Twenty-six-year-old transgender, Malathi, had to discontinue from a course in medical laboratory technology owing to family problems. But her brief hospital training came in handy on Wednesday as she, along with two transgender people, helped a woman deliver a baby on board a moving train. Malathi, a resident of Gudiyatham, along with Sankari (51) and Shymala (50), was travelling in […]
» Read moreTurkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday announced a three-month state of emergency to enable the authorities to take swift and effective action against those responsible for last weekend’s failed military coup. Mr. Erdogan, who has launched mass purges of state institutions since the July 15 coup attempt, said the move was fully in line with Turkey’s constitution and did […]
» Read moreA 33-year-old software engineer, who was engaged to marry in November, allegedly jumped to death from the eighth floor of his office in Bellandur, southeast Bengaluru, on Monday night. Gulshan Chopra from Punjab, who lived alone in a rented house in HSR layout and worked with Genpact, took the extreme step around midnight.The reason is unknown, as Chopra did not […]
» Read moreDayashankar was suspended for a period of six years by the BJP after his derogatory remark against BSP chief Mayawati pushed the party into a tight corner. Earlier in the day, party’s UP president Keshav Prasad Maurya sacked him from all party posts. Maurya told reporters that Singh has been relieved of all posts and said “such language has no […]
» Read moreRahul Gandhi appeared to have dozed off in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday during a discussion on attack on dalits in Gujarat, inviting barbs from BJP and BSP while Congress defended its vice president and suggested that he was checking his mobile. Congress also showed a photograph of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the Lok Sabha from November last year […]
» Read moreThe Republican Party formally nominated Donald Trump for President of the United States on Tuesday, capping a roller-coaster campaign that saw the billionaire tycoon defeat 16 White House rivals. “It’s my honour to be able to throw Donald Trump over the top in the delegation count tonight,” the candidate’s son, Donald Trump Jr., told delegates at the Republican National Convention. […]
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