VISAKHAPATNAM: A 14-year-old boy, studying in ninth standard of a government tribal sports school in Alluri Sitharama Raju district of Andhra Pradesh, slit the throat of his classmate with a blade for not giving him Rs 20. After the incident, which he reportedly committed under the influence of alcohol, the teenager attempted to slit his…
MEERUT: Roshni (name changed) was 15 when her life was ruined by a man who threw acid on her for breaking off their engagement. She lost an eye and her face was disfigured. It was 1997. What followed were years of pain and trauma, along with a series of corrective surgeries amid huge financial distress….
NEW DELHI: Highlighting that at least 3,639 people reportedly died from exposure to cold waves across different states between 2019 and 2023, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has asked the states and union territories from where these cases were reported to take preventive measures to protect homeless and vulnerable people during winter.The commission has…
GURDASPUR: One person was killed and six others injured after a crude explosive device, allegedly made at home, exploded at Dharmabad village in Gurdaspur district during Bandi Chhor Divas celebrations on Tuesday night.According to Ashok Sharma, SHO, Dera Baba Nanak police station, the victims belonged to the families of brothers Gurnam Singh and Satnam Singh,…
NEW DELHI: Of the total 5.30 lakh inmates lodged in prisons across the country as of Dec 31, 2023, as many as 9,095 inmates (1.7%) were reported to be battling mental illness. Of these, 3,722 (40.9%) were convicts, 5,293 (58.2%) were undertrials and 66, detenues.This data in the ‘Prison Statistics India’ report 2023 of the…
NEW DELHI: The defence ministry on Thursday gave the preliminary nod to a slew of military modernization projects, ranging from amphibious warfare ships and armed swarm drones to Russian S-400 air defence missiles and indigenous Nag anti-tank missile systems, collectively worth around Rs 79,000 crore ($9 billion).The biggest project to get the “acceptance of necessity”…
A 27-year-old woman from Bengal was allegedly gang-raped and robbed at her Bengaluru residence on Tuesday night. Five individuals reportedly entered her home, sexually assaulted her, and fled with cash and mobile phones. Police have arrested three suspects and are actively searching for the remaining two. The survivor is reported to be out of danger….
SRINAGAR: Weeks after donning his crown of thorns as the first J&K chief minister since it became a Union territory, Omar Abdullah had in Nov 2024 laid the groundwork for a carpet of blooms in a weed-infested patch near Srinagar’s Dal Lake — that promise has now blossomed and is ready for pickings.Chrysanthemum Theme Garden…
SRINAGAR: Farooq Abdullah’s National Conference received ally Congress‘s full backing for what it termed “the larger cause” and conditional support from the opposition PDP for Friday’s election to four Rajya Sabha seats in J&K, vacant since 2021.“We received a call from Farooq Abdullah…We will support NC in the Rajya Sabha, and in return, we expect…
NEW DELHI: The post-Diwali haze has led to a sharp surge in respiratory and cardiac cases across major city hospitals. Many patients have been suffering from breathlessness, persistent cough, sore throat and eye irritation since Tuesday morning. Doctors at Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals said the post-Diwali impact on health has been immediate, with OPD footfall linked…
