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health experts urge vigilance Hyderabad: The recent reporting of four Covid-19-related deaths and 12 active cases in neighbouring Andhra Pradesh has put Telangana’s health authorities on alert, prompting experts to call for closer surveillance while stressing that there is no evidence of increased transmission in the state.With thousands of people travelling daily between Telangana and Andhra Pradesh for work, education and business, public health experts said the developments warrant vigilance, not panic. Officials noted that all four deaths reported in Andhra Pradesh involved patients with underlying comorbidities, and samples have been sent for genome sequencing to identify the circulating variant.Telangana…

Cleared /SalilChennai: A 28-year-old woman and her six-month-old daughter died after a container truck hit a motorcycle they were riding pillion on near Madhavaram Roundabout here on Saturday morning. The woman’s husband, who was riding the motorcycle, suffered injuries in the accident.The deceased have been identified as Sharmila and her daughter, Prithiksha. Sharmila’s husband, Nithyanantham, 36, a private company employee and a resident of Kumaran Chavadi near Poonamallee, was admitted to a govt hospital for treatment.According to police, the accident occurred when the family was going to their relatives’ house in Perambur. A container truck hit their motorcycle from behind,…

Deadly explosion at an illegal firecracker manufacturing unit in Mahamadpura near Ramol, which claimed nine lives on Saturday Ahmedabad: The deadly explosion at an illegal firecracker manufacturing unit in Mahamadpura near Ramol, which claimed nine lives on Saturday, has turned the spotlight on a larger question: How do illegal units continue to manufacture firecrackers without the licences required to buy or handle explosives?Officials from the district administration, civic body, and the city police are now facing questions over how such units continued to operate on the city’s outskirts despite stricter scrutiny following major fire tragedies in Gujarat.Ramol cracker unit fireOfficials…

Anubhav Pahihar alongwith his pet dog Johny who alledgedly died because of a wrong treatment Prayagraj: Nearly three years after an Allahabad high court lawyer launched an exhaustive legal battle over the alleged negligent death of his pet dog, Johny, the dog care centre at the heart of the controversy was sealed by the Prayagraj Development Authority (PDA) on Friday over alleged encroachment on nazul land and unauthorised use of the premises.While the sealing action was unrelated to the 2023 incident, the development brought a sense of relief to the lawyer, Anubhav Parihar, who said his fight for accountability was…

Cuttack: Orissa high court has come down heavily on Odisha State Education Programme Authority (OSEPA) for arbitrarily demoting an officer after more than 15 years in a higher post, restoring him as assistant director (management information system) with all service and financial benefits and imposing an ‘exemplary’ fine of Rs 1 lakh on the authority.A division bench of Justices Krishna S Dixit and Chittaranjan Dash, in a recent judgment considering the appeal filed by Pravat Kumar Mishra, set aside a single judge’s July 16, 2024, order, which upheld OSEPA’s decision to revert him to the post of programmer-cum-training officer. The…

One TMT rod pierced the driver’s neck after the car, a Hyundai Aura, rammed into the rear of the e-rickshaw around 1.30 pm Gurgaon: The e-rickshaw carrying iron rods that killed a 22-year-old cab driver should never have been on Dwarka Expressway in the first place. Yet, police have found that it travelled nearly 3km on the access-controlled highway undetected — much of it in the fastest right lane — before its protruding rods pierced the windscreen of a Hyundai Aura and impaled Shivendra Kumar.The findings have raised questions about enforcement and checks on one of NCR’s fastest corridors, where…

Aizawl: Mizoram chief minister Lalduhoma on Saturday said govt recruitments are now being conducted transparently under the principle of “equality for all”, which has restored youths’ faith in the system.The CM was speaking at the passing out parade of the 70th batch of police constables at the Police Training School (PTS) in Thenzawl.Lalduhoma said the 275 police personnel standing in the parade were selected through a fair, competitive process purely on merit, without any political backing or favouritism from ministers or politicians.“We expect qualified personnel to deliver quality service to our state,” the CM said, adding that the govt is…

Kanpur: A 19-year-old woman allegedly died by suicide by hanging herself at her home in Kanpur’s Kalyanpur area on Saturday, with her family accusing her brother-in-law of driving her to the extreme step by threatening to circulate her obscene photographs if her elder sister did not withdraw a criminal case against him. Police said an investigation is underway.According to the family, the victim had been under severe mental stress due to repeated threats from her brother-in-law.The victim’s father, a furniture trader and resident of Kalyanpur, said he has four sons and four daughters. He told police that his middle daughter…

A brief rainfall over Pune city on Saturday Pune: After a brief lull in monsoon, only a few patches of the Western Ghats in the state saw triple-digit rainfall in the 24 hours ending 8.30am on Saturday, as per India Meteorological Department (IMD).In the said period, Tamhini recorded the highest rainfall at 200mm, followed by Bhira (198mm), Shirgaon (170mm), Dawdi (144mm), Dungerwadi (139mm), Bhivpuri (129mm) and Koyna (Pophali) (128mm).In Pune district, for 24 hours ending at 8.30am on Saturday, Kurvande received the highest rainfall at 43.5mm, followed by Bhor (40.5mm), Malin (30mm) and Nimgiri (20mm). Rajgurunagar and Koregaon Park recorded…

Inter-village tourneys are organised almost everywhere in South Goa Panaji: South Goa comprises just 0.12% of the national population, but players from the district enjoy more time on the field than any other region in the top-tier Indian Super League (ISL).South Goa lead the rankings with 8.2% minutes on the field, while Aizawl (6.2%), North 24 Parganas (4.8%), Hooghly (4.2%) and Imphal West (4.2%) complete the top five, according to research conducted by Richard Hood, former head of player development of All India Football Federation (AIFF).A rung below, in the I-League — now rechristened Indian Football League (IFL) — South…