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CHENNAI: Fewer overcrowded prisons, an increased representation of women among prison staff and fewer vacancies have helped Tamil Nadu's prisons department to emerge as the number one in the country, according to the India Justice Report (IJR) 2022. For Tamil Nadu prisons department, this is a substantial jump as it was ranked 10th in IJR 2019 and sixth in IJR 2020."The prison occupancy rate in Tamil...

NEW DELHI: For the second consecutive day, the fresh Covid-19 count in the national capital crossed the 500 mark on Wednesday. According to the daily health bulletin shared by Delhi government, the city logged 509 fresh cases from 1,918 samples tested, with a positivity rate of 26.5%.On Tuesday, the city reported 521 cases, the highest single-day rise since August 27 last year, from 3,331 cases. The...

MUMBAI: Angry that his hair was cut short, a 13-year-old boy allegedly leaped to death from the bathroom window of his 16th floor flat in Bhayander on Tuesday night. Navghar police said an accidental death case has been filed. Shatrughan Pathak, a class 8th student, was found in a pool of blood in the compound of his Sonam Indraprasth building in New Golden Nest, Bhayander (east) at around 11.30pm. The...

NEW DELHI: Congress renegade Ghulam Nabi Azad on Wednesday said he left the party because of Rahul Gandhi, and took potshots at the Gandhi scion, including for his tearing up an ordinance when UPA was in office. He said Rahul's rejection of the ordinance had boomeranged on him, referring to his disqualification from Lok Sabha.He spoke at the launch function of his autobiography, 'Azaad', on Wednesday,...

NEW DELHI: To make bone marrow transplant affordable, the Union government has planned to set up centres at its three hospitals in Delhi. Till date, only AIIMS Delhi has a facility in the city and the treatment cost is exorbitant in private hospitals. "If all goes well, the centres are likely to start soon at Safdarjung, RML and Lady Hardinge hospitals," said a doctor, who recently attended a meeting at...

NEW DELHI: Delhi recorded 509 fresh Covid-19 cases in a single day on Wednesday breaching the 25 per cent positivity rate mark.The positivity rate stood at 26.54 per cent, while no new fatalities were logged.Delhi had recorded 521 cases on Tuesday, the highest single-day rise since August 27 last year, and one fatality, PTI quoted data shared by the city health department.The positivity rate stood at...

GUWAHATI: China’s latest claim to Arunachal Pradesh by releasing a list of “standardised geographical names” for 11 places in the frontier state turns out to be a random naming of isolated forest tracts, nondescript peaks, non-existent rivers and town areas superficially bound together as part of Cona, Zayu and Medog counties in Nyingchi prefecture of Tibet. For instance, the coordinates of two...

THANE: The Shiv Sena's (Eknath Shinde faction) youth wing on Tuesday filed an FIR against a rapper in Ambernath of Thane district for allegedly using objectionable and abusive remarks against the ruling Shiv Sena (Shinde) and BJP in the state.The FIR was filed by Snehal Kamble, a member of the Yuva Sena core committee at Shivaji Nagar police station.Raj Mungase, is a resident of Chhatrapati Sambhaji...

BHUBANESWAR: Chief minister Naveen Patnaik and the state government delegation held a meeting with the senior leadership of Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and discussed various upcoming social-sector and infrastructure projects in Odisha on Wednesday. The JICA leadership reiterated their commitment to supporting infrastructure development in the state.Amid speculation that Odisha may try...

COIMBATORE: Around 2,000 police personnel would be deployed from Masinagudi to Theppakadu on April 9 to provide security for Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his visit to Theppakadu elephant camp in the Nilgiris to honour mahout Bomman and his wife Bellie, heroes of Oscar-winning short documentary film ‘The Elephant Whisperers’.The 7km stretch, which is situated at the trijunction of Tamil Nadu,...