Navi Mumbai: All five accused have been arrested for killing their 29-year-old friend at Digha area after a drunken arguement turned violent. The key accused had smashed the victim’s head with a huge stone. The incident occured on April 12 around 2.30 am. The five assailants fled from the spot leaving the victim injured and…
Bengaluru: Doctors are raising concerns over a growing number of liver injury cases linked to the misuse of protein supplements and wellness products. The spike, they say, has become more noticeable in the post-Covid years, as more people turn to powders, boosters, and over-the-counter formulations without medical guidance.They note that the issue is not protein…
Hyderabad: Residents of Ameenpur and Gandhamguda near Gandipet have raised strong objections to the proposed construction of sewage treatment plants (STPs) in their localities, citing concerns over pollution, foul odour and potential health risks.On Saturday, Ameenpur residents staged a large protest demanding that the Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply & Sewerage Board (HMWSSB) relocate the proposed…
The irregular waste pickup due to the delay in the finalisation of the waste collection tender has led to garbage accumulation across the various parts of the city Gurgaon: More than 18 months after the city’s door-to-door waste collection system fell into uncertainty, the Haryana govt is yet to hire an agency for the job….
Kolkata: The city would stay warm and humid over the next five days, with a possibility of the maximum temperature reaching 37°C in this scorching spell, warned the Met office. While thunderstorms occurred at some places in Murshidabad, Nadia and Birbhum and in north Bengal, they will now be localised and few. With no significant…
The accused struck his neighbour while he was parking a motorcycle on April 16 Ghaziabad: A man’s ear was partially severed after he was allegedly attacked with a sword by a neighbour in Vijay Nagar earlier this week.Abhishek Pratap Singh, a resident of Vrindavan Enclave, alleged that Nitin, a resident of Gokul Dham Society, struck him…
Panaji: The Goa State Pollution Control Board (GSPCB) has taken samples of waste dumped in a property at Carambolim following a joint inspection, as some locals and parents of a reputed school alleged unhygienic conditions and health hazard at the site.The owner himself had sought the inspection for which officials from GSPCB, Goa Waste Management…
Gandhinagar: The state forest and environment department has drawn up an ambitious greening target for 2035, aiming to increase Gujarat’s forest cover by 9%, tree cover by 4%, overall green cover by 12% and mangrove plantation by 336 sq km by 2035.A presentation made by the department at the committee of secretaries (COS) meeting earlier…
Ludhiana: A speeding trailer truck crashed into a factory wall in Transport Nagar near Cheena Chowk during the early hours of Saturday, causing the boundary wall of the premises to collapse. The impact was so severe that the truck first smashed through a road divider before ramming into the structure. Several electricity poles were knocked…
Bathinda: Heat wave like conditions have been reported in north India, as the maximum temperatures either started rising sharply or are predicted to rise in the coming days. The maximum temperatures were recorded appreciably above normal (3.1°C to 5.0°C) at isolated places over Haryana and Chandigarh till Saturday morning, though these were recorded near normal…
