Guwahati: Assam jails have recorded 226 HIV-positive cases between April and July, with injecting drug use linked to nearly 95% of them.HIV screening was conducted among inmates in 31 jails across the state, official sources said. Nearly 95% of the 226 HIV cases detected among inmates over the last four months were linked to injecting…
Lucknow: Basti police and the district cyber cell busted an interstate fraud gang that allegedly targeted people across several states by luring them with easy loan offers and then blackmailing them using morphed obscene photographs. Four members of the gang were arrested on Thursday, while three others remain on the run.Police seized seven mobile phones,…
Jaipur: Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) has flagged pending liabilities of Rs 2,014.39 crore under MGNREGA scheme in Rajasthan from 2019-20 to 2023-24, with the bulk of the dues linked to the material component of the rural employment scheme.The liability was pending as of Sept 2025, according to a CAG report on implementation…
From Sept 4, businesses will also get access to a self-serve ChatGPT ads manager (File photo) NEW DELHI: OpenAI has started showing ads on ChatGPT in India. The company has rolled out advertising for logged-in adult users on its Free and Go plans, while paid subscriptions including Plus and Pro remain ad-free. Over 50 brands…
Corey Houge (middle) killed an Indian-origin grocery store owner (left) and a Bangladeshi gas station worker in two separate incidents in Tennessee. The man who opened fire and killed Suresh Patel, an Indian-origin grocery shop owner, in Tennessee’s Jackson on August 20, faces the death penalty in another murder. Corey Houge was arraigned in Crockett…
Director Pravin Tarde disclosed that after ‘Deool Band 2’ surpassed the Rs 100 crore mark at the box office, the makers chose to donate the entire profit earned once production costs were covered. As per the filmmaker, these proceeds were channeled towards funding the education of children whose farmer parents died by suicide. Tarde, who…
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New Delhi: Instead of waiting for violations to pile up at the capital’s most troublesome stretches, Delhi Traffic Police will start a “Drive of the Day” initiative, under which specific traffic problems will become the focus each day at certain locations.As part of the plan, earlier identified congestion hotspots across the city will be a…
The council has also appointed a new district-level blood transfusion officer Mumbai: Weeks after the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a compliance order for blood banks, the State Blood Transfusion Council (SBTC) has directed all such facilities to strictly comply with the order and the statutory provision under it.The council has also appointed a…
An aerial drone photo taken on Aug. 27, 2026, shows a mudslide-hit area in Nepal Bengaluru: At least 13 Karnataka residents, including 11 from Bengaluru Urban district, are stranded in Nepal and Tibet Autonomous Region following flash floods, while four Bengaluru-origin Kannadigas living in the US and travelling on Kailash Mansarovar Yatra remain untraceable, the…
