Tessy Thomas, celebrated as India’s ‘Missile Woman’, was honored with the Dr Paulos Mar Gregorios Award 2025 NEW DELHI: Long before India knew her as its ‘Missile Woman’, a young girl in Kerala’s Alappuzha used to gaze at the sky with a quiet fascination. “When I returned home in the evenings, I would look at…
Pune: Robust deployment of antiretroviral therapy (ART) and large-scale awareness programmes have helped Maharashtra bring down HIV transmission and positivity rates in population down to tolerable minimums, senior state health officials said on World AIDS Day, observed every year on Dec 1.ART involves medicines given to HIV patients, sometimes daily, to stop the virus from…
Mumbai: Police in Goregaon West arrested a man within 24 hours after he allegedly molested a 22-year-old woman on November 26 in the middle of the road, police said. The victim later identified herself in a post on X. She wrote: “I’m a 22 year old girl and i got sexually harassed in Goregaon West…
NEW DELHI: A 36-year-old woman was murdered by her husband in north-east Delhi’s Jafrabad on Sunday, police said, after she was found unconscious inside her boutique in the early hours of the morning. Police said the man murdered his wife because he allegedly suspected her of having an extramarital affair and did not approve of…
Pune: Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Dinesh Tripathi on Sunday said that swift deployment of Indian Navy‘s carrier battle group in the North Arabian Sea during Operation Sindoor ensured that Pakistan Navy remained close to its coast or within harbour limits, showcasing India’s high state of operational readiness.“The evolving security landscape demands a constant state…
Mumbai: The Bombay High Court on November 26 expressed surprise that a committee it appointed in July has not yet decided any of the air pollution grievances of residents in areas adjoining the Kanjurmarg dumping ground. It directed that a hearing be held on December 2. The committee is to act under the guidance of…
NEW DELHI: The family of Rohit, the 23-year-old restaurant employee who died after being struck by a speeding Mercedes SUV in southwest Delhi’s Vasant Kunj, said they have lost their only hope for a better future.Rohit, their sole breadwinner, had been saving to one day open his own restaurant, his family said. A native of…
Pune: The State Election Commission (SEC) may conduct the long-pending zilla parishad and panchayat samiti elections in phases, separating those within the 50% reservation ceiling from the local bodies having breached it. Elections are due in 32 zilla parishads (ZPs) and 336 panchayat samitis. Of these, a total of 17 ZPs and 83 panchayat samitis…
MUMBAI: The political journey of S Ward, which covers Bhandup, Kanjurmarg and Vikhroli, reflects a dramatic left-toright swing over the past four decades. Once a bastion of Communist influence in the late 1970s, the constituency gradually moved towards the Congress in the 1980s before decisively tilting to the right with the rise of Shiv Sena…
Delhi’s air quality dipped to ‘poor’ on Monday, with the AQI reaching 299, a rise from previous day NEW DELHI: Delhi’s air quality remained in the “poor” category on Monday morning, with the Air Quality Index (AQI) rising to 299 at 7 am, up from 279 at 4 pm earlier, according to the Central Pollution…
