KOLKATA: A 180-member CISF contingent assumed control of security at Kolkata’s RG Kar Medical College and Hospital on Thursday, following a Supreme Court order. Upon arrival, they removed barricades at the entrance that had been in place since Independence Day after the hospital was vandalised by a mob on the night women marched across the…
KOLKATA: Bengal government submitted before the Supreme Court on Thursday that it is anticipating violent protests during a Nabanna (state secretariat) march scheduled for August 27, involving acid bombs, guns, and planned attacks against police, reports Dwaipayan Ghosh. The state highlighted a “volatile and surcharged environment” being misused by some people spreading false information on…
NEW DELHI: If reckless circulation of half-truths, videos of the deceased, and revealing of her identity in social and electronic media had forced the Supreme Court to order their deletion on Tuesday, two days later it found itself in the middle of a banter between senior advocate Kapil Sibal and solicitor general Tushar Mehta.Sibal on…
NEW DELHI: The government on Thursday ordered a ban on the manufacture, sale, and distribution of over 150 drugs sold in fixed-dose combinations as they are likely to pose a risk to humans. These include some of the commonly used painkiller drugs, multivitamins, and drugs used in the treatment of fatty liver with diabetes and…
NEW DELHI: Paris Olympics silver medallist Neeraj Chopra secured the second position in the Lausanne Diamond League javelin throw competition on Thursday, achieving a season-best performance of 89.49m.Until the fourth round, the 26-year-old Chopra was in fourth place. However, in his fifth attempt, he launched his spear to a distance of 85.58m. He saved the…
NEW DELHI/DHAKA: The Indian governmentt on Thursday strongly denied claims in Dhaka that flooding of districts on the eastern borders of Bangladesh had been caused by the opening of Dumbur dam upstream of the Gumti river in Tripura, saying that floods on cross-border rivers is a shared problem on both sides. Indian govt sources also…
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court has reiterated the settled principle that SC/ST/OBC candidates who make it to the merit list on their own are entitled to be selected for open seats in the general class. The open category is open to all, and the only condition to be eligible is merit, irrespective of class, the court…
NEW DELHI: Observing that courts should refrain from imposing bail conditions which are difficult to fulfill, Supreme Court on Thursday said “excessive bail is no bail”.A bench of Justices B R Gavai and K V Viswanathan said, “To grant bail and thereafter to impose excessive and onerous conditions, is to take away with the left…
KOLKATA: A country dealing with the “horrifying” statistic of almost 90 rapes a day needs special fast-track courts with a mandate to wrap up trials within 15 days, Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee said Thursday in an official letter to PM Narendra Modi.“This (recurrent cases of sexual violence) shakes the confidence and conscience of society and…
SRINAGAR: National Conference (NC) president Farooq Abdullah announced Thursday that his party and Congress have finalised an alliance for the three-phase J&K assembly elections from September 8 to Oct 1. The decision followed discussions with Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and Lok Sabha leader of the opposition Rahul Gandhi, who are on a two-day visit to…
