- Kashmir
Panchayat bypolls in J&K postponed after security threat
Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir Election Commission on Tuesday postponed Panchayat by-elections in the Union Territory following a security threat message shared by the administration. Jammu and Kashmir Chief Electoral Officer Shailendra…
- India
Muslim outfits to lay siege on TN Assembly on Wed
Chennai: Several Muslim outfits in Tamil Nadu have decided to take out an anti-CAA procession and lay siege on the state Assembly on Wednesday, defying a Madras High Court order. Their demand…
- India
Dismissed BSF constable moves SC
New Delhi: Dismissed BSF constable Tej Bahadur Yadav, who tried last year to file his nomination papers for Varanasi Lok Sabha constituency from where Prime Minister Narendra Modi was seeking re-election, on…
- Health
Natural sugars in breastmilk linked to childhood height, weight
Washington: According to a recent study, researchers found that Human milk oligosaccharides (HMOs), a component found in breast milk may influence a child’s growth from infancy through early childhood. The study also…
- Bollywood
KJo: Absolutely baseless stories making rounds of ‘SOTY 3’
Mumbai: After reports of Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan’s daughter Suhana Khan and popular “Bigg Boss 13” contestant Asim Riaz making their Bollywood debut in Karan Johar’s “Student Of The Year 3”…
- Health
Mortality risk higher in IVF babies before 1 yr of age
London: Researchers have found that the children conceived through assisted reproductive techniques including IVF (in vitro fertilisation) had a 45 per cent higher risk of death before 1 year of age than…
- India
Gandhinagar cleanup drive for Trump leaves many homeless
Gandhinagar: Amid the city beautification drive ahead of US President Donald Trump’s visit, social and labour activists are upset with abrupt demolition of huts around the Motera Cricket Stadium, here. “Forty-five families…
- Politics
4 BJP corporators resign from Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation
Mumbai: Four BJP corporators, who had joined the party just before the state Assembly polls last year, resigned from the party and the Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation on Tuesday. The four corporators…
- Politics
Congress in no hurry to appoint Delhi unit chief
New Delhi: The Congress does not seem in a hurry to appoint its Delhi unit President, even as different contenders have begun to lobby for the post. Following the poll drubbing the…
- Bangalore
Karnataka Deputy CM Savadi takes oath as MLC
Bengaluru: Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister Laxman Savadi took oath as a member of the Legislative Council (MLC), a day after he was elected to the Upper House in a straight contest, an…
- India
Jharkhand lawyers strike work to protest judge’s ‘misbehaviour’
Ranchi: Around 35,000 lawyers across Jharkhand on Tuesday abstained from judicial work to protest against the alleged misbehaviour of a district judge with a lawyer, affecting court functioning in the state. Litigants…
- Crime and Accident
Mumbai diamond merchant jumps to death from 15th floor
Mumbai:A prominent diamond merchant jumped off the 15th floor of a commercial building in south Mumbai here on Tuesday morning, police said. The deceased has been identified as Dhiren Chandrakant Shah, 61.…
- Crime and Accident
Delhi criminal shot dead by UP Police in Meerut
New Delhi: The Uttar Pradesh Police on Tuesday killed a wanted Delhi criminal in an encounter at Kankarkheda in Meerut. Circle Officer Daurala Jitender Sargam has been injured in the encounter and…
- Middle East
More than football: Kurdish women win big with Syria title
Amuda: Samar Sheikh’s neighbours used to tell her football was not for girls but the criticism stopped when her team won the very first women’s championship in Syria. The 20-year-old also finished…
- News
54% higher rates of COPD in women with HIV: Study
Toronto: Researchers have found that the rate of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) among women living with HIV was 54 per cent higher than that of HIV-negative women. The study, published in…
