CAG report on Indian Railways NEW DELHI: E. coli bacteria, some strains of which can cause food poisoning, diarrhoea and kidney failure, has been detected in drinking samples collected from water coolers at several railway stations, according to a report by the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India.The CAG study assessed passenger services at…
Vaishali’s mother Nagalakshmi, Pranesh M, Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa, and Vaibhav Suri (Photo by Michal Walusza) NEW DELHI: A visa issue has cast uncertainty over Indian chess prodigy Pranesh Munirethinam’s participation in the upcoming FIDE World Team Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships in Hong Kong, prompting an urgent appeal from coach RB Ramesh.Taking to X on Tuesday,…
R Madhavan is celebrated not only for his work as an actor and filmmaker, but also as the proud father of accomplished swimmer Vedaant Madhavan, who has earned recognition through multiple international victories. Over the years, Madhavan has frequently spoken about his son’s rigorous training journey and the sacrifices the family made to support his…
Hyderabad: Fraudsters posing as law enforcement officials extorted 60 lakh from a 69-year-old retired central govt employee from Miyapur by threatening to arrest him in a fabricated money laundering case. On the victim’s complaint, Cyberabad cyber crime police registered a case and launched a probe.The complainant from Miyapur received a call on March 24 from…
3 friends were tragically killed by a black Scorpio SUV CHANDIGARH: Three friends were killed after being allegedly run over by a black Scorpio SUV in Haryana’s Panipat district, with their families claiming the incident was a premeditated murder linked to an illegal mining dispute rather than a road accident.The incident occurred around 9 pm…
A Tennessee optometrist has pleaded guilty to a multimillion-dollar healthcare fraud scheme that federal prosecutors say cheated Medicare and other government programs out of millions of dollars over several years.48-year-old Helen Boerman of Brentwood admitted earlier this week that she defrauded Medicare of approximately $6.9 million through false billing tied to her eye care practice,…
Ahmedabad: It was of deja vu for a Vejalpur family on Friday after a 20-year-old college student died in a road accident nearly a decade after her father was killed in a similar manner.Kavya Pandya, a BSc IT student at Rai University, was crushed to death by a speeding dumper truck near Azadnagar bus stop…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi (centre) with Satish Dhond, state joint secretary (organisation) of West Bengal’s Asansol kendra and BJP West Bengal leader Suvendu Adhikari (right) Panaji: From scripting BJP’s landmark victory in the 2012 Goa assembly elections, Satish Dhond, state joint secretary (organisation) of West Bengal’s Asansol Kendra, has once again stamped his authority in…
The Moon does not travel across the sky at a constant pace. Its speed changes throughout each orbit, a detail ancient astronomers noticed long before they had the mathematics to explain it fully. More than two thousand years ago, the makers of the Antikythera Mechanism found a way to reproduce this unevenness using bronze gears…
Former officials under the scanner in FDR scam Chandigarh: The CBI has stepped up its probe into the Rs 116-crore fake fixed deposit receipt (FDR) scam linked to the Chandigarh municipal corporation and Chandigarh Smart City Limited, issuing a notice to the municipal commissioner seeking all relevant records.The agency has sought service records, appointment orders,…
