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Encounter on between security forces, terrorists in Poonch

COVID and crematorium: Slum dwellers grapple with smoke, stench and fear of disease

9:52 pm April 25, 2021

New Delhi: The smoke hangs in an ash grey cloud over their homes and the acrid smell from more than 200 cremations a day doesn’t leave, they say, permeating as it were their very pores. For the residents of Shaheed Bhagat Singh Camp, living next to a crematorium is as much a struggle as keeping […]

Robert Redford’s son, James Redford, dies of liver cancer at 58

Robert Redford’s son, James, dies of liver cancer at 58

11:13 am October 20, 2020

Los Angeles: James Redford, a filmmaker, activist and son of actor Robert Redford, has died. He was 58. Robert Redford’s publicist, Cindi Berger, said in a statement Monday that the 84-year-old father is mourning with his family during this “difficult time.” His wife, Kyle, confirmed in an interview with The Salt Lake Tribune that her […]

Man found hanging in Bihar quarantine centre

12:27 am April 14, 2020

Darbhanga (Bihar): A 43-year-old man, who was suffering from tuberculosis, was found hanging inside a quarantine centre of Bihar’s Darbhanga district on Monday. Authorities said he committed suicide. He was taken to the quarantine centre set up in a school after he somehow managed to reach home in Kumrauli village from Delhi on April 10. […]