PUDUCHERRY: A team of surgeons from Mahatma Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Dental Sciences (MGPGIDS), a Puducherry govt institution, saved the life of a 14-year-old boy by performing a surgical procedure to remove a toothbrush stuck near his throat after his brother playfully patted him on the back of his head as he was brushing his…
MUMBAI: NCP president Ajit Pawar on Monday unexpectedly showered praise on his mentor and political rival Sharad Pawar at the foundation day celebrations of the party, saying the senior Pawar had played a crucial role in building it up.“Sharad Pawar set up NCP 25 years ago over the nationality of Congress’s Sonia Gandhi. I am…
NEW DELHI: An aggressive China, along with its expanding military collusiveness with Pakistan in the maritime domain after the land borders, will remain the foremost security threat confronting the Indian defence establishment for the foreseeable future.The new govt should bite the bullet on several fronts to ensure India’s nuclear deterrence capabilities as well as conventional…
NEW DELHI: Spinner Keshav Maharaj narrowly defended 11 runs in the final over, securing a nail-biting four-run victory for South Africa over Bangladesh in another tense low-scoring match at the T20 World Cup on Monday.In a seesaw battle, Bangladesh fought valiantly until the end, propelled by gritty innings from Mahmudullah (20) and Towhid Hridoy (37).However,…
ISLAMABAD: Afghan Taliban has intensified its efforts to open different channels of communication with the regional and neighbouring countries in the wake of its relations with Pakistan constantly declining and growing more hostile post US withdrawal from Afghanistan.In addition to participation in World Economic Forum in St Petersburg, Russia, the Taliban leaders had reached out…
PUNE: The US recently sounded a nuclear “alert”. And this comes from none other than Pranay Vaddi, special assistant to Joe Biden, the US president.Vaddi, of Andhra origin, is senior director for arms control, disarmament, and non-proliferation at the National Security Council of the US.As recent as June 7, he told a meeting of the…
RAIPUR: In a massive violent protest, thousands of Scheduled Caste Satnami community members set fire a portion of the collectorate building in Baloda Bazar district of Chhattisgarh on Monday, vandalizing vehicles and clashing with police, protesting the desecration of their religious site on the night of May 15-16.The demonstrators also torched two of the seven…
NEW DELHI: Former Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi announced that he plans to reveal the inside story of the current team and expose the individuals who have ‘spoiled the unit’ once the ongoing T20 World Cup concludes.The selection process of the Pakistan team has been under scrutiny, with criticism from several former cricketers, including ex-PCB chairman…
NEW DELHI: Delhi Police on Monday said that the much-talked about mystery animal seen during the oath-taking ceremony was just a common house cat, dispelling the notion that it was a wild animal.This was in response to an incident a day earlier, when Prime Minister Narendra Modi was sworn in for his third consecutive term…
NEW DELHI: Former India off-spiner Harbhajan Singh launched scathing attack on former Pakistan wicketkeeper batter Kamran Akmal for his racial joke on Indian pacer Arshdeep Singh.A video of Akmal is doing the rounds on social media in which he was seen reacting to the match on a news channel in Pakistan and making a remark…
