BHUBANESWAR: A 20-year-old college student in Odisha’s Balasore set herself on fire outside campus Saturday after accusing a senior faculty member of sexual harassment and institutional apathy. A male student who tried to rescue her suffered burn injuries. Both were rushed to Balasore district hospital and the woman, with over 90 per cent burns, was…
File photo: Bengal BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari (Picture credit: PTI) SRINAGAR: Bengal BJP leader of opposition Suvendu Adhikari’s comments advising Bengal’s people not to travel to Kashmir have drawn fire in J&K, with his own party repudiating the statement and the governing National Conference (NC) equating it with “terrorism”.“Kashmir is the crown of India, an…
File photo: Pakistani deputy PM and foreign minister Ishaq Dar (Picture credit: AP, ANI) NEW DELHI: As the month-long Pakistan presidency of the UNSC nears its business end, Islamabad is gearing up to organise an open debate on unresolved disputes around the world, looking to follow it up with a resolution urging member-states to use…
JAMMU: Five people died and one was critically injured when an SUV they were travelling in plunged into a deep gorge in Ramban district of Jammu and Kashmir Friday evening.One person died on the spot, while three others succumbed to their injuries while being shifted to the Government Medical College (GMC), Anantnag. Another passenger died…
SRINAGAR: J&K police has announced that no one will be allowed to visit the graveyard of “July 13 Martyrs” in Srinagar on Sunday, extending curbs that have been in place since the 2019 abrogation of Article 370. The date is significant in Kashmir’s history as 22 people were killed during an uprising against Dogra ruler…
File photo: Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama (Pictur ecredit: AP) SRINAGAR: Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama arrived in Ladakh on Saturday for a month-long visit, receiving a warm welcome from hundreds of people who lined the streets to greet him.Addressing people, he said people of the Himalayan region must uphold their sacred duty…
NEW DELHI: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has got the interim bail of Shahbaz Ansari cancelled after he went missing. Ansari was arrested in December 2022 for allegedly supplying arms and ammunition to gangster Lawrence Bishnoi. A special NIA court cancelled the bail after the agency said that Ansari had misled the court to get…
Protein plays an important role in the body. It’s not just about building muscles or helping gym-goers bulk up; it’s the foundation of skin, hair, nails, hormones, enzymes, and even immune function. And yet, protein deficiency rarely screams. Instead, it whispers through subtle symptoms that are easy to miss or misread. These signs blend into…
Chirag Paswan (file photo) NEW DELHI: Union minister and Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) chief Chirag Paswan on Saturday lashed out at Bihar’s law and order situation, calling it “beyond understanding”. Chirag’s comments are the latest in a series of messages directed at the Nitish government since he announced his decision to contest the Bihar…
NEW DELHI: A Golden Chassis from the United States helped download 49 hours of flight data from one of the black boxes of Air India’s ill-fated Boeing 787-8 aircraft that crashed last month.After the fatal accident that destroyed the aircraft and killed 260 people on June 12, the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) retrieved the…
