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Maharashtra to use drug-detection devices to screen medicines at govt facilities

India, Oct. 2 -- Maharashtra's public health department will for the first time use counterfeit drug-detection devices to conduct primary screening of medicines stocked at government healthcare facili... Read More


SIT to investigate Pradeep Purnekar murder case

India, Oct. 2 -- The Thane police have formed a special investigation team (SIT) to probe the murder of Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Pradeep Purnekar, even as six people, including two women, have been deta... Read More


Gandhi's thumb-rule ought to resonate across the ages no matter how large India's economy grows

New Delhi, Oct. 2 -- "I will give you a talisman," Mahatma Gandhi offered in a handwritten note shortly before India achieved freedom in 1947, "Whenever you are in doubt, or when the self becomes too ... Read More


CJP to begin agitation today, demands Gyanesh Kumar's resignation

India, Oct. 2 -- Abhijeet Dipke, founder of the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP), has announced a nationwide agitation starting from Mumbai on October 2 against alleged irregularities in electoral rolls. H... Read More


Appoint regular DGP expeditiously, cannot run on ad hoc basis indefinitely: HC to Punjab

Chandigarh, Oct. 2 -- The Punjab and Haryana high court has directed the Punjab government to take expeditious steps for the appointment of a regular director general of police (DGP). "Appointment to... Read More


Chandigarh: Godrej Eternia's environment clearance revoked

Chandigarh, Oct. 2 -- The Centre has revoked, with immediate effect, the environmental clearance granted to Godrej Properties for its commercial complex, Godrej Eternia, at Industrial Area, Phase-1, o... Read More


Retired Chandigarh schoolteacher loses rRs.r48 lakh in 'digital arrest' scam

Chandigarh, Oct. 2 -- A retired schoolteacher from Sector 20 allegedly lost Rs.48 lakh to cyber fraudsters who subjected her to a "digital arrest" while posing as police, Anti-Terror Squad (ATS) and N... Read More


Four weeks less, nearly same cure rate for hepatitis C: SGPGI-led study

LUCKNOW, Oct. 2 -- A collaborative study involving SGPGIMS and KGMU in Lucknow, BHU-IMS in Varanasi, and AIIMS and GB Pant Hospital in New Delhi, with statistical expertise from CSIR-Central Drug Rese... Read More


TN-Left parties allege TVK ranks top among all parties when it comes to cash distribution to voters."

CHENNAI, Oct. 2 -- The Left parties on Thursday accused the ruling Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) of distributing money to voters in two Tamil Nadu Assembly constituencies where bypolls are scheduled ... Read More


Customs imposes penalty worth rRs.r89-crore on Ranya

Bengaluru, Oct. 2 -- The customs department has ordered Kannada actor Ranya Rao to pay Rs.89.91 crore in penalties over alleged gold smuggling, as part of a 399-page adjudication order that imposes ov... Read More