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The agitators were demanding a survey similar to the caste-based survey to find actual numbers of handicapped persons in Bihar. They have several other demands such as online registration and issuance of certificates, and government-approved loans for business purposes. On Tuesday, the agitators blocked the busy road, leading to a massive traffic snarl on both sides of the road. The Danapur SHO along with a large contingent of police reached the site and forcibly removed them from the road. A purported video of the police action went viral on social media, wherein cops can be seen pushing a tricycle on…

Bommai on Tuesday also raised doubts about whether Siddaramaiah will continue his tenure of five years as the Chief Minister. Addressing media persons here, he said that the ministers and the Congress MLAs have been “issuing contradictory statements due to lack of unity”.The differences cropped up from the time of the appointment of the Chief Minister, Bommai said, adding that several senior ministers are “expressing their doubts that Siddaramaiah would continue as the Chief Minister for the full five years”. People must know about it as this is not an internal matter of Congress, the former Chief Minister said. “Anything…

According to the FIR accessed by IANS,complainant Masud Alam alleged that builder Mohd. Gulfam Qureshi in collusion with property owner Anshul Goel duped him of Rs 1,36,00,000 in the garb of selling a property situated in Model Basti, Bara Hindu Rao.The real owner of the property represented that he has all the sanctions and permissions to develop the property as per rules and bylaws from the local authorities.Qureshi further represented that he has extensive goodwill and experience in building construction lines and is a man of reputation in the field and will develop the property including the third floor with…

The Enforcement Directorate, in its remand note, alleged that Rai was well acquainted with Malik.”Vivo, China approached Rai for helping them in establishing their business. Thereafter, Rai arranged funds and Malik provided the corporate entity, namely Labquest Engineering Pvt Ltd, for establishment of Vivo brand in India,” it said.The ED also alleged that initial funding of Rs 3.17 crore for the purpose of setting up of offices or residential accommodation of Chinese nationals of Vivo Mobile India Pvt Ltd and its state distributor companies was provided by Rai and his company Lava International to Labquest Engineering.It said that “no agreement”…

He was presented before Special Judge MK Nagpal of Rouse Avenue Court, on expiry of his five-day ED custody.The court granted a three-day custody of Singh to the financial probe agency.The ED souught further custody on the grounds that his behaviour was totally non-cooperative with regard to the source of acquisition of some confidential documents of ED pertaining to this case.Other grounds on which the ED sought his custody were that he refused to acknowledge or sign the Call Detail Record (CDR) of his mobile number in respect to the calls appearing between the said number and the number of…

China and Cuba, however, were elected to the Council by the General Assembly in secret ballots despite their questionable human rights records. Both countries are on the Council with terms ending this year and will serve another three-year term starting next year till 2026 end. The 15 seats that came up by rotation for election this year to the 47-member Geneva-based Council were distributed according to its regional quotas, although all the 193 UN members vote on them. There were contests only in the East European and the Latin American and Caribbean groups while the number of contestants matched the…

Head of the Department of Psychiatry at the government-run Regional Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS), R.K. Lenin Singh, said that no one can be considered as healthy without a robust mental health as physical health must go in tandem with a sound mental health.“One in every eight persons in Manipur is deemed to be having mental health issues due to the current ethnic turmoil,” he said while addressing a discussion at RIMS on the occasion of the World Mental Health Day with the theme ‘Mental Health is a Universal Human Right’.He also lamented that there is a social stigma attached…

A bench of Justices S.K. Kaul and Sudhanshu Dhulia took note of the submission made by senior advocate Aparajita Singh highlighting the air pollution in Delhi during the winter season and issue of crop residue burning.Singh assists the top court as amicus curiae (friend of the court) in a public interest litigation (PIL) relating to control of pollution.Every year, Delhi and the entire NCR have to bear the brunt of air pollution from October to December mainly due to crop residue burnings.The CAQM was set up in 2020 for air quality management in the National Capital Region (NCR) and adjoining…

The victim, along with her friend, went to the Hiranya mountain on Monday evening and were sitting beyond the barricade of Lord Shiva temple. Falling off the 300 feet mountain, she got struck in the bushes 60 feet down. Some people present there raised the alarm and local youths managed to go there and rescue the girl. The victim was taken to Sadar hospital in Bihar Sharif where the doctors gave primary treatment and referred to Pawapuri medical college and hospital.The district police are waiting for her recovery to take a statement. They are also searching for her friend to…

Manama : Lieutenant-General Dr. Shaikh Mohammed bin Abdulla Al Khalifa, Supreme Council for Health (SCH) President, today inaugurated a new radiology unit at the Salmaniya Medical Complex (SMC). The unit, using the latest medical technologies to provide specialised radiology services, such as the mammogram (x-ray picture of the breast) and MRI (magnetic resonance imaging), was launched marking the Breast Cancer Awareness Month, observed every October. The SCH President commended the constant support of His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, and His Royal Highness Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, the Crown Prince and Prime Minister, for all efforts…