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Nagpur: Ramtek police arrested three persons within 12 hours after an unidentified person was killed in a hit and run accident case which also involved animal cruelty.The incident occurred around midnight on May 21 on Tumsar-Ramtek Road opposite Tidke College. A speeding SUV rammed into a roadside shop, killing one person who was standing nearby. The SUV driver and his accomplices abandoned the vehicle and fled the scene.Police discovered six cattle crammed in the SUV. The animals were tied tightly with ropes to their horns and legs. There was no fodder or water for the cattle, which apparently were being…
Rajkot: Police added charges under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) against the five persons accused — including two forest department employees — for the large-scale illegal felling of trees in a protected forest area in Bhavnagar district that forms part of a key lion corridor.The accused were earlier booked under the Indian Forest Act and the Wildlife (Protection) Act for allegedly cutting down 1,700 trees from the Nani Rajasthali vidi (reserved forest). Police have now added charges of criminal trespass, criminal breach of trust, criminal conspiracy and related offences.The offences were registered after senior forest officials detected a major racket…
It said that these measures will help contain the impact of the current weather conditions while ensuring uninterrupted national highway construction and operations. “As India faces increasing heatwaves and rising temperatures, it is imperative to prioritise the safety, health, and well-being of our workforce,” the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII said) in an advisory to its members. Ranchi: The Ranchi Met office has issued a heat wave alert at isolated parts of the state from Saturday.The weather office said heat wave is at isolated places in north-western part of the state such as Garhwa, Palamu, Chatra and south-eastern part such…
Varanasi: A 26-day-old newborn, brought at the Community Health Centre (CHC) Cholapur in a critical condition on May 14 was successfully treated and discharged on Wednesday.The child was brought from a private clinic to the Pediatric OPD of Dr. Akanksha Singh at CHC Cholapur with severe jaundice and acute anaemia. During examination, yellowing was found to have spread to the palms and soles of the child.Laboratory tests revealed haemoglobin at 5.1 gram/decilitre and serum bilirubin at 14 milligram/decilitre.In view of the severe anaemia and hyperbilirubinemia, doctors conducted High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) for further investigation, which indicated haemolytic anaemia and…
Ex-Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan Thiruvananthapuram: After assuming office as opposition leader, the Z-plus security earlier extended to former chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan has been withdrawn. He is now being provided Y-category security.One of the security personnel, Sandeep S, who had served as Vijayan’s gunman and is now an accused in the case related to alleged assault on Youth Congress and KSU activists during Nava Kerala Yatra has been dropped from Vijayan’s security detail.However, another accused in the same case, security officer Anil Kumar, continues to be part of Vijayan’s security team.Under the revised arrangement, two personal security officers (PSOs) have…
Jhargram: Bikram Kumar Sau, the jhalmuri seller from Jhargram who shot to fame after Prime Minister Narendra Modi stopped at his stall during an election rally last month, has allegedly received death threats from numbers linked to Pakistan and Bangladesh.Sau has lodged a complaint at Jhargram police station following repeated threatening messages and WhatsApp calls. According to the complaint, Sau received messages warning that his shop would be blown up.One message from a Pakistani number read: “Tera shop hamare target pe hai jese he rush hoga bum se ura denge. (Your shop is on our focus. We will blow it…
WHO declares disease global health emergency Mansoor Peer Srinagar, May 22: The Government of India (GoI) has issued Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) to strengthen preparedness and response mechanisms against Ebola disease following the recent outbreak in parts of Africa and the World Health Organization’s declaration of the situation as a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC), with all airports and seaports directed to intensify surveillance of passengers arriving from Ebola-affected countries. The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, in its SOP issued on May 20, stated that the outbreak was first reported on May 5, 2026, after the WHO…
NEW DELHI: In a significant breakthrough, the Centre and Ladakh representatives Friday agreed on creation of an elected body at UT level “with full legislative, executive and financial powers”, apart from having similar bodies in each of the seven districts.The two sides – which resumed talks after a gap of over three months, with environmentalist and activist Sonam Wangchuk, released in March after six months of detention under NSA, also joining in – reached an understanding on providing Ladakh constitutional safeguards – in matters like land, jobs and culture etc – under Article 371, as applicable to states like Nagaland,…
A routine police drive to rehabilitate beggars from the street took an extraordinary turn when a disoriented pavement dweller turned out to be a former medical student separated from his family during a mental health crisis Mumbai: A routine police drive to rehabilitate beggars from the street took an extraordinary turn when a disoriented pavement dweller turned out to be a former medical student separated from his family during a mental health crisis. Digging deeper, police officers tracked down the youth’s family to Nanded, culminating in an emotional, late-night reunion at the Malad police station.The chain of events unfolded on…
New Delhi: Amid ongoing desilting operations across major drains and nullahs ahead of the monsoon, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) has raised concerns over delay in cleaning the disused canal drain connecting Karkari Mor to the SDM office in east Delhi.The civic body claimed that no work had started at site till last week and this lapse was pointed out during the last visit of commissioner MCD to the site. No response was received from PWD on this matter.“The drain carries a large volume of discharge from Shahdara South Zone and falls under the responsibility of PWD as the…