MEERUT: A Dalit post office employee in Bulandshahr allegedly ended his life by jumping in front of a train early Sunday morning, a day after CBI questioned him in connection with a Rs 2.5 crore embezzlement case.Rahul Kumar (28), a sub-postmaster at Lakhaothi block post office and a resident of Bulandshahr city area, was found…
President-elect Donald Trump has pledged to “stop the transgender lunacy” from day one of his presidency, as Republicans, set to control both chambers of Congress and the White House, continue their push against LGBTQ rights. Speaking at an event for young conservatives in Phoenix, Arizona, Trump said,”I will sign executive orders to end child sexual…
KOLKATA: Friends and family of a married woman staying at the house of her husband against his will for a long period can amount to cruelty, Calcutta high court said on Dec 19 while granting divorce to a man on grounds of cruelty.“Such imposition of friend and family by the woman on her husband at…
JAIPUR: All eight persons who succumbed to burn injuries sustained in the fire that followed the accident at Bhankrota on Jaipur-Ajmer highway on Friday were under 40 years of age – all in their prime, either planning their careers, or had recently started families. Those currently on ventilator support at SMS Hospital here are under…
NEW DELHI: A new research has revealed that a person with TB in India spends, on average, close to Rs 32,000 during treatment. While some of the costs incurred out of the patient’s pocket are direct, such as those spent on diagnosis or hospitalisation, the rest are indirect, for example, costs incurred due to loss…
President-elect Donald Trump suggested on Sunday that he might support allowing TikTok to continue operating in the United States, at least at present. Speaking to a crowd of conservative supporters in Phoenix, Arizona, he highlighted the success his presidential campaign had on the platform, claiming it garnered billions of views.His remarks were one of the…
NEW DELHI: Odds of timely initiation of treatment of cancer patients in India have gone up by nearly 36% in the past six years, a new study claimed. It credited Ayushman Bharat-PM Jan Arogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY) for this change. Treatment initiation is considered timely if it starts within 30 days of diagnosis of the disease.According…
The opposition managed to raise issues it wanted to in the winter session of Parliament and the BJP govt evaded replies on all, Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi tells TOI’s Subodh Ghildiyal. Excerpts from the interview: How do you see the winter session?The opposition managed to raise the questions it wanted – Adani indictment and role…
DHALAI: Home minister Amit Shah on Sunday accused Left parties, which were in office in Tripura for 35 years from 1978 to 1988 and then from 1993 to 2018, of having turned Tripura into a “backward” state, ranked low on all parameters of development, and said it was BJP that brought peace and progress to…
HYDERABAD: A day after Telangana CM A Revanth Reddy launched a scathing attack on Allu Arjun over the Dec 4 stampede at the premiere of his film, ‘Pushpa 2: The Rule‘, Hyderabad police alleged Sunday that the actor insisted on sitting through the show even after being told that a woman had died in the…
