Organ racket: Donors have not received post-operative care, reveals probe

STARTLING revelations have emerged from the investigation into the international human trafficking racket for organ harvesting recently busted in Kochi. It has come to light that several donors coerced into donating their organs by the racket have not received the necessary post-operative care.

Compensation still unpaid, misery continues for kin of firecracker mishap victims

M Mahalakshmi (18) was devastated when she heard that her mother was injured after an explosion at a firecracker unit in Sengamalapatti on May 9. Mahalakshmi's mother, M Malliga (34) suffered 45% percent burns in the mishap, which claimed 10 lives and injured 14 workers.

Cambodia human trafficking racket: 2 more agents arrested in Visakhapatnam

VISAKHAPATNAM Police have arrested two more agents involved in the human trafficking racket, in which unemployed youth were lured with lucrative job opportunities in Chinese companies in countries like Cambodia, Myanmar, and Thailand.

Odisha police arrests BJP leader for damaging EVM

Police arrested BJP leader Prasanta Kumar Jagadev for allegedly damaging an electronic voting machine (EVM) and manhandling polling officers at a booth in Bolagarh during the third phase elections on Saturday.

9 die as rain wreaks havoc in T'gana

IMD forecast says dry weather, with rise in temperature, will prevail in the upcoming days

It's high time Naveen should retire from politics: Pradhan

UNION Minister Dharmendra Pradhan called on the people of Odisha to make a decisive change and replace the BJD government. Speaking at a campaign rally in Satabhaya village, Suliapada block, within the Morada constituency of Mayurbhanj district on Sunday, Pradhan criticised the BJD Government for its lack of vision and alleged corruption.

Getting rape, death threats, claims Maliwal; calls out one-sided’ video

AAP Rajya Sabha MP Swati Maliwal has reportedly received rape and death threats amid the ongoing row with her party over an alleged assault by Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's aide, Bibhav Kumar. Maliwal also criticised YouTuber Dhruv Rathee for releasing a \"one-sided video\" against her, claiming it escalated threats.

DELHI HAS VOTED; AND, DELHI HAS LOST

DELHI has voted. Data says Delhi has not voted as aggressively as in 2014 or even 2019. The question is, has Delhi voted differently from the previous polls just in numbers or in spirit too. One should try and find an answer.

RAMPANT VIOLATIONS, LAME EXCUSES

NO fire certificate, NO extinguishers, NO emergency exit, licence expired Unqualified docs that’s city’s shame

WOW KOLKATA! STARC CONTRAST IN HAPPY TIDINGS

Thanks to clinical bowling show against SRH at Chepauk in final, KKR clinch 3rd IPL title

Don't need too many matches to be at my best: Alcaraz after taming Wolf

CARLOS Alcaraz maintained his record of never losing in the first round of a Grand Slam by taming JJ Wolf at the French Open on Sunday, shrugging off his injury-hit build-up by insisting: \"I don't need too many matches to be at my best\".

Sindhu squanders lead to miss out on Malaysia title

STAR Indian shuttler PV Sindhu blew away a massive 11-3 lead in the deciding game of the Malaysia Masters final against Wang Zhi Yi, missing out on a great opportunity to end her title drought here on Sunday.

As precaution, Neeraj to skip Ostrava competition

IT was before the National Federation Senior Athletics Competition at Bhubaneswar did Neeraj Chopra and his team decided to participate at the Ostrava Golden Spike meet on Tuesday.

BharatPe, PhonePe settle long-standing trademark disputes over Pe’ suffix

FINTECH unicorns BharatPe Group and PhonePe Group on Sunday announced that they have amicably settled all longstanding legal disputes pertaining to the use of the trademark with the suffix 'Pe'.

SIMULATING MARKET IMPACT OF ELECTION RESULTS

I do not claim to be a political soothsayer or expert by any yardstick, and my area of limited domain expertise remains the financial markets.

All you want to know about KYC rule relaxation for MF investors

Now, investors can continue to put in their hard earned money into mutual funds without presenting additional documents to the fund house or unit registrar

WHAT TO EXPECT FROM THE NEW GOVERNMENT

IN MATTERS Na few days, the biggest democratic exercise in the world will determine the fate of the incumbent Narendra Modi government.

‘Shriram Finance looking for strategic partner’

THE Shriram Group, which earlier this month exited the housing finance arm selling its entire 85% stake to the American private equity major Warburg Pincus for ₹4,630 crore, is looking at a strategic partner for its flagship Shriram Finance, the largest auto-focused non-bank lender today.

Hamas ups the ante by firing eight rockets into Israel

IDF says a number of projectiles, which came from Rafah, were intercepted. No immediate reports of casualties or damage in what appeared to be a long-range attack since January

Renewed flash floods kill 15 in Afghanistan

RENEWED heavy rains have triggered more flash floods in Afghanistan, killing at least 15 people, including 10 members of the same family in the northeast, officials said Sunday.

Macron in Germany is first state visit by a French prez in 24 years

PRESIDENT Emmanuel Macron on Sunday started the first state visit to Germany by a French head of state in 24 years, a three-day trip meant to underline the strong ties between the European Union's traditional leading powers.

J&K’s record voting of over 58% signals people’s trust in system

IN the first major electoral exercise after Article 370 abrogation and bifurcation of erstwhile J&K state into two Union Territories, Jammu and Kashmir has recorded the combined poll percentage of 58.11% for the five parliamentary seats in the Union Territory, which is the record highest voter turnout in last 35 years.

Sinha returns to Ghazipur to boost last-mile support to BJP candidates

Varanasi IN February 2022.

Jaishankar interacts with Varanasi's Tamils

AS the Lok Sabha polls approach its seventh and final phase, top ministers of the Narendra Modi government are now bound to Varanasi the PM's parliamentary constituency.

PM: Attempt to tinker with quota for SC/STs

Modi Tocuses on eastern UP constituencies that vote on June Centre didn't help during Himachal floods: Cong | PRIME Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said that the INDIA bloc parties are conniving to snatch the reservation of SCS, STs and OBCs guaranteed by the Constitution of India, by altering the provisions and making it religion-based to appease their vote bank.

Three rat-hole coal miners trapped after landslide in Assam, rescue ops on

THREE coal miners were trapped and are feared dead after a landslide hit an illegal rathole mine in Assam's Tinsukia district bordering Arunachal Pradesh.

C’garh gets a rare sighting of GPS-tagged long-distance migratory bird whimbrel’

FIRST the time, a long-distance migratory bird, the Eurasian or common whimbrel, tagged with a Global Positioning System (GPS) transmitter was captured on camera in the state of Chhattisgarh.

Indian Army Chief's tenure extended by one month

IN a rare step, the Chief of Indian Army, General Manoj Pande, has been given a monthlong extension in service.

SIGNIFICANCE OF THE GANGA AS ONE OF OUR HOLIEST RIVERS

WITH the spotlight on Kashi for reasons we all know, it's interesting to look again at its cultural significance. Some come to Kashi to die a 'holy death' with the surety of salvation. Death itself is known as 'Kashi Labh', the 'Profit of Kashi', while Kalbhairav, the city's fierce guardian deity, is addressed as 'Kala-kala', the 'Death of death', like his master Shiva.

THE MISUSE OF DRACONIAN LAWS FOR POLITICAL GAIN

In no state where the ruling party is in power or in a coalition, or even at the Centre, has any politician been investigated under the PMLA. This only seems to happen in opposition-ruled states