Panaji: Local varieties of summer fruits such as water apples, jamun and other wild fruits, which once sold for as little as Rs 1 per piece are now priced at Rs 5 to 8 each. These seasonal berries are not commercially cultivated in Goa but inconspicuously exist in the wild or in private home gardens.With…
Ahmedabad: On the second day of the GATE-26 expo organized by the Gujarat Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) in Gandhinagar, sessions were held on semiconductors and emerging investment thinking in AI products and deep technology.Addressing the gathering, Shekhar Patel, national president, Credai, said, “Ahmedabad is set to host the Commonwealth Games in 2030, and…
Chandigarh: Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann on Friday came down heavily on the BJP-led Centre after the Enforcement Directorate raided the residence of state industries and power minister Sanjeev Arora, accusing the ruling party of using central agencies to intimidate non-BJP governments and throttle democracy ahead of elections.Addressing a press conference, Mann alleged that the…
Pune: A neurosurgical team at Sahyadri Hospital has successfully removed a massive 16.5 cm tumour from a patient’s spinal cord. The rare, long-segment tumour spanned from the brainstem, through the cervical spine, and down to the fourth thoracic level.Intramedullary tumours (those arising within the spinal cord) are relatively rare, and cases involving multiple spinal levels…
Dhubri: Police have seized drugs valued at Rs 1.6 crore and arrested 48 peddlers in 30 cases across Dhubri since January.In a recent case, a kingpin of a drug-trafficking network being run from Kuntichar- Part II (sandbar village), Sheikh Mainuddin (35), was arrested and 352 pain medication tablets and 77g of heroin were seized from…
LUCKNOW: A Lucknow bench of the Allahabad high court on Friday directed the Uttar Pradesh police to register an FIR against Cong MP and leader of opposition in Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, for allegedly concealing his British citizenship as he had claimed himself to be a UK citizen while getting a company incorporated in England…
Ajmer: A buisnessman in Ajmer recieved a death threat and an extortion demand of Rs 2 crore from callers claiming links to the Rohit Gidhara gang Thursday.According to police, BJP member and businessman Jitendra Rangwani (43), received a WhatsApp call from an international number in the evening while he was at a salon.The caller identified…
‘You will have no place to hide’, P 22 New Delhi: Home minister Amit Shah on Friday stoutly defended the delimitation proposal, saying the existing freeze on the number of Lok Sabha seats since 1976 violated the constitutional principle of “one person, one vote, one value”, reports Kumar Rakesh. The number of electors in many…
As Messi takes control of UE Cornellà, he joins Ronaldo in Spanish football as club owners in rival roles.(Image via Getty) For the first time since they left Spain, Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo have both found their way back into Spanish football, not as players but as club owners, placing themselves on different rungs…
Mumbai: The rupee regained 92 levels and closed at 92.93, 27 paise stronger then its previous close. The gains followed reports that the RBI has asked oil companies to not purchase dollars from the open market but to rely on a line of credit provided through SBI.Such a move would remove one of the major…
