DU associate professor gets bail in case of objectionable FB post on Shivling

DU associate professor gets bail in case of objectionable FB post on Shivling

New Delhi: A city court on Saturday granted bail to Delhi University Associate Professor Ratan Lal, arrested for alleged objectionable remarks on social media related to claims of a ‘Shivling’ at Varanasi’s Gyanvapi mosque, saying his post, though reprehensible, does not indicate an attempt to promote hatred between communities. The court directed Lal to strictly […]

Modi, Shah condole 33 deaths in Bihar thunderstorm

Patna: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah have expressed grief over the death of 33 people in Bihar in a thunderstorm that lashed the state earlier this week. According to a statement issued by the office of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, altogether 33 people were killed in incidents related to the […]

Russia cuts off gas exports to Finland in symbolic move

Russia cuts off gas exports to Finland in symbolic move

HELSINKI: Russia halted gas exports to neighboring Finland on Saturday, a highly symbolic move that came just days after the Nordic country announced it wanted to join NATO and marked a likely end to Finland’s nearly 50 years of importing natural gas from Russia. The measure taken by the Russian energy giant Gazprom was in […]

Cold virus caused 100,000 deaths worldwide in kids in 2019: Lancet

RSV is a major paediatric respiratory virus, that usually causes mild, cold-like symptoms, and hospitalises about three million children under age 5 each year worldwide. London: A common virus that usually causes cold-like symptoms was responsible for more than 100,000 deaths in children under the age of five across the globe in 2019, according to […]

Faridabad: Three workers charred to death in factory fire

Faridabad: Three workers were charred to death on Saturday morning after a massive fire broke out in a factory here. Lithium battery charging cells were being manufactured at the Sector 37 factory that was gutted in the fire. Police have registered a case of culpable homicide against the factory owner and sent bodies to B […]