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Chintan Research Foundation, a Delhi-based think tank, hosted a roundtable Discussion on 'Strengthening the Gender Dimension in Public Policy' earlier this week, discussing India's remarkable progress made by women in female labour force participation, particularly in traditionally male-dominated sectors. The discussion, which took place on Tuesday, highlighted the progress women made in sectors like aerospace, aviation, finance, entrepreneurship, executive leadership, politics, and governance as well as the challenges to overcome. Moderated by Shishir Priyadarshi, President, CRF, the discussion featured women leaders who shared their experiences, challenges and insights on breaking barriers in their respective fields. The panellists included Amb Ruchira Kamboj, the first woman diplomat to be appointed as the Indian Ambassador to the UN, Jaya Varma Sinha the first woman Chairperson of the Railway Board in the 166-year history of the Indian Railways, Rumjhum Chatterjee, t...

A 14-year-old student of a municipal school died after suffering a heart attack at a well-known theme park where he had gone on a trip with other pupils in Maharashtra's Raigad district, police said on Wednesday. The incident occurred on Tuesday when students of a Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation-run school in Ghansoli were on an educational trip to Imagicaa Theme Park in Khopoli, a police official said. While on the trip, an eighth-grade student, Ayush Dharmendra Singh, started feeling uneasy and sat on the bench and then suddenly collapsed on the ground, he said. The student was rushed to the primary health centre inside the park with the help of the facility's staff and teachers. He was then taken to a private hospital, where doctors declared him dead on arrival, the official said. A post-mortem was conducted in the presence of a government medical officer, in which it was ascertained the boy died due to a heart attack, he said. An accidental death case has been regist...

The first cases of avian influenza virus (H5N1) in domestic cats in India have been reported in Madhya Pradesh's Chhindwara. This raises concerns about the virus's potential to mutate and infect humans. Scientists identified a specific strain and noted 27 mutations in the infected cats. This occurrence calls for enhanced surveillance in poultry, wild birds, mammals, and humans, due to potential human-to-human transmission.

A day after a class 10 student gave birth to a premature baby in the hostel of a state-run residential school in Odisha's Malkangiri district, the authorities on Tuesday suspended the headmaster of the institute, officials said. Following an inquiry, the district administration of Malkangiri also disengaged hostel matron Suchitra Charchi with immediate effect and put an auxiliary nurse and midwife under suspension. The student delivered a baby girl on Monday after returning to the hostel after appearing in the board examination, officials said. The headmaster of the school, run by the ST & SC Development, Minorities & Backward Class Welfare Department, said, "Men are not allowed in the girl's hostel. We do not know how she got pregnant." "Health workers are supposed to conduct weekly check-ups of all students living in the hostel. This incident showed that the health worker was not doing her job," he said. The girl and the baby were taken to the ...

A 47-year-old man has undergone a rare third kidney transplant at a private hospital here, leaving him with a total of five kidneys in his body. A surgery was performed at Amrita Hospital, Faridabad, on Devendra Barlewar, who had been battling chronic kidney disease for 15 years and had undergone two failed transplants in 2010 and 2012. Dr. Ahmed Kamaal, Senior Consultant, Urology, said the patient's condition worsened further after COVID-19 complications in 2022. However, when a 50-year-old brain-dead farmer's family decided to donate his kidneys, hope emerged for Barlewar. The four-hour-long surgery, conducted last month, posed significant medical challenges due to the presence of four non-functioning kidneys -- two native and two previously transplanted ones, Kamaal said in a statement. He explained that the multiple existing kidneys increased the risk of immune rejection, requiring specialised immunosuppression protocols before the procedure. Dr. Anil Sharma, Senior C...

The government aims to construct 10,000 km of national highways in 2025-26, marking the lowest target in seven years. This effort includes constructing 5,800 km of high-speed corridors. The plan also involves raising significant funds from highway project monetization and private investment while focusing on road safety and removing hazardous locations.

