Patients in Uttar Pradesh can henceforth get more than 100 types of pathological tests done free of cost in government hospitals under a cabinet decision taken Wednesday. Only a few days back, the state cabinet cleared a scheme of free X-rays for patients in government hospitals across the state. Medicine is already available for free […]
The BSP, BJP and Akali Dal Wednesday slammed the Congress over the new disclosures from Britain concerning Operation Bluestar and said the then Indira Gandhi government had mishandled the situation. Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati said the Indira Gandhi government should not have taken advice from another country but sorted out the matter itself. […]
Shiv Sainiks Tuesday disrupted a media-gathering, vociferously protesting the presence of Pakistani musicians at The Press Club here. Shortly after a media-briefing started to launch the first-ever joint India-Pakistan band comprising musicians from the two countries, a large group of angry Shiv Sena activists barged inside the club carrying party flags. They raised slogans against […]
New trends in global economy call for strengthened commitment to a new multilateralism that is more inclusive and heeds new voices of world economy, says IMF managing director Christine Lagarde. The world is more integrated economically, financially, and technologically, but it is also more fragmented in terms of power, influence, and decision-making. This could lead […]
Six Maoists were arrested and a huge quantity of explosives was recovered in Bihar’s Munger district Tuesday, police said. Acting on a tip-off, a joint team of police and the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) launched a combing operation near Bhimbandh forest and arrested the Maoists and recovered the arms and ammunition, including 200 bullets, […]
A court here Tuesday sent three people, arrested in connection with the death of a student from Arunachal Pradesh, to judicial custody till Feb 18. Nido Tania, the 19-year-old student, was beaten up by shopkeepers in south Delhi’s Lajpat Nagar area following a quarrel over his appearance and clothing. He died in a hospital Jan […]
Traditionally considered weak in West Bengal, the BJP is heavily banking on its prime ministerial nominee Narendra Modi — scheduled to address a rally at the Brigade Parade Grounds Wednesday — for a turnaround in the state. Coming only days after Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee launched her poll drive from the same venue, the […]
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa has urged Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to personally intervene and also use diplomatic channels to secure the release of Indian fishermen in Sri Lankan jails. In a letter to Manmohan Singh on Monday, the text of which was released to the media Tuesday, Jayalalithaa said the Sri Lankan Navy […]
The Delhi High Court Tuesday issued notice to the city government and Delhi Police on a bail plea of Vishal Yadav, who is serving life imprisonment for abducting and killing Nitish Katara in 2002. Vishal Yadav moved the court seeking two weeks’ bail to attend the engagement and wedding of his younger brother. He was […]
Bihar’s Social Welfare Minister Perween Amanullah, the first Muslim woman minister in the state, Tuesday resigned from the Nitish Kumar cabinet as well as the Janata Dal-United. “I have resigned from the cabinet and the JD-U and sent it (resignation letter) to the chief minister,” Amanullah told media persons here. She refused to disclose the […]