Chennai: The Chennai city police on Saturday arrested a man who sexually assaulted a woman on the false promise of marriage and then abandoned her after she gave birth to a child.The woman, who works at a private hospital in the city, lodged a complaint at Teynampet all women police station saying R Siva, 33,…
T sets up expert panel on El Nino impact Hyderabad: In line with the state cabinet’s decision, the govt on Saturday constituted a 27-member multidisciplinary expert committee to assess the likely impact of El Nino conditions, recommend mitigation and adaptation measures, and prepare comprehensive state- and district-level contingency plans.The committee comprises experts from research institutions,…
Kolkata: The state govt plans to buy or rent special tree spade machines to transplant trees instead of cutting them down.Urban Development and Municipal Affairs minister Agnimitra Paul said the machine can lift a full tree with its roots and replant it elsewhere. The department is contacting Tolly Club to find out where such a…
Panaji: Goa DGP Alok Kumar has directed the police to identify and arrest drug suppliers feeding local dealers, aiming to dismantle narcotics networks in the state. He also ordered the freezing of assets linked to the drug trade to cut off traffickers’ financial strength.Investigations often stop after the first arrest and fail to trace who…
Ahmedabad: A photograph purportedly showing two accused persons tied to a tree inside the Sanand police station compound triggered a controversy after it went viral, raising concerns regarding alleged custodial punishment and public humiliation. The two accused, both around 20 years old, were arrested for allegedly sexually harassing a 22-year-old woman. According to police, the…
The meetings mark the city’s biggest ministerial-level international engagement since the G20 events hosted here in 2023 Chandigarh: Representatives from 21 countries, including health ministers, senior officials and experts from the 11 BRICS member nations and 10 partner countries, will converge on Chandigarh from July 21 for two key health-track events under India’s BRICS 2026…
Pune: A magisterial court has held that setting aside an Internal Complaints Committee (ICC) report in a proceeding under the POSH Act cannot, by itself, give rise to criminal liability against every member of the panel.Judicial magistrate first class (JMFC) USM Alamodi on Thursday rejected the complaint of a former vice-principal of a prominent city…
Lucknow: A 65-year-old woman was allegedly beaten to death by her son after she tried to stop him from consuming alcohol in Sitapur district on Saturday. The accused son is absconding.The incident took place in Beniyapur village of Imalia Sultanpur area where the victim, Savitri Devi, lived with her only son Tribhuvan.According to villagers, Tribhuvan…
Jaipur: Five women were shifted Saturday to the intensive care unit of the govt-run Umaid Hospital in Jodhpur, where they had undergone caesarean deliveries over the past two days, officials said. One of the five women is currently on ventilator support, they added.This comes even as the govt is grappling to establish the cause of…
NEW DELHI: Climate activist Sonam Wangchuk Saturday refused intravenous fluids, oral rehydration solution and medication despite an independent AIIMS expert endorsing Safdarjung Hospital’s assessment that he urgently requires fluid and electrolyte therapy. Doctors said Wangchuk remains conscious and haemodynamically stable but is showing clinical signs of dehydration, while his family has not yet consented to…
