Flood: Patiala boy dies after drowning in Ambala, missing man found dead, two brick kiln labourers washed away (Pic credit: ANI) AMBALA: A 13-year-old boy died as he drowned in Tangri river crossing area in Bhuni village of Naggal police station jurisdiction in Ambala district on Saturday.The deceased has been identified as Manvir, 13, Class…
LONDON: Leicester’s Diwali celebrations this year have been significantly scaled back, despite once having been the largest Diwali celebration in the world outside India.Labour-run Leicester city council has announced all the activities will be cancelled apart from lighting up Diwali lanterns on lampposts and a road closure.In previous years the festival saw a Diwali village…
PITHORAGARH: With road links to Munsyari in Pithoragarh district of Uttarakhand blocked due to landslides, four students from Rajasthan decided to hire a charter helicopter from Haldwani to appear for their BEd examination on Wednesday. Omaram Jat, Magaram Jat, Prakash Godara Jat, and Lucky Chaudhari booked the charter, shelling out Rs 10,400 each, to make…
Blood pressure (BP) functions as a vital heart health indicator. High blood pressure levels create an elevated risk of developing heart disease, strokes, and multiple other dangerous medical conditions. Home blood pressure monitoring serves as a common practice for health management, yet the timing and method of measurement directly influences the accuracy of obtained readings.The…
NEW DELHI: The Election Commission is set to meet on September 10 to discuss the preparedness of a pan-India rollout of special intensive revision (SIR) of voters’ list, PTI reported citing officials. This comes as assembly elections in states like West Bengal, Kerala, Assam, Tamil Nadu, along with Puducherry are set to take place in…
MUMBAI: The Mumbai Crime Branch has arrested the man who allegedly issued a bomb threat to the city’s traffic department. The accused, identified as Ashwin Kumar Supra (50), was traced and detained from Noida.Officials said Supra, originally a resident of Bihar, had sent the threat message using a mobile phone and SIM card, both of…
Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav has called on the government to focus on strengthening ties with the United States, describing it as the “head of capital flow” and noting that lakhs of Indian students pursue higher studies there.Speaking to reporters, Yadav said India’s ties with America should never be allowed to decline, given the US’s…
IndiGo flight representative image NEW DELHI: An Abu Dhabi-bound IndiGo flight made an unscheduled return to Kochi in the early hours of Saturday after developing a technical snag mid-air, sources said. Flight 6E-1403, operated with an A320 neo aircraft, took off from Kochi at 11.10 pm on Friday with more than 180 passengers and six…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday spoke with French President Emmanuel Macron and the two leaders discussed efforts to bring an early end to the conflict on Ukraine.The two leaders also reviewed and positively assessed the progress in bilateral cooperation in various areas, including the India-France Strategic Partnership.“Had a very good conversation with…
NEW DELHI: An 18-year-old newlywed woman is fighting for her life on a ventilator after being stabbed allegedly by her stalker in northeast Delhi’s New Mustafabad. He has been arrested. The woman, who got married just 10 days ago, had returned to her parental home for post-wedding ceremonies and was going to rejoin her husband…
