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Rajkot: Jetpur City police arrested a moneylender after a sewing machine shop owner accused him of extortion, threats and harassment despite repaying nearly Rs 41 lakh against loans totalling Rs 24 lakh.According to the FIR, complainant Ashok Rathod (38) borrowed money from accused Jayesh Bhut in instalments between 2018 and 2021 at a monthly interest rate of 2%. Rathod claimed he took the loans to support his business, pay for his sister’s wedding and meet expenses for his mother’s medical treatment.Rathod, originally from Rajasthan’s Rajsamand district and settled in Jetpur for around 35 years, alleged that he regularly paid Rs…
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Ketan Patel in police custody Surat: A 29-year-old man arrested under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act escaped from Utran police custody in the early hours of Sunday after complaining of constipation. The accused, Ketan Patel alias Vakil, allegedly removed the glass pane from a toilet ventilator and fled while police personnel were waiting outside. He was tracked down and arrested within a few hours.After his escape, Patel allegedly stole a moped to facilitate his getaway. Utran police registered two additional FIRs against him for escaping from lawful custody, damaging public property and vehicle theft.Patel was arrested by…
Vadodara: Marking World Breastfeeding Week, Parul Sevashram Hospital on Monday announced that its neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) has become a zero-formula unit, ensuring that every newborn admitted receives exclusive human milk directly from the mother or through pasteurised donor milk supplied by the hospital’s human milk bank.Founded in 2023, the milk bank k has supported more than 1,000 newborns by providing donor milk whenever mothers‘ own milk is temporarily unavailable. The bank maintains an average stock of over 30 litres of donor milk each month, receives around 20 litres through donations and distributes nearly 13 litres to infants in…
MoU was exchanged by BLW deputy chief engineer Saket and VMC additional municipal commissioner Durgesh Mishra Varanasi: Banaras Locomotive Works (BLW) and Varanasi Municipal Corporation (VMC) signed an MoU on Monday for the implementation of an integrated storm water drainage project worth Rs45.30 crore.The MoU was exchanged by BLW deputy chief engineer Saket and VMC additional municipal commissioner Durgesh Mishra. in the presence of BLW GM Ashutosh Pant and municipal commissioner Himanshu Nagpal.The project involves the construction of an integrated storm water drainage system covering around 14.20 kilometres from Pahadi Gate to Chitaipur Road. Of the total project cost, BLW…
Forces during a search operation for a man who was swept away in Kanjirappuzha river in Kannur on Sunday Thiruvananthapuram: As Kerala battles widespread flooding, particularly in the central districts where rivers have overflowed after heavy rain, an ambitious flood-mitigation initiative modelled on the Dutch “Room for the River” concept remains largely on paper.Assembly records show the project had neither secured funding nor progressed beyond preliminary studies, even eight years after the devastating 2018 floods brought attention to the Dutch model, which is designed to give rivers more space to safely carry excess water during floods. The former LDF govt…
Boost for medical tourism Kolkata: The overwhelming response to the resumption of India’s tourist visas for Bangladeshis after two years has been accompanied by a surge in medical visa approvals, giving a fresh boost to Kolkata’s medical tourism.Over the past three weeks, most private hospitals in Kolkata have witnessed the biggest spurt in the arrival of Bangladeshi patients since unrest across the border following anti-Hasina protests in mid-2024 prompted the Indian authorities to enforce travel curbs. Patients from Bangladesh accounted for around 15% of the revenue of many private hospitals in Kolkata before the restrictions came into force.Standard tourist visa…
Srinagar, Aug 03: Aspirants preparing for the Jammu and Kashmir Combined Competitive Examination, conducted for recruitment to the Jammu and Kashmir Administrative Service and allied services, have renewed their demand for the permanent restoration of the upper age limit for Open Merit candidates to 37 years.In a representation issued on Monday, the JKCCE (JKAS) Aspirants Community urged the J&K Government to revise the existing upper age limit of 32 years, calling it an administrative anomaly that places aspirants from the Union Territory at a disadvantage compared with candidates in several other states.The aspirants said J&K continues to face high unemployment…
Meta apologises before Parliament panel over removal of PM Modi’s Facebook video NEW DELHI: Parliamentary standing committee on communications and information technology chairman Nishikant Dubey on Monday said Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg should personally apologise over the temporary removal of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Facebook video, warning that the social media giant could lose its safe harbour protection if it failed to do so.Dubey’s remarks came after Meta apologised before the parliamentary panel, saying the PM Modi’s video was removed due to an error. However, members of the committee said the issue went beyond an apology and demanded accountability for…
It is alleged that several institutions submitted their fee proposals after the prescribed deadline Mumbai: Lakhs of students and parents across Maharashtra could face an additional financial burden running into crores of rupees after the Fee Regulating Authority allegedly approved fee increases for 1,272 unaided professional colleges beyond the statutory deadline.Yuva Sena has alleged that the FRA violated provisions of the Maharashtra Unaided Private Professional Educational Institutions law by conducting 26 meetings after March 31, the deadline prescribed for deciding review applications relating to college fee proposals.The meetings were reportedly held between April 27 and July 27, 2026, and covered…