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Police said that at around 1am, Rakesh strangled his mother with a piece of cloth and then stabbed her on the left side of her neck with a small kitchen knife. Chennai: A 19-year-old man murdered his 43-year-old mother at their house in Perungudi in the early hours of Monday. Thoraipakkam police arrested the accused.The deceased was identified as Chheni Devi Babulal, 43, a resident of Kurunji Nagar, Perungudi. The accused, Rakesh, 19, is her son.According to police, Babulal, father of the accused, travelled to Rajasthan about 15 days ago, after his uncle’s death. On Sunday night, the family was…
Ahmedabad: A consumer commission in Ahmedabad ordered an insurance company to reimburse expenses for ayurveda treatment after firm refused to pay for treatment other than allopathy.A woman from Chandlodiya underwent ayurvedic treatment as an inpatient for internal haemorrhoids in Feb 2022 from a private ayurveda hospital. She incurred an expenditure of Rs 15,800. As she had a health cover of Rs 5 lakh from Star Health and Allied Insurance Co Ltd, she claimed reimbursement.The insurer rejected her claim, citing a clause in the insurance policy that stated she was not entitled to reimbursement for any treatment other than allopathy.The consumer…
Rourkela: A 40-year-old man was arrested on Monday for allegedly assaulting an on-duty doctor at Bargarh community health centre (CHC) the day before.The doctor sustained head injuries in the attack and is currently undergoing treatment.The accused was identified as Vickey Singh, a resident of Gangadhar Nagar in Bargarh.According to the police, Singh brought a school student for treatment at the CHC on Sunday around 2am. While the student was being attended to, Singh allegedly entered the on-duty doctor’s room and asked Dr Sudipta Rout to check his blood pressure. Rout had asked Singh to wait for some time, citing that…
Among its key demands is the restoration of the fixed honorarium and incentives deducted during the ASHA workers’ strike in 2023 Gurgaon: ASHA workers from across Haryana will stage a protest outside the National Health Mission (NHM) headquarters in Panchkula on Tuesday, demanding restoration of withheld payments, social security benefits and greater transparency in the payment system.In a notice addressed to the mission director, Haryana, on July 16, the ASHA Workers Union Haryana said the demonstration would be organised on July 21 and would go ahead unless its long-pending demands were addressed.Among its key demands is the restoration of the…
Dibrugarh: Assam assembly speaker Ranjeet Kumar Dass on Monday visited the construction site of the proposed new Assam legislative assembly complex at Khanikar in Dibrugarh and reviewed the project’s master plan, a key component of the state’s proposed second capital.During the inspection, Dass said the new assembly building is being designed with an eye on the future. “The proposed assembly building is being designed with a seating capacity of 200 members, keeping in view the possibility of an increase in the number of assembly constituencies in Assam in the future,” he said. The Assam legislative assembly currently has 126 elected…
Times News NetworkKanpur: In compliance with DG Circular No.-42/25 to develop the district as a “Zero Fatality District (Zero Fatality District-ZFD)” and bring about an effective reduction in road accidents, a review meeting was held at the Yatayat Bhawan here on Monday. The meeting was chaired by deputy commissioner of police (Traffic) Ravindra Kumar.During the meeting, officials carried out a detailed analysis of road accidents that occurred in the district and reviewed their causes, circumstances and sensitive locations in depth. The DCP directed that special attention be focused on accident-prone locations (black spots) and that effective traffic enforcement, regular monitoring…
Pune: Consumer activists have questioned MahaRERA’s commitment to transparency after its online dashboard tracking recovery warrants against defaulting developers remained frozen for nearly six months, despite the regulator continuing to issue fresh orders during the period.The “Recovery Warrants District Wise” section on the MahaRERA website was last updated on Jan 20. While individual recovery warrant orders issued after that date have been uploaded, the consolidated district-wise dashboard has not been refreshed, making it difficult for homebuyers to track enforcement action and recoveries.Shirish Deshpande, chairperson of Mumbai Grahak Panchayat, said, “Data on recovery warrants, deregistered projects and notices issued to developers…
Chandigarh: The municipal corporation’s engineering department has begun work on constructing new pedestrian tracks around parks in Sector 46 at a cost of Rs 65 lakh, with reusable old paver blocks being incorporated into the project.Area councillor Gurpreet Singh said damaged and worn-out paver blocks surrounding the parks will be replaced using a mix of new and reusable blocks in a 60:40 ratio. The project aims to improve the appearance of the parks while providing safer and more comfortable walking tracks for residents who use them regularly for morning and evening walks.He said the upgraded pathways would improve accessibility and…
Lucknow: A section of the upper parapet wall of the fire-ravaged Jawahar Bhawan building collapsed during firefighting operations on Monday, raising concerns over the structural safety of the decades-old govt building. Fortunately, no one was present below when the parapet gave way.Deputy CM Brajesh Pathak, DM Vishakh G and joint commissioner of police Babloo Kumar visited the site to oversee the rescue work. Pathak said the fire broke out on the fourth floor due to short-circuit. “PWD will be asked to conduct a structural assessment of the building,” Pathak told reporters.“The collapse of the parapet wall is a matter of…
Bankipur bypoll candidates: Neeraj Kumar Sinha, Rekha Gupta and Prashant Kishor Patna: The July 30 Bankipur assembly bypoll has emerged as one of Bihar’s most closely watched electoral contests, with BJP candidate Neeraj Kumar Sinha facing a challenge from Jan Suraaj founder Prashant Kishor, who is making his electoral debut, and RJD nominee Rekha Gupta in a high-stakes triangular battle.The seat, vacated after BJP national president Nitin Nabin’s election to the Rajya Sabha, has traditionally been a BJP stronghold. The party secured nearly 63% of the votes in the 2025 Assembly election, with the RJD finishing a distant second. However,…