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KOLHAPUR: Sunil Motilal Sadarangani (59), former owner of Solapur’s well-known Multani Bakery, allegedly died by suicide on Thursday afternoon by jumping from the 17th floor of an apartment building in the Vijapur Road area of the city. Police said no suicide note was found and the family informed them that he had been facing financial problems. Police said Sadarangani had shifted to Pune after selling the bakery some years ago. At around 2.30 pm on Thursday, he drove to the apartment building in Solapur, parked his car and took the stairs to reach the top floor to avoid biometric check-in.…

Panaji: Rajya Sabha MP Sadanand Shet Tanavade on Friday urged Centre to take down fraudulent websites, as tourists visiting Goa and other tourist places in India were cheated through fake websites. He raised the issue of rising cyber frauds targeting tourists during zero hour in the Upper House.Tanavade said that while Goa has emerged as a major tourism hub and a preferred destination for digital nomads and remote workers, there was a sharp increase in online scams related to hotel bookings and digital payment frauds. Fake hotels, homestays, and fraudulent websites created in the names of reputed hotels and booking…

Kurukshetra: Haryana animal husbandry, fisheries, agriculture and farmers’ welfare minister Shyam Singh Rana on Friday said quadrupling the income of livestock farmers by 2047 was central to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision of building a Viksit Bharat.Addressing the inaugural ceremony of the 41st State-Level Livestock Exhibition at the KDB Mela Ground in Kurukshetra, the minister said the central and state govts consistently implemented farmer-centric schemes to enhance income, productivity and transparency in agriculture and animal husbandry.Rana highlighted that Haryana’s Murrah buffalo and Sahiwal cattle breeds earned global acclaim, while the state was producing 1,128 grams of milk per person per…

Lucknow: A day after Modi govt said in Rajya Sabha that 18,272 govt schools have been shut in India in the past five years and 8,475 private unaided schools have come up, SP chief Akhilesh Yadav on Friday positioned ‘affordable education’ as a deciding factor in 2027 assembly polls announcing that party’s ‘PDA Pathshala’ initiative would be reintroduced as a statewide movement if Samajwadi Party is voted to form govt.SP had launched the PDA Pathshala initiative in July 2025 after the UP govt initiated closure and merger of 26,000 primary schools and around the same gave permission to set up…

Patna: The state cabinet on Friday approved the govt’s proposal to increase the ex gratia payment to the next of kin of a migrant worker from the existing Rs 2 lakh to Rs 4 lakh in case of death due to an accident anywhere in the country outside Bihar.The cabinet also decided that the govt would bear the cost of bringing back the body of a deceased migrant worker to his home in the state. This provision would apply even if the death occurs outside the country, sources said, adding that the concerned family would not have to incur any…

JAIPUR: Rajasthan Police’s Special Operations Group (SOG) has arrested two graduates who obtained their medical degrees from abroad before allegedly procuring and submitting forged Foreign Medical Graduate Examination (FMGE) certificates to obtain internships from the Rajasthan Medical Council (RMC).The FMGE is mandatory for citizens with a foreign medical degree who wish to practice in India. The main accused in the case, Bhana Ram Mali alias Bhanu (30), was detained at New Delhi airport on Feb 2 and formally arrested the following day. The MBBS graduate from Kazakhstan is considered the mastermind behind the scheme, not only securing a forged FMGE…

Nagpur: The opening day of the All India Open National Ranking Point Bridge Tournament brought fluctuating fortunes for the 10 participating Nagpur teams at the Institution of Engineers Hall on Thursday.The four-day national bridge tournament, carrying prize money as high as Rs 10,35,000, is organised by the Vidarbha Bridge Association (VBA) under the aegis of the Bridge Federation of India (BFI).A total of 37 teams are vying for honours in the Manohar Tarkunde Cup, a team-of-four Swiss event, where eight rounds will be played to identify the top 16 teams for the pre-quarterfinals. On the opening day, six rounds of…

Hazaribag: An elderly farmer, who was on his way to Hazaribag town to sell vegetables, died after his bike was rammed by a speeding tractor on Friday. The incident took place near the Luta Railway Overbridge under Katkamdag police station limits. The victim was identified as Vasudev Mahto (65) of Pakrar village under Katkamdag block. The driver of the tractor fled the spot. Locals soon gathered and blocked the road seeking the driver’s arrest and compensation for Vasudev’s family. Pramod Kumar Rai, the officer-in-charge of Katkamdag police station, reached the spot after the incident. The gathering dispersed after assurances from…

T’puram: Fishermen at Perumathura coastal village have opposed state govt plans to supply dredged soil from Muthalapozhi harbour to National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) for use in NH 66 six-laning project. Local fishing communities are demanding that the dredged sand be used locally to combat acute coastal erosion that is threatening their homes, livelihoods and the shoreline.State govt recently issued an order allowing dredged sand from Muthalapozhi harbour, accumulated from harbour mouth clearing operations, to be supplied to NHAI to help accelerate the NH 66 work between Kazhakkoottam and Kadampattukonam. Officials said the decision aims to ease shortages of…

Kolkata: A 68-year-old Kulpi woman’s death on Thursday after suffering a cardiac arrest prompted her family to blame the SIR process. Asma Sardar, of Nagnon village, was a pensioner. She lived with her only son, Rakib, who is a person with disabilities. According to Rakib, the 2002 list had the name Asma Sardar, but with her documents saying Asma ‘Bibi’ instead, a notice was served. Relatives claimed that Asma had almost stopped eating since. Kulpi MLA Jogaranjan Halder assured assistance to the family. Source link