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New Delhi: Delhi continued to face harsh winter conditions on Wednesday, with temperatures dropping sharply across the city. The minimum temperature at Safdarjung, the city’s main weather station, fell to 3.8 degrees Celsius, which is 3.6 degrees below normal, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said. Other parts of the city also recorded low temperatures. Lodhi…
Indore: A death audit submitted to the Indore administration has indicated that 15 of the 21 deaths reported from Bhagirathpura may be linked to a recent outbreak of vomiting and diarrhoea caused by contaminated drinking water, sources said. Health officials reported five new diarrhoea cases on Tuesday, all from the affected locality. Indore chief medical…
New Delhi: Environmental experts say Delhi’s Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) helps control pollution during emergencies but does little to tackle the root causes of the city’s worsening air quality. Environmental analyst Sunil Dahiya said GRAP works as a short-term response but has not led to any meaningful reduction in overall pollution levels. He pointed…
Indore: The Indore bench of the Madhya Pradesh High Court on Monday directed the state government to strictly enforce the ban on Chinese manja, warning that guardians could be held legally responsible if minors are found flying kites using the banned string. A bench comprising Justices Vijay Kumar Shukla and Alok Awasthi ordered that the…
Rourkela (Odisha): Odisha Police on Monday said they have uncovered an organised cybercrime syndicate and arrested seven people for their alleged involvement in large-scale online fraud and money laundering through mule bank accounts. Rourkela Superintendent of Police Nitesh Wadhwani said the arrests were made following a special operation launched on the basis of intelligence inputs….
Berhampur (Odisha): Three people, including two Class 10 students and a school employee, were injured after a group of outsiders allegedly attacked them inside a school campus on the outskirts of Berhampur in Odisha’s Ganjam district on Monday, police said. The incident took place at Maa Narayani High School during the lunch recess. According to…
Pilibhit/Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Police on Monday questioned a Muslim cleric in Pilibhit as part of the ongoing investigation into a rape and religious conversion case involving a junior resident doctor of King George’s Medical University (KGMU), even as the varsity decided to expel the accused from its MD programme. The cleric, Zahid Hasan Rana, the…
Bengaluru: Bengaluru police have arrested an 18-year-old man in connection with the murder of a 34-year-old woman software engineer, whose death was initially believed to be caused by a fire accident at her apartment in the eastern part of the city. Police said the accused, a native of Kodagu district, allegedly killed the woman after…
Etah (Uttar Pradesh): A young woman and her alleged lover were beaten to death on Sunday night in Etah district after being caught together at her home, police said. The incident took place in Garhiya Suhagpur village, where the woman’s family allegedly attacked the couple following a confrontation. The victims have been identified as Shivani…
Ayodhya: Sadhus and religious leaders in Ayodhya have welcomed the administration’s decision to ban the delivery of non-vegetarian food within a 15-km radius of the Ram Temple, saying the move was necessary to preserve the city’s spiritual and cultural character. Several seers said devotees visiting Ayodhya for darshan should not be confronted with activities that…
