NEW DELHI: Congress on Tuesday levelled fresh allegations of “conflict of interest” against Sebi chairperson Madhabi Puri Buch and said that an advisory firm in which she held 99% stake had provided consultancy services to the Mahindra and Mahindra Group, Dr Reddy’s, ICICI, Pidilite Industries, Sembcorp and Visu Leasing and Finance, while she held senior…
KOLKATA: The absence of junior doctors in hospitals continued to affect healthcare services across Bengal on Tuesday even as reports poured in about an accident victim dying at a private hospital 11 days after he was turned away by multiple govt hospitals, including Medical College & Hospital, Kolkata, due to the ongoing protest by medicos.Hooghly…
DEHRADUN: As many as 134 “suspicious individuals” working as hawkers and handcart pullers in Dehradun‘s famous Paltan Bazaar were detained by police for failing to produce “valid IDs” during a verification drive on Tuesday that began after a woman complained that a Muslim worker in a shoe shop “misbehaved” with her.The police action came a…
NEW DELHI: Senior BJP leaders seized upon veteran Congress functionary Sushil Kumar Shinde‘s remark that he was trembling with fear while visiting Lal Chowk in Srinagar as home minister under UPA-2.Union minister Piyush Goyal and former I&B minister Anurag Thakur cited Shinde’s remark at the launch of his memoirs on Monday as symbolising the fear…
KOLKATA: Junior doctors protesting the RG Kar hospital rape-murder rejected on Tuesday the Bengal govt’s invitation to discuss their grievances with a designated team at the state secretariat and decided to continue their strike in defiance of the 5pm deadline Supreme Court had set for them to return to work.The Mamata Banerjee govt’s message to…
NEW DELHI: A special NIA court in New Delhi on Tuesday granted interim bail to Baramulla MP Sheikh Abdul Rashid, better known as Engineer Rashid (pic), till Oct 2, allowing him to campaign for the J&K polls.Additional sessions judge Chander Jit Singh had reserved his order after an in-camera hearing. “It is a huge relief…
NEW DELHI: An IAF officer has filed a police complaint against a senior, accusing him of rape, outraging her modesty and continuous mental harassment at the Srinagar Air Force station in J&K, while also claiming that the “internal committee” of the force dismissed her allegations without proper consideration.The woman, a Flying Officer, has alleged that…
NEW DELHI: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) late Tuesday announced its third list of 11 candidates for the upcoming Haryana assembly elections, following the release of its second list of nine candidates earlier in the day. In the third list, the AAP has fielded Pravin Guskhani against Congress veteran and former Haryana chief minister Bhupinder…
Former president Donald Trump and vice president Kamala Harris who will debate each other tonight in Philadelphia in their first and probably last ever face off have never actually met — despite both of them being in the public life for a long time. Their paths crossed but they never actually met. Kamala Harris’ ex-boyfriend…
NEW DELHI: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar stated on Tuesday that India is not “closed to business from China”, but the issue lies in determining which sectors the country will engage with Beijing and on what terms.Relations between the two nuclear-armed Asian giants have been at odds ever since the deadly Galwan clash in 2020….
