Doctors at a Delhi hospital performed a minimally invasive, computer-guided brain surgery on a 33-year-old patient who had a space-occupying lesion in the centre of her brain which was causing minor haemorrhages repeatedly. Also Read – Bizarre! Doctors Find Sewing Needles, Nails & Screwdriver in UP Teen’s Stomach, Removed Through Surgery Performing surgery was extremely risky and despite being fraught with potential complications, the surgery was successfully completed by Dr Sonal Gupta, Director and Head, Neurosurgery, Fortis Hospital Shalimar Bagh, and her team of doctors in a span of five hours. The patient presented with reduced mobility on the left…
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A minor boy was attacked by a leopard at the Lakhimpur Kheri-Bahraich border days after two children were killed in the big cat attack near Dhaurahra range of Dudhwa Tiger Reserve. The boy was rescued by a few alert villagers. This incident was reported from Pathakpurva village near Bahraich range. Thirteen-year-old Sikandar Lal was injured over the weekend — while parents said Sunday, police and forest department said Saturday. The forest department is also trying to verify whether it was the same leopard that attacked in Bahraich was involved in the Pathakpurva incident. They are checking the pug marks. Sikandar,…
With the monsoon extending beyond September, moderate to heavy rain continue to lash many parts of Karnataka, flooding low-laying areas and disrupting normal life, an official said on Monday. Very heavy rainfall (14cm) was recorded at Hukkeri in Belagavi district, 13 cm at Hungund in Bagalkote district, 10cm at Khajuri in Kalaburagi district and 9cm at Bevoor in Koppal district during the last 24 hours. “As favourable systems like strong winds, low depression in the Bay of Bengal and air circulation remain active in the peninsula, the southwest monsoon has extended by two weeks, resulting in rains lashing the state,”…
Security forces launch search operations in Old Barzulla area of the town here within the early hours of Monday morning after receiving specific inputs about the presence of militants within the area, a police official said. He said around 7:45 am, when the searches were happening, militants fired upon the forces. The forces retaliated, ensuing an encounter, the official said. Two militants are killed within the gun fight, the official said. The operation goes on and further details are awaited, the official added. However, earlier, military officer of Police, Kashmir, told reporters near the encounter site that one among the…
BJP councillor of ward 13 in Rudrapur was shot dead by unidentified men outside his residence in broad day light on Monday, police said. The accused arrived at ward councillor Prakash Dhami’s residence in a car and called him outside on the pretext of getting his signatures on a document, Udham Singh Nagar SP Devendra Pincha said. As soon as Dhami came out, they opened fire at him and drove away, he said. He was rushed to a hospital where doctors declared him dead, the SP said. Dhami was known for his domineering temperament. He had been elected unopposed from…
The police have arrested five people, including three minors, for murder. Past an array of bungalows in Moolchand Colony in northwest Delhi’s Adarsh Nagar, is a narrow lane housing relatively lower-income families. Rahul Rajput, 20, lived here. He died on the night of 7 October after being beaten up by a mob of slum-dwellers near his house. Police teams are standing guard every few metres. Outside Rahul’s house, a group of young men are huddled together, watching television news reporters taking bytes from policemen and Rahul’s relatives. They are however mum on the details of the case. Inside the house,…
With large-scale protests against sexual violence for a prolonged time, Bangladeshi government has approved of death penalty in rape case. The amendment was approved at a weekly meeting of the council of ministers headed by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, cabinet secretary Khandker Anwarul Islam told reporters in a news conference on Monday. Islam said the ministers approved the draft of the Women and Children Repression Prevention (Amendment) Bill, 2020 in the meeting held virtually due to the coronavirus pandemic. The bill says anyone convicted of rape will be punished with death or “rigorous imprisonment” for life. The existing provision stipulates…
One of the Congress’s most prominent defenders, actor-turned-politician Khushbu Sundar, quit the party today and joined the BJP just months before the Tamil Nadu polls. In her resignation letter to Congress president Sonia Gandhi, she wrote that she felt “pushed and suppressed” by people who had no connect with ground reality. “Few elements seated at higher level within the party, people who have no connectivity with the ground reality or public recognition are dictating terms and people like me who wanted to work for the party sincerely, are being pushed and suppressed,” Khushbu Sundar, 50, wrote. “After a long thorough…
Former India football captain Carlton Chapman, who had formed a deadly trio in club football with Bhaichung Bhutia and IM Vijayan within the 1990s, died on Monday following a attack in Bengaluru. He was 49. Chapman was hospitalised on Sunday night at a hospital in Bengaluru and gave up the ghost early this morning. “I got a call from Bengaluru from one among his friends that Chapman is not any more. He gave up the ghost early this morning. He was a happy-go-lucky man, always smiling and prepared to assist others,” Chapman’s one-time India team-mate Bruno Coutinho told PTI from…
https://www.instagram.com/p/CGM4Cr9HjRQ/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link Actor Ayushman Khurrana’s wife Tahira Kashyap is currently busy dealing with the overwhelming response to her new book The 12 Commandments Of Being A Woman. And Tahira felt the need to share a gratitude post for actor Shah Rukh Khan, whose note features on the cover of the book. In his note, Shah Rukh shared his astonishment over discovering the fact that Tahira’s “favourite make-out spot” was in the cinemas while watching his films. Looks like Tahira has more to reveal. In her thank you note to Shah Rukh, she wrote: “Dear Shah Rukh Khan, your movies not…