SILIGURI: Eight bodies were found Monday as flood waters started receding in north Bengal, taking the toll in one of the worst calamities in the region to 36. Many more are still missing.Till Sunday, 28 bodies were recovered in north Bengal’s hills and plains. Five of the victims were Nepalis.CM Banerjee, who arrived in north…
Lucknow: Sahara India Commercial Corporation Limited moved the Lucknow bench of the Allahabad high court on Monday seeking restriction on Lucknow Municipal Corporation (LMC) from making any interference in the peaceful possession of the group on its land and properties in Gomtinagar. Sahara has also challenged the civic body’s order issued on September 8 and…
BHOPAL/NAGPUR: Madhya Pradesh government on Monday transferred the state drugs controller and suspended three of his subordinates, holding them accountable for the deaths of children, allegedly after consuming Coldrif cough syrup, in Chhindwara district, as the toll mounted to 15, with one more girl undergoing treatment in Nagpur succumbing on Monday.Following CM Mohan Yadav’s instructions,…
Lucknow: Divisional commissioner Vijay Vishwas Pant on Monday directed urgent re-modelling of major city roads and removal of hurdles to improve traffic flow in the state capital.Chairing a review meeting, he stressed that clearing bottlenecks on key streets had to be prioritised to ensure smoother movement across the city. The meeting was attended by additional…
NEW DELHI: In the high-stakes showdown for Bihar assembly polls, NDA, helmed by BJP and CM Nitish Kumar’s JDU, is expecting a resounding endorsement of its “double engine” governance, claiming to have lifted the state from ‘Jungle Raj’ quagmire to the cusp of ‘Viksit Bihar’. Home minister Amit Shah said on Monday that NDA government…
Lucknow: In a step towards making the varsity more accommodating for students with hearing impairments, Dr Shakuntala Misra National Rehabilitation University (DSMNRU) has made it mandatory to make available all notices in sign language on its official YouTube channel.Additionally, the university is conducting workshops from time to time for non-teaching staff to help them learn…
IMA condemns doctor’s arrest Indian Medical Association on Monday condemned a doctor’s arrest in connection with cough syrup deaths, describing it as a classic example of the legal illiteracy of officials and police. “The prescribing doctor has no way of knowing whether a medicine is contaminated until adverse outcomes are reported,” it said. Source link
Lucknow: Moderate rainfall in different parts of the city from Monday afternoon till night turned the weather pleasant. According to the weatherman, light rain is expected on Tuesday as well.“Thick cloud cover and rain in the city was due to a fresh western disturbance over Afghanistan and Pakistan, a cyclonic circulation in west Rajasthan and…
Soha Ali Khan recently opened up about her parents — the late Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi and veteran actress Sharmila Tagore. In a recent interview, the actor spoke about growing up in a home defined by equality, her father’s progressive values, his absence in her later years, and how her mother’s cancer diagnosis reignited her…
BJP MP & MLA assaulted during flood tour JALPAIGURI/SILIGURI: A group of around 50 villagers assaulted BJP MP from Malda North, Khagen Murmu, and BJP MLA from Siliguri, Sankar Ghosh, and ransacked their cars on Monday at Bamandanga in Jalpaiguri’s Nagrakata, where the legislators had gone to inspect flood-hit areas. The attack left Murmu bleeding…
