A minor girl in Kerala who had been thrown into a river by her mother was subjected to months of sexual abuse by her paternal uncle, the police have said. According to the police, the child’s mother, a 35-year-old woman, had been arrested Tuesday hours after she had reported the child missing from a bus … Read more
A viral video of a State Bank of India manager refusing to speak in Kannada to a customer at a Bengaluru branch has drawn criticism, including from Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and BJP MP Tejasvi Surya. In the video, shot at SBI’s Surya Nagar branch in Chandapura, the bank manager is seen arguing with a … Read more
Over 200 academics, including at least 20 current and former Vice-Chancellors and educational institution heads, have signed a formal ‘Statement of Objection’, condemning Ashoka University professor Ali Khan Mahmudabad for his recent comments following Operation Sindoor. The statement released earlier this week, alleges that the professor’s remarks seek to “destabilise communal harmony, undermine institutional integrity … Read more
Solicitor General Tushar Mehta Tuesday told the Supreme Court, which began hearing the challenge against the amendments to the Waqf Act, that “waqf, by its very nature, is a secular concept” and that the law does not touch upon any essential religious practices of Muslims. “It may be noted that Waqf, by its very nature, … Read more
Hisar Superintendent of Police Shashank Kumar Sawan said that her travels were being monitored, and she was arrested following inputs from central agencies. She is currently on a five-day police remand. Malhotra, who has a YouTube channel called Travel with Jo with over 3,77,000 subscribers and an Instagram account with over 1,32,000 followers, was taken … Read more
On a day Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri briefed the Parliamentary Standing Committee on External Affairs headed by the Congress’s Shashi Tharoor on foreign policy developments regarding India and Pakistan, the Congress doubled down on External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar. In a fresh attack, Rahul Gandhi asked him to again clarify whether India had informed Pakistan … Read more
On his first visit to his home state of Maharashtra after taking over as Chief Justice of India on May 14, CJI B R Gavai expressed his disappointment at the absence of senior state officials at a felicitation event held in his honour Sunday, saying “every organ of the Constitution must…give its due respect to … Read more
Rani, 33, has a YouTube channel called Travel with Jo with over 3,77,000 subscribers. Her Instagram account has over 1,32,000 followers. According to the police, she was found sharing “sensitive information” with an official of the Pakistan High Commission in Delhi. She was allegedly tasked by her Pakistani handlers to portray a positive image of … Read more
New DelhiMay 18, 2025 14:23 IST First published on: May 18, 2025 at 14:23 IST Share Veteran journalist and former Union Minister of State for External Affairs M J Akbar, whose political career as a BJP leader faced a severe setback after sexual harassment allegations were levelled against him during the MeToo movement in 2018, … Read more
A drug originally developed to treat diabetes, and now prescribed for weight loss, may have yet another significant application: stopping, perhaps even reversing, liver disease. In a phase 3 clinical trial involving 800 participants across 37 countries, and lasting 72 weeks, an international team of researchers found that a weekly dose of semaglutide was effective … Read more