Noida: Civil rights activists, academics, students and artists on Sunday demanded the release of Noida and Gurgaon workers, along with students and artists arrested by UP Police in connection with the April 13 labour agitation.At a convention in Delhi, participants resolved to pursue the workers’ cause through legal and social channels, and discussed forming a…
The abandoned structure is now overrun by vegetation Margao: Residents of Quepem have expressed concern over the prolonged delay in completing the town’s new police station building, with construction having remained stalled for years and the abandoned structure now overrun by vegetation.The unchecked growth around the half-finished building, located at the entrance to Quepem town,…
Varanasi: Five members of an interstate vehicle theft gang were arrested following an exchange of fire with a joint team of the Bairia police, SWAT and surveillance units early Sunday. The gang leader sustained a bullet injury to his leg during the encounter. Police also recovered a stolen tractor-trolley, 11 motorcycles, two pumping set motors,…
What is CAR-T cell therapy Ahmedabad: A woman from the city, in her sixties, was treated for lymphoma. Two years after she was declared cancer-free, the disease relapsed.Dr Velu Nair, chief consultant of hemato-oncology at Apollo Hospital, said she was advised CAR-T cell therapy. “We gave the therapy a few months ago. Her condition is…
Civic Body To Fix Accountability Of Dairy Owners Mohali: With stray cattle and dogs continuing to trigger accidents, disrupt traffic and spark public complaints, the Mohali municipal corporation (MC) is drawing up a comprehensive policy that will, for the first time, seek to hold dairy owners accountable for abandoning cattle and allowing them to roam…
After a brief respite of a few days, the rains have made a comeback in and around Pune Pune: Rainfall activity is expected to intensify across parts of Maharashtra, including Pune, over the coming week, according to the India Meteorological Department’s (IMD) bulletin issued on July 19.The Met department has forecast fairly widespread to widespread…
Guwahati: A landslide damaged a guard wall at Ramcha Hill in Kharghuli on Sunday, prompting the evacuation of a homestay.The wall of a three-storey building collapsed around 11 am after spells of rain, DDMA officials and witnesses said. Residents, shopkeepers and customers nearby escaped unhurt, but six two-wheelers parked on the road were damaged, and…
Lucknow: Samajwadi Party (SP) president Akhilesh Yadav on Sunday accused the BJP govt of targeting education institution out of political vendetta. Backing the campaign launched by students and parents to save Mohammad Ali Jauhar University in Rampur, the former CM urged the govt to safeguard the future of thousands of students.In a statement, Akhilesh said…
Rajkot: What initially appeared to be a natural death of a 33-year-old woman in Gandhidham, Kutch, has turned out to be a murder after forensic postmortem revealed she died from multiple assault injuries, prompting Kutch East police to arrest her husband.Sonam Sunar died at her residence in the Bharatnagar area of Gandhidham on July 17….
Jaipur: The health dept has removed 69 pharmacies from the empanelled list of the Rajasthan Govt Health Scheme (RGHS) after audits flagged alleged overbilling, suspicious claims, non-supply of medicines and billing of generic drugs as branded products.This covers 58 allopathic and 11 ayurvedic pharmacies.Drug licences of 14 allopathic pharmacies have already been cancelled, with similar…
