Top police officers who undertook rare deterrent action against the killings on the streets of Delhi following the assassination of then prime minister Indira Gandhi on October 31, 1984 ran into a wall of disapproval from the police leadership, according to a new book. Some of the most dramatic police action came from additional deputy […]
A female trainee sub-inspector on Monday committed suicide in Madhya Pradesh’s Sagar district. She had been selected through the Madhya Pradesh Vyavsayik Pareeksha Mandal (Vyapam), police said. Anamika Kushwaha was posted as a trainee at the Jawaharlal Nehru Training Centre. The training centre is situated near a pond in which she jumped to death early […]
The UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (Unesco), has inducted the Old City of Sanaa to the list of World Heritage in danger due to the “serious damage” done amidst clashes between Shiite Houthi rebels and pro-government forces in Yemen. The decision was made on Thursday during the 39th session of the World Heritage Committee […]
Four Indian-Americans are among 38 individuals being honoured for having “helped advance and enlighten our society, culture, and economy” as “Great Immigrants: The Pride of America” by Carnegie Corporation of New York. As a July 4th American independence day “Salute to Great Immigrants Who Help Make America Strong” and their accomplishments, the corporation for the […]
Sanitation in Jammu & Kashmir is among the worst in India, with more than 54 percent of more than 1.2 million households without toilets and the 2014-15 target for household latrines falling short by 86 percent, according to government data. While J&K is ranked third, the two worst states are Odisha and Bihar, according to […]
A young man from a militancy-plagued region in Jammu and Kashmir has cracked the AIIMS medical entrance test and is itching to join the country’s premier medical institute as a doctor. Shahid Nabi, a resident of Tral, a town 60 km from Srinagar, has also secured the eighth rank in the Jammu and Kashmir Common […]
It is close to 5 p.m. on a hot Wednesday afternoon and Aagya Kaur is hopeful of finding enough water to wash a salwar-kameez. “I hope to find some water in one of the drums. I really need to wash my clothes,” 87-year-old Kaur told IANS while readying the bundle of clothes spread on her […]
Rain symbolises doom for this tiny speck of Uttrakhand that saw nature’s worst fury in the form of floods caused by a cloudburst two years ago, leaving thousands of people dead and causing widespread devastation. Despite efforts made by the government, NGOs and other social organisations to restore normalcy in the region, people continue to […]
Indian-American cardiologist Suresh Gadasalli was shot dead last week at the Healthy Heart Centre in Odessa, Texas by a patient and business associate who then killed himself, according to police. Witnesses said 60-year-old Ayyasamy Thangam shot the 53-year-old Gadasalli multiple times on Thursday afternoon, according to an Odessa Police Department news release. Thangam then closed […]
Agra Even as measures — some of them knee-jerk — are being taken to stop the majestic TajMahal from turning yellow, the exact causes for the monument’s discoloration are yet to be ascertained, a recent analysis shows. The analysis was undertaken by science and environment fortnightly ‘Down To Earth’. “We will not be able to […]