A portion of a road connecting Siliguri and Darjeeling, damaged after landslide on Sunday KOLKATA: Devastating rain that flooded the plains and hills of north Bengal was brought by an unexpected change in the trajectory of a low-pressure system triggered by the retreating monsoon, meteorologists have said.The system, which formed over the Bay of Bengal…
LUCKNOW/BAHRAICH: Uttar Pradesh’s forest department issued Sunday “shoot on sight” orders for wolves following a spate of attacks in Bahraich district that have left six people, including four children, dead in the past two months. The order coincided with fresh attacks that left three villagers injured.“Given the repeated attacks by wolves on villagers, state government…
Israel’s deputy foreign minister has launched a scathing attack on the UK government, accusing it of a “grotesque betrayal of truth, of justice and of Britain’s Jewish community”. Speaking at the Conservative Friends of Israel (CFoI) reception at the party conference in Manchester, Sharren Haskel hit out at Sir Keir Starmer’s government for the decision…
6 dead, 5 critical after fire breaks out at Jaipur’s SMS Hospital trauma ICU NEW DELHI: Six patients died and five remain critical after a fire triggered by a short circuit broke out at the trauma ICU of Jaipur’s Sawai Man Singh (SMS) Hospital late on Sunday night.SMS Hospital Trauma Centre Incharge Anurag Dhakad told…
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…
The Tories will pledge to make even further cuts to the foreign aid budget, as the party attempts to regain its reputation for fiscal responsibility in the wake of the Truss mini-budget. Shadow chancellor Sir Mel Stride will unveil plans to cut overseas development aid to 0.1% of Gross National Income (GNI), down from the…
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…
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…
BENGALURU: Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah said on Sunday that Lingayat is a separate religion, a statement that is likely to reignite the opposition’s allegations made during 2013-18 that he was trying to divide Veerashaiva-Lingayat community.Speaking at the closing ceremony of Basava cultural campaign 2025, which was organised by Lingayat Seers’ Association, the CM said, “Caste…
