Representative image (IANS) Pithoragarh: A 55-year-old manager of Kumaon Mandal Vikas Nigam (KMVN) gas agency in Champawat district died on Sunday evening after he returned from work. His colleagues at the gas agency claimed that he consumed a poisonous substance as he could not cope with the work pressure due to the prevailing circumstances in…
Bhopal: AIIMS Bhopal is stepping into the future of healthcare with a new partnership with Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Together, they will work on cutting-edge research in pharmacogenomics — the science of how our genes affect the way medicines work.For patients, the collaboration promises more personalised treatment. Instead of relying on the same…
Representative photo (PTI) NEW DELHI: Nearly 27 lakh of the 60 lakh whose claims for inclusion in West Bengal’s electoral roll were put in the “doubtful” category during the special intensive revision exercise may not be able to vote in the ensuing assembly polls, with judicial officers overseeing adjudication rejecting their claims. The electoral roll…
New Delhi: Observing nepotism and patronage has no place in distribution of public resources, Supreme Court on Monday directed a CBI inquiry into the allegation of allotment of public contracts worth over Rs 1,200 crore by the Arunachal Pradesh govt to companies owned or controlled by CM Pema Khandu’s close family members.Taking note of CAG…
Representative image (AP) JAMMU: On Sept 13, 2025, a 23-year-old Jammu man, who had travelled to Russia a little over a month ago with dreams to land a job, made a WhatsApp call to his family, informing them that he was being sent to the frontlines in the Russia-Ukraine war, and pleading for help. That…
JAMMU: Massive landslides, triggered by heavy rain, in Ramban district on Sunday night blocked Jammu-Srinagar National Highway on Monday as mud and shooting stones fell onto the only all-weather road link between Kashmir and the rest of the country.The debris blocked the NH between Karol Bridge and Chanderkote, leaving vehicles stranded on both sides.“Efforts are…
SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir has lost nearly 3,000ha of lakes since 1967. The decline contributed to the devastating 2014 Kashmir floods, states a Comptroller and Auditor General of India report.In 1967, Jammu had 367 lakes and Kashmir 330. But by 2020, as many as 259 lakes had disappeared in Jammu, accounting for a loss of…
SRINAGAR: Hope blooms in Srinagar’s Tulip Garden. Some cancer-struck kids just came back with rich pickings.The children were brought to the garden along Dal Lake on Monday from Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS) as part of the hospital’s immunotherapy efforts — strengthening the immune system with hope, optimism and positivity. The children numbered around…
File photo (Chhattisgarh CM Vishnu Deo Sai with PM Modi) New Delhi: With Chhattisgarh’s Bastar division now free from the hold of Maoists, state chief minister Vishnu Deo Sai will meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi and home minister Amit Shah here on Tuesday to discuss the roadmap for a development and infrastructure push in the…
NEW DELHI: The Centre has, for the first time, come out with dedicated rules to manage tar balls – weathered product of oil spills due to offshore oil exploration activities, oil tanker/ ship/ vessel accidents or pipeline leakages that cause marine pollution – and proposed mandatory provisions for owner of oil facilities for its collection,…