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PUNE: Lending credence to allegations of political meddling, the dean of Pune’s Sassoon Hospital has claimed that one of the doctors accused of replacing the blood samples of the teenager behind the Porsche accident had been made the head of the forensic department at the insistence of a state minister and an MLA. The legislator, Sunil Tingre, was also accused of visiting the Yerwada police station after the crash – in which two IT professionals were killed – and pressuring officials to go easy on the case. Addressing a press conference on Wednesday, the hospital’s dean, Vinayak Kale, said Maharashtra…

KOLKATA: The Union ministry of home affairs (MHA) said the process of granting citizenship under the new Citizenship Amendment Act or CAA has now commenced in West Bengal, Haryana and Uttarakhand with the first set of citizenship certificates handed over to the eligible individuals by the empowered committees in the states on Wednesday. The development comes as the seventh phase of voting for the Lok Sabha elections is set to take place on June 1 in the constituencies of Dum Dum, Barasat, Basirhat, Jaynagar, Mathurapur, Diamond Harbour, Jadavpur, Kolkata Dakshin, Kolkata Uttar parliamentary constituencies across West Bengal. After notifying Citizenship…

NEW DELHI: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) clarified that the maximum temperature of over 52 degrees Celsius recorded in Delhi’s Mungeshpur on Wednesday was an “error in sensor or local factor.” The IMD stated in an official release that it is examining the data and sensors. “The maximum temperature over Delhi NCR varied from 45.2 degree Celsius to 49.1 degrees Celsius in different parts of the city, Mungeshpur reported 52.9 degrees Celsius as an outlier compared to other stations. It could be due to an error in the sensor or the local factor. IMD is examining the data and sensors,”…

New York: ISIS-K has called for a “Lone Wolf” attack on the India-Pakistan World Cup Cricket match here next month, a top police official has warned while putting security on high alert. In a video that has gone global, the terror group is “calling for that ‘Lone Wolf’ to act out”, said Patrick Ryder, the Police Commissioner of Nassau County where the match is scheduled for June 6. “Lone Wolves” are members or sympathisers of terrorist organisations who take cues from the organisations and operate independently by themselves making it more difficult to track them down. On Wednesday, New York…

NEW DELHI: The Congress has filed a complaint with the Election Commission of India (ECI) saying Prime Narendra Modi’s two-day meditation break from Thursday to Saturday in Tamil Nadu’s Kanyakumari will violate the 48-hour silence period ahead of the seventh and the last phase of Lok Sabha polling. Modi’s office on Tuesday said he will meditate at Kanyakumari’s Rock Memorial. The meditation will coincide with the seventh phase of the Lok Sabha polls on Saturday. Modi took a similar break at the end of the election campaigns in 2014 and 2019. “We have no problem if any leader keeps a…

Goemkarponn desk Panaji: Imagine Panaji Smart City Development Ltd. (IPSCDL) is leading the way in sustainable infrastructure development by adopting the innovative Wellpoint System for a crucial project in St. Inez. This eco-friendly approach will facilitate the installation of a 150-meter pipe connecting the site to the St.Inez Creek, while minimizing environmental impact. The Wellpoint System utilizes a network of strategically placed wells equipped with high-capacity water pumps, some reaching nearly 200 horsepower. These pumps effectively lower the groundwater level within a designated excavation area, allowing for safe and efficient construction activities, even at depths exceeding 6 meters. In the…