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Vidisha: Woman gives birth to baby with two heads, three hands

1:29 pm November 25, 2019

Vidisha: A 23-year-old woman has given birth to a boy with two heads and three hands at a hospital in Madhya Pradesh’s Vidisha district, an official said on Monday. Babita Ahirwar on Saturday delivered the baby, weighing 3.3 kg and having conjoined heads, three hands and four palms, Vidisha district hospital’s civil surgeon Sanjay Khare […]

‘Plastic-eating’ bacteria discovered by Indian scientists

1:44 pm October 10, 2019

New Delhi: Researchers have discovered two strains of ‘plastic-eating’ bacteria from the wetlands of Greater Noida, an advance that may lead to eco-friendly alternative clean-up methods for plastic waste worldwide. The bacterial strains discovered by researchers at Shiv Nadar University in Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh, have the potential to decompose polystyrene — a key component […]

Man jumps to his death at Grand Canyon Skywalk

4:48 am September 30, 2019

GRAND CANYON WEST, Arizona: Authorities are trying to locate the body of a man who climbed over a safety barrier at the Grand Canyon Skywalk and apparently jumped to his death. They say the 28-year-old visitor to the tourist spot on the Hualapai reservation outside Grand Canyon National Park jumped around 4:30 p.m. Saturday. A […]

Fire breaks out at train station in Saudi city of Jeddah

9:37 pm September 29, 2019

Jeddah: A fire broke out Sunday at a train station in the Saudi city of Jeddah/Jiddah, with local media saying five people had been injured. Thick black smoke could be seen Sunday afternoon in the sky over Jiddah, a city on the Red Sea. The fire struck a train station on the line that connects […]

Delhi-based Kashmiri scribes, over 25 people from Valley were potential spying targets: Report

Suspected JeM terrorist arrested from Haryana

6:14 pm September 28, 2019

Ambala: A suspected member of the Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) group has been arrested from a truck on the National Highway at Ambala Cantonment area here, police said on Saturday. The terrorist has been identified as Mohammad Ismail, a resident of Jammu and Kashmir, Ambala Superintendent of Police Abhishek Jorwal said. The police received an information on […]