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Nagpur: A premature baby girl weighing just 900 gram at birth made a miraculous recovery after undergoing rare and risky heart surgery at just two weeks of age. The baby was one of the twins born at only 26 weeks of pregnancy and was treated at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Nagpur.Soon after birth, doctors in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) noticed she had a serious heart condition called Patent Ductus Arteriosus (PDA). In simple words, PDA is a small blood vessel in the heart that is supposed to close after birth, but in this baby,…

Rajkot/Ahmedabad: Coastal Saurashtra and the districts of South Gujarat are bracing for heavy rain as the low-pressure system in the Arabian Sea off Karnataka is likely to intensify into a depression by Saturday.The India meteorological department (IMD) has forecast heavy rain with high-velocity winds in Bharuch, Surat, Dang, Navsari, Valsad, Tapi, Narmada, Anand, Chhota Udepur, Rajkot, Porbandar, Junagadh, Amreli, Bhavnagar, Gir Somnath and Diu until May 29.”A low-pressure area over the east-central Arabian Sea near the south Konkan-Goa coast persists and is likely to move northwards, intensifying into a depression in the next 36 hours,” the bulletin issued on Thursday…

Bokaro: A day after JMM slammed Dhanbad MP Dulu Mahato over the delay in the Bokaro airport project, BJP on Friday staged a counter-protest at the Birsa Chowk here, blaming the govt led by chief minister Hemant Soren for the same reason.On Thursday, JMM workers protested against Mahato at the same place and burnt his effigy, accusing him of prioritising Dhanbad over Bokaro despite his repeated meetings with civil aviation minister Kinjarapu Ram Mohan Naidu.JMM also accused him of conspiring to shift focus to Dhanbad and deliberately sidelining Bokaro.On Friday, BJP workers blamed the state govt for obstructing the Bokaro…

Surat: An 81-year-old resident of Ghoddod Road, one of Surat’s upscale localities, was duped of Rs 16.65 lakh in a cyber scam involving a fake ‘digital arrest’.The incident began on April 19, when the victim received a call from a man identifying himself as PSI Ravi Kumar of Delhi Police. The caller claimed a Canara Bank account had been opened using the victim’s Aadhaar card and was used to launder Rs 2.5 crore.The caller then connected him via video call to supposed senior officers — Samta Gaudpade and George — who declared that the victim was under “digital arrest” and…

T’puram: Health minister Veena George has called for heightened vigilance against coronavirus in view of large-scale reporting of Covid-19 cases in some Asian countries.In a meeting of district medical officers and district surveillance officers held on Friday, the minister sought tightening of surveillance against the virus. George asked the health officials to track the Covid-19 cases and coordinate the anti-Covid drive accordingly.She asked the district teams to report the Covid-19 cases without fail.At least 273 Covid-19 cases have been reported in the state so far in May. Kottayam and Thiruvananthapuram reported the highest number of cases — 82 and 73…

Vadodara: Close on the heels of “Gujarat’s daughter” Col Sofiya Qureshi emerging as the face of Operation Sindoor, now a son-in-law of the state has made us proud. As President Droupadi Murmu honoured soldiers at the Rashtrapati Bhavan on Thursday, the Baroda-based Tiwari family was beaming with pride. Lt Col C V S Nikhil, who was awarded the Shaurya Chakra, one of India’s highest peacetime gallantry awards, is married to Barodian Namrata Tiwari, the daughter of retired Professor K C Tiwari of MS University’s Faculty of Science. Lt Col CVS Nikhil, as a major of 21 Para (Special Forces) led…

THANE: The Thane Municipal Corporation announced on Friday the cleaning of all drains and the completion of pending infrastructure works in the city and on the Ghodbunder highway. This includes operating the crucial Kasarvadavali flyover in the next few weeks to ensure zero inconvenience to lakhs of Thane residents during the monsoon. TOI (local edition) highlighted the issues on Friday after the corporation admitted to cleaning just 51% of drains in the city and the delayed schedule of ongoing works on the GB highway, which also raised concerns about potential waterlogging during the upcoming monsoon. Several local elected representatives also…

Varanasi: To mark World Turtle Day, the forest department on Friday organised a seminar at Sarnath Zoo to raise awareness and sensitivity towards conservation of turtles. Every year on May 23, World Turtle Day is celebrated to raise awareness about the declining number of turtles globally, protect their habitats, arrange for their rehabilitation, and rescue them.Forest conservator of Varanasi Circle Ravi Kumar Singh said “Turtles are one of the oldest living species in the world, dating back about 200 million years, existing even before birds, snakes and lizards. Their presence in the ecosystem is crucial as they are considered indicators…

Surat: A 40-year-old yarn trader was shot by an unknown person in the Godadara area with the bullet getting lodged in his back. The shooting occurred at about 10am, near the Anjani Nandan project site, when the victim, Sanjay Padasala, was on his two-wheeler.Godadara police have booked the unknown person for attempted murder under offences under the Arms Act.According to the complaint filed by the victim’s older brother Vasant, Sanjay lives in the Yogi Chowk area with his wife and daughter. He runs a yarn trading firm from Narayannagar Society in Limbayat and would get to his office at 10am…

Vadodara: The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has registered a complaint against Kaushik Parmar, a deputy executive engineer of the Vadodara Municipal Corporation (VMC), for allegedly demanding a bribe of Rs 1.5 lakh from a contractor in 2018.According to ACB officials, Parmar had demanded the bribe in exchange for awarding a Rs 60-lakh contract related to reservoir maintenance. The contractor, who had submitted a tender for the project, was informed by Parmar that his bid had been accepted — but only if he paid Rs 3 lakh.The complainant claimed he paid Rs 1.5 lakh upfront, but despite the payment, the contract was…