NEW DELHI: Uttar Pradesh minister Sanjay Singh Gangwar has claimed on Sunday that lying in a cowshed and cleaning it can cure cancer.He also said that stroking the back of a cow can help lower blood pressure. Gangwar made these remarks at the inauguration of the Kanha gaushala in Nougawa Pakadiya, which cost Rs 55…
NEW DELHI: An Air India flight travelling from Mumbai to New York on Monday, was diverted to Delhi due to a bomb threat, according to Delhi Police.“The aircraft, now stationed at Indira Gandhi International (IGI) airport is undergoing thorough safety checks. All standard safety protocols are being followed to ensure the security of the passengers…
NEW DELHI: West Rajasthan, land of Thar desert and the driest region in India’s plains, was among two subdivisions out of 36 that received excess rainfall during this monsoon. Surprisingly, this was hardly an unusual monsoon for west Rajasthan, which has been getting higher-than-normal rainfall for at least the past two decades in an indication…
NEW DELHI: More than 50 protesters, including women, who had come out in silent solidarity with the hunger strike of climate activist Sonam Wangchuk, were detained by police near Ladakh Bhawan in the capital on Sunday. Wangchuk has been on protest fast at Ladakh Bhawan for the inclusion of the Union territory in the Sixth…
MEERUT/DEHRADUN: Daulat Kunwar has been imprisoned several times. Once behind bars, it was the same story each time for the Dalit activist. “Caste discrimination starts the moment an inmate steps into a prison, it is real and it has been going on for many years,” Kunwar told TOI in shocking revelations that were echoed by…
LUCKNOW: Saturday’s killing of NCP functionary Baba Siddique in Mumbai has foregrounded disturbing parallels with sensational murders last year of UP gangsters Atiq Ahmed and brother Ashraf in police custody in Prayagraj, as well as the courtroom assassination of Sanjeev Maheshwari in Lucknow. In all three cases, the emerging pattern is that relatively unknown shooters…
MUMBAI: The police are investigating various angles in the murder of former minister Baba Siddique, including any dispute related to Slum Rehabilitation Authority (SRA) scheme projects, reports .Siddique had interests in real estate through his associates and previously faced an ED investigation for his involvement in the SRA project of the Jamaat-e-Jamhooria slums in Bandra…
MUMBAI: The motive for the murder of former MLA and Maharashtra minister Ziauddin ‘Baba’ Siddique remains unclear despite the arrest of two shooters, and an Akola resident who allegedly enlisted the shooters. One of the killers, Gurnail Singh, who has three cases in Haryana including one for murder, had allegedly established links with the Lawrence…
NEW DELHI: After the death of two Agniveers in Nashik during training, LoP in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Sunday demanded that PM Modi and defence minister Rajnath Singh should answer “why the life of one soldier is more valuable than that of another soldier”.“The death of two Agniveers – Gohil Vishwaraj Singh and Saifat…
NEW DELHI: Continuous electoral setbacks for Congress have left its chief Mallikarjun Kharge ideologically bankrupt, BJP president J P Nadda said on Sunday, claiming that the opposition party’s “terrorists” barb at his party was born out of its desperation to protect its “failed product”, a subtle jibe at Rahul Gandhi.India’s oldest party has come to…
