Kolkata: The health department on Tuesday raided six private blood banks across Bengal, including one in Kolkata, following complaints of irregularities ranging from illegal trafficking of blood and blood components to violation of norms at blood donation camps.The centres inspected included Om Blood Bank in Beleghata, Howrah Thalassemia Blood Centre, Krishnanagar Institute of Medical Sciences…
Khar police arrested the accused and seized his scooter Mumbai: Traffic came to a halt for almost 20 minutes on Yari Road in Versova, Andheri (W), on Monday evening after a scooterist allegedly blocked a BEST bus, collared the driver, and repeatedly slapped him in a road rage incident.Khar police arrested Devchand Chachar (28), seized…
Delhi experienced heavy monsoon rains causing significant waterlogging and traffic congestion across the city NEW DELHI: Heavy monsoon rain lashed Delhi on Tuesday, triggering widespread waterlogging, flooding parts of major markets and disrupting traffic across the national capital.Civic agencies received at least 136 complaints related to waterlogging, fallen trees and power outages and deployed emergency…
Chennai: A spate of accidents at Mappedu Junction on the Tambaram Eastern Bypass has raised concerns over the absence of basic traffic infrastructure at the busy intersection. Motorists are forced to negotiate fast-moving traffic without functioning signals, adequate lighting or a proper roundabout.The 9.3km Tambaram Eastern Bypass is a key link connecting Velachery and Perungalathur…
BCD secretary Pranav Kumar reviews projects on Tuesday BCD secretary Pranav Kumar reviews projects on Tuesday BCD secretary Pranav Kumar reviews projects on Tuesday BCD secretary Pranav Kumar reviews projects on Tuesday BCD secretary Pranav Kumar reviews projects on Tuesday Patna: Expressing dissatisfaction over delays in some ongoing infrastructure projects, the building construction department has…
Koderma: Two individuals, including a 5-year-old minor, were killed in two separate accidents on Tuesday.In the first incident, a speeding motorcycle struck and killed a woman identified as Pinky Devi (30) near the Bajrangbali Temple in Pipcho, under the Jaynagar police station area. The speeding bike hit her while she was crossing the road, causing…
Jamshedpur: Patients and visitors at the govt-run Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Medical College and Hospital (MGMMCH) are grappling with a shortage of safe drinking water and malfunctioning lifts at its G+7 building amid a surge in patient footfall.All 50 water purifiers installed in the one-and-a-half-year-old building have remained defunct for the past three weeks because of…
Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu With Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu calling for resumption of the biennial SAARC summit process, India reiterated Tuesday that it’s Pakistan’s support for cross-border terrorism that has blocked the intergovernmental organisation, which was conceived to build a connected and integrated South Asia. Muizzu in his Independence Day speech had also offered to…
New Delhi: Nationalist Citizens Party of India (NCPI) MPs Sudip Bandyopadhyay, Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar, and Satabdi Roy at the Parliament House complex during the Monsoon Session of Parliament in New Delhi on Wednesday, July 22, 2026. (Photo: IANS/Qamar Sibtain) Kolkata: Nationalist Citizens Party of India will continue as an ally of NDA, said Bengal BJP…
Mumbai: The Gargai dam will be made operational by May 2029, said chief minister Devendra Fadnavis directing officials to expedite all activities related to rehabilitation, afforestation and construction of the dam.Fadnavis on Monday held a review meeting for the project which is coming up in the Western Ghats in Palghar district. He said the project…
