At least 13 villagers in Chhattisgarh’s Dantewada have suffered severe eye infections, with many at risk of being blinded, after botched cataract surgeries at a govt hospital on October 18 and October 22. Preliminary probe indicates the surgeries were carried out in unhygienic conditions, the operation theatre was not sanitised, and there was fungus on…
NEW DELHI: While denying that Russia had any role in facilitating the meeting between PM Narendra Modi and President Xi Jinping in Kazan last week, Russian ambassador to India Denis Alipov welcomed the recent agreement between India and China to end the military standoff in eastern Ladakh, calling it a positive development in Sino-Indian ties….
A live grenade lying at the entrance to a women’s college in Manipur‘s capital city of Imphal, barely 100m from Raj Bhavan, sparked panic and protests by students on Monday amid growing insecurity over extortion threats received by several educational institutes in the state and a profusion of bomb hoaxes targeting airlines and hotels elsewhere….
PATNA: Independent MP from Purnia Pappu Yadav, who recently described the Lawrence Bishnoi gang as “petty thugs”, alleged on Monday that he received death threat from the gang. Yadav claimed that the threat came amid his ‘closeness’ to Bollywood actor Salman Khan, whom the Bishnoi gang had earlier targeted.The threat call, suspected to have been…
NEW DELHI: Granting bail to two men recently in a money laundering case, Delhi high court has ruled that the stringent twin tests for grant of bail under Section 45 of Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 (PMLA) cannot be invoked as a tool to indefinitely detain accused persons when there is a delay in…
NEW DELHI: Delhi cops are on their toes with the initial investigation into a firing incident at a businessman’s house in northwest Delhi’s Rani Bagh pointing towards the possible involvement of the Bambiha syndicate. This marks a third entrant into Delhi’s mafiadom, which is already plagued by the Lawrence Bishnoi and Himanshu Bhau gangs.While Bishnoi…
NEW DELHI: PM Narendra Modi and Spanish PM Pedro Sanchez on Monday jointly inaugurated the TATA Aircraft Complex in Vadodara for manufacturing C-295 transport aircraft, with Modi saying India’s first private military aircraft factory will not only strengthen relations between the two countries, but also provide momentum to the mission of ‘Make in India, Make…
HYDERABAD: All that glitters may not be gold this Dhanteras and Diwali season, thanks to a 25-30% rise in the price of the yellow metal since last Dhanteras. Gold is now hovering near its life-high in the domestic and international markets.After gold’s surge to its all-time high of $2,759 per ounce on Oct 23 in…
Read today’s horoscope, October 29, 2024. Today we’ll be taking a closer look at what the stars have in store for each of the 12 zodiac signs. Our astrologer has analyzed the movements of the planets and the alignment of the stars to bring you the most accurate and up-to-date horoscope predictions for the day…
JAMMU: A terrorist was killed early Monday in retaliatory action after he and two associates fired at a military ambulance that was part of an Army convoy moving through Battal Keri-Jogwan near the LoC in Sunderbani sector of Akhnoor, 28km from Jammu city.An official said no soldiers were wounded in the counteroffensive. “The area was…
