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A critical incident at SCB Medical College’s medicine ICU, where a patient allegedly fell from bed, has exposed a severe nursing shortage. The 40-bed unit reportedly operates with only three nurses, a stark violation of health standards. Authorities have launched a probe, transferred staff, and acknowledged the need for more personnel to ensure patient safety. Cuttack: The medicine ICU at SCB Medical College and Hospital here, where an unattended patient allegedly fell from the bed on Sunday, has been functioning with just 3 nurses for 40 patients, official sources said.The figure is a stark deviation from Indian Public Health Standards…

AMBALA: A 25-year-old woman has died in a road accident in Haryana’s Ambala after she was allegedly hit by a car driven by a police officer who was reportedly under the influence of alcohol, officials said on Wednesday. According to news agency ANI, the woman has been identified as Nikita, according to initial information. Her body was brought to the Civil Hospital late on Tuesday night. Dr DD Pandey of Civil Hospital, Ambala, told reporters, “We received the body of a 25-year-old girl at around 9:30 PM last night. Her body has been shifted to the mortuary. The police are…

Guwahati: Eight Muslim-majority districts in Assam have emerged as the biggest gainers in voter numbers in the final electoral rolls after the special revision, even as the state’s overall electorate registered a rare contraction of more than two lakh voters.The district-wise electorate published on Wednesday shows that of Assam’s 35 districts, only 10 recorded gains. These include the eight Muslim-majority districts — Barpeta, Dhubri, Goalpara, Morigaon, Nagaon, South Salmara, Bongaigaon, and Hailakandi — alongside two non-Muslim majority exceptions: Majuli, the river island district, and Bajali, which posted modest rises of about 209 and 1,300 voters respectively.Bharat Bandh On Feb 12,…

Belagavi: Karnataka high court has vacated the stay order, thereby clearing the decks for a CID probe into a cyberfraud case involving a fake call centre targeting American citizens, unearthed by Belagavi police last Nov.Given the scale and global nature of the fraud, the state govt had transferred the investigation to CID. However, even before CID could formally take over the case, the accused secured bail from the high court, citing procedural lapses in the police department. The accused also obtained a stay order that temporarily halted further CID probe.Bharat Bandh On Feb 12, Union Budget Impact On Infra, US…

KANPUR: The lawyer of Shivam Mishra, arrested in connection with a Lamborghini crash in Kanpur, has said his client has been “wrongly arrested” and was not behind the wheel at the time of the accident.Shivam Mishra’s lawyer, Narendra Kumar Yadav, says, “He (Shivam Mishra) has been wrongly arrested by the police. He was not driving the car”Police arrested Mishra on Thursday, four days after the luxury vehicle rammed into multiple vehicles near Jhula Park Crossing on VIP Road on Sunday afternoon. The crash left at least one person injured.Mishra, the son of tobacco businessman KK Mishra and a resident of…

Ludhiana: In a sweeping crackdown on rising gun violence, the district police have moved to suspend 200 firearm licences as authorities scramble to disarm individuals with criminal backgrounds.The directive, issued by police commissioner Swapan Sharma, follows a string of high-profile shootings in which legally owned weapons were used to settle personal and political scores. The list of those facing suspension includes residents currently under criminal investigation, non-resident Indians (NRIs) who have renounced their Indian citizenship, and “social media show-offs” who flaunt weapons online.Commissioner Sharma said: “We are determined to curb gun crime. While we continue to recover illegal arms from…

Ghaziabad: Three persons were arrested on Wednesday after police busted a sex racket operating from Mahagun Sarovar Portico hotel in Vaishali’s Sector 3. During the raid, 11 women were also rescued from the hotel.Among the accused are the hotel’s manager, also the mastermind of the racket, Rahul Sharma (46), Sunil Singh (39), employed as a waiter, and Ankit Chauhan (19). The accused were booked under relevant sections of the Immoral Traffic Prevention Act, 1956. All accused were sent to judicial custody after being produced in court. An officer said four other persons—Sumit, Rahul, Nirdosh and Afzal—involved in the racket are…

Pune: The Maharashtra govt has approved a unique campaign titled, “My Village, Healthy Village,” designed to empower rural health services and foster disease-free, self-sufficient communities. The initiative would be implemented annually across the state from April 1 to March 31. The state cabinet has approved a budget of approximately Rs80 crore for the implementation of this campaign.The primary objective of the campaign, launched on Tuesday, is to elevate rural health standards through a multi-sectoral approach. This includes coordinating public sanitation, water supply, and social awareness programmes to promote preventive healthcare and encourage healthy lifestyle changes among villagers. Kailash Bawiskar, deputy…

Margao: The sit-in protest at Mirabag village against the proposed 50 MLD bandhara project continued into its second day on Wednesday, drawing support from political leaders as villagers remained firm in their demand to scrap the project.Deputy collector and SDM Sanguem Milind Velip held a meeting with a three-member delegation of protesting villagers and water resources department (WRD) engineers. Villagers said their repeated requests for a public presentation on the project were ignored.Bharat Bandh On Feb 12, Union Budget Impact On Infra, US Bill To End H1-B And More“No public presentation about the project was held for the villagers, hence…

Chandigarh: The Punjab and Haryana high court has ruled that transfer guidelines relating to spouse postings neither have statutory force nor create an enforceable legal right in favour of an employee, calling them directory in nature meant to guide administrative discretion.”While spouse-posting guidelines may be considered by the administration, the ultimate decision must rest on administrative exigencies, and courts should not interfere merely because such guidelines were not acceded to,” said Justice Sandeep Moudgil while dismissing the plea of a Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) constable with nearly 16 years of service. Gurjit Singh, posted at the Punjab and Haryana…