Punjab has cancelled the licenses of 40 travel agents amid a huge row over the deportation of Indians who migrated illegally to the US. Licenses of some IELTS centers have also been cancelled and such action will be taken in future as well, sources said.  Sources said the Amritsar police have taken action on the basis of a complaint against travel agents operating illegally from the city and more action could be expected in the coming days. The police are continuously registering cases against travel agents who send Indians illegally and raids are being conducted to catch them, sources said.  The complainant in this case, Sarabjit Singh, said he had given a letter to the Deputy Commissioner Sakshi Sahni. Government sources earlier said people from Punjab comprise the biggest chunk of the Indians being deported by the US. Three flights arrived on February 5, February 15 and February 16 in which 333 Indians were sent. Of them, the maximum people - 126 or 37.8 per cent - were...

All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Delhi, Director M Srinivas on Sunday said cases of obesity are on the rise in rural areas, as much as they are in urban areas, and stressed the need to battle the disease, soon after Prime Minister Narendra Modi highlighted the pressing concern and urged people to adopt a healthy lifestyle.  In an exclusive interview to NDTV, Mr Srinivas said the biggest challenge is that obesity is a "risk factor associated with everything". "The most common thing we understand is the disease of the heart," he said. "Even in the rural areas, we are seeing more cases of obesity. It's not just the urban, but also rural pockets facing such problems," he added. He also highlighted the importance of leading a good lifestyle and exercising, and developing good food habits. "We need to have a balanced diet. The focus should be on proteins because they build the body. The easiest way to control oil intake is also by con...

Sunil Bharti Mittal, founder and chairman of Bharti Enterprises, received the Knight Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire for his contributions to UK-India business relations. The honor was presented at a ceremony in New Delhi by the British High Commissioner to India, Lindy Cameron.

Mizoram Chief Minister Lalduhoma on Friday said his government was planning to amend the liquor prohibition law, which has been in force since May 2019, to allow the sale of wine and beer in the state. During a discussion on the motion of thanks on the governor's address in the assembly, Lalduhoma said his government had no intention of lifting the ban on hard liquor but was planning to regulate the sale of wine and beer. He said that a bill to amend the prohibition law will be introduced in the assembly during the ongoing budget session. "Our excise and narcotics minister will introduce an amendment bill to the existing prohibition law to regulate the sale of beer and wine, during this ongoing budget session," he said. The Mizoram Liquor (Prohibition) Act was enacted by the previous MNF government in 2019, which replaced the Mizoram Liquor (Prohibition & Control) Act, 2014, brought by the then Congress government, allowing the sale of wine in the state. The Mizo...

The police on Thursday arrested five more staff of the private engineering college KIIT here on the charge of assaulting Nepalese students while they were vacating the hostel following a direction of the institute authorities, police said. With this, the number of people arrested in the KIIT fiasco increased to 11 including an engineering student, who was booked for allegedly abetting the suicide of a 20-year-old Nepalese woman in her hostel room on Sunday. Following her death, the Nepalese students had staged demonstrations demanding justice. The Infocity Police Station in a statement said that the five accused persons, all employees of KIIT, were found in CCTV footage assaulting the students while they were vacating their hostel rooms on Monday between 11 AM to 12.20 PM. "The KIIT staff suddenly arrived there and asked them to leave as soon as possible. Seeing that the students were a little late in vacating the hostel, the accused persons suddenly got angry and abused them ...

Uddhav Thackeray had planned to make Eknath Shinde the Chief Minister of Maharashtra after the 2019 election, but he was foiled - first by ally BJP and then the allies of Maha Vikas Aghadi, senior Shiv Sena UBT leader Sanjay Raut has said.  Among then MVA, he especially named veteran leader Sharad Pawar, saying he had objected to Mr Shinde. "Shinde wanted to become CM, but top leaders of the MVA refused to work under him as he was junior to them," Mr Raut was quoted as saying by news agency Press Trust of India. "It was Sharad Pawar, then president of the Nationalist Congress Party, and Ajit Pawar who opposed the plan to make Shinde chief minister," he added. As for the BJP, "The BJP did not fulfil the promise of sharing the CM's post with the Shiv Sena, that was why Shinde lost the chance to head the government," Mr Raut said. The BJP's refusal led to a massive political churning. Mr Thackeray broke off the party's decades-old alliance with...

