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Vancouver Canucks trade Kiefer Sherwood to San Jose Sharks (Image Via Getty Images) The Boston Bruins have been linked to several names ahead of the NHL deadline, and the latest name linked to the team is Vancouver Canucks forward Kiefer Sherwood. The veteran winger has drawn interest after another productive season.Kiefer Sherwood has been on a good run of form of late and earning recognition, but the Boston Bruins may want to tread carefully. If it’s a career-best stretch, the organization could have long-term concerns if they pay a premium price for a player.Boston Bruins and Kiefer Sherwood NHL trade…
Counselling and supportive care could improve the patients’ well-being, according to the study Mumbai: More than half of cancer patients experience high levels of emotional distress at the time of diagnosis and treatment, but counselling and supportive care could improve their well-being, according to a study from city oncologists presented at the just-concluded annual conference of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) in the US.The multicentric study, conducted by MOC Cancer Care centres in western India, evaluated 2,273 adult cancer patients between April and December 2025 using the NCCN (National Comprehensive Cancer Network) Distress Thermometer, an internationally accepted screening…
New Delhi: On average, Delhi Fire Services (DFS) has responded to nearly 60 fire-related calls every day this year. Such incidents have claimed 44 lives so far.While the department received 9,000 fire calls in the first five months of 2026, it received 8,613 calls during the corresponding period last year, data shows.Delhi recorded 21,367 fire-related calls and 113 deaths in 2024. In 2025, the overall number of such calls declined to 18,776, while the death toll dropped to 70.Guest houses, which fall under the residential occupancy category, have accounted for more than 6,000 fire-related calls so far this year.A surge…
Bengaluru: Bengaluru East City Corporation (BECC) directed officials to identify residential and commercial buildings with compound walls exceeding the permissible height prescribed under National Building Code (NBC) and issue notices to owners for compliance.BECC commissioner DS Ramesh issued the directive Wednesday during a review meeting on the progress of development and engineering works across corporation limits. Officials were told to conduct inspections and initiate action against violations as part of broader efforts to improve public safety and urban infrastructure management.The commissioner ordered immediate identification of dilapidated and structurally unsafe buildings that pose a threat to public life and property. Officials…
Hyderabad: Despite years of govt campaigns to promote normal deliveries, caesarean section (C‑section) births continue to climb in Telangana’s private hospitals, placing the state among the highest in the country for surgical deliveries.The latest National Family Health Survey (NFHS‑6) reveals that while govt hospitals have largely kept rates below 50%, private facilities report some of the steepest figures nationwide, underscoring a widening gap between medical necessity and practice.According to NFHS‑6, 83.9% of births in Telangana’s private hospitals were delivered through C‑sections, up from 81.5% in NFHS‑5 (2019‑21). While Telangana has highest overall c-section rate in India, the state now ranks…
Chennai: Madras high court has directed its registry and the Tamil Nadu prison department to take steps to implement ‘E-Prisons Early Release Processing Module’ – a software for premature release of convicts mandated by the Supreme Court.“As a first step, the prisons at Puzhal will be taken up as a pilot project for implementation of the software,” a division bench of Justice Anita Sumanth and Justice Sunder Mohan said.The registrar (IT) of the court is directed to convene a meeting of the stakeholders as required for proper implementation of the software within two weeks and a status report be placed…
Representatives from multiple line departments presented their meticulously drafted disaster management and contingency plans to tackle potential weather emergencies Gandhinagar: Chief secretary Manoj Das presided over a high-level meeting of senior officers from various state departments to comprehensively review Gujarat’s preparedness ahead of the upcoming monsoon season. According to an official statement, representatives from multiple line departments presented their meticulously drafted disaster management and contingency plans to tackle potential weather emergencies.To ensure rapid response capabilities, a total of 14 National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) teams and 22 State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) teams have already been strategically deployed across vulnerable…
Prayagraj: The sensational murder of four members of a family in Prayagraj was cracked on Wednesday with the arrest of the prime accused, Sunny Gupta, a 35-year-old samosa vendor.The bodies of Virendra Vaishya (70), his wife Anita (65), and daughter Meenakshi (40) were found in their home in South Malaka on Tuesday, while his son Abhishek (38) was found murdered inside his locked shop.Police claimed that Abhishek, who had been disowned by his family, along with Sunny, committed the triple murder to loot jewellery and cash. Later, however, Sunny allegedly killed Abhishek following a dispute over the booty. Police recovered…
Berhampur: The mystery surrounding an 18-month-old case of a missing 24-year-old man might get resolved as police on Tuesday recovered a human skeleton from an abandoned house on the presimes of a defunct spinning mill at Aska in Ganjam district. The family members of the missing, A Shankar Patra of Narsinghpur, claimed it was his skeleton, saying they identified it with his clothes and shoes lying beside the remains.The skeleton was sent to the forensic department of MKCG Medical College here on Wednesday for DNA profiling, said Damodar Bihari, inspector-in-charge of Kotinada police station. “We will confirm if the skeleton…
Gurgaon: Haryana govt on Wednesday announced to make the 313-km stretch of Yamuna flowing through the state pollution-free. The state govt has also proposed a Rs 100-crore climate fund.Ahead of the state-level World Environment Day celebrations scheduled on June 5, the govt launched the mission-mode programme, with a target of ensuring “scientific treatment of water” from all drains entering the river by the end of the 2026-27 financial year.The initiative — to be chaired by chief minister Nayab Singh Saini — was announced by forest and environment minister Rao Narbir Singh amid continuing concerns over untreated sewage and industrial effluents…