A 36-year-old man who allegedly drove his van under the influence of alcohol was taken into custody by Traffic Police (TP) officers on Saturday (Dec 20) morning.The incident happened at around 12.25am along Paya Lebar Road, about 450m away from the TP headquarters along Ubi Avenue 3.When AsiaOne passed by the scene at 1.40am, at least two police fast response cars, two TP outriders and a TP expressway patrol car were seen in the area.AsiaOne understands that a member of the public had called the police after noticing the van stopped just before the junction of Ubi Avenue 2, on the second leftmost lane.In response to AsiaOne's queries, the police said that they were alerted to a call for assistance involving a stationary van along Paya Lebar Road.«A 36-year-old male van driver was arrested for drink driving. No injuries were reported,» added the police.Police investigations are ongoing.Those found guilty of leaving their vehicles in a manner that causes undue inconvenience to others may be fined up to $2,000, jailed for up to three months, or both.

A suspicious item found at St Joseph's Church in Bukit Timah on Sunday (Dec 21) morning forced churchgoers and staff to evacuate the premises. The police said they got a call for assistance at the church about 7.10am. «The police have secured the area and the church has been evacuated while police operations are ongoing,» said the police in a Facebook post at about 9.15am. Members of the public are advised to avoid the vicinity and comply with officers' instructions. The church announced in a separate Facebook post at about 9am that the church has been temporarily closed and mass cancelled. «Please proceed to other churches for mass. We apologise for all the inconvenience caused,» read the message by Catholic priest Christopher Lee. 

Congress leader Salman Khurshid stated that alliance membership doesn't negate a constituent's political ideology, responding to J&K CM Omar Abdullah's distancing from the «vote chori» issue. Khurshid also highlighted the fight for Jammu and Kashmir's statehood and questioned the removal of Mahatma Gandhi's name from MGNREGA.

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An FIR has been lodged against two doctors and a hospital manager in Rae Bareli following the death of a 22-year-old man after kidney stone surgery. The family alleges both kidneys were operated on without consent, leading to a rapid deterioration of his condition. Despite assurances, the patient was later declared dead at a Lucknow hospital.

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Maria Farmer has long claimed she warned the FBI about Epstein in the 1990s, but they ignored her complaint.

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