Avalanche in Dharamshala (PTI) NEW DELHI: Early Friday, Dharamshala in Himachal Pradesh was hit by an avalanche on the snow-covered Dhauladhar Hills.A video captured by PTI news agency showed the powerful slide cascading down the mountains. No casualties have been reported so far.The avalanche comes after heavy rains in the first week of October, which…
West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee (File photo) NEW DELHI: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) criticised West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee for opposing the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in the state, which will go to the polls next year.In the heated political atmosphere of West Bengal, the SIR has futher intensified…
OBCs to protest Maharashtra quota NAGPUR: Thousands are expected to flood Nagpur’s streets at Friday’s OBC rally as protesters from across Vidarbha mobilise against Maharashtra’s September 2 government resolution (GR), which activists said undermines constitutional rights and weakens their share in reservations, report Vaibhav Ganjapure & Piyush Patil.The rally, billed as a “yellow storm” of…
A division bench of Delhi high court Thursday rejected the appeal of pharma giant, Roche, seeking an injunction against Indian pharma company Natco Pharma launching a generic version of Risdiplam, the only available drug to treat a rare genetic disorder, spinal muscular atrophy (SMA). This comes as a major relief for Indian SMA patients.Govt’s one-time…
Who’s To Blame? MP & TN Govts Trade Charges CHENNAI/BHOPAL/NAGPUR: The adulterated cough syrup death toll rose to 23 after two more children died of renal failure Thursday, while police arrested Govindan Ranganathan (75), the owner of Tamil Nadu-based Sresan Pharmaceuticals, which manufactured the Coldrif medicine. The latest victims – Garvik Pawar and Mayank Suryawanshi,…
NEW DELHI: CJI B R Gavai Thursday said he and Justice K Vinod Chandran were “very shocked” when a lawyer attempted to hurl a shoe at him on Oct 6, but the issue is a “forgotten chapter”.In an act that elicited all-around condemnation, a 71-year-old lawyer, Rakesh Kishore, tried to hurl his shoe at the…
NEW DELHI: With the Right To Information Act set to mark 20 years since it was implemented on Oct 12, a new report on the performance of information commissions shows that over 4 lakh cases were pending in information commissions across India as of June 30 this year. Moreover, six out of 29 information commissions…
NEW DELHI: Acting swiftly on projects of strategic significance following suspension of the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT), an expert committee of the environment ministry has recommended environmental clearance for constructing the Sawalkot hydroelectric project on Chenab in Ramban district of J&K.The 1,856-MW project is a major hydropower initiative on Chenab, one of the western rivers…
More elusive than the Scarlet Pimpernel, much sought-after by half the adults, that pot of silver moon at the end of a long day, is what this article is trying to help deliver.Often regarded by the yuppies as a waste of time and dismissed as the mandatory time off by the techies, the enlightened ones…
NEW DELHI: In the murky inheritance battle being fought over Sunjay Kapur’s assets, a dramatic fairytale reference was made in Delhi high court when his wife Priya Kapur was accused of being “greedy” and behaving like “Cinderella’s stepmother” by the late businessman’s children from ex-wife Karisma Kapoor on Thursday. The two have alleged that Priya…
