NEW DELHI: “I wanted to kill myself then and there, but I stopped after thinking about my family,” those were the words of the Unnao rape survivor on Tuesday evening, as she sat on the lawns of India Gate hours after a Delhi high court order granted bail to former Uttar Pradesh MLA Kuldeep Singh…
Pune: Doctors at a city hospital successfully performed motorised transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) on a 61-year-old patient recently.The man had suffered severe aortic stenosis. He was deemed unfit for conventional open-heart surgery due to his complex medical history.Aortic stenosis is a critical condition where the heart’s aortic valve narrows, severely restricting blood flow to…
Mumbai: Former Dharavi Redevelopment Project (DRP) CEO S V R Srinivas has been appointed managing director of the Amaravati Growth and Infrastructure Corporation Limited (AGICL) by the Andhra Pradesh govt led by N Chandrababu Naidu. AGICL is a special purpose vehicle created for implemention of development projects in the Amaravati capital region. Srinivas retired in…
NEW DELHI: Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) University has suspended a faculty member from its Department of Social Work following complaints about the content of an end-semester examination paper.The order, dated 23 December, said the university received several complaints regarding the paper titled “Social Problems in India” for the B.A. (Hons) Social Work programme, Semester I,…
Pune: Chief minister Devendra Fadnavis on Tuesday said the state govt was considering to offer the highest possible compensation for land to be acquired for the proposed Purandar airport, while rehabilitation and future livelihood of farmers from seven affected villages in Purandar taluka would be its top priority.Interacting with around 40 representatives of project-affected villages…
Mumbai: Senior IPS officer and National Investigation Agency (NIA) chief Sadanand Date was on Monday repatriated to Maharashtra and is likely to take over as the state’s police chief once incumbent Rashmi Shukla retires on Dec 31. Date, a 1990-batch IPS officer, was appointed as the head of NIA in March last year. Date, who…
Air quality dips to ‘very poor’ with AQI 349 NEW DELHI: Delhi’s overall Air Quality Index (AQI) stood at 349 on Wednesday, placing it in the ‘very poor’ category, according to the Sameer app, as dense layer of toxic smog continued to blanket large parts of the national capital, including areas around India Gate. Data…
Pune: Imagine the fear of being run over by a vehicle propelling you to pay an autorickshaw just to cross a road — the daily reality for hundreds of domestic helpers, who cross the busy Ganeshkhind Road to get to work in Bhosalenagar.This unfortunate necessity also turned fatal for a woman on Nov 21 this…
With their agreement on seat-sharing finalised for the BMC and other municipal corporation elections, Uddhav and Raj Thackeray will formally announce the political alliance of their parties, the Shiv Sena (UBT) and MNS, on Wednesday. MUMBAI: With their agreement on seat-sharing finalised for the BMC and other municipal corporation elections, Uddhav and Raj Thackeray will…
New Delhi: Delhi Police‘s Crime Branch has busted a syndicate allegedly involved in importing expired food items from abroad, repackaging them and selling them as fresh products, posing serious health risks to consumers. Expired food products worth about Rs 4.3 crore were seized and seven people were arrested during raids in Sadar Bazar.The seized consignment…