To fulfil one of his major electoral agendas of providing cheap oil ( 'drill baby drill' ), in his inaugural speech US President Donald Trump argued for increasing the domestic production of crude oil and utilising it to spur prosperity in the US economy. His message of promoting carbon-intensive fossil fuels is detrimental to global decarbonisation initiatives and climate change mitigation measures.  Trump's appeal to US oil producers to extract more oil may have significant implications for the global energy market, including Russia. The US, being the single largest oil-producing country (it produced 19,358 thousand barrels per day in 2023 with a global share of 20.1 per cent ), has substantial power to influence the global oil market. The increase in US oil production could lead to a surge in global energy supplies, potentially driving down prices. However, as a production cartel, the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) with a global share of 35...

After horror stories from changing rooms in hotels and malls with hidden cameras, several videos of women being examined at a maternity hospital in Gujarat have been uploaded to YouTube and Telegram channels, putting a question mark on the security of women at an institution widely considered to be safe. The CCTV clips - showing nursing staff administering injections to women patients - from Rajkot's Payal Maternity Home were widely shared online and eventually came to the notice of Ahmedabad Cyber Crime Police. When the hospital's director was questioned, he claimed that the CCTV server was hacked. "I don't know how the hospital videos went viral. Our CCTV server seems to have been hacked. However, we are also unaware of why this happened and will inform the police. We will also lodge a complaint and cooperate with the police in investigating all the issues," Dr Amit Akbari, who works at the hospital, said. A case has also been filed by the Rajkot Cyber Crime...

The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee on Sunday strongly condemned US authorities for allegedly not allowing Sikh deportees, who were part of the second batch of illegal Indian immigrants brought from America, to wear their turbans. The SGPC statement came after some visuals appeared on social media showing Sikh deportees without turbans while completing their immigration formalities at the Amritsar airport. A US military aircraft carrying 116 illegal Indian immigrants landed at the Amritsar airport late Saturday night, with one deportee claiming they were handcuffed with their legs chained during the journey. The fresh batch of deportees included 65 immigrants from Punjab, 33 from Haryana and eight from Gujarat. SGPC officials, who were deputed for providing 'langar' and bus service for deportees on Saturday night at the airport, provided 'dastar' (turban) to Sikh deportees. One of the Sikh deportees also claimed that when they landed at the Amritsar airport,...

A 65-year-old woman was on Saturday found to have been living with the corpses of three of her family members for at least two days in Odisha's Dhenkanal district, a police officer said. Decomposed bodies of the three - the woman's husband, her daughter and grandson - were found hanging in their residence at Chaulia Khamar village under Dhenkanal Sadar police station limits. The inspector in charge of the police station, Purna Chandra Rout, said that the woman, Pushpanjali Das, on Saturday left the house and went to her son's place in Dhenkanal town and told him that three were dead. Following this, her son Prasanna Kumar Das called up someone in the village, who informed him that some stench was coming from the house and that he should come and check. For some reason, Prasanna has been staying away from his father's house for around 30 years. After going to the village with his mother, Prasanna found his father Shankarshan (70) hanging in one room, while his 45-ye...

At least 10 people were injured after a sudden rush of passengers caused by two trains for the Maha Kumbh being delayed led to an overcrowding situation at the New Delhi Railway Station on Saturday night, officials said. At least four people fell unconscious and had to be hospitalised. The chaotic situation developed around 8 pm on platform numbers 14 and 15 of the station as passengers were waiting to board trains to Prayagraj.   Officials said additional security forces have been deployed to control the situation at the railway station and four fire engines were also rushed to the spot. Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw, who is on the way to the station, said the situation is under control.  "Situation under control at New Delhi railway station (NDLS). Delhi Police and RPF (railway police force reached. Injured taken to hospital. Special trains being run to evacuate sudden rush," the minister posted on X. Situation under control at New Delhi railway station (N...

Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar today said that the Chief Justice of the country shouldn't be involved in any executive appointment in a democracy like India. "How can in a country like ours or in any democracy, by statutory prescription, the Chief Justice of India participate in the selection of the CBI director? Can there be any legal rationale for it?" Mr Dhankhar wondered. "I can appreciate that the Statutory prescription took shape because the executive of the day has yielded to a judicial verdict. But the time has come to revisit. This surely does not merge with democracy. How can we involve the Chief Justice of India with any executive appointment?" he added. His statement has come at a time when a meeting is to be held for the selection of the next Chief Election Commissioner. The selection would be a first since the Chief Election Commissioner And Other Election Commissioners (Appointment, Conditions of Service And Term of Office) Act, 2023, was passe...

