The initiative is being planned amid a severe shortage of neurologists and advanced stroke-care facilities in rural Maharashtra Times News NetworkMumbai: The Maharashtra health department is planning to launch a “remote robotic neurointervention” programme to help stroke patients in rural areas receive life-saving treatment within the critical “golden hour”.The proposal, discussed at a meeting chaired…
NEW DELHI: Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) has busted a major international drug trafficking network and seized captagon, a highly addictive psychotropic substance used by Islamic State operatives in West Asia, which gave it the name, ‘jihadi drug’. This is India’s first-ever seizure of captagon.The mega operation resulted in the arrest of a Syrian national, Alabras…
After decades of being treated as an ovarian condition rather than hormonal, with no proper means of treatment or diagnosis, A proper means of treatment or diagnosis, polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) finally gets a new name, polyendocrine metabolic ovarian syndrome (PMOS). This comes after two years of research by a group of endocrinologists, led by…
Image used for representation Patna: Expressing displeasure over the absence of faculty members during working hours, Patliputra University (PPU) vice-chancellor Upendra Prasad Singh issued show-cause notices to a college principal and several teachers found absent during surprise inspections on Friday. They have been directed to explain the reasons for their absence during the inspection and…
Chatra: A 60-year-old woman and a youth were killed in two separate hit-and-run cases in the district since late Friday.Kanti Devi, 60, was out on her morning walk when a speeding truck crushed her to death near the gate of Hunterganj police station around 6 am on Saturday. Mother of a local functionary of the…
Bokaro: Jharkhand CID busted an online child sexual exploitation racket operating through an online messaging app and arrested two accused from Giridih district. Investigation revealed that illegal Child Sexual Exploitative and Abuse Material (CSEAM) was allegedly being circulated and sold to users in Middle East countries, including Oman and the UAE, along with Bangladesh. Police…
NEW DELHI: Keeping up his party’s attack on BJP over repeated NEET fiascos, Congress MP Rahul Gandhi on Saturday said education minister Dharmendra Pradhan should be sacked for the paper leaks that “destroyed the hard work and future of crores of students” under Modi govt.Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge said PM Narendra Modi should hold “paper…
KOLKATA: Police stations in Bengal will have to accept complaints against cop excesses in last five years, CM Suvendu Adhikari said on Saturday in Diamond Harbour after his first administrative meeting with top police officers.Speaking to media after the meeting, Adhikari highlighted four categories, saying that alleged victims of political violence, police brutality, harassment against…
Mumbai: A 52-year-old pedestrian lost his life after a two-wheeler hit him while he was crossing the road at Kandivli West. Charkop Police registered an FIR against the motorcyclist.The victim, Pir Mohammad Hasan Shaikh, lived with his wife, sons and their family at Kharodi in Malad. On May 13, around 10.45 pm, his younger son,…
New Delhi: Delhi University has opened registrations for its two-year postgraduate programmes for the 2026–27 academic session, while admissions for one-year PG courses will begin shortly on a separate portal, in line with the National Education Policy (NEP) framework.Registrations for the two-year MA and other PG programmes began on May 16 and will remain open…
