KOLKATA: More than 150 illegal stalls outside Howrah station were razed and close to 200 vendors evicted in a drive launched late on Saturday. A similar action at Sealdah station, which started on Friday night and continued on Saturday as well, saw the removal of around 300 hawkers.In Howrah, payloaders removed structures that encroached on…
Panaji: Hypertension is the major risk factor in strokes, with around 70% of all strokes hypertension-related, said head of GMC’s neurology department, Dr Teresa Ferreira. She stressed on the need to check one’s blood pressure regularly and keep it under control.Everyday, GMC’s emergency department sees between three and five acute stroke cases, ranging from mild…
Ahmedabad: A joint raid by the city special operations group (SOG) and representatives of trademark holders led to the busting of an alleged duplicate pan masala manufacturing unit in Odhav, where fake Vimal and Mahak pan masala products worth Rs 3.3 lakh were seized on Saturday evening.The complaint was filed by Hiren Patel, 44, proprietor…
Immigration Travel Concept. Group of miniature with backpack walking and standing on passport with immigration stamps. Ludhiana: A life abroad has been the most long cherished dream of city residents, handed down generations on the promise of better standard of living.However, the desire has also spawned desperation, with many willing to gamble away homes, land…
Chandigarh: The State Election Commission (SEC), Punjab, on Sunday deferred elections to the Kharar municipal council following a Punjab and Haryana high court order pointing to anomalies in the 2021 delimitation exercise.The court, while disposing of a petition on Friday, noted that several newly added areas in the municipal council had not been included in…
Residents of the Undri hilltop and Pisoli areas are frustrated by the poor water supply of the civic body Pune: The long-pending inauguration of three overhead tanks at the hands of chief minister Devendra Fadnavis on Sunday is slated to bring a measure of relief to thousands of residents of NIBM Road and Mohammadwadi from…
Silchar: Massive erosion, along the banks of the Barak river, triggered due to heavy rainfall since Thursday night has rendered at least 10 families homeless at Madarpur village in north Karimganj.With large stretches of land, including houses and trees having been swallowed by the Barak river, the affected families have moved to a relief camp…
LUCKNOW: The Government Railway Police (GRP), Lucknow, on Sunday launched an investigation into the murder of an unidentified woman whose dismembered body was found concealed inside a box and a heavy-duty cargo bag in the sleeper coach of the Chhapra-Gomti Nagar Express.The gruesome discovery was made after the train completed its 503-km journey and terminated…
PHED officials conducting special campaign Jaipur: The Public Health Engineering Department (PHED) Saturday conducted its fourth state-level special campaign to strengthen, streamline, and improve the reliability of rural drinking water systems across Rajasthan.Officials said the drive focused on providing prompt solutions to drinking water-related problems in villages. The department will continue organizing such special campaigns…
A fire broke out in the Sasaram-Patna passenger train on Monday due to a suspected short circuit at Sasaram Junction in Bihar.No casualties have been reported so far.This comes a day after a fire broke out on the Trivandrum Central–Hazrat Nizamuddin Rajdhani Express (Train No. 12431) in Madhya Pradesh’s Ratlam district.While all 68 passengers in…
