Thiruvananthapuram: The SHO of Thiruvananthapuram’s Parassala police station, who fatally knocked down a 59-year-old pedestrian and left him unattended on Wednesday, has been suspended. Locals rushed the victim, Rajan, to a hospital, where he succumbed to his injuries. SP K S Sudarshan wrote to DIG Ajeetha Begum on Sunday, recommending the suspension of SHO P…
Nepal’s interim prime minister Sushila Karki being welcomed by officials as she arrives to take charge of the office, in Kathmandu, Nepal. (PTI) As she took charge of Nepal’s interim prime minister on Sunday, Sushila Karki’s first act was to define the limits of her own power. Taking charge at Singha Durbar on Sunday, the…
Nagpur: Once Enforcement Directorate (ED) files a case in the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) special court, the case must be conducted in the same court and cannot be transferred to other courts, Bombay high court’s Nagpur bench recently observed. Allowing ED’s appeal, high court cancelled the sessions court order to transfer the case…
NEW DELHI: Govt on Sunday named senior Indian Revenue Service official L Satya Srinivas India’s executive director to the Asian Development Bank, ending the stranglehold IAS officers and economists had on the job. Srinivas, currently special secretary in the commerce department, is India’s chief negotiator for e trade deal with EU and led talks for…
Irony struck at one of Britain’s largest far-right rallies as footage emerged of anti-immigration protesters tucking into Indian food while waving English and Union Jack flags. Despite the march being billed as a show of defiance against migration, several demonstrators were caught on camera queueing at Southbank Centre stalls for curries, naan wraps and onion…
BIJNOR: A 36-year-old woman, Meera Devi, was killed in a leopard attack at Issepur village near Najibabad town here Sunday. This is the fourth fatal attack suspectedly by the same animal in the past 12 days, and the 36th in the last two-and-a-half years in the district.Angry villagers took the body to the office of…
CHENNAI: A Pocso court in Chennai has sentenced a 48-year-old hotel worker to 20 years in prison for repeatedly sexually assaulting his 15-year-old stepdaughter, relying on medical evidence and a tuition teacher’s testimony even after the survivor and her mother retracted their statements.At trial, the survivor told the court she had misunderstood her stepfather and…
High blood pressure, or hypertension, is more than just “numbers on a cuff.” It silently strains your heart, damages blood vessels, and increases risks of heart attack, stroke, kidney disease, and more. Many people feel fine until severe damage has already occurred. According to the CDC, in 2023, high blood pressure was a primary or…
JAIPUR: Seven of a family, including two children, died after the car they were travelling in skidded off the road and plunged into a deep, rainwater-filled pit along Jaipur Ring Road early Sunday.“Prima facie, it appears the car was speeding and being driven drowsily. The driver lost control of the car, which crashed into the…
