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City cops bust Ayurvedic medicine racket duping patients - Times of India
Nagpur: An ‘ayurvedic’ practitioner, identified as Raju Thakur, alias Raju Vaid, has been booked in a second offence by Tehsil police on Thursday following a complaint from one Charulesh Tembhurne (42).
Taking page out of BJP book? Congress, CPM turn to Ramayana in Kerala - Times of India
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: For the first time in Kerala , politics is being played out over Ramayana. The two principal parties, CPM and Congress , are trying to outdo each other in celebrating the epic during the holy month of Karkkadakam beginning July 17.
Kanpur couples get naughty at this do - Times of India
A social club organised a Play Mates theme party for its members at a discotheque in Kanpur, recently. Black and pink was the dress code for the evening, with most of the members adhering to it. Even the venue was beautifully decorated in the combination of pink and black. Nitin Gupta, one of the organisers, played the perfect host and looked after the arrangements.
City’s first Wi-Fi enabled public toilet to open tomorrow - Times of India
Coimbatore: The city’s first Wi-Fi enabled public toilet is getting ready for inauguration near the Government Women’s Polytechnic College on Balasundaram Road on Sunday.City corporation commissioner K Vijayakarthikeyan inspected the building on Friday and directed the officials to set up Wi-Fi facility there. “But the Wi-Fi can be used only for accessing mail, flight and train schedule.
Seven-year-old boy returns bag with Rs 50,000 to police - Times of India
ERODE: A Class II boy set an example for his schoolmates by returning a bag containing Rs 50,000 that he found abandoned on roadside near the school at Chinnasemur village here on Wednesday. The boy's honesty has made his parents, who struggle to make ends meet, feel proud of their son.A student of Chinnasemur Panchayat Union Middle School, Mohammed Yasin, 7, of Kanirowtherkulam Nanthavana Thottam area in the city, found the bag on Wednesday morning when he had gone to answer nature's call.
SC issues notice to TTZ authority to appear on July 26 - Times of India
AGRA: The Taj Trapezium Zone (TTZ) authority Chairman, K Ram Mohan Rao, has been directed by the Supreme Court to personally appear before the court, on July 26, to explain their proposal to expand industries in Agra when there was an "ad hoc moratorium" on it.The court issued a notice to the Rao, who is also the Commissioner of Agra division , on a plea seeking contempt action against the officials of TTZ authority for allegedly setting up new industries and granting permission for expansion...
Church losing its credibility, worried clergy tell CBCI - Times of India
LDUKKI: Several senior priests, nuns and lay leaders from various parts of the country have written to Catholic Bishops Conference of India (CBCI ) president Oswald Gracious and Vatican Nuncio Giambattista Diquattro to remove bishop Franco Mulakal of Jalandhar diocese who has been accused of raping a nun of the same diocese."We are particularly concerned about the mud-slinging going on between the bishop and his priests on the one hand and the aggrieved sister and her family on the other that...
Cops come out with plan to transform addicts and break supply chain - Times of India
Ludhiana: At a time when cops are facing criticism for failing to curb the drug menace, Ludhiana police have come up with a plan to bring addicts to the de-addiction centres and break the drug supply chain with the help of transformed patients.The public committees of Saanjh Kendras, run by Ludhiana police, will pitch in for the purpose.
Former chief wildlife warden responsible for poaching of Corbett tigers: Report - Times of India
NAINITAL: An inquiry conducted by the forest department into what was arguably Uttarakhand’s biggest seizure of tiger parts in 2016 has held the former chief wildlife warden (CWLW) of the state as well as former director of Corbett Tiger Reserve (CTR) responsible for lapses that led to poaching of five big cats.Five tiger skins and 130kg of tiger bones believed to belong to big cats from CTR were seized from poachers by the Uttarakhand Special Task Force (STF) in March 2016.The matter had...
Woman bank staffer slips into train-platform gap, dies - Times of India
MUMBAI: A 50-year-old woman employed with a public sector bank lost her life after she slipped into the gap between the train and a platform in suburban Borivali, a Railway Police official said on Friday.Alka Patade, working with Bank of India , was on her way to office in BKC, a business district in suburban Mumbai, when she slipped into the gap while trying to board a moving Churchgate-bound train amid morning rush on Friday, he said.She suffered severe head injuries and was rushed to a...
Just 1% of runaway kids’ kin file complaint - Times of India
CHENNAI: Just one in 100 families of runaway children files a missing complaint, and nearly one-third say they don’t want their children back when officials try to reunite them with their families, research by a group of child protection specialists has found.The team, led by former Unicef child protection specialist R Vidyasagar, which went through the records of 1,599 runaway children at the Government Children’s Home for Boys in Royapuram and those rescued from railway stations in Katapadi...
Need more private, may be fewer banks: CEA Arvind Subramanian - Times of India
NEW DELHI: Chief economic adviserwill officially step down on July 26 and is headed to the Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government, where he will take up a teaching assignment. In between meetings, Subramanian sat down withto talk about his stint in India, his relationship with the bureaucracy and RBI and about broader reforms that need to be pushed. Excerpts:It’s been the most exciting job that I have ever done. Once I leave, I am going to have psychological withdrawal symptoms.
Avendus, 3 others in race to buy IDFC’s asset management business
NEW DELHI/MUMBAI: KKR-backed homegrown financial services firm Avendus Capital has made a non-binding offer to buy IDFC Asset Management Company (AMC) for about Rs 3,300 crore, people directly aware of the matter have said. IDFC is running a sale process to divest the AMC , which manages the country’s twelfth largest mutual fund with assets of around $10 billion.IDFC is fielding four offers and is expected to decide on the sale by August-end.
East African countries beckon knitwear firms in Tirupur - Times of India
Tirupur: While four knitwear companies from Tirupur have already started their factories in Ethiopia, delegates from three African countries - Ethiopia , Kenya and Uganda - participated in a seminar with knitwear industrialists to discuss about increasing investments in textile and garmenting sector in their countries.The seminar was organized in the city on Friday by the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) in association with the Tirupur Exporters’ Association (TEA).
Now, meal for Rs 5 at Anna Canteens - Times of India
VIJAYAWADA: Food security is our top priority and none from the state shall starve, said Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu after inaugurating Anna Canteens at Bhavanipuram in Vijayawada on Wednesday. Breakfast, lunch and dinner will be available at these canteens for just Rs 5. Anna Canteens were also launched in Visakhapatnam .
Six workers die in steel unit gas leak in Andhra Pradesh - Times of India
AMARAVATI: Six workers died in a poisonous gas leak at a private steel mill rolling unit in Anantapuram district on Thursday, police said.District Superintendent of Police G Ashok Kumar told PTI over phone that the mishap occurred while testing was being done after maintenance work in the unit."As per preliminary information, two workers died on the spot and four others in hospital.Carbon monoxide is the main gas used for reheating process and its leak caused the mishap," the SP said.There...
Trump claims victory in Nato spending dispute
BRUSSELS: Donald Trump said Nato leaders agreed today to a big boost in defence spending after crisis talks in Brussels, but France's Emmanuel Macron appeared to contradict the US president.Trump claimed victory after bitterly criticizing key allies, notably Germany, for failing to pay their way at one of the most fractious summits in Nato's 70-year history.He triggered an emergency session on the spending issue, before emerging from the turmoil to say "I believe in Nato" in response to...
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