Mum’s anti-chemotherapy views influenced Paloma Shemirani’s death

Mum’s anti-chemotherapy views influenced Paloma Shemirani’s death

Sara Smithin Maidstone, Zac SherrattSouth East and Marianna SpringSocial media investigations correspondent PA Media Paloma Shemirani, 23, died after refusing chemotherapy following a diagnosis of non-Hodgkin lymphoma A high-profile conspiracy theorist influenced her daughter to reject chemotherapy in favour of alternative treatments, which ultimately led to her death, a coroner has ruled. Paloma Shemirani, from … Read more

Top military officials from India, Pakistan share views at Shangri-La Dialogue

Top military officials from India, Pakistan share views at Shangri-La Dialogue

In this image via X/@HQ_IDS_India, Sunday, June 1, 2025, Chief of Defence Staff General Anil Chauhan interacts with General Romeo S. Brawner Jr., Chief of Staff, Armed Forces of the Philippines, on the sidelines of the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore. The two discussed defence cooperation, maritime security, and strategic collaboration in the Indo-Pacific. | Photo … Read more

For, against, undecided: Three GPs give their views on assisted dying

For, against, undecided: Three GPs give their views on assisted dying

Catherine Burns Health correspondent Vicki Loader Health producer BBC More than 1,000 GPs in England have shared their views about the assisted dying bill with BBC News If you ask these three doctors about being GPs, their answers are remarkably similar. “It can be the best job in the world,” one tells me. It’s “a … Read more

Danish Kaneria slams Shahid Afridi, calls him out for extremist views

Danish Kaneria slams Shahid Afridi, calls him out for extremist views

Former Pakistan spinner Danish Kaneria ripped into Shahid Afridi for bizarre claims against India in the aftermath of the Pahalgam terror attack. Kaneria criticised Afridi for his statements on the incident, where the former captain had claimed that India facilitated the attack on themselves and then blamed Pakistan. Kaneria slammed Afridi and said that the … Read more

Madras High Court solicits views of Bar on doing away with summer, Dussehra and Christmas vacations for judges

Madras High Court solicits views of Bar on doing away with summer, Dussehra and Christmas vacations for judges

A view of the Madras High Court. File photograph The Madras High Court has solicited the views of all Bar associations on a Parliamentary Standing Committee’s recommendation that High Court judges in the country could go on vacation at different times in a year, rather than declaring a month-long summer vacation for the courts during … Read more

Karnataka High Court changes its earlier views; now says authority can deny renewal and re-issue of already issued passport during pendency of criminal case

Karnataka High Court changes its earlier views; now says authority can deny renewal and re-issue of already issued passport during pendency of criminal case

Changing the law interpreted in its three earlier judgments, in which it was held that pendency of a criminal case would not come in the way of renewal or re-issue of regular passport that was already issued, the High Court of Karnataka on Monday said when the law bars issuance of regular passport during pendency … Read more

At Strategic Dialogue, India and France share views on security and defence cooperation

At Strategic Dialogue, India and France share views on security and defence cooperation

National Security Advisor Ajit Doval and Emmanuel Bonne, Diplomatic Adviser to the President of France co-chaired the annual India-France Strategic Dialogue in New Delhi on January 05, 2023. | Photo Credit: MEA National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval on Thursday held the 36th round of the Indo-French Strategic Dialogue with his French counterpart, Emmanuel Bonne. Mr. … Read more