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NEW DELHI: The seven laddoos that Neha (35) did not eat, perhaps, saved her life. The sweets, allegedly “prescribed” by an occultist who claimed he was curing Neha of dizziness, have claimed at least eight lives, police say. In one week, police have contacted at least 50 people who went to Kamrudin in Loni, Ghaziabad….
MEERUT: A 14-year-old Dalit girl was found hanging on the roof of her house in Lakhimpur Kheri, with her family claiming she was under tremendous stress ever since the man accused of molesting her earlier was released from prison on bail a week ago and he threatened to kill her.At the time of the incident…
SHIMLA: Travel to Himachal Pradesh is set to become costlier as the state govt has announced a steep hike in entry fees for vehicles from other states. The revised rates, notified under the Himachal Pradesh Toll Act, 1975, will come into effect from April 1.According to the new structure, the entry fee has been increased…
Image Used For Representational Purpose Only LUCKNOW: The Uttar Pradesh government has clarified its stand on the use of loudspeakers in mosques during the holy month of Ramzan, stating that existing Supreme Court directives on sound restrictions remain applicable. According to news agency PTI, the issue was raised in the state Assembly during Zero Hour…
BAHRAICH: A 34-year-old woman allegedly cut open her own abdomen with a knife on Thursday after being unable to bear labour pain and tried to deliver the baby in Nandwal village of Bahraich district. She was rushed to a local health centre where doctors helped her deliver a baby girl at 2.30 pm.A video purportedly…
Scrap dealer returns Rs 15 lakh gold sold by mistake in Faridabad GURGAON: In a rare display of integrity, a scrap dealer in Faridabad returned nearly 100 grams (around 10 tolas) of gold jewellery worth approximately ₹15 lakh to a family six months after they had unknowingly sold it as scrap. The incident pertains to…
Pakistan former PM Imran Khan Pakistan’s jailed former prime minister Imran Khan twice turned down “serious” deals for release, a top aide to PM Shehbaz Sharif said, as tensions simmer over his health crisis.Adviser to the prime minister on political affairs Rana Sanaullah disclosed during a talk show on Wednesday that “two serious attempts were…
US president Donald Trump In a stinging rebuke to President Donald Trump’s aggressive trade war, the US Supreme Court ruled on Friday that his sweeping unilateral tariffs on imports worldwide violate federal law, derailing a cornerstone of his foreign policy and economic agenda. In a 6-3 verdict, the court held that the tariffs went beyond…
Photo by R Ramesh Shankar CHENNAI: For thousands of office-goers and school and college students solely dependent on electric multiple units (EMUs) for their daily commute, day one of the revised suburban train operations to facilitate Egmore station redevelopment work began with confusion. They faced risky walks along railway tracks, snail-paced trains, packed platforms, delayed…
Shillong MP Ricky Syngkon Shillong: Lok Sabha MP Ricky AJ Syngkon died on Thursday after collapsing while playing futsal in Shillong, reports Manosh Das. The 54-year-old MP from Meghalaya’s Voice of the People Party was playing with friends when he collapsed. He was rushed to a community health centre and later admitted to the city’s…
