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Delhi: Water levels in Yamuna rise after heavy rains

Flood alert for Delhi as Yamuna nears warning level

8:49 pm August 18, 2019

New Delhi: The Delhi government on Sunday sounded a flood alert for the city and asked people in low-lying areas to vacate their place as the water level neared warning level in the Yamuna river, officials said. The Yamuna was flowing at 203.37 metres on Sunday evening and its water level is expected to rise […]

When Diana wanted to help AIDS patients in Kolkata

3:33 pm August 18, 2019

New Delhi: Princess Diana was in awe of Mother Teresa and wanted to accommodate a small number of AIDS patients in Kolkata after the legendary nun talked about it. A new book “The Journey of a Wise Man: LM Singhvi”, a pictorial biography of the statesman by his son, Abhishek Singhvi, brings to light many […]

Jeffrey Archer back with new series

2:33 pm August 18, 2019

New Delhi: Jeffrey Archer is back, this time not with a detective story but a tale of a detective. “Nothing Ventured” is the first book of the new William Warwick Series in the style of Archer’s bestselling “The Clifton Chronicles”. William is a family man and a detective who will battle throughout his career against […]

Fire at AIIMS forces evacuation of patients; virology unit gutted, sample destroyed

11:52 pm August 17, 2019

New Delhi: A fire broke out at the teaching block of the AIIMS here on Saturday, destroying samples and medical reports and forcing evacuation of some patients, though no one was injured, officials said. Patients from some floors of the AB ward, close to the Microbiology department where the blaze started at around 5 pm, […]

12-year-old boy suffering from bird flu dies at AIIMS in Delhi

AIIMS fire creates panic among patients, kin

10:42 pm August 17, 2019

New Delhi: The major fire at AIIMS, which caters to hundreds of people everyday, left patients and their relatives in panic and disrupted emergency services of the hospital Saturday evening. Mohammad Sohail rushed to the hospital after hearing of the fire as his uncle was admitted in the surgery department. “I was at home when […]