According to health department data, 1,01,571 children were vaccinated on day one. Ludhiana: Over one lakh children up to five years of age received oral polio drops on the first day of the National Pulse Polio Immunisation Campaign across Ludhiana district on Sunday. Civil surgeon Dr Ramandeep Kaur and district immunisation officer Dr Harpreet Singh…
Bengaluru: The high court Tuesday dismissed a petition by Kamakshipalya police seeking permission to cross-examine Ratnaprabha, mother of deceased Renukaswamy and a prosecution witness in the murder case in which actor Darshan is the prime accused.Police had challenged a Jan 17, 2026, trial court order rejecting their request to invoke Section 154 of the Indian…
New Delhi: Amid mounting pressure to create permanent shelters for aggressive stray dogs, Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) has, for the first time, earmarked Rs 20 crore for the development of dog shelters and another Rs 20 crore for microchipping strays in its 2026-27 budget. Implementation of both the initiatives, however, remains slow.Senior officials said…
Hyderabad: The Telangana State Industrial Infrastructure Corporation (TGIIC) secured Rs 204 crore per acre for a 5.09-acre plot in Raidurg in the land e-auction conducted on Monday. Sources said Vamsiram builders bought the premium plot for Rs 1,040 crore. The corporation last week auctioned a 6.29 acres plot in the same Raidurg, which was sold…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday responded to the opposition’s criticism over his unscheduled stop to buy “jhalmuri” during poll campaigning in West Bengal.While addressing a rally in Krishnanagar, the Prime Minister said Bengal will celebrate the BJP’s victory with sweets and jhalmuri.“You must wave the flag of the BJP-NDA’s victory with all…
Bengaluru: Ironically, RGUHS will award honorary doctorate to AC Shanmugam, founder-chancellor of Rajarajeswari Medical College and Hospital, an institute with which the varsity is having a legal tussle.In 2019, the Centre and UGC approved an application to change the college from under the ambit of RGUHS and transfer it to Dr MGR Educational and Research…
Hyderabad: Agriculture minister Tummala Nageswara Rao has urged Union chemicals and fertilisers minister Jagat Prakash Nadda to immediately compensate Telangana for a 0.47 lakh metric tonne (LMT) shortfall in urea supplies during April and ensure full allocation of the state’s June quota of 2 LMTs ahead of the kharif season.In a letter to Nadda, Tummala…
The district administration has denied imposing any blanket ban Pune: Fuel pump operators in Pune on Thursday largely stopped dispensing diesel in cans and other containers to hospitals, schools, banks, housing societies, businesses and farmers, following a series of directives by district authorities and subsequent enforcement of existing petroleum norms, creating confusion among dealers over…
Car fire occurred inside the Mumbai Coastal Road tunnel, causing traffic delays. MUMBAI: Panic gripped motorists on Wednesday afternoon after a car caught fire inside the northbound tunnel of the Mumbai Coastal Road, forcing authorities to temporarily shut the tunnel and triggering a major traffic jam along the Breach Candy stretch.The blaze, reported around 12.25…
Kolkata: “If the SIR tribunal goes on at the current pace, it will take 21 years for all appeals to be disposed of,” the Calcutta High Court said on Wednesday, also stressing that a passport cannot be issued without citizenship checks.Hearing an appeal by an SIR-deleted voter whose tatkal passport application is pending due to…
