NEW DELHI: For thousands of Indians living with heart failure, the biggest strain is not just the disease, but the cost of surviving it. A nationwide study has found that seven out of 10 patients have no financial protection, forcing families to pay almost entirely from their own pockets.Published in the journal Global Heart, the…
NEW DELHI: Police have registered an FIR against an unidentified person after a mazaar in the Chinour area of Uttar Pradesh’s Shahjahanpur district was allegedly vandalised and a sacred cloth, or ‘chadar’, burnt, officials said on Monday.The incident, which came to light under the Sadar Bazar police station limits, triggered tension in the locality, prompting…
NEW DELHI: Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju on Monday welcomed Raghav Chadha and six other MPs who left the Aam Aadmi Party and decided to merge with the Bharatiya Janata Party.In a post on X, Rijiju praised the parliamentary conduct of the newly inducted MPs, claiming that they “never created any indiscipline or unparliamentary…
Mamata Banerjee’s visit to a local market in Kolkata NEW DELHI: With the West Bengal assembly elections entering a crucial phase, chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday took her poll campaign to the local streets and visited a busy local market in Kolkata to interact directly with vendors and shoppers.Dressed in her trademark white saree…
NEW DELHI: Seven rebel Rajya Sabha parliamentarians from the Aam Aadmi Party were officially inducted into the Bharatiya Janata Party, as the Rajya Sabha Secretariat updated party positions in the Upper House.This comes days after Raghav Chadha, along with six MPs, left AAP and decided to merge with the BJP after being removed from the…
NEW DELHI: Amid an elusive ceasefire in the West Asia war, air connectivity to the most cut off parts of the region has begun resuming very gradually and tentatively. Sunday saw the first direct flights out of Kuwait after Feb 28 to India and some other countries. As of now, Kuwait’s Jazeera is making weekly…
GURUGRAM: Uttarakhand chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami attended the grand ‘Vijay Parv’ event organised by Asclepius Wellness Private Limited (AWPL) in Gurugram on Sunday. In his address, the chief minister said that the program serves to honour the talented and hardworking members of AWPL who have set new benchmarks of success through their dedication and…
Raghav Chadha on Monday posted a video on social media, explaining his decision to quit the Aam Aadmi Party and also addressing the criticism surrounding his move to join the Bharatiya Janata Party.In the video shared on Instagram, Chadha said he had been receiving a large number of messages following his announcement. He said, “For…
NEW DELHI: AAP convenor Arvind Kejriwal on Monday wrote a letter to Delhi high court justice Swarana Kanta Sharma, refusing to appear in person nor through a lawyer before the court for the hearing of the Delhi excise policy case.In the letter, Kejriwal said that he has “lost hope of getting justice” from the high…
New Delhi: The next round of discussions between the home ministry and Ladakh representatives on safeguards for the region will resume on May 22 – as announced by Ladakh LG VK Saxena in a post on X Sunday – and may look at ways to strengthen elected local bodies with legislative powers and offer further…
