A seven-year-old girl and her younger brother died of suspected food poisoning in Maharashtra's Kolhapur district separated by hours, police said on Wednesday, reported the PTI. According to the PTI, Shriyansh Angad (4) and Kavya Angad (7), both residents of Chimgaon in Kagal tehsil, consumed meat on Sunday, followed by a cake in the evening. "On Sunday late evening, Kavya complained to her parents of nausea and stomach ache. She was taken to a doctor who prescribed medicines and asked her to take rest at home. On Monday morning, Shriyansh also complained of nausea and he was also given medicines," said assistant police inspector Shivaji Kare. As Kavya's health worsened, she was hospitalised on Monday evening, he said. "The boy was rushed to a hospital on Tuesday morning after he experienced stomach pains, where he died during treatment. The girl breathed her last on Tuesday evening. We have preserved the viscera and investigating," Kare added, the news agency reported on Wednesday. Prima facie, food poisoning is the cause of the death of the brother-sister duo, he said. Fungus, live larvae found in nutritional snacks for students at two schools in Palghar Meanwhile, in a shocking incident, fungus and live larvae were allegedly found in the nutritional snacks provided to students of at least two Zilla Parishad and state government-aided schools in tribal-dominated Palghar district of Maharashtra, reported the PTI. Confirming the incident, Palghar collector Govind Bodke told PTI on Monday that the samples have been collected. He assured action against the supplier after the laboratory report was received. Issues were primarily reported at Anand Laxman Chandavar Vidyalaya in Khanivli and Chinchani Zilla Parishad School number 3, where the chikki (a sweet, nutrition-rich snack) was found to be contaminated. Parents claimed the snack was covered with fungus and live larvae. "The health of our children is at risk. How can we trust the meals being given to them?" a parent said, as per the PTI. (with PTI inputs)
04 December,2024 10:18 PM IST | Kolhapur | mid-day online correspondentA model was allegedly digitally arrested by cybercriminals for two hours here and lost Rs 99,000, police said on Wednesday. 'Digital arrest' is a new cyber fraud, where the accused poses as law enforcement agency officials, like CBI or customs officials, and threatens people of arrest by making video calls in the name of fake international parcels of banned drugs or being involved in money laundering cases, they said. Shivankita Dixit, who claims to be a former Miss India, West Bengal 2017, told the police that on Tuesday she received a WhatsApp call from the accused who threatened her with charges of receiving illicit funds tied to cases of human trafficking and drug trafficking, Assistant Commissioner of Police (Lohamandi) Mayank Tiwari said. The accused posed as CBI officers and told her to transfer Rs 99,000 to avoid arrest. She complied and made the payment, Tiwari said. Following this, she told her family and realised that she had fallen victim to a cyber scam. An FIR has been registered and further investigation is underway, Tiwari added. This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed, agencies. Mid-day accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability, trustworthiness, reliability and data of the text. Mid-day management/mid-day.com reserves the sole right to alter, delete or remove (without notice) the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever
04 December,2024 10:06 PM IST | Agra (UP) | PTIA special court in Pune on Wednesday allowed a police plea seeking nod to question all the 10 jailed accused in the Porsche crash case, including parents of the juvenile who was driving the luxury car that fatally knocked down two motorbike-borne IT professionals in May. The other accused include two doctors and one staffer of Maharashtra government-run Sassoon General Hospital and two middlemen -- all held in connection with alleged swapping of blood samples of the juvenile after the crash. Additional Sessions Judge (Special Court) U M Mudholkar allowed the police to question the accused in the Yerwada central prison, where they are currently lodged in judicial custody. The prosecution plea was to question all the 10 accused -- the minor's parents, two doctors from Sassoon Hospital Ajay Taware, Dr Shreehari Halnor, the facility's staff member Atul Ghatkamble, two middlemen Ashpak Makandar and Amar Gaikwad, accused of facilitating financial transactions in the blood swapping case, and three others - Aditya Avinash Sood, Ashish Mittal and Arun Kumar Singh. Sood and Singh are fathers of two minors who were with the juvenile driver in the car when the accident