NEW DELHI: Three minor sisters died after allegedly jumping from the balcony of a ninth-floor flat in Ghaziabad early Wednesday, with police probing the role of an online game they were reportedly addicted to. The sisters—Nishika (16), Prachi (14), and Pakhi (12)—used to play a Korean “love game.” What is the ‘love game’? The Korean…
NEW DELHI: Senior NCP leader Sharad Pawar on Wednesday said that discussions on a possible merger of the two Nationalist Congress Party factions were held between Ajit Pawar and Jayant Patil, and Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis had no right to talk about it. Asserting that he was happy that Sunetra Pawar had been sworn…
West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee NEW DELHI: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee, in her long-struggled resentment and legal battle against Election Commission’s exercise special intensive revision, has now adopted a literary form of protest, going an unusual way, authoring 26 poem on the issue that has been the cause of trouble for her.The poems…
NEW DELHI: In a major step towards standardising cancer care, the Centre on Tuesday released India’s first nationally developed, evidence-based guidelines for lung cancer treatment and palliation, aimed at improving early diagnosis, reducing treatment gaps and ensuring patient-centric care across the country.Union health minister Jagat Prakash Nadda released the Lung Cancer Treatment and Palliation: Evidence-Based…
NEW DELHI: BJP spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla on Tuesday alleged that his mother was deliberately run over by a car in Pune, leaving her seriously injured, and said the accused fled the scene after the incident.In a post on X, Poonawalla said his mother would undergo surgery and appealed for prayers, while urging the Pune police…
Pune: The deteriorated health of rivers winding through Pune and Pimpri Chinchwad has time and again come under the scanner in recent years.A major contributor — citizens, activists and experts alike agree — is the lack of efficient sewage treatment plants (STP) to treat the flow going into these waterbodies, both at the civic level…
Representative image (IANS) NEW DELHI: The year gone by witnessed the neutralisation of 364 Naxals by the security forces, even as 1,022 Maoists were arrested and 2,337 opted for surrender, the home ministry informed the Lok Sabha on Tuesday.Replying to separate questions on the status of Left-wing extremism (LWE) in the country, junior home minister…
So, your doctor is a man?” he asks, eyes on the road.“Yes,” she shrugs, head wrapped in a scarf. “The oncologist is a man. He was referred to me by my gynaecologist.”“Okay. She must be sure of his credentials then.”“He. My gynaecologist is a man.”“What? You mean he touches you?”₹Questionable questions, awkward puns, well-timed expletives…
NEW DELHI: Indicating a positive outcome of its vibrant villages programme (VVP), which in is first phase unveiled development projects in villages abutting the Indo-China border across five states, the home ministry told the Lok Sabha on Tuesday that at least three villages in Arunachal Pradesh have reported reverse migration by their people. “No impact…
MUSSOORIE: Padma Shri award-winning travel writer Hugh Gantzer passed away at his Mussoorie home late Monday evening at the age of 95. Apart from one of India’s highest civilian honours, Hugh, along with his wife Colleen Gantzer (who passed away in 2024 at age 90), was recognised with six national awards, the National Tourism Lifetime…