NAGPUR: At least 14 more children from Madhya Pradesh’s Chhindwara district who had been administered the now-banned cough syrup Coldrif are battling for life in government and private hospitals in Nagpur after suffering renal failure.Lab reports confirmed the six children who died at GMCH-Nagpur had suffered renal failure due to diethylene glycol (DEG) toxicity. Syrup…
JAIPUR: Princely states are long gone, but the ‘Maharaj’ has lingered. Now, Rajasthan high court has drawn a line.Justice Mahendra Kumar Goyal directed descendants of the former Jaipur royal family to drop the prefixes “Maharaj” and “Princess” from their ongoing petitions or see their 24-year-old case dismissed. The court set Oct 13 as the final…
Representative image (Picture credit: ANI) BHOPAL: Three more children died in Madhya Pradesh’s Chhindwara on Sunday after allegedly having cough syrup, taking the toll to 14 on a day a government doctor was arrested, an SIT was formed and the body of a two-year-old girl was exhumed for autopsy – the first among the reported…
An iron bridge in Dudhia, north Bengal, the only direct link from Siliguri to the hill station of Mirik, was one of several bridges that collapsed All Tourist Spots Shut, Hundreds Left Stranded An iron bridge in Dudhia, north Bengal, the only direct link from Siliguri to the hill station of Mirik, was one of…
KARUR: Tamil Nadu police charged the driver of actor-politician Vijay’s bus with negligent driving, a day after Madras high court questioned why no FIR was filed over two alleged hit-and-run accidents involving the convoy of the TVK chief’s campaign during the September 27 Karur stampede that killed 41 people.Inspector RS Om Prakash said a case…
NEW DELHI: Amid the controversy over deaths of children in parts of Madhya Pradesh, allegedly due to consumption of sub-standard cough syrup, Union health secretary Punya Salila Srivastava on Sunday asked states/UTs to ensure strict compliance with Revised Schedule M – updated Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) — by all drug manufacturers.Srivastava, at a meeting with…
Mumbai: Redevelopment is widely celebrated in Mumbai by residents, developers, officials approving building plans, and authorities like the BMC, which earn thousands of crores annually through premiums and construction charges. However, some genuinely fear the redevelopment frenzy. They are senior citizens, in particular, who are concerned about disruptions to their lives caused by vacating their…
CEC says rolls ‘purified’ but stays mum on ‘infiltrators’ PATNA: Claiming that the special intensive revision (SIR) carried out after 22 years in the poll-bound Bihar has “purified” the electoral rolls, the Election Commission (EC) on Sunday announced that 17 new initiatives launched for the upcoming assembly elections in Bihar would later be replicated across…
File photo: Congress spokesperson Alka Lamba NEW DELHI: Congress on Sunday alleged that the names of 23 lakh women have been removed from the voters’ list of Bihar, with a bulk of them being from dalit and Muslim segments and in seats that witnessed a close contest in the 2020 assembly election.The Election Commission is…
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Kerala Police Saturday registered a case against a Tamil Nadu native for assaulting an Israeli tourist who allegedly snatched the former’s mobile phone and threw it in the Arabian Sea.The Isreali, Zayats Sagi (46), did not have a passport and was seen wandering in the locality for the past few months. After a medical…