Billionaire Elon Musk has been invited to bring his satellite internet service Starlink to Bangladesh by the interim government led by Mohammed Yunus. Yunus believes this will benefit Bangladesh's youth and remote communities. Musk has shown interest in visiting Bangladesh. The invitation coincides with Musk's meeting with Indian PM Modi, amidst strained India-Bangladesh relations.

Gautam Adani, the Chairman of the Adani Group, on Thursday said that failure is never the final destination, adding that life always gives a second chance. He wrote a post on X about an 18-year-old girl in Uttar Pradesh's Gorakhpur who suicide after failing to clear the JEE exams. "I have just this request to all of you - never consider failure as the final destination. Because life always gives a second chance…!" the Adani Group Chairman said on X. अपेक्षाओं के बोझ तले दबकर एक होनहार बेटी का यूं चले जाना हृदयविदारक है। जीवन किसी भी परीक्षा से बड़ा होता है- यह बात अभिभावकों को खुद भी समझनी होगी और बच्चों को भी समझानी होगी। मैं पढ़ाई में बहुत सामान्य था। पढ़ाई एवं जीवन में कई बार असफल भी हुआ, लेकिन हर बार जिंदगी ने नया… https://t.co/3s1WnINLcb — Gautam Adani (@gautam_adani) February 13, 2025 Expressing sadness over the death of the student, Mr Adani said: "It is heartbreaking to see a promising daughter go away under the burden of expectations". The te...

Tensions erupted in Hyderabad’s old city when meat was found inside the Lord Shiva Temple within the Hanuman Temple complex. Protests ensued, leading authorities to investigate. CCTV footage later revealed that a cat had brought the meat, quelling potential unrest after police clarified the situation.

The Adani Defence and Aerospace stalls at the ongoing Aero India 2025 found itself in the spotlight on Wednesday as Army chief General Upendra Dwivedi and Navy chief Admiral DK Tripathi paid a visit and got first-hand information on the futuristic state-of-the art weaponry on display. General Upendra Dwivedi and Fleet chief Admiral DK Tripathi were briefed by Adani Defence & Aerospace CEO Ashish Rajvanshi about the weaponry on display and also about the firm's thrust on developing futuristic technology. Notably, the Adani Defence and Aerospace stall, showcasing futuristic technology, is one of the main attractions at Asia's largest five-day air show titled ‘Aero India 2025', currently underway in Bengaluru. Focussing on cutting-edge technology, the stall features state-of-the-art weaponry. The highlight of the display is the ‘Vehicle-Mounted Counter-Drone System', developed in collaboration with the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO). ...

US President Donald Trump has ordered a pause in the enforcement of a nearly half-century-old law that was used to go after the Adani Group under the previous Biden administration. The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) bans firms and people with US ties from offering money or gifts to foreign officials to secure business overseas. President Trump had considered pausing the law during his first term. "It sounds good on paper, but in [practice] it's a disaster," President Trump said on the FCPA, the British daily Financial Times reported. "It means that if an American goes over to a foreign country and starts doing business over there legally, legitimately or otherwise, it's almost a guaranteed investigation, indictment and nobody wants to do business with the Americans because of it." The Adani Group - the largest and fastest-growing portfolio of diversified businesses in India - last year strongly denied allegations by the Biden administration that s...

Congress's Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi has been summoned by a court in Lucknow in connection with his alleged derogatory remarks against the Indian Army during his Bharat Jodo Yatra. Mr Gandhi will have to appear before the Lucknow MP MLA court -- a special court that can try cases against MPs and MLAs -- in the last week of March.  Former director of Border Road Organization or BRO Uday Shankar Srivastava had filed the complaint against Mr Gandhi on basis of which the defamation case was registered.  Mr Gandhi had apparently made the remarks on the Indian Army during his Bharat Jodo Yatra in December 2022. The comment that "Chinese soldiers are beating up Indian Army personnel in Arunachal Pradesh" - a dig at the government over Chinese action at the Line of Actual Control -- drew sharp criticism from many quarters and led to a massive political row. Many BJP leaders had declared that Mr Gandhi as anti-national, accused his family of receiving...

