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NEW DELHI: Sudden deaths are no longer confined to old age. An AIIMS study has found that more than half of all sudden deaths examined over a year occurred in people under 45 — many of them apparently healthy, who collapsed without warning at home or while travelling.Published this month in Indian Journal of Medical...

Representational photo (Picture: UN) Six Bangladeshi United Nations peacekeepers were killed and six others injured, including four seriously, in a drone strike on a UN camp in Kadugli, South Kordofan, Sudan, on Saturday, the UN mission said. All the victims were serving with the United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA).Bangladesh’s interim leader Muhammad...

The nightclub in Arpora, Goa, was devastated by a major fire on December 6 (ANI photo) NEW DELHI: Original landowner Pradeep Ghadi Amonkar and Arpora–Nagoa sarpanch Roshan Redkar were questioned till late Saturday night by a magisterial inquiry committee probing the deadly fire at the Birch by Romeo Lane nightclub in North Goa.Amonkar appeared before...

DEHRADUN: For Gurmukh Singh, 32, failure was never a reason to quit — only a step closer to his goal.After completing Class 12, he joined Indian Army as a sepoy, determined to one day earn his commission as an officer. Despite repeated setbacks, he continued to appear for various officer entry examinations, failing each time...

File photo NEW DELHI: The air quality in Delhi sharply deteriorated to the ‘severe’ category on Saturday as a toxic greyish haze blanketed the city. The 24-hour average overall AQI released at 4pm was 431, as opposed to 349 a day earlier. However, the AQI subsequently slipped into the ‘severe plus’ category for the first...

PANAJI: A CBI team of sleuths landed in Phuket, Thailand, on Saturday to complete the process to deport Saurabh and Gaurav Luthra, owners of Birch by Romeo Lane at Arpora, where 25 people died in a fire last weekend.The Indian embassy in Thailand will issue an emergency certificate—a one-way travel document—to the Luthras since their...

Ahmedabad: A couple from a Mehsana village and their three-year-old daughter were allegedly taken hostage in Libya for a ransom of Rs 2 crore while trying to migrate to Portugal, officials said on Saturday.Kismatsinh Chavda, his wife Heenaben, and daughter Devanshi were kidnapped in the North African nation, bordering the Mediterranean Sea, en route to...

VIPs Surround Stars, Block View From Stands KOLKATA: Frenzy at dawn. Fury by noon. Chaos by afternoon. Lionel Messi’s much-hyped Kolkata appearance collapsed into bedlam at Salt Lake stadium Saturday after tens of thousands of fans who paid steep prices for a glimpse of the football icon saw him for barely minutes – if at...

Representational photo JAMMU: Security forces launched an extensive joint search operation along forward villages in Akhnoor and adjoining areas in J&K after BSF foiled an infiltration bid and arrested a Jaish-e-Mohammed terrorist armed with an M-5 rifle and ammunition on Friday.Searches were also conducted in the nearby Phambla area of Reasi district in Jammu on...

NEW DELHI: West Bengal governor C V Ananda Bose on Saturday evening said he was denied entry into Salt Lake stadium when he attempted to visit the venue hours after chaos erupted during an event featuring football legend Lionel Messi.Describing the incident as an affront to the constitutional office of the Governor, Bose sought an...