took place and whose blood samples were also swapped. Mittal is Singh's friend, whose blood samples were swapped with those of the minor son of Singh. A Porsche car, allegedly driven under the influence of alcohol by the 17-year-old boy, whose father is a well-know real estate developer, knocked down and killed two software professionals who were on a motorbike in the early hours of May 19 in the upscale Kalyani Nagar area. The deceased originally hailed from Madhya Pradesh and were working in Pune. Assistant Commissioner of Police (Crime) Ganesh Ingale, the investigating officer in the case, said a plea was moved before the court seeking nod to allow police to question all ten accused. "As three accused -- Sood, Mittal and Singh -- were arrested in later stage of the probe, a face to face questioning was required of all the accused regarding financial transactions and to ascertain whether the trio had given any sort of allurements to other accused in the case," said Ingale. Besides financial transactions, there are other aspects in terms of some fresh leads in the case which need to be probed, said the police officer. According to police, blood samples of the juvenile after the crash were replaced with those of his mother at Sassoon Hospital in order to ensure his report came negative for alcohol content. The swapping was done by Dr Halnor, the then-chief medical officer at Sassoon Hospital, on directions of Dr Taware, they said. It is alleged that two other accused -- Makandar and Gaikwad -- acted as middlemen between the juvenile's parents and the doctors and facilitated financial transactions to carry out blood sample replacements. Later, it was revealed that blood samples of two other minors, who were with the juvenile at the time of accident, were also replaced. Meanwhile, a defence lawyer representing Dr Taware moved an application in the court seeking discharge of his client. The lawyer, citing the chargesheet filed in the case, contended that there was absolutely no material available on record to link Dr Taware with the case. One month after the accident, the Bombay High Court ordered release of the accused juvenile from an observation home in Pune. The case caused a national uproar after the Juvenile Justice Board, before whom the teenager was produced after the crash, granted bail to him on lenient terms, including writing a 300-word essay on road safety. This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed, agencies. Mid-day accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability, trustworthiness, reliability and data of the text. Mid-day management/mid-day.com reserves the sole right to alter, delete or remove (without notice) the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever
04 December,2024 10:00 PM IST | Pune | PTIThe CBI on Wednesday conducted searches at 10 locations in Delhi and surrounding areas in connection with a case of transnational cyber-enabled financial frauds involving Rs 117 crore, officials said. The central probe agency had registered the case last year in December on a complaint from the Union Home Ministry’s Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C) alleging that unidentified foreign actors and organised cybercriminals were allegedly engaged in a systematic financial fraud across India. During the year, the CBI analysed 3,903 complaints registered on the National Cybercrime Reporting Portal (NCRP) between January 1, 2023, and October 17, 2023, which showed that a staggering amount of Rs 117 crore was siphoned off by these gangs which use websites, WhatsApp, and Telegram to lure gullible people. The agency launched surveillance and detailed technical analysis to track the people running these scams during the year, officials said. The CBI managed to track 10 suspects in the case whose premises -- eight in the national capital and two in Gurugram -- were searched during the operation on Wednesday. "They lure individuals through part-time job scams, task-based frauds, and promises of high returns on initial investments. Funds deposited by the victims are quickly transferred through a network of 'mule accounts' layered to obscure their origins,” the CBI Spokesperson said in a statement. The funds were diverted to Dubai and other UAE locations where they were withdrawn disguised as point-of-sale (POS) transactions. The CBI tracked 3,295 Indian bank accounts which were used to carry out these fraudulent transactions. “These funds are eventually withdrawn overseas via ATMs or used for wallet top-ups on fintech platforms such as 'Pyypl', facilitated by international payment networks often disguised as POS transactions...Funds routed through these accounts were also used to purchase cryptocurrencies,” the statement said. The searches resulted in "incriminating" evidence, including electronic devices and financial records, seized from the premises of 10 individuals suspected of involvement in the fraud, he said. This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed, agencies. Mid-day accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability, trustworthiness, reliability and data of the text. Mid-day management/mid-day.com reserves the sole right to alter, delete or remove (without notice) the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever
