Chennai: District Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission has directed Saveetha Dental College and Hospital and Saveetha Medical College and Hospital to pay 7.1 lakh to a Chennai resident after a dental instrument slipped into her husband’s digestive tract during a root canal procedure in Aug 2025. Holding the hospitals guilty of medical negligence and deficiency in…
Kolkata: Bhowanipore has become the most symbolically charged constituency in Bengal’s 2026 election, not only because it pits CM Mamata Banerjee against Suvendu Adhikari, but because it condenses the state’s wider tensions over identity, class, community, governance and momentum into one south Kolkata seat.For Banerjee, this is where her home is, one in which she…
Ahmedabad: A major fire broke out at a commercial complex in the Shyamal area on Monday morning, gutting nearly 20 vehicles and triggering a large-scale rescue operation. Officials confirmed that around 50 people were safely evacuated, and no casualties were reported.The incident occurred at Shangrila-2 Arcade near Shyamal Crossroads. The blaze is suspected to have…
Chandigarh: Punjab power minister Sanjeev Arora on Monday said there will be no power shortage in the state from May 1, asserting that preparations are in place to meet a sharp surge in demand amid the ongoing heatwave.He said electricity demand jumped from 7,900 MW on April 15 to over 12,000 MW by April 25…
Pune: The Pune police on Sunday sealed four brothels in the Budhwar Peth red-light area where a minor girl from Bangladesh was allegedly held in confinement and forced into prostitution.The survivor, who has since reached adulthood, was rescued in Jan this year by the Faraskhana police. Following the rescue and subsequent investigation, deputy commissioner of…
LUCKNOW: A video of UP IPS officer Ajay Pal Sharma issuing a stern warning against alleged voter intimidation in West Bengal surfaced on social media on Monday, with barely 48 hours left for the second phase polling.Sharma, who has been made police observer in South 24 Parganas district, took on-ground action following complaints that voters…
Jaipur: Former Rajasthan High Court judge Jainendra Kumar Ranka was unanimously elected national president of the Association of Retired Judges of Supreme Court and High Courts of India.The election was held during the executive meeting and annual general body session Sunday in Jaipur.Former judges S K Saxena, Rajesh Tandon, and Prahlad Rao were elected vice…
NEW DELHI: Union parliamentary affairs minister Kiren Rijiju on Tuesday took a dig at Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) supremo Arvind Kejriwal claiming that all “good people” have left him. He also rejected allegations of “coercion” after seven Rajya Sabha MPs including Raghav Chadha quit AAP and joined the BJP.In an interview with ANI, Rijiju rejected…
China has achieved a major milestone in polar exploration, successfully drilling through 3,413 meters of Antarctic ice to reach the area above the Qilin Subglacial Lake. Conducted by the 42nd Antarctic expedition team on February 5, 2026, this feat surpasses the previous global record for hot-water drilling by nearly 900 meters, as noted in the…
The Middle East conflict has already been rattling global oil flows, draining supplies, tightening reserves and pushing crude prices higher across markets. But Iran, one of the key flashpoints in the crisis, seems to be dealing with a different kind of pressure altogether. Instead of just struggling with disrupted exports, the country is now staring…
