Doctor faces probe for prescribing condoms for stomach pain

Ranchi (IANS) A doctor who allegedly prescribed condom to a woman who was suffering from stomach pain is facing a probe.

A class 4-grade woman employee went to Asraf Badar for stomach pain treatment on July 23 at the Ghatshila government hospital…

14 Karnataka MLAs to challenge their disqualification in SC

Bengaluru (IANS) All the 14 Karnataka rebel legislators, who were disqualified by Speaker K.R. Ramesh Kumar on Sunday for defying their party whips to attend the House on July 23, said they would challenge the Speaker's decision in the Supreme…

14 more Karnataka Cong-JD-S rebel MLAs disqualified

Bengaluru (IANS) A day before the trust vote in the Karnataka Assembly, Speaker K.R. Ramesh Kumar on Sunday disqualified 14 rebel legislators of the Congress and Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S) for defying their parties whip to attend the House on July…

Colombo unhappy with India's budget allocation, keen for review

New Delhi (IANS) Sri Lanka is known to be unhappy with the funds allocated to it by India in its latest Budget, which when compared to that allocated for other close neighbours and even Indian Ocean Region countries, is small.

While Sri Lanka…

NIA carries out raids in Baramulla town of J&K

Srinagar (IANS) The National Investigation Agency (NIA) carried pre-dawn raids at four places in Jammu and Kashmir's Baramulla town on Sunday.

Police sources said NIA sleuths assisted by the state police and the CRPF carried out raids at…

Massive downpour floods low-lying areas in Agra

Agra (IANS) Dark clouds that were hovering over the Taj city since morning finally opened up on Saturday, causing traffic snarls, as several busy road crossings were underwater with low-lying areas flooded.

Sudhier Gupta of…

600 rescued from stranded train in Maharashtra

Thane (IANS) Around 600 passengers, including nine pregnant women, were rescued till 2 p.m. from the Mahalaxmi Express which remains stranded in heavy flood waters near Vangani, around 90 km from Mumbai, officials said here on Saturday.

Other…

Centre moves 10K more troops to J&K, countdown on for end of Article 35A

New Delhi (IANS) The countdown for the removal of the controversial Article 35A in Jammu and Kashmir has started, top sources told IANS.

Two days after National Security Adviser Ajit Doval returned from a visit to the Valley, the Centre has…

US approves $125m support package for Pakistan's F-16s

Washington (IANS) The US has approved $125 million worth of support for Pakistan's F-16 warplanes, days after Prime Minister Imran Khan's ice-breaking visit to Washington where he met President Donald Trump.

Approval to support US-built…

Indian Navy, IAF, NDRF rescue stranded train passengers in Thane

Thane (IANS) The Indian Air Force (IAF), Navy, Army and the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) launched a massive aerial and surface operation to rescue an estimated 1,500 passengers stranded in the Mahalaxmi Express on the flooded railway tracks…