04 December,2024 08:59 PM IST | New Delhi | PTIAAP chief Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday condemned the attack on SAD leader Sukhbir Singh Badal at the Golden Temple and lauded the Punjab Police for averting a "very big" tragedy, saying the force has set an example for the entire country. Speaking in Delhi Assembly, Kejriwal also hit out at the BJP, saying a "huge conspiracy" is being hatched to defame Punjab and people of the state. "A very big tragedy was averted today because of the excellent work of the Punjab Police. I commend their alertness, which has set an example for the entire country on how to maintain law and order," said the former Delhi chief minister. He said that the issue of attack on Badal was raised by the BJP, but the party was silent over the "murders, rapes, shooting in Delhi" where police come under the Central government.Kejriwal accused the BJP of turning a blind eye to Delhi's escalating crime rates. VIDEO | Punjab: A man opened fire at Shiromani Akali Dal leader Sukhbir Singh Badal at the entrance of Golden Temple, Amritsar. The person was overpowered by people present on the spot. More details are awaited.#PunjabNews #SukhbirSinghBadal (Full video available on PTI… pic.twitter.com/LC55kCV864 — Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) December 4, 2024 "In Punjab, we managed to prevent a tragedy. But in Delhi, murder cases are rising, shootouts are taking place in broad daylight, and women are being raped. The entire capital is in the grip of gangsters. "Yet, the entire BJP leadership remains silent. When questioned, their top leaders say that crime is not an issue. In Delhi, law and order is not an issue for them," he said. The AAP chief also held Union Home Minister Amit Shah accountable for the "deteriorating" law and order situation in the national capital. A former terrorist opened fire at Badal from a close range while he was performing the duty of 'sewadar' outside the Golden Temple on Wednesday but missed as he was overpowered by a plainclothes policeman. The audacious attack was captured on cameras of mediapersons who had gathered outside the Sikh shrine to cover the second day of Badal's penance for "mistakes" committed by the SAD government in Punjab from 2007 to 2017. This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed, agencies. Mid-day accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability, trustworthiness, reliability and data of the text. Mid-day management/mid-day.com reserves the sole right to alter, delete or remove (without notice) the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever
04 December,2024 08:48 PM IST | New Delhi | PTIIndian Railway Catering & Tourism Corporation Ltd. (IRCTC), under the Ministry of Railways, Government of India, has officially opened bookings for the Mahakumbh 2025. Prayagraj in Uttar Pradesh promises a unique spiritual experience during the Mahakumbh this year which is set to take place in January and February 2025. An official statement said that the well-equipped tents are available in two categories, with prices. The Tent City will offer state-of-the-art facilities, including medical support, round-the-clock security, high-end dining experiences, and easy access to the Bathing Ghats and key attractions in Prayagraj. Gaurav Jha, Group General Manager, IRCTC - West Zone said , “Our tents offer unparalleled comfort and convenience, ensuring a memorable experience during the Mahakumbh. With top-class catering, well-maintained facilities, and expert hospitality, we aim to provide an enriching spiritual journey for all our guests." Along with the Tent City, IRCTC has curated a variety of travel packages to explore the Mahakumbh, including rail tours, air packages, and the Maha Kumbh Punya Kshetra Yatra. These tours will take participants to key spiritual destinations such as Varanasi, Prayagraj, Ayodhya, and more. Key IRCTC Mahakumbh Packages: Maha Kumbh Punya Kshetra Yatra Duration: 07 Nights/08 Days Route: Pune – Varanasi – Prayagraj – Ayodhya – Pune Boarding Points: Pune, Lonavala, Karjat, Panvel, Kalyan, Nasik, Manmad, Chalisgaon, Jalgaon, BhusavalPricing: Economy (SL-500): Rs. 22,940 Standard (3AC-200): Rs. 32,440 Comfort (2AC-50): Rs. 40,130 Revenue Estimate: Rs. 1.59 cr Domestic Air Package - Varanasi, Prayagraj, and Ayodhya (5N/6D Ex Mumbai) Tour Dates: 19.01.2025 to 24.01.2025 and 24.02.2025 to 01.03.2025 Tour Itinerary: 3 Nights in Varanasi, 1 Night in Prayagraj, 1 Night in Ayodhya Rail Tour Packages Varanasi, Prayagraj & Ayodhya Ex ADI (7N/8D) (WAR019), train no. 19167/68 Classes: 3AC-8, SL-8 Day: Saturday Ayodhya & Varanasi Ex NGP (5N/6D) (WMR181), train no. 12791/22614 Classes: 2AC-6, 3AC-16
