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THANE: In a 2020 murder case, a court in Maharashtra's Thane acquitted two labourers from Navi Mumbai, saying the prosecution failed to prove charges against them. Additional sessions court judge P M Gupta passed the order on March 27, which was made available on Saturday.The two accused lived in the same locality as the victim Santosh Kasbe in Turbhe. The prosecution informed the court that on January...

KOLKATA: Some of the private schools in the city, which admitted children only when they turned four, and in some cases five, have brought down the admission age cut-off to three years to align with the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020. Don Bosco Park Circus has introduced lower kindergarten (LKG), where children of four years have been taken in for the new session starting April. The school will...

VIRUDHUNAGAR: CPM members on Tuesday held a black flag protest in front of the Rajapalayam Gandhi statue in Virudhunagar district condemning the visit of Tamil Nadu governor R N Ravi.The governor arrived in Virudhunagar on Friday night to attend the golden jubilee celebration of Rajapalayam Rajus' College on Saturday. Before heading to Rajapalayam, the governor visited the Sri Andal Temple at...

NEW DELHI: Police have arrested an 18-year-old boy from Jyoti Nagar for insulting a saffron flag and posting the video of the incident on social media. "After the video was widely circulated on social media, we looked up for the people in the video. The 18-year-old was identified as Faiz Alam. The two juveniles seen in the video have also been apprehended," a police officer said. "The phone that was...

MUMBAI: The Mumbai Police on Saturday said that a man has been detained in Pune in connecion with a death threat message to Uddhav Thackeray faction leader and MP Sanjay RautAccording to the Mumbai Police, the detained individual is currently being interrogated. The police also mentioned that the detainee had used the name of Lawrence Bishnoi, and they will be investigating the detainee's connection...

Dr. Sabhyata Gupta, Chairperson, Gynaecology and Gynae Oncology, Medanta, Gurugram says, “Usually, patients experience abdominal bloating or swelling, pelvic or abdominal pain, unexplained weight loss, difficulty in eating or feeling full quickly, and frequent urination but dismiss the same thinking that these symptoms could be the result of other common conditions. However, if these symptoms persist...

It's never easy to bid goodbye to Bollywood, because years of blood, sweat and perseverance goes into making it big in the world of movies. Yet, prominent names like Priyanka Chopra and AR Rahman left B-Town for Hollywood. Others like Preity Zinta and Sahil Khan moved into other careers and business opportunities. While some like Imran Khan, Twinkle Khanna, Zayed Khan and Fardeen Khan just hung up their...

ULHASNAGAR: Unidentified person attacked Manoj Sadhwani, Ulhasnagar city working president of Congress, outside his residence in Ulhasnagar on Friday. The police said Sadhwani was returning home from his hotel at 2 am when the incident happened.Sadhwani's wife Jaya Sadhwani, a former mayor of Ulhasnagar, said, "When my husband came out of the car, one of the unidentified persons covering his face with a...

KOLKATA: At least 18 essential drugs, which are part of our home medicine cabinet, including oral rehydration solution sachets and pain killers, will get pricier from Saturday. They are likely to cost 10%-12% more with National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) changing price caps of 25 medicines.The stock with the revised prices is likely to reach the Kolkata market in a month. "The prices will...

UDHAGAMANDALAM: 'Elephant Whisperers' Bomman and Bellie lost their latest 'baby' at the Theppakadu elephant camp in the Mudumalai Tiger Reserve on Friday. The four-month-old elephant calf died of complications as it could not digest lactogen and due to the stress of separation from its herd.The calf was found inside a well at Dharmapuri on March 9. Forest veterinarians and Bomman went there and took...