Navi Mumbai: The Panvel City Municipal Corporation (PCMC) has launched an awareness drive across suspected places and collected water samples following reports of two confirmed cases of the rare and serious autoimmune disorder Guillain-Barre syndrome (GBS). The two cases were reported in the last fortnight from the Aadhar Multispecialty Hospital, Panvel.Both the patients stay in…
New Delhi: Refusing to revive criminal proceedings against a woman’s former husband and his relatives in a dowry harassment case, a Delhi court held that the allegations were “completely bereft of any specific dates or distinct incidents” and amounted to sweeping, generalised accusations.Calling the implication of the husband’s entire family despite them living separately a…
Chennai: City residents and those in the suburbs continue to face frequent power cuts, with TNPDCL attributing the disruptions to sudden equipment failures in the distribution network. Of the 37 major disruptions recorded in 24 hours until Saturday morning, 17 were reported in Chennai and surrounding neighbourhoods. Mangadu, Nolambur, Pallikaranai, Kelleys, Vyasarpadi, Avadi, and Pattabiram…
16-year-old injured after sword pierces head during Muharram procession in Bihar PATNA: A traditional sword-fighting demonstration during a Muharram procession in Rajnagar, Madhubani district, turned into a serious accident on Friday evening when a sword slipped from a participant’s hand and struck a 16-year-old boy in the head. The incident took place on Chatti Road…
Gumla: A 27-year-old migrant worker was found hanging from a tree in Gumla district on Saturday morning, police said. The deceased was identified as Satendra Oraon, a resident of Ghodatangar Sarna Tanr village.Villagers spotted the body on Saturday morning and informed his family and police. He returned home from Kerala six months ago, family members…
Jamshedpur: Tata Steel has developed green concrete by using manufactured sand produced from LD (Linz-Donawitz) slag, a byproduct generated during the steelmaking process, the company said in a statement.The utilisation of LD slag has long posed a challenge for steel manufacturers. To address the issue, Tata Steel’s Industrial By-Products Management Division (IBMD) developed M-sand from…
Jointly developed by Isro and AAI, India’s SBAS Gagan positions India as one of the few countries worldwide with its own SBAS capability NEW DELHI: In a major safety enhancing move, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) Thursday got a “satellite-based landing system (SLS)” approach conducted for the first time on a jet engine…
Kolkata: After 72 hours of digging through concrete and mangled steel to retrieve trapped labourers at the collapsed Taratala warehouse, focus shifted from search-and-rescue to investigation on Saturday.The National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) withdrew from the site, and the Army scaled down its operation even as investigators prepared to take control of the site.“We were…
Mumbai: Messages on social media about a promotional offer by a clothing retail outlet at Infiniti Mall in Malad West triggered a massive crowd at the mall premises on Saturday. Police had to intervene and announce that there was no such offer after which the crowd dispersed. Nothing untoward was reported.Sources said messages went viral…
New Delhi: Four siblings, including three women, have been arrested for allegedly operating an illegal psychotropic drug supply network in northwest Delhi’s Jahangirpuri.Police have seized drugs and assets worth Rs 2 crore in connection with the case, including cash and jewellery worth over Rs 63 lakh, 11 flats estimated to be worth more than Rs…
