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Omprakash Dhangar, 48, was diagnosed with chronic kidney disease in May last year. His kidneys had deteriorated to the point where he needed dialysis.                         The kidney transplant surgery is scheduled to take place on September 3. Raipur: A woman in Chhattisgarh’s Raipur has decided to donate her kidney to save her brother’s life. Omprakash Dhangar, 48, was diagnosed with chronic kidney disease in May last year. His kidneys had deteriorated to the point where he needed dialysis. One kidney was damaged by 80% and the other by 90%. After much research, his family decided to have him undergo a kidney transplant in a hospital in Gujarat’s Nadiad. When the doctors told the family that they needed a kidney donor, Omprakash’s elder sister Sheelabai Pal, a resident of Raipur’s Tikrapara, immediately volunteered. She underwent all the necessary tests and was found to be a perfect match. The kidney transplant surg...

Chandrayaan-3 has captivated public attention since launching nearly six weeks ago in front of thousands of cheering spectators.                    New Pic By Rover Pragyan Of Lander Vikram Hailed As "Image Of Mission"  New Delhi: Chandrayaan-3 rover Pragyan today shared an image of the lander Vikram, the first that it has clicked using its Navigation camera. The picture is the first that the rover has clicked since landing on the moon. Until now, all the photos and videos had been captured by Vikram. Sharing the photograph on Twitter, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) called it the “image of the mission”. The NavCams, onboard the rover, have been developed by the Laboratory for Electro-Optics Systems (LEOS) in Bengaluru. Chandrayaan-3 has captivated public attention since launching nearly six weeks ago in front of thousands of cheering spectators, and its successful touchdown on the Moon last week came just days after a R...

The Indian and Pakistani high commissions in Islamabad and Delhi are being headed by their respective charge d'affaires after Pakistan downgraded diplomatic ties post the Abrogation of Article 370. Geetika Srivastava will become the first Indian woman diplomat to lead the Indian mission in Islamabad.  NEW DELHI: The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) has appointed Geetika Srivastava, as the first woman charge d’affaires at the Indian High Commission in Islamabad. Women diplomats have been posted to Pakistan earlier, but not at the highest level. It is also considered a tough posting since Islamabad was declared a “non-family” posting for Indian diplomats some years ago. That usually limits women officers from taking up the assignment in Pakistan. Geetika Srivastava is currently serving as joint secretary at the headquarters of the MEA and will replace Suresh Kumar, who will return to Delhi soon. Srivastava, who is from the 2005 batch of the Indian Foreign Service, served in the ...

The case is in regard to a missing cipher — a classified state document — that Khan had waved during a political rally ahead of his ouster from office last year. FILE - Former Pakistan PM and PTI chief Imran Khan.  ISLAMABAD: A special court on Wednesday extended till September 13 the judicial remand of former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan in a case related to the alleged disclosure of state secrets. Judge Abual Hasnat Zulqarnain, who arrived at Attock jail in Punjab to conduct the hearing, issued the decision in the case of the missing cipher, a classified state document that Khan had waved during a political rally ahead of his ouster from office last year. The hearing of the case took place at the Attock District Jail following approval by the Law Ministry amid security concerns expressed by the Interior Ministry. Authorities decided on Tuesday to hold the hearing of the case inside the Attock district jail where Khan has been kept since August 5 ...

The airport strike, which was first reported minutes before midnight, damaged four Il-76 transport aircraft, Russia’s state news agency TASS reported, citing emergency officials. Smoke billowing over the city and a large blaze in Pskov, Russia, on Aug. 29, 2023. KYIV: Russia accused Ukraine of launching what appeared to be the biggest drone attack on Russian soil since Moscow invaded 18 months ago, followed by a Russian attack on Kyiv that Ukrainian officials said killed two people early Wednesday. Drones hit an airport in Russia’s western Pskov region near the border with Estonia and Latvia and started a massive fire, the governor and local media reported. More drones were shot down over Oryol, Bryansk, Ryazan, Kaluga and the Moscow region surrounding the Russian capital, according to the Defense Ministry. Pskov regional Gov. Mikhail Vedernikov ordered all flights to and from the airport in the region’s namesake capital cancelled Wednesday so the damage could be assessed during day...

