NEW DELHI: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday took out a protest march demanding death penalty for the accused of the Kolkata doctor rape and murder case Sanjay Ray. She further blamed the BJP, CPM and Congress for vandalising RG Kar College & Hospital during a midnight protest on Wednesday.Meanwhile, Kolkata CP Vineet…
NEW DELHI: Indian Medical Association (IMA) put forward five demands including a central law for doctors’ safety after the brutal rape and murder of PG student at RG KAR Medical college and hospital.IMA’s demandsThe demands are as follows: At policy level the reluctance to acknowledge the violence on doctors and hospitals has to change. A…
NEW DELHI: Isro aims to launch the first mission of the ambitious Gaganyaan project by December, Isro chairman S Somanath announced on Friday in Sriharikota. His statement came after the successful launch of the third and final developmental flight of the Small Satellite Launch Vehicle (SSLV), which placed the Earth Observation Satellite into orbit earlier…
NEW DELHI: Congress on Friday pressed upon its demand for a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) probe into ‘Adani mega scam‘ saying that the Hindenburg report was only a “tip of the iceberg”.The US short seller said that Sebi chief Madhabi Puri Buch and her husband, Dhaval Buch, were involved with offshore funds implicated in the…
NEW DELHI: The ministry of external affairs (MEA) on Friday clarified on recent media reports, which have claimed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to visit Ukraine by the end of August.Several western nations had raised a red flag after PM Modi‘s visit to Moscow in July.Ukraine president Volodymyr Zelenskyy had said that PM…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi received a phone from Bangladesh government’s interim head Muhammad Yunus who assured the safety of Bangladesh Hindus and other minorities in the violence hit nation.“Received a telephone call from Professor Muhammad Yunus, Chief Adviser of the interim government of Bangladesh. Exchanged views on the prevailing situation.Reiterated India’s support for…
NEW DELHI: Nationalist Congress Party (NCP-SP) supremo Sharad Pawar on Friday criticised the Centre for not respecting the position of leader of the opposition, a day after Rahul Gandhi was not allotted a front-row seat at the Independence Day flag-hoisting ceremony at Red Fort.“The Centre did not honour the post of leader of opposition,” said…
NEW DELHI: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Subramanian Swamy has approached the Delhi high court seeking directions for the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) to decide on his representation to cancel the Indian citizenship of Congress leader and Lok Sabha leader of opposition (LoP) Rahul Gandhi. According to Bar and Bench, Swamy, represented by advocate…
NEW DELHI: Former Maharashtra chief minister Uddhav Thackeray on Friday expressed his willingness to support any candidate put forward by the Congress and NCP(SP) as the Maha Vikas Aghadi‘s (MVA) chief ministerial face for the upcoming state elections.While addressing Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) cadres, Uddhav emphasised that Maharashtra assembly elections will be a fight to…
NEW DELHI: Several senior police officers in Jammu and Kashmir, including IGPs and DIGs, have been transferred, with many districts to get new police chiefs.This reshuffling of top police officials comes in the wake of the Election Commission‘s announcement that it will declare the poll schedule for Jammu and Kashmir’s legislative assembly on Friday, marking…
