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NOIDA: A 12-year-old boy died by suicide on Tuesday night in the Phase 2 area, police said, allegedly after being reprimanded by his mother for watching television for long hours.Officials said the child, a Class 5 student, was scolded earlier in the evening and warned that the family’s cable connection would be disconnected if the behaviour continued. Police said the boy appeared distressed following the reprimand. Later that night, he was found hanging inside the family’s home.A team from Phase 2 police station, which reached the spot after the family alerted the cops, did not find any suicide note. An…

PUNE: Nearly three tonnes of highly flammable propylene gas leaked into the atmosphere during a prolonged 32-hour decanting operation after a gas tanker overturned near the Adoshi tunnel on the Pune–Mumbai Expressway, petroleum experts and disaster management officials involved in the operation said.Officials said the incident had the potential to turn catastrophic, given the volatile nature of propylene gas and the expressway’s strategic importance as one of Maharashtra’s busiest corridors.“This could have turned into a major disaster had there been even a small spark or a minor error while executing the operation,” Z N Gawade, technical director of Mec Elec…

Panaji: The Bird Atlas of Goa was released at the ninth Bird Festival of Goa on Friday, making Goa the second state in India, after Kerala, to publish a comprehensive state-level bird atlas.The programme also witnessed the release of “Birds of Goa: Konkani Nomenclature – Olakh Suknayanchi”, contributing to the documentation and popularisation of avifauna in the local language.The ninth Bird Festival of Goa, themed Majestic Mhadei, was formally inaugurated at Valpoi. The chief guest for the occasion was C Candavelou, chief secretary and principal secretary of forests, who inaugurated the festival.Further strengthening wildlife conservation efforts in the state, an…

Yamunanagar: The Haryana Vidhan Sabha’s Environment Pollution Subject Committee on Friday categorically directed that no untreated sewage or industrial effluent should be discharged into the Yamuna canal, or any other water body under any circumstances. The committee stressed that environmental protection is directly linked to public health and the safety of future generations and must not be treated as a mere formality.The directions were issued during an extensive inspection of key projects and sites in the Yamunanagar-Jagadhri twin city, led by committee chairman and Kosli MLA Laxman Singh Yadav. Committee members Ghanshyam Dass Arora (MLA, Yamunanagar), Akram Khan (MLA, Jagadhri)…

Lucknow: An FIR was registered against Uttar Pradesh Congress president Ajay Rai in the Sarojininagar police station area on Thursday for allegedly making defamatory remarks against local BJP MLA Rajeshwar Singh, police said on Friday.The complaint was filed by BJP leader Shivshankar Singh alias Shankari, who alleged that Rai made false, defamatory and provocative statements against Singh during a ‘Samvidhan Samvad Mahapanchayat’ at Natkur Tiraha on Gauri-Bijnor Road on Feb 1. According to the complaint, Rai allegedly accused the BJP MLA of “looting the country and Lucknow”, claims which the complainant termed baseless. It was further alleged that the speech…

A man with a significant criminal past, Sunil Kumar, was fatally shot in Patna’s Phulwarisharif area. Having recently secured bail, Kumar was targeted in his colony, with police suspecting old enmity as the motive. Authorities are reviewing CCTV footage and have taken two individuals into custody for questioning as a special investigation team probes the incident. Patna: A 36-year-old man with criminal history was shot dead in Phulwarisharif area on Friday morning.The deceased, identified as Sunil Kumar, had more than a dozen cases against lodged against him and was recently released from jail on bail. The killing appeared linked to…

Jaipur: Rajasthan Police’s Special Operations Group (SOG) has arrested two graduates who obtained their medical degrees from abroad before allegedly procuring and submitting forged Foreign Medical Graduate Examination (FMGE) certificates to obtain internships from the Rajasthan Medical Council (RMC).The FMGE is mandatory for citizens with a foreign medical degree who wish to practice in India.The main accused in the case, Bhana Ram Mali alias Bhanu (30), was detained at New Delhi airport on Feb 2 and formally arrested the following day. The MBBS graduate from Kazakhstan is considered the mastermind behind the scheme, not only securing a forged FMGE certificate…

Nagpur: Kolkata-based Super Smelters, which finalised a proposal within seven days and signed a memorandum of understanding for a Rs10,000 crore steel plant during the Advantage Vidarbha event on Thursday, plans to set up a 2 million tonnes per annum (MTPA) capacity steel unit at Gadchiroli. This adds to the list of steel units planned in the district. The company’s promoters had contacted Association of Industrial Development (AID), the organisation which organised the event, after which Super Smelters took up the proposal before the state govt. The company, which sells steel products under the Super Shakti brand, has a 4.4…

Hazaribag: An elderly farmer, who was on his way to Hazaribag town to sell vegetables, died after his bike was rammed by a speeding tractor on Friday. The incident took place near the Luta Railway Overbridge under Katkamdag police station limits. The victim was identified as Vasudev Mahto (65) of Pakrar village under Katkamdag block.Vasudev, local police said, was heading towards city to sell vegetables when the tractor rammed his bike him near the overbridge around 6 am. While Vasudev died on the spot, the driver of the tractor fled the spot. Locals soon gathered and blocked the road seeking…

Gorakhpur: The Uttar Pradesh govt is developing a large Kanha Upvan in Gorakhpur to strengthen management of stray cattle. The facility, coming up at Tal Nador along the Gorakhpur–Varanasi highway, will be the biggest cow shelter in the district and will be able to accommodate around 2,000 cattle at a time.At present, Gorakhpur has 34 functional cow shelters, including the Kanha Upvan at Mahewa under the municipal corporation, with a combined capacity of about 5,000 cattle. Chief veterinary officer (CVO) Dharmendra Kumar Pandey said nearly 4,500 cattle are currently housed in these shelters, putting pressure on existing infrastructure and highlighting…