Delhi court overturns 2017 FIR order in 1984 anti-Sikh riots deaths NEW DELHI: More than 40 years after the 1984 anti-Sikh riots, a Delhi court has set aside a 2017 order directing registration of an FIR into the deaths of two men, holding that a criminal investigation could not be revived decades later in the…
Despite the growing scale of idols, there is no government-prescribed cap on their height. MUMBAI: In 2022, Malvani Mhada Cha Raja stood around 22-ft tall. The next year, it grew to 28 ft. Then came 32-33 ft. Last year, the idol towered 36 ft above visitors. The steady climb has not been by accident.“This is…
HYDERABAD: Telangana high court on Tuesday directed the health and medical department to file a detailed affidavit on the action taken against the alleged indiscriminate sale of medical termination of pregnancy (MTP) kits without prescriptions or the supervision of registered medical practitioners.The division bench passed the direction while hearing a PIL filed by a registered…
Kolkata: A stationary low-pressure area over Gangetic Bengal and the adjoining regions triggered a relentless downpour on Tuesday, with Alipore Met office recording 93.6 mm till 11:30 am. Along with the low-pressure area that has refused to move away, meteorologists attributed the deluge to strong low-level southerly winds pushing massive moisture convergence from the Bay.The…
Ahmedabad: Senior cop Piyush Patel was given additional charge of director general of police (armed units), Gandhinagar, following the retirement of IPS officer Raju Bhargav on Monday.Patel, a 1998-batch IPS officer of ADGP rank, will hold the additional charge alongside his existing responsibility as director of state Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB). The order was issued by…
Himachal Pradesh chief minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu Shimla: Himachal Pradesh chief minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu on Tuesday announced that a three-time attendance system would soon be introduced in 150 CBSE govt schools across the state.Attendance will be recorded at three stages — morning arrival, during the lunch break and at the time of departure.Chairing a…
Birthmark Clinic designed especially for children with congenital skin marks Pune: Bharati Hospital is preparing to open an advanced Birthmark Clinic designed especially for children with congenital skin marks. The facility will provide modern laser-based treatments, helping parents who often worry about how birthmarks on the face or exposed body parts will look in the…
Samajwadi Party President Akhilesh Yadav Lucknow: Samajwadi Party brass has asked its cadres to prepare for ‘PDA praharis’ to be deployed in case the BJP govt goes ahead to push for Special Annual Revision (SAR) of the electoral rolls through the Election Commission of India (ECI). The party is of the view that the BJP…
The procedure, however, clearly reduces AF. Seven-day heart monitoring detected AF in 21% of patients after ablation, compared with 41% after the dummy procedure. NEW DELHI: A procedure widely used to treat atrial fibrillation (AF), an irregular heartbeat, cuts abnormal heart-rhythm episodes but may not itself be responsible for the improvement in patients’ quality of…
The price nears $96 a barrel as US-Iran strikes stoke fears of supply disruption Oil prices extended their sharp rally on Wednesday, rising nearly 1 per cent in early trade as the latest US-Iran military escalation heightened fears that disruptions to crude supplies could worsen.Brent crude futures rose 87 cents, or 0.92 per cent, to…