Rajya Sabha saw a confrontation between Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar and opposition leader Mallikarjun Kharge when a starred question about non-payment of dues by builders in Noida was withdrawn. BJP MP Laxmikant Bajpayee had asked for details about developers who owed dues and the measures taken against them.

The BJP's Rajasthan unit president Madan Rathore has sent a show cause to Cabinet minister Kirodi Lal Meena for "tarnishing" the state government's reputation by alleging in a public meeting recently that his phone was being tapped, party leaders said on Monday. Kirodi Lal Meena, however, claimed ignorance about it and while asserting that he was a "disciplined soldier" of the party said he would send his reply within the stipulated time once he received the notice. After Kirodi Lal Meena made the phone-tapping claim, the opposition Congress had raised the issue in the Rajasthan Assembly, causing embarrassment to the BJP government. The Congress had demanded Chief Minister Bhajanlal Sharma's resignation over the allegation and Leader of the Opposition Tika Ram Jully did not even give a speech on the Governor's address in protest. Congress MLAs kept raising slogans during the chief minister's speech. In the show cause notice, the BJP said Kiro...

The BJP has backed its Karnataka leader amid massive infighting in the state unit, reprimanding one rebel and issuing a show cause notice to another. Snubbing those who have been pushing for the replacement of BY Vijayendra as the party chief, the BJP's central leadership has refused to entertain their complaints against him. "The party has taken note of your continuing tirade and breach of discipline, in clear contravention of the discipline code in the party constitution," read the show cause notice to Vijayapura MLA Basanagouda Patil Yatmal, to which he has to reply within 72 hours. The party chief has been facing challenge from hardliners since the Lok Sabha election and all factions of the party have gone to Delhi to meet the party high command.  The rebel camp, including MLAs Basanagouda Patil Yatnal, BP Harish, former MLA Kumar Bangarappa and former Union Minister GM Siddeshwara,  had also planned to file a complaint against Karnataka state in-charge Radha Mohan...

Punjab State Cabinet Minister Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal met with the family members of Gurpreet Singh, who wanted to go to America via the 'Dunki' route and died on the way at Guatemala of heart attack. Mr Dhaliwal met the mourning family and told ANI that he will appeal to people to not go to any other country illegally. "We have a lot of youth here. In the last two or three months, we have been struggling with the situation in America. The deceased had reached Guatemala. They were trying to reach the US through 'dunki' route. There he died with a heart attack," Mr Dhaliwal said. "This is a request that no one should go illegally," he said Mr Dhaliwal added that he has initiated a process to retrieve the body of the man who died. "The deceased man, who was 33-year-old, was trying to go to America, through different countries. Their parents were also upset. They demand that they should be given their dead bodies. We have already started a proc...

A massive fire broke out at a hotel and quickly spread to nearby accommodations and shops in Sonmarg district of Jammu & Kashmir on Saturday.  There was no immediate report of any casualties. Sources, however, said several shops and hotels were destroyed in the blaze.  The cause of the fire also could not be immediately ascertained.  According to IANS, the fire erupted at Hotel Sounsar in Sonmarg market. In a post on X, Ganderbal deputy commissioner said the personnel from Gund Kangan fire services, the Army, the State Disaster Response Force and local residents are helping to douse the blaze. "5 fire vehicles on-site, operations are in full swing, blaze has been brought under control. Efforts are on to extinguish the fire," the official said.  Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said he was in constant touch with the local administration to ensure all possible assistance. "Deeply saddened by the devastating fire incident in the Sonmarg market. My office is in co...

