British-Iranian journalist Pouria Zeraati Two Romanian nationals have been convicted by a UK court for the stabbing of Iranian TV presenter Pouria Zeraati outside his home in Wimbledon, south London, in an attack prosecutors described as a “deliberate, targeted act of violence” involving months of planning and surveillance.The victim, a journalist with the Farsi-language broadcaster…
Shimla: Leader of the opposition in the Himachal Pradesh assembly, Jai Ram Thakur, on Saturday criticised the state govt over reports that nearly 20% of trainee students at the Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Nursing Institute in Rampur-Khaneri, Shimla district, had been infected with tuberculosis (TB).Thakur termed the situation alarming and blamed the Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu dispensation…
For boys graduating from Class X at Chennai High School in Chozhavaram, the end of schooling comes with an added burden. With no govt or corporation higher secondary school for boys within a 5-km radius, they are forced to seek admission outside this distance or turn to private schools.Residents say this has been the case…
Chennai: More than one in three pregnancies in Poonamallee carried a significant medical risk last year, according to a study by Tamil Nadu Directorate of Public Health and Preventive Medicine.Published in the latest edition of Tamil Nadu Journal of Public Health and Medical Research, the study found that 38.1% of pregnancies in peri-urban area were…
Arvind Kejriwal (File photo) NEW DELHI: Getting to know that his party’s MPs in Rajya Sabha could break away to join BJP only towards the end, AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal made last-ditch efforts to salvage the situation by reaching out to most of them, but it proved a case of too little too late.That Sandeep…
Police said the robbed Maruti Ertiga and the victim’s mobile phone have been recovered. NEW DELHI: More than two weeks after a taxi driver was robbed of his Maruti Ertiga and mobile phone near the Bhopura Border in northeast Delhi, police have arrested three men in connection with the case.According to police, the complainant, Parvez,…
Varanasi: The demolition drive for the Dalmandi road-widening project resumed after a pause during Bakrid, with the number of structures razed crossing 112. A total of 187 buildings have been identified for demolition under the project, which aims to improve access to the Kashi Vishwanath Dham from the Naisadak junction on the Lahurabir-Godowlia road.Demolition work…
BENGALURU: A group of children standing at KSR Bengaluru railway station recently drew suspicion from the security personnel. Questioning revealed that the children were escaping from harassment, including forced labour, when they landed at the station Sunday.Railway Protection Force (RPF) personnel stationed at Platform 5 were the first to notice the group of young boys…
Lucknow: Two separate fire incidents in the city on Friday were swiftly brought under control with no casualties, though they triggered panic and revived concerns over fire safety.In the first incident, a blaze broke out around 5am inside the Lok Bandhu Hospital campus in Aashiana after a suspected short circuit ignited the false ceiling in…
Water pollution in Ghaggar River at Panchkula (story pics) Panchkula: With the solid waste management rules 2026 mandating the Municipal Corporation to clean water bodies and stop ingress of solid waste, hopes have got revived among environmentalists and residents about rejuvenation of Ghaggar river as it gets free from years of unclarity about job of…
