New Delhi: A 20-year-old MBBS student who had been eating strands of her own hair for nearly 11 years underwent a surgery at Manipal Hospital Dwarka after doctors found a massive 1.16 kg hairball filling her stomach and extending towards the small intestine.The patient, who had been consuming her hair since childhood, came to the…
Navi Mumbai: A 34-year-old man identified as Swapnil Navar, a resident of Ghansoli, died after falling from a Dahi Handi pyramid in Sainathwadi, Airoli.Meanwhile, a 14-year-old boy identified as Avdesh Gupta fractured his hand after falling from the pyramid at Juhugaon. His family later shifted him to a private hospital for further treatment. In Vashi,…
School education minister joins students at a Teachers’ Day event at a govt school in Thanisandra Saturday Bengaluru: A promise made to schoolchildren a year ago could finally become reality, with School Education and Literacy minister Madhu Bangarappa Saturday saying the govt is working to roll out free notebooks for students of govt and aided…
Chennai: After two days of stalemate, the contract staffers of the Tamil Nadu State Marketing Corporation Ltd (Tasmac) returned to duty and opened liquor retail outlets on Saturday, but prohibition and excise minister K Vignesh has warned of action as per rules for protest.Salesmen and supervisors closed 200 liquor shops in Kancheepuram and Chengalpet districts…
CMO stalls revenue dept’s move to allow registrations in Paigah lands Hyderabad: A proposal by revenue minister Ponguleti Srinivas Reddy to allow registrations in disputed Paigah lands has run into resistance from the chief minister’s office (CMO).The disagreement centres on Paigah lands covered under civic suits (CS) 14 and CS 7 of 1958, spread across…
The seven executive engineers posted at the HSPCB head office have also been assigned additional charge as regional officers in different parts of Haryana Gurgaon: Haryana State Pollution Control Board (HSPCB) is functioning with 27 sanctioned posts lying vacant and 41 officials on deputation, while seven officers have been assigned additional charge alongside their regular…
Kolkata: Kolkata Police has begun preparations for Durga Puja with officers-in-charge of all police stations being directed to prepare detailed lists of big-ticket pujas, including their themes and pandal layouts, and draw up crowd-flow plans to prevent overcrowding and accidents during the festive season.The directives were issued at a virtual meeting between police commissioner Ajay…
Kids playing in the sand at a construction site Noida: The district administration has given the labour department 10 days to visit construction sites and submit a compliance report on crèche facilities.On Aug 18, the administration directed all construction sites employing 50 or more workers to set up crèches, as mandated under Section 24(3) of…
Existing beneficiaries of the Griha Aadhaar scheme and female beneficiaries of DSSS are also eligible to apply for the scheme Panaji: Almost four and a half years after BJP promised in its manifesto to provide every household with three free LPG cylinders annually, Goa govt on Saturday launched Goa Ujjwala Yojana to provide three free…
Gorakhpur: Chief minister Yogi Adityanath celebrated Janmashtami with traditional rituals at Gorakhnath Temple on Friday night, leading the birth celebrations of Lord Krishna at Gorakshpeeth.At midnight, Yogi, the Gorakshpeethadhishwar, performed the Krishna Janmotsav rituals inside the temple sanctum. As hymns and celebratory songs echoed across the premises, he carried the idol of Laddu Gopal (infant…