A three-year-old boy from Rajasthan died after falling into a garbage pit at a cafeteria near the domestic terminal of Cochin airport on Friday. The boy, identified as Rithan Jaju, son of Sourabh, was playing in the garden outside Anna Cafe near the airport when he fell into the four-foot deep pit that had been left open for cleaning work. Rithan's family, part of a group that had come on a tour of Kerala, stopped at the cafeteria for lunch. According to the police, the incident occurred at around 12:50 pm while they were dining inside. After Rithan was nowhere to be seen, his parents searched the area for him and later informed Cochin International Airport Limited (CIAL) authorities after failing to locate him. During the search, Rithan's father spotted his shoes near the garbage pit which led him to his discovery. Upon being pulled up from the pit, the boy was unconscious and vomited garbage. The authorities immediately administered CPR before rushing him to a nearby ho...

Eighteen Indian nationals remain in the Russian armed forces, of whom 16 have been "reported as missing" by the Russian side, the government informed Parliament on Thursday. Minister of State for External Affairs Kirti Vardhan Singh in a written response to a query in Rajya Sabha also shared the state-wise domicile of the 18 Indians, saying nine of them were from Uttar Pradesh, two each from Punjab and Haryana, and one each from Chandigarh, Maharashtra, Kerala, and Bihar, Jammu and Kashmir. In response to another query, Singh said 12 Indian nationals in the Russian armed forces were "reported to have lost their lives in the ongoing conflict." "Our Missions and Posts accord high priority to the safety, security and well-being of all Indian nationals abroad and take appropriate action, as and when any request for assistance is received," he said. The government was asked the details of the number of Indian youths still stranded in Russia and serving in th...

At least four persons were injured when one of their colleagues attacked them with a knife following a disagreement at a West Bengal government office here on Thursday, police said. Accused Asit Sarkar, a state government employee at Karigori Bhavan in the city's Newtown area, was arrested by the Techno City police station under Bidhannagar police commissionerate. "Sarkar, a resident of Ghola in Sodepur, North 24 Parganas district, works in the technical education department. This morning, following a tiff with his colleagues over taking time off, he attacked them with a knife and then tried to flee. We have arrested him," a police officer said. The injured were identified as Jaydeb Chakraborty, Santunu Saha, Sartha Late, and Sheikh Satabul. Two of them are in serious condition, police added. "The accused was seen running through the streets of New Town with the knife. Police are investigating the incident to understand the motive behind his action," the off...

A hunting expedition by a group of villagers went fatally wrong as one of them was shot dead by some other members, who allegedly mistook him for a wild boar in a forest area in Maharashtra's Palghar district, police said on Wednesday. One person was injured in the incident that took place in the night of January 28, they said, adding that at least six men have been detained in this connection. Palghar's Sub-Divisional Police Officer (SDPO) Abhijit Dharashivkar said the group of villagers had ventured into Borsheti forest area at Manor in the district for hunting of wild boars. "During the expedition, some villagers got separated from the group. After some time, one of the hunters mistook them for wild boars and opened fire, hitting two villagers. One of them died on the spot, while the other sustained serious injuries," he said. Shocked and panicked by the accidental killing, the group dragged the deceased person's body into the bushes and hid it instead of r...

A Class 12 student lost her life while nine other children sustained serious injuries as the driver of the school bus in which they were travelling lost the control of the vehicle following which it fell off a culvert. The accident reportedly happened due to a brake failure. The bus was carrying at least 30 children. Soon after the tragic accident, all injured students were rushed to the hospital, where doctors are closely monitoring their condition. The driver fled the scene immediately after the accident which was reported on the Jaipur-Bikaner Highway (NH-52) near Chomu. Shockingly, the fitness certification of the bus had expired in March of the previous year, yet it continued to operate on the highway with students on board. The bus had a permit for the Chokhi Dhani to Sirsi Road route but was illegally operating on a different path. The mishap occurred at around 7.30 a.m. on Wednesday near the Veer Hanuman Marg culvert. A crowd quickly gathered at the site. Tragically, 18...

Days after a woman was detected with 'fetus in fetu', an extremely rare condition, two fetuses were removed successfully post-delivery from her three-day-old child's abdomen in Amravati district of Maharashtra on Tuesday, doctors said. The 32-year-old woman from Buldhana district was detected with the rare congenital anomaly, in which a malformed fetus is located within the body of another fetus, last month when she underwent sonography as part of regular health check-up. The woman delivered a baby boy on February 1 at Buldhana Women's Hospital. Subsequently, she and the child were shifted to a super specialty government hospital in Amravati district where a team of doctors operated upon the newborn to remove two fetuses from his stomach, they said. The boy was operated under the supervision of Dr Usha Gajbhiye at Amravati Divisional Hospital. Talking to reporters, Dr Gajbhiye said there were two twins like fetuses with hands and legs in the stomach of the three-day...

