Chennai: The toll in the ammonia gas leak tragedy in Tamil Nadu's Tiruvallur district mounted to five and arrangements were on to shift the mortal remains of the workers to their home town, state Labour Welfare Minister J Mohamed Farvas informed the Assembly Monday. State health officials said two women died June 21 and three more women...

Jaipur: Close on the heels of maternal deaths and kidney-related complications reported in Kota and Bikaner following caesarean deliveries, a similar case has surfaced at Paota District Hospital in Jodhpur, where eight women have fallen ill, with two admitted to the ICU, officials said Monday. June 20, eight pregnant women underwent caesarean sections at the hospital. Subsequently,...

New Delhi: The Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) remained at Jantar Mantar Monday for the third consecutive day, continuing their protest over alleged examination irregularities and the May 3 NEET paper leak. The sit-in, which began Saturday afternoon, continued overnight with protesters staying at the site under police deployment. Some people were seen distributing food and drinking water...

London: Expectation is building that UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer will set out a timetable for his resignation as soon as Monday, conceding to pressure from his Labour Party to hand over the reins of power. If he does, Starmer will be the sixth Prime Minister in a decade to stand outside 10 Downing Street and announce...

Gorakhpur: A shocking incident has emerged from Uttar Pradesh's Gorakhpur district, where a 16-year-old boy allegedly murdered his elder brother, sister-in-law, and three-year-old nephew with a sharp-edged weapon. The gruesome crime reportedly took place around 3 A.M. in the wee hours of Monday. Upon receiving information about the incident, police teams rushed to the spot and launched...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Assembly Speaker Surama Padhy has dismissed the Opposition BJD and Congress petitions to disqualify the membership of 11 of their MLAs on the charge of cross-voting during the March 16 Rajya Sabha election. While BJD chief whip Pramila Mallik sought the disqualification of eight of its MLAs, Congress Legislature Party leader Rama Chandra Kadam had...

Ulaanbaatar: External Affairs Minister (EAM) S. Jaishankar Monday arrived in Mongolia for a visit aimed at deepening bilateral cooperation and special partnership between the two countries. Upon his arrival, EAM Jaishankar was welcomed by Mongolia's State Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Munktushig Ilkhanajav. Taking to his social media platform X, EAM posted: “Pleased to arrive...

Burgenstock: Negotiations between the United States and Iran continued late into the night in Switzerland Sunday, with US officials saying discussions remained active and expressing confidence that talks launched by Vice President JD Vance had produced early progress on Iran’s nuclear programme, the Strait of Hormuz and the fragile ceasefire in Lebanon. “We still anticipate they will...

New Delhi: The annual Ambubachi Mela, one of the largest and most significant religious gatherings in eastern India, is set to commence at the revered Kamakhya Temple Monday, with authorities expecting more than eight lakh devotees, pilgrims, sadhus and tourists from across the country and abroad to participate in the four-day festival.Four-day annual Ambubachi Mela begins Monday...

Washington: The United States has approved two proposed defence support packages for India worth a combined $428.2 million, covering long-term sustainment for M777A2 Ultra-Light Howitzers and follow-on support for AH-64E Apache attack helicopters, according to notifications published by the Pentagon. The notices, issued by the Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) and published in the Federal Register last...