The accused told the police that he tried to steal the nose ring, but when the woman tried to raise an alarm, he strangled her.                                                     Image used for representational purpose only. CHENNAI: A 36-year-old man was arrested by Mappedu police for killing his friend’s mother and stealing a four-sovereign gold nose ring that she was wearing. The police identified the accused as Ashok Kumar, a daily wage labourer, who got acquainted with Lakshmi, 85, after he became friends with her son Bhangaru a few months back. Bhangaru was unmarried and lived in a house next to his mother’s house. On Saturday night, Ashok visited Bhangaru at his mother’s house. After dinner, Bhangaru went to his house, while Ashok stayed at Lakshmi’s house. The next morning, when Bhangaru went to his mother’s house, he found her strangled to death and...

The complaint was filed by A Esakiammal, wife of late S R Mohan, the owner of the quarry. After his death,the men took over the quarry without compensating Esakiammal and her children. Chennai Corporation deputy mayor and a minister’s relative were among six booked by CCB for taking over the quarry business of a deceased person through forgery CHENNAI: Chennai Corporation deputy mayor and a minister’s relative were among six booked by the Central Crime Branch (CCB) of the city police for taking over the quarry business of a deceased person through forgery and fraudulent means. The accused named in the FIR are deputy mayor M Mahesh Kumar, minister K R Periyakaruppan’s relative P Gunasekaran, K Balamurugan, K Divakar, N Selvarajan and district register officer Sathya Priya. The accused have been booked for criminal conspiracy, cheating, forgery, forging valuable documents and data on electronic devices. The complaint was filed by A Esakiammal, wife of late S R Mohan, the owner o...

Children and youngsters decorated their houses with colourful "pookkalam" (floral carpets) in various designs and colours. For representational purposes THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Wearing traditional clothes, preparing sumptuous feasts and laying colourful floral carpets in the courtyards, Keralites celebrated Onam, the state’s harvest festival, on Tuesday with gaiety. On the occasion of “Thiru Onam”, the most auspicious day of the 10-day-long festival, people visited temples in large numbers, cutting across villages and towns in the morning. Children and youngsters decorated their houses with colourful “pookkalam” (floral carpets) in various designs and colours. In villages, people put up high swings, called ‘oonjal’ in local parlance, in the courtyards of their homes as part of festivities. While elders gifted “onakkodi” (new clothes) to other members of the family, women prepared “sadya”, the sumptuous feast comprising various traditional vegetarian dishes, pickles and delicious ...

Achu Oommen lodged the complaint against a Thiruvananthapuram person on Monday, saying he had posted defamatory remarks against her on his Facebook account. Achu Oommen with her late father and former Kerala CM Oomen Chandy. THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Former Kerala Chief Minister late Oommen Chandy’s younger daughter Achu Oommen lodged a complaint with the cyber police in connection with the alleged cyber attacks against her. She lodged the complaint against a Thiruvananthapuram person on Monday, saying he had posted defamatory remarks against her on his Facebook account. “The accused has purposefully lied to the public with the culpable and malicious intention to defame the complainant and thereby to spread an untrue, false and scandalous imputation against the complainant that she and her late father are corrupt,” the complaint read. On August 26, she had condemned the alleged cyber attacks against her in the backdrop of the upcoming Puthuppally bypoll and said it was to divert attention...

A majority of 230 out of 234 MLAs, including those from the AIADMK, voted against NEET. The resolution now awaits action at the President's office. Minister of Youth Welfare and Sports Development Udhayanidhi Stalin.  CUDDALORE : While speaking at an integrated district-level youth wing executive members meeting held in Kazhudur near Veppur in Cuddalore, Minister for Youth Welfare and Sports Development Udhayanidhi Stalin asserted that efforts will continue to obtain relaxation for NEET examination. During the gathering, attended by ministers MRK Paneerselvam and CV Ganesan, Udhayanidhi said, “Cuddalore is a stronghold of the DMK, and Annamalai University in Chidambaram, being the first to confer a doctorate on Kalaignar, serves as a bastion of Dravidian principles. Former chief ministers CN Annadurai and M Karunanidhi extensively traversed the district, which witnessed numerous protests.” He went on to criticise the AIADMK and said, “Despite passing a resolution in favour ...