One Found With Mercury 11,500 Times Above Limit; Experts Warn Of Severe Brain And Kidney Damage Dr Ravi Yadav Dr Ganaraj Bengaluru: With fairness creams easily available over the counter and also from online stores, some products with shockingly high levels of mercury are doing more harm than good. A few cases reviewed by Nimhans,…
Chennai: A 32-year-old electrician was hacked to death in full public view near a private school at Red Hills on Wednesday morning. Police arrested three men, including two brothers of the victim’s wife. Police said a family dispute over his extramarital relationship led to the murder.R Rathinavel Pandian of Mondiamman Nagar was riding his two-wheeler…
Hyderabad: The health department on Wednesday refuted reports claiming that outsourcing employees of the Dr Marri Channa Reddy Telangana Institute of Medical Sciences (Dr MCR TIMS), Sanathnagar, had staged a protest.Officials clarified that the employees seen protesting were associated with construction firm Megha Engineering and Infrastructures Limited (MEIL), which is executing the TIMS project, and…
Doctors advised people with flu-like symptoms to wear masks in crowded or poorly ventilated spaces Gurgaon: The city recorded seven H1N1 (swine flu) cases in Aug so far — the highest monthly tally in 2026 and more than double the count from any other month this year, according to district health department data.Twenty-one H1N1 cases…
The other hotel, owned by Bireswar Mitra, located also on Free School Street Kolkata: Bireswar Mitra, owner of Shikha Inn, located on the second floor of the five-storey building at 15, Mirza Ghalib Street, also owns Hotel Jaapon, situated right opposite. Apart from these two, Mitra owns two hotels in Digha.Mitra, the resident of Roy…
Big cat bites and scratches transmit rare oral bacteria that can cause rapid infections in humans Ghaziabad: Indian tourists’ fascination with petting tigers in Thailand almost cost a five-year-old her life. The girl developed life-threatening sepsis from a scratch the tiger left on her during a visit to a park in Pattaya that houses these…
GIDC records obtained through RTI have raised questions over the project’s execution Panaji: Fresh allegations of corruption within the Goa Industrial Development Corporation (GIDC) have surfaced, with a complaint alleging manipulation of contractual records, alteration of bills after completion of work and substitution of tender items reaching chief secretary V Candavelou. This is the third…
Gorakhpur: Critically ill patients at AIIMS Gorakhpur may soon be airlifted to higher medical centres in significantly less time, with the institute’s helipad nearing completion.Once operational, the facility is expected to enable air ambulances to reach Lucknow in around 35-40 minutes and Delhi in nearly 1 hour 45 minutes. It could prove crucial for patients…
Gandhinagar: Gujarat govt on Wednesday raised the annual family income ceiling for students from the unreserved category seeking financial assistance under its foreign study loan scheme from Rs 6 lakh to Rs 10 lakh, widening the eligibility net for those aspiring to pursue higher education abroad.The social justice and empowerment department issued a resolution on…
Tributes being paid to Sant Harchand Singh Longowal on his death anniversary Jalandhar: Sant Harchand Singh Longowal, then Shiromani Akali Dal president, was assassinated on Aug 20, 1985, weeks after he signed the Punjab Accord with Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi on Jul 24. An account by then Punjab DGP Kirpal Dhillon raises questions over alleged…