04 December,2024 05:12 PM IST | Mumbai | Rajendra B. AklekarThe Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has rescheduled the launch of Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV)-C59 to Thursday owing to an "anomaly" detected in the PROBA-3 spacecraft, the agency announced on Wednesday, minutes before the scheduled launch.The Bengaluru-headquartered space agency had originally planned the launch at 4.08 pm on Wednesday from the spaceport in Sriharikota. "Due to an anomaly detected in PROBA-3 spacecraft PSLV-C59/PROBA-3 launch rescheduled to tomorrow at 16.12 hours," the space agency said in an update minutes ahead of the lift-off. Dubbed as the world's first initiative of its kind, the Proba-3 (Project for Onboard Anatomy) consists of two satellites in which two spacecraft would fly together as one, maintaining precise formation down to a single millimetre to study the sun's outer atmosphere. NewSpace India Ltd, the commercial arm of ISRO has bagged the order from the European Space Agency. The significant objective of the mission is 'formation flying in precision' and to study the Sun's outer atmosphere. This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed, agencies. Mid-day accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability, trustworthiness, reliability and data of the text. Mid-day management/mid-day.com reserves the sole right to alter, delete or remove (without notice) the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever.
04 December,2024 05:01 PM IST | Sriharikota | PTIA bill to replace the Aircraft Act, 1934 to enable ease of doing business and to provide for manufacture and maintenance in the aviation sector was moved for passing in Rajya Sabha on Tuesday. Civil Aviation Minister Kinjarapu Rammohan Naidu moved the Bharatiya Vayuyan Vidheyak, 2024 for consideration and passing in Rajya Sabha. The Loksabha has aleady passed the bill. Naidu said in a social media post later that the bill is a landmark step towards modernizing India's aviation framework, aligning with global standards, and fostering growth in the aviation sector. According to statement objects and reasons of the bill, the Aircraft Act, 1934 was enacted to make better provision for the control of the manufacture, possession, use, operation, sale, import and export of aircraft. The regulation of civil air transport within the territory and the airspace above India, including regulation of international air services of national and foreign air carriers is the sovereign function of the Government of India and the same is given effect to under this Act, having regard to the international regulations, bilateral and multilateral agreements and arrangements to which India is a contracting party or which has been acceded to or ratified by India. The statement said the Aircraft Act, 1934 has been amended several times to enhance safety, oversight and to meet requirements for sustainable growth of aviation sector and to give effect to the provisions of international conventions. "As a result of numerous amendments over a period of ninety years, a need is felt to address the ambiguities and confusion experienced by the stakeholders, to remove redundancies, to enable ease of doing business and to provide for manufacture and maintenance in the aviation sector and to re-enact the Act in the form of a Bill - Bharatiya Vayuyan Vidheyak, 2024." The Bharatiya Vayuyan Vidheyak, 2024 seeks to provide for design, manufacture and maintenance of aircraft and related equipment, empower the Central Government to regulate issuance of Radio Telephone Operator (Restricted) Certificate and licence to provide for ease of business and make rules to implement the Convention relating to international civil aviation and the other matters relating to civil aviation security. It also seeks to empower the Central Government to issue orders in emergency in the interest of public safety or tranquillity, provide for payment of compensation for loss or damage in such manner as provided under the Act and provide for appeal against the matters relating to compensation, licence, certificate or approval and adjudication of penalties. The bill provides or imprisonment, fine or penalties for contravention of the provisions of the Act or the rules besides removing ambiguities and redundancies. It provides for repeal of the Aircraft Act, 1934 and regulatory provisions for effective implementation of the proposed legislation. This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed, agencies. Mid-day accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability, trustworthiness, reliability and data of the text. Mid-day management/mid-day.com reserves the sole right to alter, delete or remove (without notice) the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever
