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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…

T’puram: A long-simmering neighbourhood dispute took a violent turn on Friday when a 43-year-old woman was grievously injured in a machete attack allegedly carried out by her uncle over a disagreement related to scooter parking at Kilimanoor.The incident occurred at 6am as the victim, Sindhu, was returning home after dropping her children for tuition classes. Police said the accused, Manikuttan (60), who is both her neighbour and uncle, objected to Sindhu parking scooter near his residence, leading to a heated verbal exchange. According to complaint filed by Sindhu, during the argument Manikuttan allegedly went inside his house and returned with…

Kolkata: A court in Kolkata has sentenced Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) militant Jahidul Islam to eight years in prison after he confessed to plotting a jail break while being transferred from Kolkata sessions court to Presidency Jail.Chief judge Sukumar Roy of city sessions court held Islam guilty on Wednesday and imposed a fine of Rs 50,000, with an additional one year of imprisonment in default of payment. The court also awarded separate sentences on other counts, but directed all sentences to run concurrently.Islam, aka Kausar and ‘Bomb Mizan’ is the former operations chief of JMB in India. He is serving a…

Srinagar, Feb 6: Director Agriculture Kashmir, Sartaj Ahmad Shah, on Friday visited the Seed Multiplication Farm at Padgampora, Pulwama, to assess ongoing activities and review the progress of seed production initiatives.During the visit, the Director specifically inspected the Section Vegetables, where he evaluated the current status of vegetable seed multiplication efforts.He reviewed the overall working of the section, including field operations, crop management practices, and preparations for quality seed production to meet the region’s agricultural requirements.The Director emphasized the critical role of departmental seed multiplication farms in achieving self-reliance in quality seeds for various crops, particularly in the vegetable sector,…

Thane: The Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC) collected Rs 556.2 crore in property tax for 2025–26 by Jan end, falling more than Rs 200 crore short of its annual target of Rs 841 crore, a major revenue setback for the cash-strapped civic body.Property tax is one of TMC’s largest sources of income, funding key civic services and infrastructure projects. The shortfall intensified pressure on the corporation to manage its finances effectively, especially as only two months are available to recover the shortfall.According to an official release detailing the collections administrative ward-wise, the Majiwada–Manpada ward recorded the highest collection at Rs 175…

NEW DELHI: The killer pit – 20 feet long, 14 feet deep and 13 feet wide – in which Kamal Dhyani’s body was found is bang on Joginder Singh Marg in Janakpuri, a stretch dotted with at least four other pits, just as gaping. Like this one – large enough to swallow a four-wheeler – they have been dug by Delhi Jal Board (DJB) for underground sewer work. A spot inspection of the stretch by TOI revealed multiple safety lapses.Before Friday morning, just two brown barricades had been placed near the traffic light at the start of this stretch, leaving…

Bengaluru: Nearly three years after its launch by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Mysuru, the International Big Cat Alliance (IBCA) is set to hold its first key meeting in Bengaluru this Sunday. The inaugural session comes ahead of the international summit scheduled to be held in New Delhi later this year, as announced by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in the Union Budget. Forest department sources told TOI although IBCA was launched in April 2023, it was formally constituted only in Jan 2025. “As a prelude to the forthcoming global summit in Delhi, the Centre chose Bengaluru to host the inaugural…