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KOLKATA: South Dum Dum Municipality has started using drones to check rooftops of buildings and spray larvicide in the worst dengue-affected localities under its jurisdiction.Civic officials said that the main objective behind using drones is to identify stagnant water and kill mosquito larvae by spraying larvicide at the dengue-prone localities where the civic body workers were finding it difficult to...

GURGAON: A 33-year-old man was reportedly assaulted by bouncers at a bar in Gurgaon's Sector 29 Market, resulting in the loss of vision in one eye, as well as other injuries, according to the police on Monday. The victim also claimed that the assailants behaved inappropriately with a female friend who was accompanying him.Sumer Singh Vij, a resident of Maruti Vihar Sector 28, lodged a complaint stating...

NEW DELHI: Chief of Defence Staff General Anil Chauhan reviewed the operational preparedness in the eastern sectorover the weekend, amid heightened tensions with China that has seen India shore up defences in the strategically-vulnerable Siliguri Corridor among other measures along the entire frontier.Gen Chauhan visited ‘forward areas’ in north Bengal and the Hasimara air base, where a squadron of...