DEHRADUN:A 25-year-old junior resident doctor at a private medical institute in Dehradun died by suicide on Friday due to alleged harassment by the HOD over submission of his thesis. The body was found in his hostel room.His classmate, speaking on condition of anonymity, said he had faced rejection several times while trying to submit his…
LUCKNOW: Union home minister Amit Shah said on Saturday that there was a time when Uttar Pradesh was known for “producing country-made pistols (kattas)” but, after PM Narendra Modi built a defence corridor in Bundelkhand, “cannonballs are made”.Addressing an election rally in Lalitpur, Shah said, “If Pakistan makes any mistake”, shells made in Bundelkhand will…
PUNE\HYDERABAD: Indian students in Kyrgyzstan capital Bishkek have offered chilling accounts in the wake of the violence there targeting foreigners, with most locked up in their rooms, institutes putting off exams and many desperate to return home. Most of the estimated 10,000 students from India in Kyrgyzstan pursue medical courses.A second-year MBBS student from Maharashtra’s…
NEW DELHI: A couple from Rajasthan on Saturday sustained injuries after terrorists opened fired on a tourist camp near Pahalgam in south Kashmir.According to the official, the incident occurred at Yanner in the Pahalgam tourist resort in the Anantnag district of Jammu and Kashmir late on Saturday night.“Terrorist fired upon and injured a lady Farha…
NEW DELHI: Former Bihar chief minister and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Lalu Prasad Yadav on Saturday hit back at Prime Minister Narendra Modi‘s accusation that the opposition would confiscate “one of two buffalos” from the people if elected to power, saying, “will give you my camel.” PM Modi has been criticizing the opposition over…
Delhi on Saturday experienced its hottest day of the season, with temperatures soaring to 43.7 degrees Celsius, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD). The IMD issued a ‘red alert’, warning of severe heat in various parts of the city over the next two days.Several areas in Delhi recorded extremely high temperatures, with Mungeshpur reaching…
NEW DELHI: DK Shivakumar on Saturday dismissed the allegations levied by G Devaraje Gowda, BJP leader currently in custody, that the Karnataka deputy chief minister was responsible for distributing pen drives allegedly containing explicit videos of Hassan MP Prajwal Revanna. In response to Gowda’s allegations, Shivakumar said, “Let him file a complaint to Lokayukta or…
NEW DELHI: The Indian meteorological department on Saturday said that the heatwave conditions are ‘likely’ to continue over northwest India during the next 5 days and over eastern and central India for the next 3 days.“Heat wave to severe heat wave conditions very likely in many pockets over Rajasthan, Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, Delhi during 18th-22nd…
NEW DELHI: Former Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh, former vice president Mohammad Hamid Ansari, former deputy prime minister LK Advani and former Union minister Dr Murli Manohar Joshi have all exercised their right to vote through the home voting facility.“Former prime minister Dr Manmohan Singh and former Union minister Dr Murli Manohar Joshi successfully cast…
HYDERABAD: Indian students in Kyrgyzstan, in fear are scared for their lives, as locals have targeted them in Bishkek. They have shut themselves up in their accommodation but during a stone pelting incident the window panes were damaged.In a desperate call for help, the Indian community called up the Indian embassy late on Friday night….
