The Vasai-Virar Municipal Corporation’s health department said the accused doctor practises electro-homeopathy and is not registered with the Maharashtra Medical Council Vasai: An eight-year-old girl died a day after she was allegedly given injections at a clinic in Vasai (E), prompting her parents to claim the treatment caused her death and police filed an FIR…
Mangaluru: One contract worker was charred to death and 12 others sustained injuries following a fire and a blast at a processing unit of Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Ltd (MRPL), 20km from here, around Wednesday noon.The explosion around 12.20pm sent out a loud boom that was heard in areas 10-12km away, with thick black smoke…
Chennai: The Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) has invited bids to supply cloth bags to 105 vending machines across 17 districts under a one-year contract valued at ₹67 lakh.As a continuation of the state govt’s ‘Meendum Manjappai’ scheme launched in 2021 to enforce the blanket ban on single-use plastics, the bags will be supplied…
Dilshada, first Muslim woman, to helm UoH students’ union Hyderabad: Twenty-four-year-old Dilshada Raihan created history on Wednesday by becoming the first Muslim woman in 25 years to contest and win the presidency of a student union of a major Indian university.The Students’ Federation of India (SFI) candidate defeated Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) candidate Naresh…
In Vatika India Next, plots worth Rs 140 crore are allegedly undelivered Gurgaon: Vatika promoters Anil and Gautam Bhalla were arrested by Enforcement Directorate over allegations that buyers paid about Rs 260 crore upfront for residential plots in the group’s projects in the city, but substantial portions of the promised land were never delivered. The…
Kolkata: A 15-year-old Class IX student of a prominent south Kolkata school ended in hospital and underwent surgery after being slashed with a sharp object by a classmate inside the classroom during school hours on Wednesday. The injured teenager sustained deep cuts on his neck and multiple fingers of the left hand.According to a statement…
YEIDA gateway to come up near Murshadpur village Noida: As plans to develop a multi-modal logistics hub and industrial node around Noida International Airport pick up, Yamuna Expressway Industrial Development Authority (YEIDA) said it will build a Rs 4.5 crore entry gate on a 60-metre-wide road along Yamuna Expressway near Murshadpur village in Sector 27,…
Panaji: Goa has recorded its driest monsoon season in five decades, with the state receiving only around 80 inches of rainfall between June 1 and Sept 30 against the seasonal average of nearly 118 inches, resulting in a deficit of about 32%. The deficit is the highest recorded in the state since 2010 and marks…
Man Arrested Issues Fake Teacher Appointment Letter for Rs 2.30 Lakh Caught in Azamgarh Varanasi: Mehnajpur police in Azamgarh district on Wednesday arrested a man for allegedly duping a job aspirant of Rs 2.30 lakh on the promise of securing him a job as an assistant teacher and issuing a forged appointment letter.According to Azamgarh…
Ahmedabad: Stepping up safety checks ahead of the upcoming auspicious festival of Diwali, the estate department of the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation’s Central Zone sealed 30 illegal firecracker shops along the busy stretch from Kalupur Darwaza to Kalupur Tower in the Old City area on Wednesday.Aggrieved shopkeepers have been given a strict deadline of three days…
