Officials said that the bus failed to take a proper turn due to high speed and collided with a culvert due to which its front part was completely smashed. Out of 35 injured, seven people are critically injured and have been referred to Jaipur for medical treatment while others are undergoing treatment in Sikar and Laxmangarh hospitals.
Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas Hardeep Singh Puri on Tuesday welcomed the key announcements made by the Oil Manufacturing Companies (OMCs) aimed at reducing the prices of petrol and diesel to benefit the consumers residing in the far-flung and remote areas of the country.
The Global Tuberculosis Report 2024 showed that India is the highest among the 30 high-burden countries -- Indonesia (10 per cent), China (6.8 per cent), the Philippines (6.8 per cent) and Pakistan (6.3 per cent) -- which together accounted for 56 per cent of the global TB burden.
When the Chief Minister, at the meeting, questioned how the college council of R.G. Kar could suspend so many doctors without the consent of the state health department, Mahato countered her and said that the disciplinary committee suspended these doctors after a proper and thorough investigation.
Activists of the Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM), a farmer outfit, on Friday blocked roads across Punjab for four hours to protest the tardy paddy procurement, leading to traffic disruptions and inconvenience to tens of thousands of commuters at many places. However, there was no report of violence from anywhere in both the state.
With the arrest of an African national, the Narcotics Control Unit of the Central Crime Branch (CCB) in Bengaluru has busted a drug racket. The police have seized 1.3 kgs of MDMA drugs worth Rs 1.5 crore in Bengaluru.
