Mumbai: The Maharashtra government Wednesday suspended two doctors of state-run Sassoon General Hospital after they were arrested in connection with the alleged manipulation of blood samples of the minor driver involved in the Porsche car crash in Pune. Separately, BJ Medical College and Sassoon Civil Hospital dean Dr Vinayak Kale has been sent on compulsory leave and...

New Delhi: Tata Steel Wednesday reported a 64.59 per cent decline in its consolidated net profit to Rs 554.56 crore during the March 2024 quarter on lower realisations and certain exceptional items. It had posted a profit of Rs 1,566.24 crore in the year-ago period, the company said in a regulatory filing. Total income plunged to Rs...

New Delhi: The Divisional bench of the Delhi High Court Wednesday stayed the appointment of Ad-hoc Administrative Committee (AAC) to run the day-to-day affairs of the Equestrian Federation of India (EFI) and gave back the control of the sports body to the Executive Committee elected in 2019. The Delhi HC, while hearing a plea by Rajasthan Equestrian...

Singapore: Star shuttlers PV Sindhu and HS Prannoy progressed to the second round but Lakshya Sen went down fighting to world No. 1 Viktor Axelsen at the Singapore Open Super 750 Badminton Tournament here Wednesday. Sindhu had last won a BWF title at Singapore two years back and she entered the tournament after signing off with a...

Dhaka: The World Bank's Board of Executive Directors has approved two projects totalling $700 million to provide basic services and build disaster and social resilience for both the host communities and the displaced Rohingya population in Bangladesh. The 350-million-dollar Inclusive Services and Opportunities for Host Communities and Displaced Rohingya Population Project and the 350-million-dollar Host and Rohingya...

Islamabad: A group of militants used kerosene to set fire to a girls' school in a former Pakistani Taliban stronghold, destroying furniture, computers and books, police said Wednesday, in the latest in a surge in such attacks. No one was hurt in the overnight attack in North Waziristan in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, local police official Rehmat Ullah...

New Delhi: India has submitted its bid to host the much-anticipated World Chess Championship clash between teen sensation D Gukesh and defending champion Ding Liren of China in November-December this year. The 17-year-old Gukesh became the youngest-ever challenger for the world title by winning the Candidates Tournament last month. He will face Liren between November 20 to...

Balasore: Launching a scathing attack on the BJP and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge Wednesday asserted that if the saffron party returns to power, both democracy and the Constitution will be at risk. Speaking at an election rally in Odisha's Balasore parliamentary constituency, Kharge emphasised, "In this election, if you don't defeat the BJP,...

Balasore: India Wednesday successfully flight-tested the RudraM-II air-to-surface missile off the coast of Odisha, defence sources said. The flight test met all the trial objectives, validating the propulsion system and control & guidance algorithm, they said. RudraM-II is an indigenously developed solid-propelled air-launched missile system meant for the air-to-surface role to neutralise various types of enemy assets....

Baripada: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Wednesday hinted at a "conspiracy" behind the "sudden deterioration” of the health condition of Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik and said if the BJP formed the government in the state, it will constitute a special committee to probe the facts. "Is the lobby that is currently running the Patnaik government on his...