Ahmedabad: Festive celebrations brought a sharp rise in emergencies handled by EMRI 108 in Gujarat. New Year saw the largest overall increase, at almost 26%, followed by Bhai Bij at 14%. Road accidents and trauma cases drove the surge, while burn injuries rose sharply on Diwali. Several districts recorded increases of 25% or more.The service…
Chandigarh: Police have filed a murder case against a Dadumajra resident after his wife was found dead in their house two days ago. The case was filed after CCTV camera footage from the house showed the accused, Ravi, escaping and postmortem of the victim, 34-year-old Poonam indicated strangulation as the cause of death.The postmortem, conducted…
Pune: An alert worker foiled a robbery attempt at Nighoje in Khed taluka late on Wednesday night by removing the key from the motorcycle of two knife-wielding men who had snatched his cellphone.The 25-year-old helper with an automobile company raised an alarm, sought help from locals and managed to catch one of the suspects before…
Eviction drive at a Professional Grazing Reserve land at Boginadi Dibrugarh: Lakhimpur district administration on Friday evicted 132 families from around 320 hectares of Professional Grazing Reserve (PGR) land at Boginadi.The operation, conducted under Kadam Revenue Circle, covered the No. 1 and No. 2 Boginadi PGR areas. District commissioner Pronab Jit Kakoty and senior superintendent…
Lucknow: A 39-year-old woman and her three daughters, including seven-year-old twin sisters, were killed after being run over by a train near Gandhi Nagar in Barabanki on Friday night.The incident occurred around 8.30 pm in Kotwali Nagar police station area. The deceased were identified as Kiran Devi Pal (39), wife of Ramtej Pal, and their…
Palanpur: Two young men died and four others were injured when an Eicher truck hit a group of devotees walking to a Ramapir camp on Patan-Deesa highway in Saraswati taluka of Patan district on Wednesday night.The six men had left Jangral village on foot around 8.30pm on Bhai Beej, after dinner at home, to pay…
Jaipur: Govt-run Banswara Medical College has barred 10 senior MBBS students from coming to the institution for seven days after their names surfaced in an anonymous ragging complaint received by National Medical Commission (NMC).College principal Yogesh Kacha said the action was taken as a preventive measure after NMC forwarded the complaint to the institution. “The…
Culture minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat NEW DELHI: Culture minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat Friday expressed hope that Pakistan will participate in the first SCO Civilisational Dialogue Forum in Delhi from Nov 20 to 22, even as he trashed Pakistan’s attempts to appropriate Indus Valley civilisation, pointing out that the neighbouring nation came into existence only around…
Appeals court ordered further review of service validity, leaving the foreclosure judgment otherwise undisturbed. A foreclosure case that appeared to be over is back in court after an Ohio appeals court raised questions about whether the property owner had been properly notified of the original proceedings. The homeowner, who is serving time for the murder…
Avril Lavigne has announced the birth of her first child, a baby girl, with a series of adorable photographs. (Photo: Instagram) Pop-punk star Avril Lavigne has entered a new chapter in her life as she embraces motherhood. The 42-year-old singer has announced the arrival of her first child, a baby girl, surprising fans with a…
