LUCKNOW: Days after NGT flagged the high faecal coliform levels in the Ganga and Yamuna rivers in Prayagraj during the ongoing Maha Kumbh, UP CM Yogi Adityanath asserted in the assembly on Wednesday that the water at the Sangam was fit for both “snan” (bathing) and “aachman” (ritual drinking).Replying to a discussion on the Maha…
After threatening penal action against medical colleges that did not pay stipend to MBBS interns or doctors doing post graduate training, National Medical Commission (NMC), has done an about-turn saying that it is up to state authorities to take action. However, the Maintenance of Standards of Medical Education Regulations 2023 gazetted in Sept 2023, give…
MYSURU: Lokayukta Police gave a clean chit Wednesday to Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah, his wife Parvathi and two other co-accused in the Mysuru Urban Development Authority (Muda) land-swap case, saying the charges levelled by petitioner Snehamayi Krishna against them “could not be substantiated”.However, Siddaramaiah, for whom the case posed a challenge to his pre-eminence within the…
NEW DELHI: In the wake of the recent stampede at New Delhi railway station that led to 18 deaths, Delhi High Court on Wednesday asked the Indian Railways to address the sale of excess tickets beyond the number of passengers that can be accommodated in a coach.“If you fix the number of passengers to be…
TIRUPUR: A 27-year-old woman from Odisha was gang-raped at knifepoint in front of her husband here on Monday by three guest workers from Bihar. The Tirupur North all-woman police arrested the trio on Tuesday night.According to an investigation officer, the woman, along with her husband and three-year-old child, visited Tirupur on Monday (February 17) in…
VIJAYAPURA: A 22-year-old student from Kashmir studying at Al-Ameen Medical College in Vijayapura, about 500km from Bengaluru, has alleged he was ragged and assaulted by seniors during a cricket match and later in college hostel on Tuesday.Vijayapura superintendent of police Laxman Nimbargi confirmed to TOI that Hamim was assaulted, and five seniors allegedly involved in…
NEW DELHI: A Delhi court recently granted default bail to three men allegedly part of a terror module linked to al-Qaida in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS), observing that accused individuals are entitled to bail if investigators fail to file a chargesheet within the mandated 180-day period from the date of arrest.“Despite the lapse of the…
SURAT: What initially seemed like an accidental death at an embroidery unit in Katargam was uncovered as a premeditated murder by a 19-year-old who allegedly strangled his 24-year-old gay partner on Feb 8.The investigation and subsequent arrest of the accused revealed that he was upset over the victim’s involvement with other men and a video…
KULLU: A proposal to transfer water from the natural hot water springs at Manikaran – a site of pilgrimage for both Hindus and Sikhs – to the nearby popular tourist destination of Kasol, 4km away, in Parvati Valley of Kullu district has upset the locals. Residents have threatened mass agitation if the plan to “use…
NEW DELHI: India since 2014 has been “assertive” in its communication to Pakistan and “they have understood that we mean business”, Army chief General Upendra Dwivedi said on Wednesday, while also expressing “concern” over reports that a Pak Army-ISI delegation recently visited areas in Bangladesh close to ‘Chicken’s Neck’ or the Siliguri Corridor in West…
