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New Delhi: December 4. Jennifer Bharucha won’t forget the date. It was her birthday. But more importantly, as she heard the Supreme Court verdict, it was the day she had been waiting for 13 years for justice for her mother Daisy.Daisy Bharucha was one of the first persons in India to sue the global pharmaceutical company Johnson & Johnson (J&J) for the faulty hip implant manufactured by its unit DePuy Orthopedics.Daisy went for a hip replacement in 2007. As the defective device leached metals like chromium and cobalt into her body, she suffered agonising complications and had to go for…
The bench posted the matter for hearing on February 13 New Delhi, The Supreme Court on Friday sought replies from the Madhya Pradesh government and others on a plea by the father of a minor boy who was rusticated from a school in Indore for allegedly circulating an objectionable meme concerning teachers.The apex court issued notice on the petition challenging an order of November last year of the Madhya Pradesh High Court which upheld the school’s decision to terminate the 13-year-old student in the midst of his Class 9 academic session of 2024-2025. A bench of Justices B V Nagarathna…
Seems like ‘Bridgerton’ fans can’t stop scratching their heads. And no, it’s not just about who’s falling in love at the latest ball, but about whether their favorite characters might get new faces in future seasons. The show just keeps growing, and people are starting to wonder: as the younger Bridgerton siblings grow up and move into the spotlight, will the actors playing them stick around?Julia Quinn on recasting rumorsJulia Quinn, the New York Bestselling author who wrote the books, talked about all this in a recent chat with Us Weekly. In the interview, the ‘Bridgerton’ author kept it real:…
Blinkit has entered the public transport space with the launch of the NCMC Bharat Yatra Card. The move signals a clear move beyond groceries and daily essentials. Priced at Rs 50, the card is delivered directly to users through Blinkit’s quick commerce network. The idea is simple: to make access to public transport cards easier and faster without requiring people to visit metro stations or transport offices. Blinkit CEO Albinder Dhindsa announced the initiative with a post on X where he said that it aims to support metro and bus usage across multiple cities with a single card. In a…
The government of Tamil Nadu’s Directorate of Drug Control recently issued a public notice against a specific batch of Almond Kit syrup, after laboratory tests detected adulteration with ethylene glycol. This finding emerged during routine surveillance. It comes barely five months after India lost over 20 children in Madhya Pradesh last year due to contaminated cough syrups. Together, these episodes underline the fact that India faces a long battle against adulterations to protect patients from avoidable deaths, bringing to the fore, the inability of the public to rely on governmental institutions meant to protect them. FDA’s origin storyThe rise of…
A 15-year-old youth allegedly linked to a banned neo-Nazi organisation went on a stabbing spree at a university dormitory in Russia’s Bashkortostan Republic on Saturday, injuring at least six people, including four Indian students. The attacker reportedly shouted nationalist slogans about the Holocaust and drew a Swastika using the victims’ blood.According to preliminary reports, the teenager armed with a knife entered a dormitory of the State Medical University in Ufa and attacked students living there. Eyewitnesses described scenes of panic and chaos inside the hostel. “There was blood all around,” Ren TV reported, showing footage of the injured being rushed…
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Last Updated:January 28, 2026, 15:33 ISTThe DMK has been upset with the Congress, first over Rahul Gandhi’s outreach to TVK’s Vijay and then over the power-sharing pitchThe verbal duel came as Kanimozhi was deputed to speak to Rahul Gandhi to iron out issues. (PTI)Amidst a tussle within the DMK-Congress alliance, DMK sources indicate that the power-sharing demand being made by the Grand Old Party is unlikely to be accepted by the former.“The people of Tamil Nadu will not accept such an arrangement. It is not a question of what DMK leaders or cadre thinks. Alliance culture is unacceptable to Tamil…
A man disguised in a burqa was discovered traveling in a ladies’ compartment on a Central Railway local train, sparking outrage among passengers MUMBAI: The Railway Protection Force (RPF) registered an FIR after a male commuter dressed in a burqa was found travelling in the ladies’ compartment of a Central Railway local train on Friday.A video of the incident later went viral on social media. The accused is currently absconding.On Friday afternoon, women passengers travelling in the second-class ladies’ coach of a fast local train bound for Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (CSMT) became suspicious of a co-passenger wearing a burqa.…
Delhi police apprehended two notorious criminals, Sanjay Sharma alias Darinda and Lokesh Srivas alias Chooha, ending their crime sprees NEW DELHI: For years, their names were whispered in police corridors like urban legends — the phantom of the high-stakes heist and the predator of the residential sprawl. Sanjay Sharma alias Darinda (35) and Lokesh Srivas alias Chooha (32) represented two distinct brands of terror that haunted Delhi’s streets: one a violent storm of bullets and fire, the other a silent, surgical thief who could vanish with Rs 25 crore worth of gold. The revolving door of the justice system proved…