmhouse. While expired drugs do not necessarily turn toxic immediately after crossing their expiry date, doctors say loss of potency can lead to treatment failure, while certain high-alert medicines can cause serious harm if used after expiry.“Expired drugs primarily lose their efficacy. But with high-alert medications used in CCUs and ICUs, chemotherapy drugs and certain cardiac medicines, administering them after expiry can potentially cause toxicity and harm to…

TN’s GATE, JAM training programme for college students sees huge surge in interest this year Chennai: Following the success of Tamil Nadu’s residential training programme for basic science students to crack entrance tests for prestigious institutions such as IITs, NITs and IISERs, there has been a huge surge of interest this year. As many as 5,014 UG and PG students from govt arts and science colleges applied for the training this year compared to 500 students last year.As many as nine students out of 165 students who attended the training joined IITs, NITs and other institutions last year.The two-week-long residential…

(From left) Director Orlando von Einsiedel, P K Mahanandia, Charlotte von Schedvin and actor Priyanka Chopra Jonas at the New York premier of the film Bhubaneswar: The extraordinary love story of Odisha-born artist Pradyumna Kumar Mahanandia, who cycled thousands of kilometres across continents to reunite with his Swedish wife, Charlotte, has found global limelight again with “The Cycle of Love”, a documentary executive-produced by actor Priyanka Chopra Jonas and premiered in New York.The film revisits the remarkable journey of the Angul-born artist, whose decades-old tale of love, determination and adventure continues to inspire audiences worldwide. The acclaimed painter’s son Siddharth…

Aizawl: Mizo Zirlai Pawl (MZP), the Mizo students’ apex body has expressed concern over the highhanded activities of the central agencies in Mizoram without the sanctions of the state govt and the state police, a press statement issued by the student body said on Saturday.A team of MZP leaders stated this while meeting the state chief secretary Khilli Ram Meena saying that central agencies such as the Enforcement Directorate (ED), the National Investigation Agency (NIA) and the Income Tax department are working ‘unhindered without the sanction and knowledge of the state govt and the police.’They alleged that the agencies sometimes…

Mysuru: Despite Karnataka govt initiatives to support startups and the positioning of Bengaluru, Mysuru and Mangaluru as startup hubs, only 2,584 startups were registered with state govt agencies during the five years from 2021-22 to 2025-26.The data revealed that state startup registrations are far lower than central figures. Mysuru, an important Tier-II city under the Beyond Bengaluru initiative, recorded 111 such registrations during the period.However, authorities said the state registration figure does not represent the total number of startups operating in the state or in Mysuru, as many startups are registered with central govt agencies.According to data presented by IT,…

A stakeholder consultation on the draft ‘Pataliputra Greenfield Satellite Township Development Plan 2047’ held in Patna on Saturday Patna: The state govt on Saturday presented the draft Pataliputra Greenfield Satellite Township Development Plan 2047, proposing a new urban growth centre across nearly 81,730 acres and 273 villages around Patna, with a focus on integrated infrastructure, employment generation and public participation.The proposed township will cover parts of nine blocks — Punpun, Naubatpur, Masaurhi, Fatuha, Sampatchak, Patna Rural, Dhanarua, Daniyawan and Phulwarisharif. It will also include parts of Naubatpur Nagar Panchayat and the entire Punpun Nagar Panchayat. A 3,008-acre core area comprising…

A power outage at an AIAPGET examination center in Jaipur disrupted the test for 49 candidates JAIPUR: A power outage at an AIAPGET examination centre in Jaipur on Saturday not only left 49 candidates unable to complete the test but also triggered allegations of copying, with some candidates claiming that students were talking among themselves and cheating in the presence of the centre observer.The incident occurred at Shri Satya Sai PG College in Transport Nagar, where 192 candidates were appearing for the computer-based All India Ayush Post Graduate Entrance Test (AIAPGET).The two-hour examination had begun at 10 am when the…

Dumka: A cleric from Kurba village under the Karmatanr police station limits of Jamtara district, Maulana Afroz, was arrested on charges of allegedly making objectionable remarks against Hindu deities while addressing people in rural markets late Friday, police said.Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) district president Anup Rai said, “Afroz has been making objectionable comments about Hindu deities in local markets and villages for long. We approached the police. When no action followed, representatives of various organisations met Jamtara SDO Anant Kumar on Friday and pressed for immediate intervention.”SDO Kumar said, “We received the complaint and the video footage, post which legal…