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Vadodara: After spending years on the wrong side of the law and allegedly committing multiple burglaries in the city, Prahlad Dadhich attempted to turn over a new leaf. About five years ago, he moved to Maharashtra and started a small provision store in Thane. However, the business failed to take off, leaving him with losses running into lakhs.Driven by mounting debt and desperation, Dadhich allegedly slipped back into crime, returning to Vadodara to resume burglaries. His second stint in the criminal world, however, was short-lived as he and his accomplice were arrested by the crime branch.”He spent over four years…

Varanasi: Five people, including three of a family, were killed in separate road accidents in Sonbhadra and Mirzapur districts on Sunday night.According to reports, three people lost their lives after their bike was hit by a truck on the Varanasi-Shaktinagar Road near Hinduari intersection in the Robertsganj police station area of Sonbhadra. They suffered severe head injuries and were rushed to a hospital by the police, but were declared dead.The deceased were identified as retired principal Dayashankar Singh (61), his elder brother Kamla Singh (65), and brother-in-law Prem Singh (60). The victims had gone to attend a tilak ceremony in…

AMBERNATH: The ongoing tussle over the numerical strength of the Shiv Sena and the BJP-led Ambarnath Vikas Aghadi in the Ambarnath Municipal Council has reached the Bombay high court, leading to the postponement of a crucial meeting for the formation of the standing committee and various subject committees.Following the high court’s intervention, the district collector deferred the special meeting scheduled for Monday, Jan 19, at 11 am, to 5 pm the same day. The order has prolonged the political deadlock in the municipal body, leaving the formation of key committees in suspense. “Democracy Sliding Into ICU”: Opposition Targets BJP As…

Kolkata: Kolkata Police detective department seized six firearms and 11 rounds of ammunition from the passenger of an auto-rickshaw travelling from Gariahat towards the Eastern Bypass around 1pm on Sunday. The accused, identified as Mohammad Isteyak (38), son of Md Ali Qureshi of Baida village under Gurua Police Station in Gaya district, was intercepted on Sunday, following intelligence inputs that the weapons were being transported from Bihar and Jharkhand into Bengal, said joint CP (crime) Rupesh Kumar. The suspect had travelled to Kolkata by an overnight bus from Gaya. The suspect was intercepted by a team from DD – Anti…

Dy CM Surinder Choudhary terms it a major development boon for J&KSrinagar, Feb 9:  Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly saw uproar on Monday over the implementation of the Special Assistance Scheme for Capital Investment (SASCI), forcing repeated interventions from the Chair and the eventual adjournment of the House.The controversy erupted during the ongoing budget discussion when PDP MLA Waheed-ur-Rehman Parra launched a scathing attack on the scheme, terming it “anti-people” and warning that it could adversely impact the economic future of the Union Territory. Parra alleged that the policy could compromise local interests and demanded the formation of a House…

Woman with hormonal disorder dies after ward boy posing as doctor gives her injections at her Vashi residence NAVI MUMBAI: Police have arrested a quack after a 21-year-old woman, who was suffering from hormonal disorder, died allegedly after he administered injections at her Vashi residence on Feb 5.The accused, Sandesh Pashte (30), is a Mankhurd resident who works as a ward boy in a nursing home in Andheri, said senior inspector Shashikant Chandekar of Vashi police station.The deceased woman was identified as Prachiti Bhuvad, a resident of Giridhar Niwas building in Vashi Sector 11.Police registered an FIR against Pashte under…

New Delhi: All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) has been ranked 6th globally in the 2026 Brand Finance Global Top 250 Hospitals report, positioning the country’s premier public hospital among the most trusted and high-performing healthcare institutions in the world. AIIMS figures just behind Johns Hopkins Medicine, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Stanford University Medical Center, Mass General Brigham and the Mayo Clinic Health System — all based in the US or the UK. Its position alongside these global leaders highlights India’s rising influence in clinical care, medical education and research-driven public health. According to the report, AIIMS…

Ahead of elections to the five city corporations under the Greater Bengaluru Authority (GBA), chief commissioner Maheshwar Rao has directed officials to strictly follow the ward boundaries as notified in the official govt notification, warning that no deviations will be permitted.The instructions came during a review meeting at GBA headquarters on the standard operating procedure (SOP) for verifying the draft electoral rolls of the five city corporations. To ensure full alignment with the notified ward descriptions, Rao instructed the IT department to update and correct digital ward maps. He also emphasised that, in the long term, ward boundary verification should…

Hyderabad: Enforcement Directorate has initiated a probe under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act into the Tirupati laddu adulteration case, registering an Enforcement Case Information Report against the accused and launching a formal probe, ED sources said.According to the special investigation team’s (SIT) supplementary chargesheet, the case revolves around alleged hawala-based cash transactions and illegal gratification paid by private dairy firms and intermediaries to Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) officials to influence ghee tenders and quality clearances. Forensic examination of mobile phones, WhatsApp chats and Excel sheets is stated to have revealed documented payments to the then general manager (procurement), TTD,…

Chennai: In the battle against cancer, the earliest win starts at zero, an oncologist said at the launch of ‘zero to hero’, a campaign by Apollo cancer centre and Apollo proton centre to mark world cancer day and raise awareness about early cancer detection at stage zero.Stage zero cancer, also called carcinoma in situ, describes abnormal cells confined to their origin site, such as milk ducts in the breast. These cells resemble cancer under a microscope but do not invade nearby tissue or spread. “Detection at this stage allows treatment before progression, often via surgery or monitoring, with high success…