TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee (File photo).India News Live: Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee has been booked after a woman from West Bengal alleged she lost her leg due to medical negligence following treatment at a Sebaashray health camp. According to police, Maloti Biswas of South 24 Parganas complained that she initially sought treatment for knee pain at a Sebaashray camp, where she was prescribed medication. Police have registered an FIR against Banerjee and others, marking the third case linked to alleged irregularities in the Sebaashray health camp initiative. An investigation is under way.
One more body was recovered during the search operation at the Wayanad tunnel project landslide site on Sunday, taking the death toll to eight. The body is suspected to be that of missing engineer Vikram Rana (58), a construction manager from Himachal Pradesh who was working on the Anakkampoyil-Meppadi tunnel project. Police said the body was found around 350 metres downstream from the Meenachil bridge during a river search operation. The identity will be confirmed after postmortem and other formal procedures.
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India has condemned the attack on a merchant vessel GFS Galaxy in Oman, with 11 Indian seafarers onboard. The Ministry of External Affairs has issued a statement on the same. The statement said, “We condemn the attack on the commercial vessel GFS Galaxy off the coast of Oman, earlier today. Of the 11 Indian nationals on board, 10 have been rescued so far, while 1 Indian National is reportedly missing.”
The 83-hour rescue operation at Pune’s Moshi garbage depot ended in the early hours of Sunday after the body of the last missing employee, Waman Kasbe, was recovered around 1 am, taking the death toll to nine. The ground-plus-two-storey building housing the administrative offices of a waste-to-energy plant had collapsed on Wednesday afternoon after a massive mound of legacy waste began sliding onto the structure. The Moshi facility is operated by a private firm under an agreement with the Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation.
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7-year-old gangraped and killed at Ghaziabad mall
A 7-year-old girl was gangraped and killed inside an under-construction mall in Ghaziabad, falling through a shaft from the third floor to the basement. The case has triggered outrage and raised sharp questions about security at construction sites accessible to the public.
US hits Iran after Hormuz closure; Qatar, UAE, Bahrain face missile attacks
“Now they pay,” the US said as it launched fresh strikes on Iran after the Strait of Hormuz was closed following an Iranian ship attack. Qatar, UAE and Bahrain have faced missile attacks as the conflict escalated sharply, pulling Gulf states deeper into the crisis and sending oil markets into fresh turmoil.
US to seek Lawrence Bishnoi’s extradition
The US Justice Department has confirmed it will seek the extradition of Lawrence Bishnoi, along with aide Goldy Brar, Jaggu Bhagwanpuria — currently lodged in an Assam jail — and Canada-based Ravinder Singh Dhanda, in one of the most significant cross-border legal moves against an Indian gang in recent years.
Election Commission tweaks Form 6 to ask new voters about their parents
The poll panel has inserted a new section in Form 6 asking first-time voters about their parents, as part of the Special Intensive Revision process — a move that has drawn attention given that over 5.58 crore names have already been deleted from electoral rolls in 10 states and three union territories.
Maharashtra TET paper leak: A shoe, Rs 8,000, and no CCTV
The leaked Maharashtra TET paper was smuggled out of a printing press in a shoe, sold for Rs 8,000, and distributed through a network that exploited the absence of CCTV at a key facility — another entry in India’s long and dispiriting catalogue of exam fraud.
He spent 22 days in jail for his daughter’s ‘murder’ — then she walked in alive
A Mumbai man spent 22 days behind bars accused of murdering his daughter — until she walked into a police station and established she was alive. The case is as much about the speed of arrest as it is about what happened after.
Argentina reach World Cup semis; England’s Bellingham and Tuchel clash
Argentina stormed into the World Cup semifinals with a 3-1 win over Switzerland in extra time, Alvarez and Martinez doing the damage. In England’s camp, Jude Bellingham and coach Thomas Tuchel appear to be at war — which is either a distraction or, for England, simply tradition.
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