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Family members mourn the death of the teen girl in Rangamatia village on Monday Bhubaneswar: Four women and a 15-year-old girl from Odisha’s Keonjhar district died after inhaling ammonia gas following a leak at a seafood processing unit in Tamil Nadu’s Tiruvallur district on Sunday.The deceased were identified as Gumani Juanga (15) of Rangamatia village; Phulomani Juanga of Kodipasa village; Shibani Juanga of Dubanali village; Geeta Juanga of Rangamatia village; and Champabati Juanga of Tala Champei village. The four women were in their early and mid-20s.All the deceased belonged to the Juang community, a Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Group (PVTG), and…
The building, which is coming up on Mehrauli-Gurgaon Road, is expected to become the corporation’s main administrative headquarters from Jan 2027 Gurgaon: MCG has set a Dec 2026 deadline for its new headquarters in Sector 14 after years of delay. During an inspection on Monday, MCG commissioner Pradeep Dahiya has now directed the executing agency to finish construction within the stipulated time frame. The building, which is coming up at Vyapar Sadan on Mehrauli-Gurgaon Road, is expected to become the corporation’s main administrative headquarters from Jan 2027.“With the start of the new building, the working system of the corporation will…
Aizawl: Mizoram has entered a new chapter in cardiac care with the successful completion of its first Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVI) procedure at a private hospital in Aizawl on Sunday, sources said.The procedure involved replacing a patient’s aortic valve through an artery without the need for an open-heart surgery. TAVI is regarded as a major advancement in modern cardiology and is currently available in only a limited number of hospitals across northeast India. Mizoram has now joined the region’s select centres capable of performing the procedure.The valve replacement was carried out by Dr Vanlalmalsawmdawngliana and his team under the…
Times News NetworkKanpur: As many as 397 women cricketers participated in the first phase of talent hunt for U-23 women cricketers of Uttar Pradesh Cricket Association which concluded here on Monday.The women selection committee comprising Priyanka Shailey, Karishma, Seema and Shweta examined and tested the skills of upcoming cricketers. On day one, 190 cricketers were examined by them while on Monday 207 cricketers from Kanpur, Lucknow and Prayagraj appeared before them.The selectors will soon announce the selected aspirants to participate in the second phase of trials. Source link
Ludhiana: An elderly motorcyclist was killed instantly on Monday after being run over by a tipper truck near Lakhowal village.Darshan Singh, a Lubangarh village resident, was riding toward Machhiwara when he was struck and run over by the heavy vehicle near the Lakhowal turn, police said. He died on the spot.Emergency services moved the body to a nearby govt hospital mortuary for a forensic autopsy. Responding officers seized the tipper truck and initiated legal proceedings against the driver.Darshan’s family said his funeral will be delayed pending the arrival of his son, who is currently travelling home from abroad. Source link
A pickup truck with a fake registration number was stopped at a naka check in Sector 153 after which police recovered 10 cartons of brand new phones Noida: Three men who were allegedly ferrying 100 new iQOO mobile phones were arrested during a routine naka check near a water tank in Sector 153 on Sunday. Police said they had stopped the vehicle because they suspected the registration number to be fake, but when they opened the storage section, they found 10 cartons of mobile phones, which are estimated to cost nearly Rs 50 lakh. They are now probing the source…
Shubham Sumit wins the Silver Conch for Best Indian Short Fiction Film for his FTII diploma film Small Clouds at the 19th MIFF Pune: Shubham Sumit had learned to imagine films much before he had ever watched one.Two decades ago, in Buxar (Bihar), Sumit used to lie on the terrace of his house on summer nights. Since electricity arrived in the town only in the last decade, he would hear movies playing on TV being run by tractor batteries on his neighbour’s terrace. The dialogues and songs drifting through the darkness would fill him with wonder. On Sunday, Sumit (29)…
Mohammedan Sporting finished at the bottom in ISL with 3 points from 13 matches Panaji: Mohammedan Sporting Club have asked the All India Football Federation (AIFF) to consider them as an option in the top tier of Indian football “should an opportunity or vacancy arise within the league structure.”Mohammedan Sporting finished at the bottom of last season’s Indian Super League (ISL) table with three points from 13 matches and were relegated to the second tier, as per ISL regulations.While relegation in the top tier is necessitated by a Supreme Court order, and a constitutional requirement, Mohammedan Sporting are hoping they…
Chandigarh: A complaint questioning a faculty appointment at a college in Chandigarh, reached Panjab University (PU) in 2013. The appointment involved a faculty member who was the ward of the then college principal and PU senator.Over the next 13 years, the issue would trigger complaints, verification proceedings in Meghalaya, a university inquiry and a Syndicate-approved report. Yet, the appointment remained in place, and PU’s first concrete move against appointments linked to the disputed Meghalaya university degrees came only in 2026.The prolonged timeline has now shifted attention from the validity of qualifications alone to the university’s handling of the controversy. Documents…
Pet owners rescuing their pets stuck in the fire and (right) a firefighter with a rescued cat Lucknow: The tragic loss of human life in the fire that is suspected to have begun in a pet shop here was grief enough. But a number of cats and dogs perished too, in cages far away from their “hoomans”, those strange two-legged beings whom they allow to care and in return rule their hearts.Many pet owners rushed to the clinic when they learnt of the conflagration, hoping against hope that they would somehow reduce their companions. Teary-eyed Vibhu Awasthi said the animals…