Mohali: A municipal corporation (MC) anti-encroachment drive in Phase 4 turned violent Thursday when a tehbazari team was allegedly attacked by a group of five people while removing furniture displayed on a public footpath. Two MC employees were injured in the incident.The injured, identified as Gaurav Kumar and Piyush, were taken to the civil hospital…
Pune: PMC standing committee on Thursday directed the civic health department and all 15 ward offices to conduct daily spraying and fogging drives at vulnerable locations amid fears of a rise in dengue and chikungunya cases.Standing committee chairperson Shrinath Bhimale also instructed health inspectors to visit housing societies and open plots to ensure that stagnant…
Surat: In a joint operation, the Navsari Local Crime Branch (LCB) and Cybercrime police arrested a 35-year-old man from Gandevi taluka for allegedly creating and circulating AI-generated posters defaming Deputy Chief Minister Harsh Sanghavi.The accused, Hardik Patel, allegedly used Sanghavi’s photographs to create the posters, which questioned why the police alone should be held responsible…
Silchar: Cachar has introduced a single-rod contraceptive implant offering pregnancy prevention for up to three years.The long-acting, reversible method was launched on Thursday at Silchar Medical College and Hospital, SM Dev Civil Hospital and Chhoto Mamta Model Hospital under National Health Mission.Cachar is among the latest Assam districts to introduce the implant, which is already…
Lucknow: A professor from the Madiaon area was allegedly duped of Rs 46 lakh by two fraudsters who promised to secure her son’s admission to a prominent technology institute in Rajasthan, police said on Thursday.The victim, Kiran Chaubey, lodged an FIR at the cyber crime police station on Aug 22. She alleged that she was…
Sugana offers a ladoo to her brother, Ramswaroop, on Raksha Bandhan in 2025, two years after donating one of her kidneys to him Jaipur: On Raksha Bandhan, 37-year-old Ramswaroop Gurjar looks at the sacred thread on his wrist and thinks of another bond — one that cannot be seen but keeps him alive every day.For…
Though Kiren Rijiju made no comment about an immediate session. NEW DELHI: Keeping the opposition on edge by dropping indications about the possibility of Parliament being reconvened, parliamentary affairs minister Kiren Rijiju has said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had made a commitment to women for speedy implementation of the women’s reservation law and govt…
Raelynn McMurchy (left) with her husband, Tucker, and daughter, Ella, launched an online petition over high power bills When Raelynn McMurchy opened her electricity bill this month, the amount was more than twice her family’s monthly rent. The bill totalled $1,373, including a $598 security deposit that her power company required after she fell behind…
Yash’s ‘Toxic: A Fairy Tale for Grown-Ups’ has had a busy opening day, with the film drawing strong attention at the box office while also receiving mixed reactions from viewers. The Geetu Mohandas directorial, which arrived in theatres on August 26, has become one of the most discussed releases online, with fans debating its story,…
Thalles de Souza (Credit: Business Insider) Thalles de Souza was 13 years old when police stormed into his house in Vila Kennedy, a community in Bangu, Rio de Janeiro, shouting and shooting. They were looking for a family member. He nearly got shot walking into his own kitchen.That morning did not stay contained to itself….
