Sukhbir Badal was attacked with a kirpan while visiting the gurdwara at Takht Sri Hazur Sahib in Nanded on Thursday. He suffered an injury to his hand. NEW DELHI: Shiromani Akali Dal president and former Punjab deputy chief minister Sukhbir Singh Badal has survived two attacks at Sikh religious sites in less than two years…
New Delhi: India’s organ transplant crisis is not simply a shortage of transplant facilities or surgeons but also a shortage of donated organs. The scale of the gap is stark: around two lakh new kidney patients, 50,000 liver patients and 50,000 heart patients are added to the pool needing transplants every year, while the number…
Didier Vanderhasselt, Ambassador of Belgium Swedish guitarist Peter Tegnér May-Elin Stener, Ambassador of Norway, with Jan Thesleff, Ambassador of Sweden Jai Shankar, Vidushi Sunanda and Ratan Prasanna Oleksandr Polishchuk, Ambassador of Ukraine Didier Vanderhasselt, Ambassador of Belgium Swedish guitarist Peter Tegnér May-Elin Stener, Ambassador of Norway, with Jan Thesleff, Ambassador of Sweden Jai Shankar, Vidushi Sunanda and…
Heavy traffic restrictions have been imposed in central and north Delhi with several roads around the Red Fort being closed for general traffic during the morning due to the rehearsal. NEW DELHI: The national capital is under stepped-up security and traffic management regime on Thursday as it hosts full-dress rehearsal for the Independence Day celebrations…
The IMD has issued a yellow alert for Pathanamthitta, Kottayam and Idukki in Kerala on Friday, warning of isolated heavy rainfall. NEW DELHI: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast fairly widespread to widespread rainfall across several parts of the country on Friday, August 14, with heavy to very heavy rain likely over parts of…
According to police, 55-year-old Munna Lal was declared dead at AIIMS Trauma Centre. NEW DELHI: The case of a woman accused of killing her husband with the help of her lover took a dramatic turn after police revealed that the murder was born out of infidelity, a bitter marriage and the husband’s tight-fisted habits. A…
Boat Club lawns were Delhi’s primary protest venue until the early 1990s. By: Shivani KashyapAfter central Delhi was stalled for close to a week during the CJP agitation over alleged NEETirregularities in July, Jantar Mantar came into focus for a different reason when Delhi HighCourt, responding to a plea, wondered if the site in the…
A purported post-flight maintenance report for Air India flight AI2379 has revealed a series of technical warnings New Delhi: A purported post-flight maintenance report has brought a new layer to the investigation into the Air India Phuket-Delhi flight that suddenly lost around 300 feet of altitude over Odisha on August 4, with the document listing…
Saurav Das alleged police visited his family home for questioning NEW DELHI: A political controversy erupted in Puducherry after Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) co-convenor Saurav Das alleged that police visited his family’s residence and questioned his relatives, accusing the BJP-backed Puducherry government of intimidating his family at the “behest of the Union government”.Puducherry Police, however,…
The Cockroach Janta Party alleged political pressure caused a banquet hall to cancel their meeting NEW DELHI: Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) Wednesday alleged that a banquet hall in Naraina cancelled its booking for a meeting of volunteers due to alleged “political pressure”, forcing the group to hold the meeting at a nearby park, where it…
