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The artists’ forum will partner with a new health center for immediate accident care. KOLKATA: Following the tragic on-set drowning of actor Rahul Arunoday Banerjee, the West Bengal Motion Picture Artists’ Forum is establishing a partnership with a soon-to-be-launched emergency and trauma care centre. he Arunadoy Health Card will provide immediate medical attention to artists if they meet with an accident on the way to, during, or returning from a shoot. The initiative stems directly from the industry’s recent dialogues over safety standards. Rahul, who passed away in March 29, was filming a serial at Talsari beach. The tragedy exposed…

Srinagar, July 16: Advisor to the Chief Minister and senior National Conference leader Nasir Aslam Wani on Thursday said the party would go ahead with its proposed programme at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi on July 20, irrespective of whether permission is granted.  He asserted that those who genuinely care about Jammu and Kashmir and stand with its people will join the event.Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of a condolence meeting at the party headquarters, Nawa-e-Subah, held in memory of senior NC leader Dr. Sheikh Mustafa Kamal, Wani said the party leadership and workers would reach New Delhi ahead…

JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon has raised some sharp conversations about Anthropic’s powerful AI model Mythos, calling the risks a ‘real issue’ that US authorities are monitoring. According to a report by Reuters, speaking at Senator Dave McCormick’s Pennsylvania Defense and Innovation Summit, Dimon said that the access to advanced AY must be tightly controlled. “You’re giving ballistic missiles to individuals with Mythos,” he warned, underscoring fears that such technology could be misused if not properly safeguarded. In a recent interview with CNBC, Dimon agreed that AI is making cyber threats more severe. Dimon revealed that JPMorgan was testing Anthropic’s latest…

Thane: A sessions court has refused to grant ex parte interim protection to former Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Vinayak Raut and his family members sought in their anticipatory bail plea filed over a case alleging cruelty and occult practices on his daughter-in-law. It observed that the allegations were “very serious” and did not justify protection from arrest without hearing the prosecution.The court is scheduled to take up the anticipatory bail plea on July 23.Meanwhile, Thane police on Wednesday arrested a second aide of the alleged occultist, Firoz Sheikh, who was arrested last week. This aide is suspected to having assisted…

NEW DELHI: Delhi Police has arrested four men for allegedly obstructing a booth-level officer (BLO) and misbehaving with her while she was carrying out duties related to the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in the Chandni Mahal area earlier this month. According to police, a case was registered at Chandni Mahal police station on the complaint of a postgraduate teacher (special education), who was deployed as a BLO during the SIR exercise at Fatak Telian on July 5. The complainant alleged that while she was performing her official duties, one of the accused placed the BLO register on…

BENGALURU: Nearly 1,000 families face an uncertain future as homes and sites they bought after years of saving could be acquired for a proposed 3km link road connecting the upcoming Bengaluru Business Corridor (Peripheral Ring Road-1) to NICE Road at Madavara.The proposed NICE–Tumakuru Road PRR-1 Integration is an additional connector between PRR-1 and NICE Road, which already intersects Tumakuru Road at Madanayakanahalli. Residents allege the new integration is b e i n g pushed through despite widespread opposition.While land for PRR-1 was notified in 2007, land required for the integration stretch was notified in 2022. The final notification was issued…

Several party workers staged a protest outside the school following the controversy over the alleged homework. HYDERABAD: Police on Thursday detained BJP workers during a protest outside Success, The School in Hyderabad’s Sayeedabad, where a teacher was earlier terminated after allegedly assigning religious homework to a Class 2 student.According to news agency ANI, BJP leader Andela Sriramulu Yadav and several party workers staged a protest outside the school following the controversy over the alleged homework.Addressing reporters before being detained, Yadav questioned the school’s actions and demanded that it be shut down. He also called for the removal of the principal…

Chennai: Union govt on Wednesday approved a six-month extension in service for Tamil Nadu chief secretary M Sai Kumar, a 1990-batch IAS officer who was due to retire on Aug 31. An order issued by the department of personnel and training said the approval was based on a proposal sent by the state govt on June 3. Kumar’s extended tenure will run from Sept 1, 2026, to Feb 28, 2027. The communication, addressed to the public department, said the extension was approved under Rule 16(1) of the All India Services (Death-cum-Retirement Benefits) Rules.Kumar was commissioner for revenue administration during the…

Ahmedabad: Sales of cancer drugs in Gujarat have witnessed a sharp surge over the past year, outpacing the gradual rise in cancer cases. Industry experts pointed to changing treatment patterns, wider adoption of advanced therapies and improved diagnosis, as the key reason for the rise.Data from Pharmatrac shows that Gujarat’s anti-neoplastics (anti-cancer) drug category recorded a 23.1% year-on-year growth in the moving annual total (MAT) ending June, compared to just 9.5% growth in MAT in June 2025. The category’s sales reached Rs 155.6 crore during the period.The growth gathered momentum through 2026. After registering only 1% MAT growth in Jan,…

The police vehicle, which was damaged in the assault in Palwal Gurgaon: A 28-year-old man was arrested after he allegedly attacked a police team.Sahil alias Rukka — a repeat offender — bit a constable on the hand, tore policemen’s uniforms and attempted to assault them with stones while officers tried to arrest him in connection with a theft case in Sohna. The accused was produced before a city court, which remanded him to judicial custody.A resident of Nat Colony in Sohna, Sahil has been named in six previous criminal cases, mostly related to theft and other offences in the city.The…