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CBI arrested Principal Chief Material Manager of railway for accepting bribe of Rs 3 lakh, Rs 2.61 cr recovered

New Delhi [India], September 13 (ANI): CBI has arrested a Principal Chief Material Manager of North Eastern Railway (NER) in Gorakhpur for demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 3 lakh from the complainant. Later, searches were conducted at the official and residential premises of the accused at Gorakhpur and Noida (Uttar Pradesh) led to the recovery of cash of Rs 2.61 crore (approx) and incriminating documents. The arrested person has been identified as K C Joshi, Principal Chief Material Manager (IRSS: 1988), NER, Gorakhpur. According to CBI, a case was registered on complaint against the Principal Chief Material Manager

Night owls are more prone to type 2 diabetes

New Delhi, Sep 13(CNN) — If you’re groggy in the morning but perky in the evening, you may be a night owl — a sleep pattern or chronotype that makes you more inclined to want to stay up late and sleep in. If so, you could be at higher risk of developing type 2 diabetes as well as a number of unhealthy lifestyle habits, a new study found. “When we looked at the relationship between chronotype and diabetes we found night owls had a 72% increased risk of developing diabetes over the eight years of our study,” said lead author Sina Kianersi,

TMC MP Abhishek appears before ED in connection with Bengal school jobs scam

Kolkata, Sep 13 (PTI) Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee on Wednesday appeared before the Enforcement Directorate for questioning in connection with its probe into the alleged school jobs scam in West Bengal, officials said. Banerjee, the party’s national general secretary, reached the ED office here around 11.30 AM, they said. “Banerjee has been called to provide evidence in connection with the school recruitment irregularities. Our officers are also likely to ask him a few questions in connection with the scam,” an ED official told PTI. The Diamond Harbour MP skipped the coordination committee meeting of the opposition bloc INDIA, scheduled

Kerala closes schools, banks in seven villages due to Nipah deaths

NEW DELHI, Sept 13 (Reuters) – Authorities closed down some schools and offices and declared more than seven villages as containment zones in the southern state of Kerala after it recorded two deaths from the rare and deadly brain-damaging Nipah virus. One adult and one child are still infected and in hospital, and more than 130 people have so far been tested for the virus, which is transmitted to humans through direct contact with the bodily fluids of infected bats, pigs or other people, an official from Kerala’s health ministry said. One person died this month while another death occurred

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