NEW DELHI: In a first for the country, India will build a twin-tube underwater tunnel beneath the Brahmaputra River with provisions for both road and rail traffic, a move aimed at enabling faster deployment of forces and ammunition during emergencies, reports Dipak...

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NEW DELHI/KOLKATA: In a bid to track the origin and manufacturing details of batteries and provide consumers with information on their lifespan and performance, the government has proposed guidelines for a Battery Pack Aadhaar Number. Under the proposal, every battery...

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MUMBAI: In two separate incidents over the past fortnight, commuters were booked for impersonating government officials and using fake documents to travel illegally on the Harbour line. FIRs were registered by the Wadala Government Railway Police following complaints...

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BHOPAL: In a dramatic struggle to stay alive, a 62-year-old man spent an entire cold night clinging to a concrete pillar after falling into Lakha Banjara Lake from an elevated corridor in Sagar. The man, Harprasad Raikwar, a resident of the Sadar area, told police...

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NEW DELHI: In the gleaming corridors of Delhi’s top hospitals, an old menace keeps resurfacing. Every few years, arrests and investigations expose once again the city’s enduring struggle with illegal kidney transplant rackets—an underground trade that thrives...

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CHENNAI: The death of a 22-year-old woman from complications linked to congenital heart disease during childbirth has sparked a dispute in Erode between the district administration, health officials and doctors over who should conduct cardiac screenings and scans for...

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