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Strays bit the minor’s face repeatedly and disfigured it Amravati: A 10-year-old girl is fighting for her life in ICU after being brutally mauled by stray dogs near Sai Hospital in Rukmini Nagar, Amravati, on Thursday.Sanidi Sachin Kaware, daughter of a private driver, was attacked while in the locality. The stray dogs bit her face repeatedly, leaving her facially disfigured and in a critical condition. She was rushed to hospital and is currently under intensive care.Gory photos of the injured child went viral, sparking massive outrage against the Amravati Municipal Corporation.Corporator Anil Agrawal blamed the AMC directly. “How many more…
Rajkot: A 27-year-old Air Force personnel died after suffering a gunshot injury from his service rifle at the Naliya Air Force Station in Kutch district on Wednesday.The deceased, Bharat Raj Bhardwaj, a native of Haryana, was serving as a guard at the station.Kothara police station sources said Bhardwaj was on duty when he sustained a gunshot injury from his service rifle, bearing rifle number 103, at around 5pm in the technical parking area of the Air Force station. He was initially treated at the Air Force medical facility in Naliya before being shifted to the Military Hospital (MH) in Bhuj,…
Ranchi: Income Tax (I-T) investigation wing has claimed to have detected undisclosed income worth around Rs 50 crore during surveys conducted on five premises of Panache Realtors and Dayanand Modi Group in Ranchi city over the last two days, it said on Thursday.Sources said that the I-T teams were analysing various documents and digital data, including chats, mostly related to cash transactions. Experts have also been deployed to recover the deleted chats.The partners of two real estate groups, including Narayan Prasad Jalan, Aditya Jhunjhunwala and Pradeep Modi of Panache Realtors and Anurag Modi, Sandip Modi and Abhimanyu Modi of Dayanand…
Surat: Seventy-five-year-old diamond businessman Dhiru Ramani, who was allegedly abducted in the West African nation of Mali nearly three months ago, was freed early Thursday after his family reportedly paid a ransom of about 4 million euros.Two other Indian hostages — a cook and an electrician — were also released.Ramani was brought to the Malian capital, Bamako, by his family members after his release. He underwent preliminary medical examinations and was found to be in stable condition, a relative told TOI.According to family members, who requested not to be named, the kidnapping took place around three months ago, but the…
The grand procession drew people of all ages Vadodara: Faith and devotion filled the streets of Vadodara on Thursday as thousands of devotees participated in the annual Lord Jagannath Rath Yatra. Amid chants of ‘Jai Jagannath’, the grand procession wound its way through the city, drawing people of all ages who lined the route to offer prayers and seek blessings.The yatra began from Sayajigunj and passed through Kothi Crossroads, Raopura and Nyay Mandir before culminating near Polo Ground. Children dressed in colourful traditional attire rode on the chariots, while devotees danced to the tunes of Hare Krishna bhajans, adding to…
Varanasi: Three members of a family were killed and two others sustained critical injuries after a truck suffered a tyre burst, veered off the Varanasi-Shaktinagar highway and crashed into their house in Mirzapur’s Ahraura area early Thursday. The incident triggered violent protests, with angry villagers blocking the highway, damaging several vehicles, including a police jeep, and forcing police to use mild force to disperse the crowd.Mirzapur Additional SP (Operations) Rajkumar Meena said Ahraura police rushed to the spot after receiving information from locals. Preliminary investigation revealed that a truck travelling from Varanasi to Sonbhadra lost control after a tyre burst,…
Kerala health minister K Muraleedharan T’puram: Health minister K Muraleedharan on Thursday said the state govt would not allow any compromise on food safety and warned that inspections and legal action against violators would be intensified, particularly in the wake of recent food poisoning incidents.Launching the state-level training programme for food business operators and officially announcing the ‘Youth for Food Safety’ initiative at Food Safety Bhavan in Thycaud, Thiruvananthapuram, the minister said it was the responsibility of every food business operator to prepare and serve safe, hygienic and quality food.He said the ‘Youth for Food Safety’ initiative aims to strengthen…
Koel meets BJP Bengal observer and Union minister Bhupender Yadav in New Delhi after submitting her resignation as Rajya Sabha MP Kolkata: Actor Koel Mallick joined the growing list of Trinamool Congress defectors on Thursday when she wrote to Rajya Sabha chairman CP Radhakrishnan to resign as an MP a little more than three months into her six-year term.Mallick met Union environment minister and BJP Bengal central observer Bhupender Yadav in New Delhi soon after she quit to follow in the footsteps of three of her one-time Rajya Sabha colleagues, Sukhendu Sekhar Ray, Sushmita Dev and Prakash Chik Baraik. All…
DR ASIF HASSANIn recent years, our society has been engaged in loud debates about politics, economy, and geopolitics, yet some of the gravest dangers to our collective future are unfolding quietly within our homes, schools, and streets. Drug addiction, rising crime among youth, online obscenity, gambling, domestic violence, and a disturbing erosion of basic manners are no longer distant phenomena that we read about in reports; they are realities that many families confront every single day. While it is convenient to blame the government, the education system, or technology, we often refuse to look at the foundational institution that shapes every…
The French captain and star player Kylian Mbappé experienced a tough loss against Spain in the quarter finals of the 2026 World Cup as it crushed the dreams of millions in the country, sparking chaos among fans. While France gears up to face England in the next few hours, a rumor about Kylian Mbappé changing his nationality because of his girlfriend, Ester Expósito, has sparked chaos. The French captain and star player Kylian Mbappé experienced a tough loss against Spain in the quarter finals of the 2026 World Cup as it crushed the dreams of millions in the country. While…