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Union Coal Minister G Kishan Reddy on Tuesday indicated that the floods in Telangana cannot be declared as “national calamity” as sought by the state government even as he said the Centre would extend all possible help to the state. The Telangana government should use the State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF) to help the flood-hit people and that the Union government would provide more funds after Central teams visit the state and ascertain the losses, he said. “It’s (national calamity) not there anywhere… We are helping. Whatever is the name (of calamity). We have to provide relief to people and help them,” he told reporters here. “The SDRF is with the state government. They should… Read More »Will Give Funds After Central Teams Visit Rain-hit Telangana: Union Minister

Doctors at the King George Hospital in Andhra Pradesh’s Visakhapatnam successfully removed the calcified remains of a 24-week-old fetus from a patient’s abdominal cavity. The condition known as a ‘stone baby’ or “lithopedion”, is a rare phenomenon which occurs most commonly when a fetus dies during an abdominal pregnancy, is too large to be reabsorbed by the body, and subsequently becomes calcified. Lithopedia may occur from 14 weeks gestation to full term. It is not unusual for a stone baby to remain undiagnosed for decades and to be found well after natural menopause; diagnosis often happens when the patient is examined for other conditions that require being subjected to an X-ray study. The 27-year-old patient… Read More »Andhra Doctors Remove 24-Week-Old ‘Stone Baby’ From Woman’s Body

Chinar has stood testimony to the ever-changing history in Jammu Kashmir for so many decades. But over the years their numbers have been drastically decreasing. And now to keep the numbers from further decreasing, the Jammu and Kashmir administration has started geo-tagging them. One just has to follow Google to locate chinar trees in Kashmir. NDTV tracked an old chinar tree to Nishat Bagh where it has been standing tall for the last 380 years. “It’s the oldest chinar here but now its trunk is shrinking due to soil not being put around its roots methodically,” one of the gardeners told NDTV. A 380-year-old Chinar tree in Nishat Bagh. According to him, as many as… Read More »Now, Locate The Tallest Chinar Tree In Kashmir Using QR Code

Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar) chief Sharad Pawar on Tuesday alleged that “corruption” was the cause of the collapse of the statue of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj in Sindhudurg district’s Rajkot Fort last month. Mr Pawar was speaking at an event in Kagal in Kolhapur district where BJP leader Raje Samarjeet Ghatge joined NCP (SP). “It was Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj who underlined the strategic importance of the sea, and built Sindhudurg and other sea forts. It was shocking to see that a statue, built only a few months ago and inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, collapsed,” the senior leader said. Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde attributed the incident to strong winds, Mr Pawar noted. “In… Read More »“Corruption Led To Collapse Of Shivaji Statue In Maharashtra”: Sharad Pawar

A 47-year-old woman was arrested on Tuesday for allegedly attempting to smuggle ganja into the Viyyur Central Jail, where her son is an inmate, an official said. Latha, a resident of Panniyode in Thiruvananthapuram, was caught by the Excise team with 80 grams of ganja hidden in her handbag. According to an Excise official, Latha’s son, Harikrishnan, is currently under detention at the jail under the Kerala Anti-Social Activities (Prevention) Act. He said the Excise department had received a tip-off that Latha would attempt to bring ganja to her son during her visit. Upon inspection, the Excise team found the contraband in her handbag. She was arrested and later released on station bail. During questioning,… Read More »Woman Tries To Smuggle Drugs Into Jail For Son In Kerala, Arrested: Cops