Dumka: AIIMS Deoghar has successfully performed its first-ever awake craniotomy for the removal of a brain tumour, marking a major milestone in the institute’s neurosurgical services, it said in a statement on Tuesday.An awake craniotomy is a specialised brain surgery in which the patient remains conscious during crucial stages of the procedure. It is primarily…
Ranchi: While paying tributes to Bharat Ratna Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya on the 59th Engineers’ Day programme, Jharkhand Engineering Services Association (JESA) on Tuesday also raised a series of demands for their smooth functioning in the state.Ministers Yogendra Prasad, Dipika Pandey and Hafizul Hasan, departmental secretaries Arva Rajkamal and Abu Imran and senior engineering officials were present…
MUMBAI: The Foundation for Aviation Safety (FAS), a US aviation safety group, has written to India’s Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB), questioning why it has not issued interim safety recommendations for the Boeing 787 fleet, despite holding evidence of chronic system failures on the aircraft involved in last year’s Ahmedabad crash, which killed 260 people.Over…
CM Adhikari and Hansirani Rath at a Nandigram rally on Tuesday Haldia/Berhampore: BJP on Tuesday nominated 70-year-old Hansirani Rath, mother of Suvendu Adhikari’s slain aide Chandranath Rath, as its candidate for the bypoll in the Nandigram assembly constituency, with the chief minister accusing “Bhaipo gang” of funding her son’s murder.BJP whole-timer Sakharav Sarkar will contest…
Mumbai: The BMC will end up paying over Rs 65 crore for a Rs 14-crore sewage operations and maintenance consultancy contract awarded in 1995, as Supreme Court recently dismissed the municipal corporation’s petition following a prolonged legal battle across multiple judicial tiers.While the standing committee on Tuesday approved the proposal for the payment, citing threat…
NEW DELHI: National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) on Tuesday gave NOC to the MCD for setting up of the two gantries for multi-lane free flow (MLFF) system, which will make the collection of entry fee and environment compensation charge (ECC) seamless. The NOCs for installing gantries at the remaining 10 other locations on NHs…
Chennai: Madras high court on Tuesday dismissed a plea challenging the election of revenue minister K A Sengottaiyan from Gobichettipalayam constituency in the 2026 assembly election.Justice G K Ilanthiraiyan passed the order while rejecting the election petition moved by AIADMK candidate for the constituency V B Prabhu on the ground that no sufficient materials were…
Patna: More than 71,000 pending traffic and transport challans were settled across Bihar during a six-day special campaign from Sept 7 to 12, giving vehicle owners an opportunity to clear cases pending for months.A total of 71,126 challans were disposed of through the National Lok Adalat held across all districts. The settlements involved challan amounts…
Ranchi: Mayor Roshni Khalkho on Tuesday reviewed preparations for Karam Puja, scheduled for Sep 22, and directed civic officials to ensure adequate sanitation, lighting, road, drainage and health facilities at puja venues and akhara premises across the city.Khalkho asked all RMC departments to work in coordination with puja committees and ward councillors to identify local…
Ranchi: An anti-encroachment drive by the district administration and Ranchi Municipal Corporation (RMC) near DPS Chowk in the HEC area on Tuesday triggered protests as bulldozers moved in to remove structures allegedly standing on encroached land, leaving several families displaced.Residents claimed that the demolition began in the morning, prompting panic among households that were still…
