Bihar Assembly polls | High stakes battle

The timing was telling. For Nitish Kumar, chief minister of Bihar, it was a final flourish of governance before the Model Code of Conduct came into effect. At 10 am on October 6, barely six hours before the Election Commission of India announced the polling schedule for Bihar, Nitish transferred Rs 10,000 each into the…

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Toxic cough syrups | Nail the culprits

India is once again confronting a grim and recurring public health scandal—the contamination of children’s cough syrup. At the centre of the latest episode is Coldrif, manufactured by Sresan Pharma in Tamil Nadu, which several states have banned after official tests confirmed diethylene glycol (DEG) adulteration in a batch linked to clusters of acute kidney…

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MCOCA court in Mumbai awards 5 yrs’ RI, imposes 5L fine each on 2 accused in ’20 violent chain snatching case | Mumbai News

Mumbai: A special Maharashtra Control of Organized Crime Act (MCOCA) court this week convicted and sentenced two men to five years’ rigorous imprisonment and imposed a fine of Rs 15.30 lakh on each, for a violent 2020 chain-snatching incident and for operating as members of an organised crime syndicate. The accused stole a gold chain…

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Man stabbed to death in NE Delhi | Delhi News

New Delhi: A 34-year-old man was stabbed to death in northeast Delhi’s New Usmanpur on Thursday.The deceased has been identified as Gajender, a barber residing in Dayalpur.Police received information via a PCR call regarding a dead body in Khadar area near Khajuri Chowk.The body was shifted to a hospital for post-mortem examination.A case under Section…

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