Owing to its large birth cohort, India leads a list of 10 countries that together account for 60 per cent of global maternal deaths, stillbirths and newborn deaths, and 51 per cent of live births globally, according to a United Nations report released on Tuesday.The latest published estimate in the progress tracking report by the […]
A Delhi court on Wednesday sought a status report from Delhi Police over the sexual harassment case against Wrestling Federation of India chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh.The judge issued notice to Delhi Police on a plea moved by the protesting wrestlers seeking monitoring of the investigation and recording of the statement of the alleged victims […]
The Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to hear on May 12 a plea by the producers of controversial multilingual film ‘The Kerala Story’ against the ban on screening of the film by the West Bengal government.Senior advocate Harish Salve mentioned the matter for urgent listing before a bench comprising Chief Justice DY Chandrachud and Justice […]
Supporters of Imran Khan were planning to march to Islamabad on Wednesday where the former Pakistan prime minister is in custody in a corruption case, raising fears of more clashes with security forces.Khan was arrested from the Islamabad High Court on Tuesday by Pakistan’s anti-corruption agency. Police said a court hearing would take place at […]
Prince Harry’s ‘Spare’ ghostwriter, JR Moehringer said that during an emotional moment between the pair on Zoom, the Duke of Sussex claimed that he was “belittled” by all the people in his life. As the author shared shocking claims about the writing process of ‘Spare’, JR Moehringer said that he and Prince Harry were engaged […]
A 22-year-old doctor was stabbed to death on Wednesday at a taluk hospital in Kottarakkara here allegedly by a man who was brought there by police after being involved in a fight with his family members. According to an officer of Kottarakkara police, while a wound on the man’s leg was being dressed by the […]
More than 17 per cent polling was recorded till 11 am in the bypoll to the Jalandhar Lok Sabha seat on Wednesday.Voting for a four-cornered electoral began at 8 am, with the AAP, Congress, BJP and Shiromani Akali Dal vying to outdo each other in the Dalit stronghold. The bypoll on Wednesday was necessitated with […]
Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot’s speech in Dholpur reflects that his leader is Vasundhara Raje and not Sonia Gandhi, Sachin Pilot said in a no holds barred attack against his party colleague on Tuesday.The Congress leader also categorically denied Gehlot’s charges during his speech on Sunday that the MLAs who rebelled against him in 2020 […]
The Supreme Court Tuesday voiced displeasure over political statements being made about withdrawal of four per cent quota for Muslims in poll-bound Karnataka, after it was told Union Home Minister Amit Shah was making public statements about the hugely contentious issue at the hustings. Terming as “inappropriate” the political statements about the matter which is […]
Pakistan’s former Prime Minister and the chairman of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Imran Khan was arrested by paramilitary Rangers at the Islamabad High Court where he was attending a hearing for a corruption case. This comes just a day after Khan accused the country’s powerful army of conspiring to assassinate him. Video footage showed the […]