The National Hawkers Federation on Wednesday submitted a representation to the Vadodara Municipal Corporation (VMC), in an anti-encroachment campaign launched after the killing of one’s son Tapan Parmar, which saw street vendors evicted from various areas of the city. Former BJP corporator. A representation signed by several street vendors, the drive is said to be … Read more
The Surat Crime Branch arrested a person on Wednesday on the charge of submitting a fake medical certificate to the court to secure bail for an inmate of the Surat Central Jail, police said. Shovit Singh Thakur is among those arrested. According to the police, it was discovered that he was operating the hospital illegally … Read more
More than three weeks after the death of two PMJAY beneficiaries due to an alleged unnecessary angioplasty, Dr Sanjay Mulji Patolia, a bariatric surgeon and a director of a company that runs a reputed multispecialty hospital, was arrested by the Ahmedabad city police’s crime branch. (DCB) on Wednesday. According to the crime branch, after receiving … Read more
With cases of hypersensitivity pneumonitis on the rise in the city, the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has once again warned of action against citizens feeding pigeons in the open as the droppings and feathers of the birds cause lung infections. Susceptible pneumonitis has increased in the city due to micro-organisms released from pigeon droppings and … Read more
Formula One confirmed on Wednesday that the Dutch Grand Prix at Circuit Zandvoort will be extended by one year and that 2026 will be the last year for the Netherlands. The race in the Netherlands was a big highlight on the F1 calendar as it returned in 2021, with Dutch-Belgian Red Bull driver Max Verstappen … Read more
The deaths of six Israeli hostages recovered from Gaza in August were likely related to Israeli airstrikes against Hamas where they were being held, the Israeli military said on Wednesday. “At the time of the strike, the military had no knowledge, nor suspicion, that the hostages were in the underground compound or in its vicinity,” … Read more
Cuba’s national electricity system was rocked early Wednesday after the country’s largest power plant failed, the government said, the latest in a string of failures that have left the island’s grid in disarray amid fuel shortages, natural disasters and an economic crisis. The country’s Energy and Mines Ministry said the Antonio Guiteras power plant in … Read more
When Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi and Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra were stopped on their way to Sambhal on the Delhi-UP border on Wednesday, it was not the first time that the Uttar Pradesh police stopped opposition leaders from resorting to violence. Hit or stress areas in the state. On … Read more
Protests against the arrest of Hindu monk Chinmoy Krishna Das and atrocities against religious minorities in Bangladesh continued in Tripura on Wednesday, where an angry mob recently vandalized the premises of the neighboring country’s Assistant High Commission. After the protest in Agartala, a Vedic Brahmin Samaj leader said, “We condemn the atrocities in Bangladesh against … Read more
The Indian hockey team scored a hat-trick by defeating Pakistan 5-3 in the men’s junior Asia Cup final in Muscat on Wednesday. It was India’s fifth title and third consecutive title after wins in 2004, 2008, 2015 and 2023. India and Pakistan also clashed in the previous final, with the former emerging victorious by a … Read more