External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj was on Monday admitted to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) here, where she will undergo certain endocrinological tests. The minister (Swaraj) was admitted at around 7.22 PM at AIIMS. She is having diabetes and other medical problems. She will undergo certain endocrinological tests on Tueday, a senior doctor said. Ms. Swaraj is […]
» Read moreBJP leader Jayawantiben Mehta, who was a junior minister in the Vajpayee government from 1996 to 1999, passed away here on Monday after a brief illness. She was 78. Ms. Mehta rose in the BJP ranks to become a corporator, legislator and an MP who defeated the late Murli Deora from South Mumbai Lok Sabha constituency. Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, […]
» Read moreSenior Congress leader and three-time legislator Lalatendu Bidyadhar Mohapatra passed away at a private hospital in Gurugram on Sunday night. He was 52, and is survived by his wife and a daughter. Popularly called Lulu Mohapatra, he had been undergoing treatment at Medanta Hospital for the past few weeks. The end came at 10.30 p.m. on Sunday following multiple organ […]
» Read moreAfter nearly a month of uncertainty, Naresh Tewani of Jodhpur will wed Priya Bachchani of Karachi on Monday. This follows the intervention of external affairs minister Sushma Swaraj who ensured that the Indian embassy in Pakistan granted visas to the bride and her family for the function. Jodhpur lad Naresh was engaged to Priya of Karachi for the past three […]
» Read moreKochi: Kalamassery police have registered a case against a 12-year-old boy and a private hospital here after an 18-year-old girl gave birth to a baby. While the boy was booked under Section 75 of the Juvenile Justice Act for allegedly impregnating the girl two months before she turned 18, the hospital was charged for breaching the POCSO Act by not […]
» Read moreA suicide attacker detonated an ambulance packed with explosives in Tikrit on Sunday, killing nine people at the southern entrance to the city, police and hospital sources said. The bomber struck during the busy morning rush hour. Authorities declared a curfew in the city, saying they had information that further attacks were possible.
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