Chennai: The government will hold at least 1,000 free health camps across the state on Sundays starting October 29 to screen people for common ailments during monsoon, said health minister Ma Subramanian on Saturday.The camps will screen people for chikungunya, dengue, malaria, cholera and typhoid seen during the rainy season, he told reporters. “We are told there will be heavy rain on Sunday and...
NEW DELHI: In an interesting turn of events, a thief who had entered a wine shop to steal, started drinking and passed out inside the shop itself. His partner in crime, who escaped, was spotted by a patrolling party leading the cops to the wine shop.On October 25, while patrolling near a government wine shop around 4:50am, a police party saw a man moving around in a suspicious manner.When the cops...
MUMBAI: Observing that the prosecution utterly failed to establish that the fake currency notes were in his possession and recovered from him which led to his arrest four years ago, a sessions court on Friday acquitted a 35-year-old man. Acquitting Nimesh Choutaliya, the judge said,"... the prosecution has utterly failed to establish the fact that he was possessing counterfeit currency notesand he had...
MUMBAI: Reliance Industries chairman Mukesh Ambani received two death threat emails two days in a row. On Friday, he got an email saying: "If you don't give us Rs 20 crore, we will kill you. We have the best shooters in India." Ambanireceived another death threat from the same account Saturday. This time the sender demanded Rs 200 crore, saying the amount had been increased due to "non-response to the...
THANE: Ongoing metro and infrastructure projects along the highways have resulted in heavy traffic congestion, significantly impacting the schedules of public transport buses in Thane city. As a consequence, bus operators have been forced to either cancel or shorten routes, causing inconvenience to thousands of passengers.Commuters traveling to and from the city to areas like Borivali, Bhiwandi, and...
CHENNAI: TVS Group on Saturday unveiled a Rs 100crore corpus scholarship for Tamil Nadu’s engineering students to mark the centenary celebrations of T S Srinivasan, one of the key founders of the group. The ‘TVS Cheema Scholarship’ was unveiled by Tamil Nadu CM MK Stalin along with Venu Srinivasan, chairman emeritus, TVS Motor. It is designed to offer financial support to 500 deserving engineering...
What are you dressing up as for Halloween this year? Fans of the spookfest in the capital tells us what’s influencing their costume choice – from the popularity of anime to the success of web shows like Wednesday and films like Barbie."With Jenna Ortega’s Wednesday, the Addams Family became more popular. I feel this year Wednesday Addamswould be the go-to character for many.I love her demeanour...
MUMBAI: Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Uddhav Thackeray on Saturday accused that the BJP of undermining Mumbai's significance and facilitating the relocation of businesses and industries to Gujarat. While addressing a gathering of senior Shiv Sainiks, Thackeray emphasized that only Shiv Sena has the potential to counter the Bharatiya Janata Party's influence in Maharashtra.Thackeray identified an opportunity...
Due to the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, there has been a substantial transition towards a more personalized and tailored approach to healthcare in the preventive healthcare space. This approach integrates both lifestyle practices and genetic insights of an individual. Consequently, the understanding of our lifestyle choices in the context of our genes can help us make smarter decisions about our...
SINGAPORE: An Indian-origin man has been convicted for voluntarily causing hurt to a compatriot who died in hospital five days later from neck and head injuries. Sakthivel Sivasurian, 33, also pleaded guilty to a charge of giving false information to a public servant while out on bail.Sakthivel will return to court in November for sentencing, The Straits Times reported.After they alighted from a taxi,...
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