The Rajasthan assembly witnessed chaos on Monday when parliamentary affairs minister Jogaram Patel used "unparliamentary" language during a discussion on crop damage. This led to a heated exchange with the opposition. After being called out by Congress leaders, Patel apologized, clarifying there was no intention to disrespect anyone. Speaker Vasudev Devnani urged members to maintain decorum, and the session continued with a debate on the governor’s address.

An Indian-origin man who wore a fake police uniform and fired blanks at armed officers while brandishing an imitation gun near Leicester, eastern England, has been sentenced to three years' imprisonment. Hari Mann, 25, pointed a handgun at a member of the public before firing the blanks at police officers in Braunstone Town on the morning of June 4, 2024. Leicestershire Police officers' fast-paced response was praised in court as Mann was sentenced at Leicester Crown Court on Friday. "This was an incident that resulted in a fast-paced policing response and had a significant impact on the local community," said Detective Inspector (DI) Hazel Sandall. "The first report to our control room was made at 9.57 am and Mann was arrested at 10.15 am. Thanks to the quick reactions of our call handlers and firearms officers, he was detained before he was able to cause physical harm to anyone. It is enormous credit to officers and staff involved in this response that they...

The Coordinating Committee on Manipur Integrity (COCOMI) has urged the central government to set up a dedicated anti-narcotics bureau in the northeastern region. The conglomerate of civil society organisations based in the state capital Imphal also appealed to the Centre to declare the region as a "narco-terrorist emergency zone". In a memorandum addressed to the chief ministers of northeastern states, COCOMI convenor Khuraijam Athouba said, "We urge the government of India to officially declare the northeastern region as a narco-terrorist emergency zone to highlight the gravity of the situation and mobilise national resources accordingly." The COCOMI demanded the establishment of a "specialised anti-narcotics bureau or force dedicated to combating drug trafficking and narco terrorism in the region". The bureau should work transparently and coordinate with the state governments and local authorities, COCOMI said in the memorandum. The organisation cal...

A miscreant, Ganisetti Gangadhar, allegedly under the influence of alcohol, trespassed into the house of former minister Mudragada Padmanabham with a tractor, causing damage and threatening him. The incident took place in Kakinada district. Police arrested the accused, and YSRCP leaders demanded Janasena chief's response, as the accused claimed Janasena membership.

Eight Maoists were killed in a confrontation with security forces in Bijapur district, Chhattisgarh. Several weapons, including an Insas rifle and BGL, were recovered from the site. The operation involved multiple security units and was based on intelligence regarding Maoist presence in the area.

Intelligence gathering has taken a back seat in the Union Budget 2025-26 as the Centre has reduced the flow of funds of several verticals that deal with intelligence collection and dissemination, including the National Security Council Secretariat (NSCS) - the apex body for all matters concerning internal and external security. According to Notes on Demand for Grants (2025-26), Rs 182.75 crore has been allocated to NSCS in comparison to Rs 270.08 crore (revised estimate) last financial year. The budget of the Intelligence Bureau was also reduced by around Rs 100 crore. Last year, Rs 3,966 crore was allocated to the agency in the revised Budget but this year, the amount has been reduced to Rs 3,893 crore. "This (reduction) indicates that the number of personnel working in these two arms of the intelligence apparatus are being reduced as revenue in both heads have come down," a senior officer explained, seeking anonymity.  According to the officer, salaries, pensions and ot...

A mob of around 80 people on Friday confronted a security team that went to destroy illegal opium poppy cultivation in Manipur's Kangpokpi district and damaged four vehicles, police said. The incident happened in the Lhungjang hill range where personnel of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and the police had gone. "Four light vehicles were broken, mostly the front windshield. The mob was later controlled by using minimum force. Later, reinforcements came... and poppy destruction at Lhungjang hill range resumed," the police said.