It is an unprecedented scenes in Delhi and across northern India, people are wearing masks as they venture out of homes, something that till now was a common sight only in winters. But now in the middle of the hot burning summers, the masks are back, thanks to a dip in air quality. It has …

As medical experts battle to contain the Nipah Virus outbreak in Kerala, there are fears of the deadly infection spreading to other parts of the country. In the latest incident, a soldier posted at Fort William in Kolkata died on Monday of suspected Nipah virus. PTI/ Representational Image The soldier, Seenu Prasad, a native of Kerala and was on a …

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, a prolific tweeter, posted nearly a dozen times. One of them was a reply to Cricketer Virat Kohli on his fitness challenge. The PM in a tweet accepted the challenge by the Indian Skipper and said he will soon post his fitness challenge video. While fitness is an important topic, as the Prime Minister of the …

Arnia town, located five km from the International Border once had a population of over 18,500, but today it resembles a ghost town, with only a few people and some policemen left there. That is because the residents of the once bustling town have fled their homes, fearing for their lives as they are being targeted everyday by the Pakistani …

Lini Sajeesh, was a dedicated nurse, that is all her colleagues – who still can’t believe that she is no more – can recall about her. Lini breathed her last on Monday, days after being infected by Nipah, a deadly viral fever which has left parts of Northern Kerala terrorised. She contracted the deadly virus while attending two brothers, who …

The government wants you to link anything and everything it can to your Aadhaar in the name of transparency and ensuring that benefits reaches the right persons. But instead of making the system transparent, Aadhaar has often been accused of coming in the way of people getting essential services. Public Distribution System, aka, ration is one of the most affected …

In an utterly shameful and disgusting act, relatives of those killed in the flyover collapse in Varanasi on Tuesday have alleged that they were made to pay Rs 300 to the hospital staff as bribe to get the postmortem conducted and the bodies handed over. Families of several victims said, the staff at Banaras Hindu University where the postmortem were …

In what would strengthen India’s case seeking extradition of former liquor baron Vijay Mallya for various charges of financial misconduct, the UK High Court has said that he can be regarded as a “fugitive from justice”. “In all these circumstances, and even taking account of the fact that Dr Mallya is contesting the alleged grounds for extradition, there are grounds …

Andhra Pradesh Police said they have cracked the murder case of a 30-year-old man in Vizianagaram district on Tuesday and arrested his newlywed wife for the crime. Police said 22-year-old Y Saraswati, who had a day earlier told the police that her husband was killed by three unidentified men during a robbery attempt was the brain behind the crime. Yamaka …

In a major relief to pediatrician Dr Kafeel Khan who spent nearly eight months in jail after being arrested for medical negligence resulting in the death of dozens of infants in BRD Medical College Hospital Gorakhpur, the Allahabad High Court has finally granted him bail on Wednesday and have cleared him of all the charges. The Allahabad High Court while …