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Mumbai: A traffic policewoman earned accolades after she saved the life of an ailing motorist at Wadala on Monday.Constable Dipali Mandale was manning Pooja Junction. "Northward traffic movement from Chembur towards Antop Hill had been stopped. Around 7 pm, I noticed the passenger in the front seat of a car rush towards the driver's seat. Initially, I thought he wanted to swap seats with the driver....

Chennai: More than five months after an eight-year-old girl walking home was intercepted, dragged into a grove and raped by a 35-year-old guest worker, a special court for Pocso Act cases found him guilty of the offence, and imposed double imprisonment on the man.Investigation had initially hit a dead-end, as police could gather only a grainy image of the suspect — Kale Biswakarma from Dibrugarh in...

If you have ever wondered whether spending more time in the sun can genuinely affect how long you live, you are not alone. Many people move through their routines with very little natural light, often without considering how daylight shapes internal biological processes. You might think sunlight simply brightens your surroundings, yet research shows that it influences hormonal cycles, sleep timing and...

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...

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...

KOLKATA: From November 1 onwards, pensioners will no longer have to physically appear before the treasuries or banks to submit their life certificate to draw pension. They will be able to submit a digital life certificate (DLC) from home using a smartphone through which they will only have to make a face authentication. The state finance department has recently issued a notification in this regard.The...

Thane: The ongoing controversy over the alleged affiliations of drug Lalit Patil and his associate Salman Falke with some Thane politicians has stoked a fresh wave of tussle between the two NCP factions in Thane with each levelling accusations of proximity of rival camp leaders with the drug syndicate.Observers have expressed surprise on how the allegations made by a Shiv Sena MLC in Mumbai have...

Kolkata: A snatcher, identified as Faizal Rehman, has been arrested from the New Market area following a complaint filed by a woman who alleged her chain was snatched around Mahalaya when she was in the area to shop.Cops used CCTV footage to identify the culprit. Police are probing Rehman’s involvement in other snatchings in the area. He was produced in court and taken to police remand till November...

KOLKATA: The detective department has decided to slap Section 305 of IPC, pertaining to abetment of suicide of a minor, on all the 12 youths arrested in the Jadavpur University ragging case, in which a first-year student of Bengali department died on August 10 following a fall from a balcony of Main Hostel.It is, however, not yet known whether the murder charge mentioned in the FIR will be dropped or...

Thane: Two persons have been booked by the Mumbra police for mowing down a pup and injuring another dog in their society in the Diva area. The police said that the complainant is an animal activist. In the complaint, she alleged that they found a corpse of a one-month old pup. The activist, thus, checked the CCTV footage and found, the accused who lives in the same society was driving a car that mowed...