PUNE/CHENNAI: A 10-year-old boy who died at Chennai’s Institute of Child Health on Jan 31 was Tuesday confirmed to be Tamil Nadu’s first Guillain-Barre Syndrome (GBS) victim, taking the number of casualties caused by the rare but treatable infection since last month to seven.Pune, which accounts for five of the GBS mortalities across the country,…
NEW DELHI: The stage is set for a gripping three-way contest that will not only shape the future of the capital but also determine the political fate of its three main contenders.More than 1.5 crore eligible voters will have the chance to choose their representatives for the 70-member Delhi assembly from a pool of 699…
New Delhi: Asserting that he was only into his “third term” and that BJP would remain in office for many more years to steer India to the “developed” club, PM Modi Tuesday tore into leader of opposition Rahul Gandhi, accusing him of using “the language of urban Naxals openly”.“Those who declare a war on the…
NEW DELHI: In the first such operation of its kind involving India since the return of Donald Trump to the White House, the US despatched a C17 military aircraft carrying an unspecified number of illegal Indian migrants to India. Anonymous US officials were quoted as saying dozens had been deported, and unconfirmed reports put the…
NEW DELHI: The stage is set for the high-stakes Delhi assembly elections as voters will elect a new assembly on Thursday. A total of 699 candidates are in the fray for 70 seats. Voting will start at 7am across 13,766 polling stations for 1.56 crore voters who are eligible to cast their ballots. Arvind Kejriwal‘s…
NEW DELHI: An FIR has been registered against Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convenor and former Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal over his statements regarding the Yamuna river water and allegations against the Haryana government.Following a court order, hours before the Delhi elections, FIR was lodged at Shahabad Police Station in Kurukshetra, Haryana, against Kejriwal…
NEW DELHI: Liquor shops, hotels, restaurants, and other establishments serving alcohol in Delhi will remain closed from February 3 to 5 and again on February 8, in line with the upcoming Delhi assembly elections, as per the official notification issued by the Delhi Excise Commissioner.The closure, classified as “dry days” under the Delhi Excise Rules-2010,…
NEW DELHI: Senior Congress leader and spokesperson Pawan Khera has said that Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief Arvind Kejriwal and his party would not have been part of the INDIA bloc if it was up to the Congress.“If Congress was given a choice, I don’t think he (Arvind Kejriwal) would have been a part (of…
Indian nationals saved after being stranded in Libya (Image credit: MEA) NEW DELHI: The Indian Embassy in Libya successfully coordinated the repatriation of 18 Indian citizens from Benghazi who had been stuck there for multiple weeks. These people had travelled to Libya seeking employment but encountered challenges due to the unstable security conditions.In a social…
NEW DELHI: The opposition on Tuesday snubbed Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s reply to the Motion of Thanks debate to President’s speech in Lok Sabha and accused him of ignoring all the concerns flagged by Rahul Gandhi.Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra claimed that PM Modi’s speech reflected that he has lost his connection with people and…
