Dr RV Asokan, president of the Indian Medical Association (IMA), met junior doctors observing fast-unto-death in Kolkata on Friday.After the rape and murder of a trainee doctor in Kolkata’s RG Kar Hospital on August 9, junior doctors began a “cease work” protest. On September 21, after 42 days, they concluded their strike after being assured…
NEW DELHI: The BJP Friday claimed that the opposition INDIA bloc was mulling to make the Leader of Opposition‘s post in the Lok Sabha rotational. “If the INDIA bloc feels that Rahul Gandhi is not able to handle this responsibility with full dedication, they will have to make that decision,” BJP’s Delhi MP Bansuri Swaraj…
Maharashtra chief minister Eknath Shinde (ANI Image) Maharashtra chief minister Eknath Shinde on Friday announced that his ruling alliance Mahayuti is prepared for both “flight” as an IAF aircraft successfully landed at Navi Mumbai airport and “fight” in the upcoming state polls. Speaking to reporters after witnessing an IAF aircraft’s trial landing at the forthcoming…
NEW DELHI: Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav on Friday criticised the Uttar Pradesh government and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for obstructing his visit to the Jayaprakash Narayan International Centre (JPNIC) in Lucknow on the birth anniversary of the socialist icon.Yadav accused the state government of deliberately preventing him and his supporters from paying…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, addressing the 19th East Asia Summit on Friday stressed the importance of the South China Sea’s stability for the entire Indo-Pacific region. PM Modi said, “A free, open, inclusive, prosperous, and rule-based Indo-Pacific is important for the peace and progress of the entire region. Peace, security, and stability of…
NEW DELHI: Congress, which reacted to its Haryana debacle by blaming it on EVMs and rejecting the result as “unacceptable”, has decided to pause the line of attack and has turned the focus inwards to look into the role of factional feuds and weaknesses that prevented a win.The decision was taken at a review meeting…
Making common cause with Asean nations, several of which are involved in maritime disputes with Beijing in South China Sea (SCS), PM Modi Thursday said India and Asean member-states respect each other’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, and in times of conflict, friendship and cooperation between them is of paramount importance.Addressing the India-Asean Summit at Vientiane,…
AHMEDABAD: Happily-ever-after stories are all about leaving the trials and tribulations behind. So, imagine the incredulity on the face of a 48-year-old grandfather of two when police landed at his doorstep around a week ago to arrest him for “kidnapping” his wife of 27 years — the one he loved, eloped with, and built a…
HYDERABAD: ED’s adjudicating authority has imposed a penalty of Rs 2,146 crore on PC Financial Services (PCFS), a non-banking financial company running a loan app allegedly linked to Chinese and Norwegian entities, for Fema violations. This is the first instance in India of an NBFC running a loan app being penalised with a huge fine,…
MUMBAI: The state cabinet Thursday decided to send a recommendation to Centre to increase the non-creamy layer income cap for OBCs from Rs 8 lakh to Rs 15 lakh per year.The cabinet decided to issue an ordinance to accord statutory status to Maharashtra State Commission for Scheduled Castes. The ordinance will be placed for approval…
