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Egg hurled at Kerala SRTC bus in Bidadi on Wednesday Bengaluru: A week after a fatal accident in Bidadi involving a Kerala State Road Transport Corporation bus, a second bus survived another mishap along the same stretch of Bengaluru-Mysuru expressway. The Kerala bus, coming from Kasaragod, encountered an egg attack while it was crossing Bidadi around 9.30pm Wednesday.The bus driver stopped the vehicle as there was no visibility through the windowpanes as egg white blocked his vision. Following the incident, the driver filed a complaint with Bidadi police station. “We are taking legal advice before proceeding with the FIR,” a…
Hyderabad: Citing a shortage of functional equipment that is causing hardship to patients, AIMIM president and Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi on Friday urged health minister Damodar Rajanarsimha to take immediate steps to provide new digital X-ray machines at Osmania General Hospital (OGH).In a letter to the minister, which Owaisi posted on X, he said OGH, which caters to a large number of poor and economically weaker patients, was facing serious difficulties due to old and non-functional X-ray equipment.“Patients requiring X-ray investigations are being sent to Gandhi Hospital, resulting in unnecessary movement, delays in diagnosis and treatment, and additional expenditure for…
Tasmac halts sale of 11 liquor varieties as FSSAI finds artificial flavouring substances Chennai: The Tamil Nadu State Marketing Corporation (Tasmac) has ordered an immediate halt to the sale of 11 liquor varieties manufactured by Enrica Enterprises Pvt Ltd after an inspection by the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) found that the products contained nature-identical and artificial flavouring substances.The directive issued by Tasmac managing director K Nanthakumar on Thursday instructed its regional and district managers and depot managers to stop the transfer and sale of the identified brands at retail vending (RV) shops from depots and also…
Ahmedabad: A city sessions court on Friday sentenced 27-year-old Sudhir Jatav to life imprisonment for the murder of a 10-year-old boy, relying on circumstantial evidence that included the “last seen together” theory.Jatav was accused of abducting the child, Kanaiya, from near his residence in Narol on Dec 8, 2018. After the boy went missing, police registered an FIR four days later. During the investigation, police recovered the child’s skull, though the rest of his body was never found.Jatav was arrested after circumstantial evidence, including CCTV footage, placed him with the victim shortly before the disappearance.He was charged and tried for…
Rourkela: As many as 54 women self-help groups and three producer groups under Mission Shakti in Sundargarh district have stitched 1.5 lakh tricolours for the fifth edition of Har Ghar Tiranga campaign ahead of Independence Day. The groups from all 17 blocks of the district, along with Birmitrapur, Rourkela city, Rourkela civil township and Rourkela industrial area, were entrusted with the task of preparing the national flags.The tailoring units of the SHGs and producer groups completed the target of 1.5 lakh flags, which have since been handed over to block development officers, municipal authorities and Rourkela Municipal Corporation for distribution…
The recovery sparked anger in Bazaricherra and Chhagalmowa, with residents taking to the streets carrying sticksBJP booth president Bikash DharThe recovery sparked anger in Bazaricherra and Chhagalmowa, with residents taking to the streets carrying sticksBJP booth president Bikash DharThe recovery sparked anger in Bazaricherra and Chhagalmowa, with residents taking to the streets carrying sticks Silchar: A missing BJP booth president was found dead in an abandoned house near the Assam-Tripura border on Friday.Bikash Dhar (52), a social worker from Chhagalmowa village under Bazaricherra police station in Sribhumi district, had multiple injury marks on his body, police said.Six people were arrested…
Kanpur: The Wadhwani School of AI & Intelligent Systems (WSAIS) at the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur organised its orientation programme for the inaugural batches of its newly launched Bachelor of Cybersecurity (B.Cyber) and BTech in Intelligent Systems (BTIS) programmes.Students joining the school through its MTech, MS, and PhD programmes also participated in the orientation, marking the beginning of a new academic session.The programme introduced students to WSAIS’s academic ecosystem, research opportunities, and interdisciplinary learning environment. The event also provided students with an opportunity to interact with faculty members, industry leaders, and fellow students.Prof Nitin Saxena, dean, WSAIS, IIT Kanpur,…
Nagesh and Sonali Gaikwad Pune: Bhosari MIDC police on Thursday night registered a case of abetment of suicide against the in-laws of Sonali Gaikwad (23), who died by suicide at her house in Moshi on Wednesday evening. Sonali was the wife of Nagesh Gaikwad, who was killed in the Moshi garbage depot tragedy. Her father, Lobhaji Vakte (45), of Georai in Beed district, lodged a complaint with the police.An officer from the Bhosari MIDC police said a month after her husband’s death, Sonali died by suicide at her house in Gandhinagar, Moshi, on Wednesday evening. Her father stated in his…
Any vessel wanting to ply outside its permitted zone, or move out of Goa’s inland water limits entirely, now explicitly needs case-by-case permission from the captain of ports Panaji: The captain of ports has notified new operational zones for inland vessels, demarcating Goa’s waters into three categories based on wave height and fixing different limits for fair weather and rough weather.According to the notification issued on Friday, Goa’s inland waters are split into three zones based on wave height and vessels are split into three categories, with bigger, category A vessels permitted to go furthest into rougher waters while smaller…
Punjab finance minister Harpal Singh Cheema Chandigarh: Punjab finance minister Harpal Singh Cheema on Friday termed Union agriculture minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan’s statement that “no Punjab minister ever contacted the Centre for release of the Rural Development Fund (RDF)” as highly irresponsible, misleading and a blatant lie.Responding to the Punjab govt’s charge that the Centre had held back RDF dues to the state, Chouhan told media persons in Chandigarh that the state govt could approach him with its concerns.Reacting to Chouhan’s claim, Cheema accused BJP leaders of being “experts at lying and distorting facts” before presenting them to the public.…