New Delhi: Nearly seven out of 10 people living with autoimmune diseases are women, experts revealed at the 40th annual conference of Indian Rheumatology Association (IRACON 2025) held at Yashobhoomi, Dwarka.Rheumatologists discussed how hormonal changes, genetic makeup and distinct immune mechanisms make women more vulnerable to these conditions.Autoimmune disorders occur when the body’s defence system…
Two DRI officials have been suspended following allegations of illegal detention, bribe demand and misconduct in a case of duty evasion involv-ing import of insecticides. The action was taken against senior intelligence officer Deepak Kumar and inspector Chetan Parikh. DRI had detained Shailesh Vyas on Sept 30 for nearly 10 hours at Kolkata airport without…
A viral selfie video of a deceased driver has reignited a political feud between suspended Jana Sena leader Vinutha Kota and TDP MLA Bojjala Sudheer Reddy TIRUPATI: Suspended Jana Sena leader Vinutha Kota and Srikalahasti TDP legislator Bojjala Sudheer Reddy have locked horns over a selfie video of deceased Vinutha Kota’s driver Rayudu, which has…
NEW DELHI: Breaking ranks with the opposition, the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) of Sharad Pawar has decided to be part of the joint parliamentary committee (JPC) on the bills for automatic dismissal of jailed chief ministers and ministers.Sources said NCP (SP) has conveyed that it will join the JPC that the India bloc has decided…
NEW DELHI: Home minister Amit Shah Tuesday laid the foundation stone for the NSG’s Special Operations Training Centre (SOTC) in Manesar which is being built over eight acres at a cost of Rs 141 crore to provide state-of-the-art training to special commandos of NSG as well as anti-terror task forces of state/UT police, in combating…
NEW DELHI: A woman, aged in her 30s, has been booked for allegedly using an electric iron to inflict burn injuries on her five-year-old stepdaughter at their house in central Delhi’s Chandni Mahal.Police received a PCR call from the girl’s father reporting the incident in the early hours of Sunday. In his complaint, the man,…
Haryana DGP Shatrujeet Kapur sent on leave CHANDIGARH: Haryana DGP Shatrujeet Kapur, in the eye of a storm following the suicide of IPS officer Y Puran Kumar, was on Monday sent on leave.Rajiv Jaitly, media adviser to Haryana CM Nayab Singh Saini, confirmed the development but the official order was yet to be released till…
NEW DELHI: US PresidentDonald Trump on Monday surprised attendees at the Sharm el-Sheikh Summit on Gaza by inviting Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif to address the gathering. Interrupting his own speech, Trump asked Sharif, “Do you want to say something” and further told him to “say what you said to me the other day.“During his…
Student ‘sexually assaulted’ at Delhi’s South Asian University NEW DELHI: A female student of South Asian University (SAU) in South Delhi has alleged sexual assault on campus, police said on Tuesday. Officials said to news agency ANI, a PCR call was received at Maidangarhi Police Station around 3:00 pm on Monday, October 13. The call,…
CHENNAI: In a suspected case of caste killing, a 24-year-old man, Ramachandran, was hacked to death by his father-in-law near Nilakottai in Dindigul district on Sunday.Dindigul superintendent of police A Pradeep said Chandran, father of Ramachandran’s wife Aarthi, has been arrested and police were investigating if others were involved. Aarthi said, “They have arrested only…
