A group of people trespassed the Indian Consulate in Seattle after which the authorities were compelled to take action against the intruders, consulate said on Friday (Indian time). In a post on X, the consulate said that the intruders refused to leave the premises even after repeated requests and engaged in aggressive and threatening behaviour…
NEW DELHI: The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Friday arrived at the residence of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convenor Arvind Kejriwal after he alleged that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was offering Rs 15-16 crore to AAP MLAs to switch sides. The development comes a day ahead of the counting of votes in Delhi. The…
NEW DELHI: A debate erupted on social media after Dr Sylvia Karpagam, working editor of the Indian Journal of Medical Ethics, questioned the classification of milk and paneer as vegetarian foods. The discussion began when Dr Sunita Sayammagar shared a photo of a thali, describing it as a “vegetarian meal” rich in protein, good fats,…
Parvesh Verma, Arvind Kejriwal (C) and Sandeep Dikshit (R) NEW DELHI: With only two days between voting and results, debates over exit polls heated-up as two more surveys were released on Thursday, echoing earlier predictions. Aam Aadmi Party, however, dismissed all projections, arguing that pollsters have “historically” underestimated its performance.Most exit polls were released on…
NEW DELHI: Leader of opposition in Lok Sabha and Congress MP Rahul Gandhi, along with Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut and NCP-SCP MP Supriya Sule, on Friday alleged discrepancies in the voter list for the recently concluded Maharashtra elections. Addressing a joint press conference in the national capital, Rahul claimed that the opposition had…
NEW DELHI: The Calcutta high court has admitted an appeal filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) challenging the trial court’s decision to sentence Sanjay Roy, the convict in the RG Kar medical college and hospital rape-murder case, to life imprisonment without parole. However, the court refused to admit a separate appeal by the…
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court Thursday ordered police in Delhi, Karnataka, Telangana, Maharashtra, West Bengal and Haryana to provide protection to offices and officials of Discovery Communications which claimed threats to life and property since telecast of documentary ‘Cult of Fear: Asaram Bapu, Saint or Sinner?’ from the self-styled religious guru’s supporters.Senior advocate Abhinav Mukerji told…
HAVERI: A nurse at Aduru primary health centre in Karnataka’s Haveri has been suspended for resorting to an unorthodox treatment-using FeviKwik glue instead of sutures to close a deep gash on a seven-year-old boy’s right cheek. Her reasoning? Stitches would leave an “ugly scar” on the child’s face.Gurukrishna Annappa Hosamani suffered facial and leg injuries…
NEW DELHI: Cracking the whip on domestic private sector companies that are using Chinese components in drones being supplied to the armed forces, the defence establishment has now scrapped three contracts for the induction of 400 logistics drones by the Army.The defence establishment is also putting a “stringent mechanism” in place to ensure the military…
NAGPUR: Harpreet Laliya, alias Roshan, was sold on the prospect of earning Rs 4 lakh a month driving a taxi in Canada. So, he bartered his family gold, two trucks and a debt-free life in his native Nagpur for a Rs 50 lakh gamble on reaching the US-Mexico border – supposedly the gateway to what…
