Chennai: “I didn’t take the law into my own hands, even though my wife repeatedly asked me to avenge our daughter’s death. I believed in the courts. I’m shattered now,” says the father of the seven-year-old girl who was raped and killed in Chennai in 2017 after the Supreme Court acquitted the accused, a techie…
VADODARA: A London couple’s repeated trips to Gujarat to conceive a baby through IVF had finally made them prospective parents, an embryo was ready for transfer, and they boarded AI 171, hoping to fulfil their dream in July. The couple were killed in the fireball of the crash. The embryo lies preserved at a Gujarat…
Kerala records 3,000 critical snakebite incidents annually Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala, second only to West Bengal in venomous snake diversity nationwide, has declared snakebite envenomation a disease of public health importance, requiring mandatory hospital reporting of cases, strengthening anti-venom supply chains and standardising treatment protocols.Kerala HC directed the state govt recently to make snakebite a notifiable disease…
By: Yogesh NagarkotiBAGESHWAR: A 70-year-old villager died due to viral fever in Dhauladevi block of Almora district. This is the seventh fatality in a fortnight in Dhauladevi block alone, said locals on Saturday. The latest death has deepened concerns among locals, who said that fever cases are rapidly on the rise in several villages.Ganga Dutt…
The Indian wolf, commonly known as gray wolf, is found across India and Pakistan DEHRADUN: In a significant development in animal classification, International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has for the first time evaluated the Indian wolf (Canis lupus pallipes) separately, suggesting that it may be classified as a distinct species within the Canis…
GURGAON: A 21-year-old labourer died after being crushed under a pile of iron rods that fell from a trailer at a construction site near Ambience Mall on Saturday.According to police, the incident occurred around 4 pm in the DLF 3 area, where a private company is constructing a multi-storey building. Rohit, who was from Parwani…
US President Donald Trump on Sunday once again reiterated his claim that he has played a key role in resolving several long-standing conflicts worldwide, including the dispute between India and Pakistan, as he flew to the Middle East.Trump also referred to the ongoing conflict between Pakistan and Afghanistan, alluding that he would resolve the issue…
NEW DELHI: A mix of anticipation and anxiety has gripped Delhi with the Supreme Court hinting that it may allow the sale of green crackers in the city just a week before Diwali. The apex court is likely to deliver its verdict on Monday. While many residents welcomed the prospect of fireworks returning to the…
Kerala Agriculture Minister P. Prasad ALAPPUZHA: Kerala Agriculture Minister P Prasad on Saturday claimed the growing menace of wild boars destroying crops could be tackled more effectively if people were allowed to consume their meat. Speaking at a programme organised by the Paalamel village panchayat in this coastal district, Prasad said the existing central law,…
CHANDIGARH: Police on Sunday pressed a more stringent section of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act in the case related to the alleged suicide of IPS officer Y Puran Kumar, following strong objections from his wife Amneet Kumar.Amneet had accused police of “diluting” the case by invoking Section 3(1)(r) of the…
