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Prayagraj: A 27-year-old man allegedly died by suicide at Purwa Khas village under the Industrial Area police station limits on Thursday, police said.Preliminary investigation suggests that a marital dispute may have led to the incident. No suicide note was recovered from the room, police added.According to police, the deceased was estranged from his wife and she had been living with a close relative in the Naini area for the past three months. Source link
Iskcon devotees from Russia and Ukraine attend Puri Rath Yatra on Thursday Puri: Amid mounting controversy over the untimely conduct of Rath Yatra abroad, Iskcon devotees who attended the annual festival here on Thursday remain split in their views.Indian devotees insist that uniformity in the festival’s schedule is non‑negotiable. “If other festivals are celebrated on the same dates in India and abroad, a deviation in the schedule of Rath Yatra is unacceptable. According to the scriptures, Snana Yatra must be performed only on ‘Jyestha Purnima’ (full moon day), while Rath Yatra — a nine‑day festival — should be observed strictly…
Faridabad: An 18-year-old NEET aspirant allegedly died by suicide after jumping from the 16th floor of her building in Greater Faridabad’s Sector 88 on Thursday, a day after she checked her probable score using the online answer key.Police said the incident took place around noon at SRS Residency, where the student lived with her family. According to her relatives, she had recently appeared for NEET and had been under considerable stress after estimating her score. While she had expected a significantly higher result, she calculated that she might score around 600 out of 720 after comparing her responses with the…
Agartala: The Tripura Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) has voiced serious concerns to chief minister Manik Saha over the deteriorating state of academic activities in schools, urging immediate intervention.TPCC president Asish Kumar Saha said the state’s education system is facing a crisis due to teacher shortages, stalled recruitment, school closures and the diversion of teachers to non-academic clerical work. He said teachers are being kept in schools for over eight hours and assigned administrative and clerical duties, leaving little time to prepare lessons, which adversely affects the academic environment.He said students’ interest in attending classes is declining because teachers have limited…
Kanpur: A junior resident doctor (JR-2), Dr Vinod Kumar Bind of the orthopedics department at Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi Memorial (GSVM) Medical College, died while on duty in Kanpur on Thursday morning. Doctors suspect he suffered a heart attack.Dr Bind was on night duty in the emergency department of Lala Lajpat Rai Hospital. A resident of Jaunpur, he was pursuing his junior residency in the orthopedics department at GSVM Medical College.Head of the orthopedics department, Dr Chandan Kumar, said, “Dr Vinod Kumar suddenly developed chest pain in the morning.”He immediately consulted doctors from the medicine department in the emergency ward and…
Various govt schools in Ludhiana await Khed Pitara kits Karan SharmaLudhiana: The Punjab govt had launched an initiative aimed at transforming classroom learning in govt primary schools across the state through ‘khed Pitara’ kits. These kits were designed to encourage fun, interactive and experimental learning for the children rather than the old school memorization techniques.In March 2026, Punjab education minister Harjot Bains announced that these ‘Khed Pitara’ kits as an initiative by the state government to ensure that the children in primary schools did not experience schooling as a pressure, but as discovery, confidence building and creativity exercise.The ‘Khed Pitara’…
Chikkamagaluru: Congress leader AV Gayathri Shantegowda on Thursday welcomed the apex court’s verdict on the MLC polls and said she would give justice by delivering good work. Although it is late, I will definitely work for the people. According to her, she would not have approached the courts if she were to be defeated with a margin of 50 or more votes. “I moved court as per my party leaders’ suggestion as it was only a 6-vote difference. Today, I got justice and the court declared me winner,” she said.However, BJP leader MK Pranesh was not available for comment. The…
Noida: A baby boy survived after undergoing five blood transfusions while still inside his mother’s womb at a Noida hospital, giving a Delhi couple their first successful pregnancy after losing two babies to complications caused by Rh isoimmunisation. Doctors say it’s a rare, potentially life-threatening condition during pregnancy.Rh isoimmunisation occurs when a mother with the blood group of Rh-negative carries an Rh-positive baby. Her husband also has Rh-positive blood. “In such pregnancies, the foetus may inherit the father’s Rh-positive blood type. If foetal blood cells enter the mother’s bloodstream, usually during childbirth, the mother’s immune system may produce antibodies against…
A well-marked low-pressure area over the northwest Bay of Bengal and adjoining north Odisha-West Bengal coast is expected to bring only limited benefits to Maharashtra, IMD said Pune: The India Meteorological Department’s latest extended range forecast indicated below-normal rainfall over most regions of Maharashtra at least till July 30 despite the return of rainfall in parts of the state following formation of a well-marked low-pressure area over the northwest Bay of Bengal,The extended range forecast (ERF), released on Thursday, stated that rainfall during July 16-23 was likely to be below normal over most parts of the country, including large parts…
Panaji: Goa, long a birdwatcher’s paradise with many endemic and migratory species in a small area, has crossed the 500-species milestone for the first time. The latest (eighth) edition of the Goa Bird Checklist records 502 species, including new additions such as greylag goose (spotted by Stephen Menezes in Santa Cruz) and red-crested pochard (seen by forest official Paresh Porob).Checklist authors said the milestone is encouraging but also highlights changing ecology, as some newly recorded birds are typically associated with drier habitats. Additions to Goa Bird Checklist 8.0 — published as a scientifically peer-reviewed paper in the Indian BIRDS Journal…