New Delhi, Dec 22 (IANS) Congress president Sonia Gandhi is “feeling better” and her “condition is improving”, the hospital treating her for an infection in her lower respiratory tract said Monday. “The health condition and test reports of (Sonia) Gandhi were reviewed today (Monday) morning by treating doctors. Her test results are showing progressive improvement […]
New Delhi, Dec 22 (IANS) The central government will ask of all five states – Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Assam, West Bengal and Tamil Nadu – where Japanese encephalitis cases are reported to utilize funds meant for the disease’s prevention, union Health Minister J.P. Nadda told parliament Monday. Replying to a calling attention motion in the […]
New Delhi, Dec 22 (IANS) Thousands of people from different parts of the country thronged the national capital Monday protesting against the central government over various issues, prominent being religious conversion and the “government not acting on its promises”. The protesters, mostly from the neighbouring state of Uttar Pradesh, gathered at Jantar Mantar and Parliament […]
New Delhi, Dec 22 (IANS) The row over religious conversion continued in parliament Monday, with the Rajya Sabha being stalled again, while the Congress staged a walkout in the Lok Sabha. In the Rajya Sabha, which saw the whole of last week being washed out except for half of Friday, the disruptions continued. In the […]
Mumbai, Dec 22 (IANS) Jet Airways Monday said here it has concluded a five-year syndicated loan agreement of $150 million from a consortium of four Middle East banks. The syndicate loan – offered by a group of lenders or syndicate who work together to provide funds for a single borrower – has been sanctioned by […]
New Delhi, Dec 22 (IANS) Twenty-six malnourished stray dogs that were confined to a house in the capital were rescued by Delhi Police, officials said Monday. Police registered a case and launched a hunt to nab the house owner, identified as Gokul Nair. The 32-year-old Nair, who works with a multinational company, had a habit […]
New Delhi, Dec 19 (IANS) The health ministry is intensifying the drugs treatment programme on the evidence of United Nations’s Methadone Maintenance Treatment (MMT) Programme, an official said Friday. “MMT is currently available at United Nation Office on Drugs and Control-supported five model centers across the country like civil hospital in Kapurthala and Bathinda in […]
Bhubaneswar, Dec 19 (IANS) The CBI Friday arrested a top Odisha Police officer for his alleged links with the Artha Tatwa Group, a chit fund company operating in the state. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) arrested deputy superintendent of police Pramod Panda on charges of conspiracy and gaining financial benefits. “In Orissa chit fund […]
New Delhi, Dec 18 (IANS) There is no proposal to reduce the age of central government employees from 60 years to 58 years, the government announced Thursday. “Attention of the government has been drawn to some news items appearing in a section of the press regarding proposal of the central government to reduce the retirement […]
New Delhi, Dec 18 (IANS) Congress president Sonia Gandhi was Thursday admitted to the Sir Ganga Ram Hospital here for an infection in the lower respiratory tract. Her condition was stable, a hospital official said. “Sonia Gandhi was today (Thursday) admitted to Sir Ganga Ram Hospital around 5 p.m. She has an infection in the […]