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Panaji: Goa DGP Alok Kumar has directed the police to identify and arrest drug suppliers feeding local dealers, aiming to dismantle narcotics networks in the state. He also ordered the freezing of assets linked to the drug trade to cut off traffickers’ financial strength.Investigations often stop after the first arrest and fail to trace who supplied the drugs. Kumar, therefore, told officers that every seizure must trigger a deeper probe up the supply chain.The DGP said he reviews the anti-drug drive during regular meetings with IGPs, DIGs, senior anti-narcotics cell (ANC) officers, and district police. “I have to increase the…

The meetings mark the city’s biggest ministerial-level international engagement since the G20 events hosted here in 2023 Chandigarh: Representatives from 21 countries, including health ministers, senior officials and experts from the 11 BRICS member nations and 10 partner countries, will converge on Chandigarh from July 21 for two key health-track events under India’s BRICS 2026 Chairship. The meetings mark the city’s biggest ministerial-level international engagement since the G20 events hosted here in 2023.Chosen as one of eight Indian cities to host high-level ministerial engagements during India’s BRICS presidency, Chandigarh will host the BRICS health ministerial meeting and the BRICS meeting…

Lucknow’s Kukrail reserve forest will soon host India’s first and world’s largest night safari. LUCKNOW: Many carnivores, including big cats, are nocturnal. Others are crepuscular, being active in the twilight.Seeing them at night, or during dusk and dawn, in moonlight, or light as dim as that, will be a never-before experience for people who will visit Kukrail night safari.The Supreme Court’s green signal for the project has got things rolling for the country’s first, and the world’s fifth and the biggest, night safari in Kukrail reserve forest of Lucknow.The forest department will soon issue a letter to the public works…

Suraj Saini celebrates his NEET-UG success with his mother, Ghisi Bai, and younger sister, Garima, at their home in Bundi district Saturday. Kota: The hands that once brushed white paint onto walls will soon hold a stethoscope. For 19-year-old Suraj Saini, cracking NEET-UG marks the end of a long struggle against poverty, family hardship and years of manual labour.Suraj, a native of Kapren town in Rajasthan’s Bundi district, cracked NEET-UG 2026 on his third attempt, scoring 583 marks and securing the 99.159 percentile. The results were declared Thursday. He secured an All India Rank (AIR) of 16,569 and an OBC…

Nagpur: Four days after a 31-year-old woman allegedly died by suicide at her in-laws’ residence in Pardi, police arrested her husband and named his parents in the FIR amid allegations that prolonged harassment drove her to take the extreme step.The woman, Pinki Jha, was found unconscious at the house on July 14 around 10.30am after allegedly consuming insecticide tablets. She was rushed to a hospital, where doctors declared her dead.Pardi police initially registered an accidental death case. However, after recording statements and examining allegations made by Pinki’s relatives, they converted it into an FIR against her husband, Ashish Jha (31),…

Kolkata: The state govt plans to buy or rent special tree spade machines to transplant trees instead of cutting them down.Urban Development and Municipal Affairs minister Agnimitra Paul said the machine can lift a full tree with its roots and replant it elsewhere. The department is contacting Tolly Club to find out where such a machine can be obtained, as one was reportedly used there earlier.Paul said old trees that need to be removed for development work should be transplanted instead of being cut. She also said fallen trees, which are usually cut into pieces after storms, could be replanted…

Tehran [Iran], July 19: Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmail Baghaei said that Tehran no longer considers itself committed to implementing the 14-point Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the US, signed last month, after the United States violated its obligations under the agreement by escalating its military strike on the Islamic Republic.According to a statement carried by Iranian state media, the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB), Baghaei said that the MoU was based on reciprocal commitments and that Washington’s actions had altered Iran’s position on the agreement.”The Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding was based on a commitment for a commitment, and…

The US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has announced that it has received enough petitions to meet the H-1B visa cap for Fiscal Year 2027, meaning there will be no additional lottery rounds. In an alert issued on July 17, 2026, the agency said it has reached both the 65,000 regular H-1B visa cap and the 20,000 U.S. advanced degree exemption, also known as the master’s cap. The update marks the end of this year’s H-1B cap selection process.USCIS says FY 2027 H-1B cap has been reachedIn its alert, USCIS said it has received enough petitions to meet the congressionally…

Navi Mumbai: A Vashi family who lost their 22-year-old daughter helped save the lives of four patients on Thursday, said Zonal Transplant Coordination Centre (ZTCC) officials.Mumbai metropolitan region has so far seen 39 cadaver donations this year, which have resulted in 100 patients getting a fresh lease of life.ZTCC officials said the Vashi donor suffered “hypoxic brain damage due to hanging” on Monday, and was declared brain dead at MGM Hospital in Vashi a couple of days later. Brain death is an irreversible condition but provides a window period for organ donation.The donor’s father, a 50-year-old grocery store owner in…

Kannada film Mithya bagged honours in three categories, including Best Kannada Film, Best Actress in a Supporting Role and Best Child Artist at 72nd National film awards Bengaluru: Kannada cinema made its presence felt at the 72nd National Film Awards with Mithya emerging as the standout film from Karnataka. It bagged honours in three categories, including Best Kannada Film, Best Actress in a Supporting Role and Best Child Artist. Besides, Karnataka also won the award for the best writing on Cinema.Mithya, directed by Sumanth Bhat and produced by Paramvah Pictures and KRG Studios, was adjudged the best Kannada film. The…