NEW DELHI: On the tenth day of their protest over the rape of a trainee doctor in Kolkata, resident doctors in Delhi on Wednesday protested at the Jantar Mantar, demanding justice to the victim and safer workplace for doctors across the country. Doctors from various hospitals in the city such as AIIMS, Lady Hardinge Medical […]
EW DELHI: Maharashtra police have registered four FIRs and arrested 66 people following protests against the alleged sexual abuse of two minor girls at a school in Badlapur near Mumbai. The protest, which saw hundreds of demonstrators taking to the streets and disrupting train services, has prompted authorities to suspend internet services in the area […]
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday congratulated RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das on being rated “A+” for the second time in a row in the ‘Global Finance Central Banker Report Cards 2024’. Responding to a post on X by the Reserve Bank of India, PM Modi said, “Congratulations to RBI Governor Shri @DasShaktikanta for […]
NEW DELHI: In a significant development, the Government has decided to halt lateral entry into the bureaucracy, a move that had sparked widespread controversy and criticism from the Opposition as well as its NDA coalition partners. Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh has formally asked the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) to cancel the recent advertisement […]
NEW DELHI: Amid nationwide protests by medical professionals over the brutal rape and murder of a trainee doctor in West Bengal’s Kolkata, the Supreme Court on Tuesday constituted a National Task Force (NTF) for doctors. The NTF has been tasked with developing comprehensive recommendations aimed at ensuring the safety, well-being, and dignified working conditions for […]
RAE BARELI: After meeting the family members of a Scheduled Caste youth, Arjun Pasi of Pichwaria village, who was shot dead, Rahul Gandhi alleged police officers are protecting the main culprits in the murder case. The Congress MP from Rae Bareli and the leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha assured the family of […]
NEW DELHI: President Droupadi Murmu on Tuesday said India is committed to achieving Net Zero Carbon Emission. ”Our efforts to adopt clean energy on a large scale are in line with this goal,” she said while presenting the National Geoscience Awards-2023 at a ceremony held at Rashtrapati Bhavan. She emphasised that green transition requires greater […]
NEW DELHI: Foreign policy is not an abstract exercise or elitist pursuit but an extension of domestic policies aimed at securing the country’s political, economic and security interests, and territorial integrity, President Droupadi Murmu said on Monday. She was addressing a group of offcer trainees of the Indian Foreign Service (2023 Batch) which called on […]
NEW DELHI: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Monday slammed the BJP-led government at the Centre over lateral entry into top government positions and said this is an “attack” on Dalits, OBCs and Adivasis. The statements of Kharge and Gandhi came in the wake of the […]
KOLKATA: The Trinamool Congress on Monday demanded that the CBI expedite its probe into the alleged rape and murder of a woman doctor at the state-run RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata. Senior Trinamool Congress leader Kunal Ghosh told reporters that although the investigation by Kolkata Police was progressing well until the probe […]