New Delhi: Delhi High Court has flagged the “gross wastage of public resources” as expensive medical equipment lies defunct and unused, and ordered an audit across all Delhi govt hospitals for an inventory of such products.The court stepped in after Delhi State Cancer Institute confirmed that PET Cyclotron equipment, used for PET scans, is inoperative…
Navi Mumbai: The Ransai Dam in Uran, operated by the Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC), began overflowing, and the water cut for Uran township residents was withdrawn with immediate effect.The dam catered around 35 million litres per day (MLD) of water to Uran town, ONGC, defence facilities, JNPT, Nhava Sheva, and 22 gram panchayats in…
Madikeri: For 10 agonising minutes on Monday morning, Sai Charan and Ganesh Nayak stared directly at death. Stranded on a slippery rock in the middle of a roaring Mallalli falls, the two Bengaluru students could only watch as a sudden wall of water from an upstream check dam threatened to sweep them away.What began as…
2 women held in Chennai for ganja smuggling at court Chennai: Two 25-year-old women were arrested for attempting to hand over a packet of ganja to a Goondas Act detainee on the Chennai Collectorate premises on Rajaji Road. Police said the women tried to smuggle ganja to a prisoner, Manikandan, 35, who has been lodged…
The injured, identified as Aman, a resident of Kirti Nagar, and Prince, a resident of Gandhi Nagar, were admitted to a government hospital. KURUKSHETRA: An alleged arms supplier linked to the Gandhi Nagar firing case in Kurukshetra was injured in a police encounter after he allegedly attempted to escape from custody late Monday night. The…
Kolkata: Queries on Annapurna Yojana dominated the direct phone-based grievance system between citizens and the state urban development and municipal affairs minister that got underway on Tuesday. The programme, called ‘Mukho Mukhi’, allows people to call minister Agnimitra Paul directly about civic problems.However, with most Kolkatans unable to get through due to a last-minute change…
Jaipur: The health department’s food safety team Tuesday seized 53,256 cans of Red Bull Energy Drink from a warehouse of Adarsh Associate in the VKI Road No 1 area.Food Safety and Drug Control commissioner Dr T Shubhamangala said officials collected samples of the caffeinated beverage under the Food Safety and Standards (FSS) Act during the…
BKTC suspends employee as probe into alleged theft begins NEW DELHI: An employee of the Shri Badrinath-Kedarnath Temple Committee (BKTC) was suspended on Tuesday as a four-member inquiry panel began investigating alleged irregularities in the handling of devotees’ donations at Badrinath Dham.The suspension comes days after allegations of financial irregularities during the counting of offerings…
Commercial vessels are seen in the Strait of Hormuz off Bandar Abbas, Iran. (AP Photo) NEW DELHI: Tensions in the Strait of Hormuz escalated sharply on Tuesday after a third commercial tanker was struck within 24 hours, prompting renewed concerns over the security of one of the world’s most important energy corridors. The latest incident…
Shakira is one of the most celebrated women – for her singing, dancing and how she sets an inspiration by looking like a million bucks at the age of 49. Over the course of her career, Shakira has won multiple Grammy Awards and Latin Grammy Awards. She has sold hundreds of millions of records worldwide…