04 December,2024 02:48 PM IST | New Delhi | ANIIn a tragic accident, one person died and several injured after two cars caught fire after colliding with each other on the Dwarka Expressway, Delhi Fire Service said on Wednesday. All the injured have been admitted to the hospital and are currently undergoing treatment, said Delhi Fire Service. More details are awaited. Earlier on December 2, a bike rider was killed in a hit-and-run accident on Delhi's Wazirpur flyover on Sunday evening, according to police sources. Further, officials said that the vehicle involved in the incident has been identified, but it fled the scene after hitting the bike rider.The case is under investigation. This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed, agencies. Mid-day accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability, trustworthiness, reliability and data of the text. Mid-day management/mid-day.com reserves the sole right to alter, delete or remove (without notice) the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever
04 December,2024 02:46 PM IST | New Delhi | ANIThe police on Tuesday claimed to have cracked the murder case of a 24-year woman in Jharkhand's Seraikela-Kharswan district last week, stating that her teenage lover killed her with a piece of a concrete slab for refusing sex, a senior officer said. The woman's body was found near the Kharkhai river bank under Seraikela police station on November 28. The police solved the case after arresting her 19-year-old lover Ghansiram Murmu alias Rahul. The postmortem examination report revealed that the woman was not raped as alleged by her family members, Superintendent of Police Mukesh Kumar Lunayat said. The police officer said that the woman had gone to meet Rahul on the bank of the Kharkai river on the evening of November 27. At that time, he demanded sex from her but she refused. Following an altercation, the accused killed the woman by hitting her with a piece of a concrete slab, the SP said The police also recovered the victim's mobile phone. Meanwhile, expressing dissatisfaction with the police investigation, family members of the victim demanded a high-level inquiry into the murder. Senior BJP leader Ramesh Hansda claimed that more than one person was present at the place of murder since three plates of snacks, and bottles of liquor and soft drink were found on the river bank. This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed, agencies. Mid-day accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability, trustworthiness, reliability and data of the text. Mid-day management/mid-day.com reserves the sole right to alter, delete or remove (without notice) the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever
04 December,2024 02:37 PM IST | Seraikela | PTIA 40-year-old man was allegedly killed by his wife and her partner in a slum in Faridabad's SGM Nagar area. According to the complaint filed by one Balbir of Mahgaon in Madhya Pradesh, his brother Vijay worked as a sanitation worker and lived in a slum with his wife and their three daughters. In the earlier hours of Tuesday, Balbir was informed by one Mahendra that something had happened to his brother. When he reached the slum, Balbir saw Vijay lying in bed. Vijay's daughters told Balbir that their mother Rekha and her partner Mohammad Abdullah had strangled him to death and fled. Balbir claimed he was informed by Vijay about 15 days ago that Rekha was having an affair with Abdullah, a native of Chirawak village in Uttar Pradesh's Bulandshahr district. Based on Balbir's complaint, an FIR was registered at SGM Nagar police station. The police said raids were being conducted to nab the absconding accused. This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed, agencies. Mid-day accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability, trustworthiness, reliability and data of the text. Mid-day management/mid-day.com reserves the sole right to alter, delete or remove (without notice) the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever
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