Heavy rains wreaked havoc in the western and southern part of India on Wednesday and killed 35 people across Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra and Karnataka. A deep depression in the Bay of Bengal which crossed the coast in Kakinada left behind a trail of destruction in the southern states. Hyderabad suffered the brunt of the … Read more
In a bizarre incident, a 74-year-old man, presumed dead by his family who kept his body inside a freezer box overnight, was found to be alive the next day. The family of Balasubramania Kumar of Kandhampatti in Salem district of Tamil Nadu reportedly placed his body in a freezer box on Monday. The man was, … Read more
Three people died and atleast 10 more sustained injuries on Tuesday in an explosion caused by a gas cylinder at a toy factory in the Aligarh’s Delhi Gate area. The explosion was so strong that the roof of the building came down and five houses were damaged. (Photo: India Today) Three people were killed and … Read more
Aarif Khan, an ambulance driver who has ferried over 200 bodies of Covid-19 patients, succumbed to the virus on Saturday morning at the Hindu Rao Hospital in Delhi. An ambulance parking lot 28 km from his house in northeast Delhi’s Seelampur had been Aarif Khan’s home for the last six months during which he worked … Read more
A BJP MLA’s relative was shot dead in Sihani Gate, Ghaziabad while he was out on a morning walk near his house on Friday morning. BJP MLA’s shot dead in Ghaziabad (Photo: ANI) A relative of a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA was shot dead in Ghaziabad of Uttar Pradesh while he was out on … Read more
An Indian-origin family of three was found dead at their residence in the Brentford area of West London on Tuesday. Poorna Kaameshwari Sivaraj and her son Kailash Kuha Raj were last seen on September 21 (Image credit: Local Police) An Indian origin family, including a three-year-old son, was found dead at their residence in the … Read more
Even as the nation demands an end to violence against women in light of the Hathras alleged gangrape and murder case, politicians continue to prove why gender sensitisation is a distant dream. A BJP leader from Uttar Pradesh’s Barabanki claimed that the four upper-caste men accused of brutally gangraping and killing a 19-year-old Dalit woman … Read more
West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankar has summoned Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and top officials to the Raj Bhavan at 10 am on Monday. In a tweet on Sunday night, the Governor said this meeting has been called “in the wake of worsening law and order situation leading to dastardly killing of Manish Shukla, Councillor, Titagarh … Read more
Image copyright Getty Images The main test used to diagnose coronavirus is so sensitive it could be picking up fragments of dead virus from old infections, scientists say. Most people are infectious only for about a week, but could test positive weeks afterwards. Researchers say this could be leading to an over-estimate of the current … Read more