KOLKATA: Bengal braced for a tense Friday with a shutdown-like scenario as CM Mamata Banerjee‘s Trinamool Congress and opposition parties BJP and CPM announced separate protests focused on RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, where the rape and murder of a postgraduate resident doctor on Aug 9 has triggered national outrage.BJP and CPM condemned the…
KOLKATA: Vandals armed with sticks, shafts, bottles and bricks usurped the night Kolkata sought to reclaim Wednesday, storming RG Kar Medical College past midnight and unleashing 40 minutes of mayhem that didn’t spare even critical care units and left doctors and nurses pulverised soon after spontaneous street protests against a 31-year-old PG student’s rape-murder.Ten suspects…
DEHRADUN: Captain Deepak Singh, 25, who was killed in action during an encounter with terrorists in J&K’s Doda on Wednesday, had lied to his mother on what would be his last phone call to her, telling her that he was off to his unit’s base to “rest”. In reality, he was readying for a deadly…
MUMBAI: The cash-strapped government on Thursday sanctioned a sum of Rs 199.8 crores for a media plan to publicise its flagship Mukhya Mantri Majhi Ladki Bahin Yojana which will provide a stipend of Rs 1500 per month for underprivileged women.It has also sanctioned a sum of Rs 4.7 crores for a media plan to publicise…
MUMBAI: The Pilot project prepared under the Maharashtra Rights to Public Services Act- 2015 will ensure that various services of the government are taken to the citizens. Such a pilot project will also be implemented in other districts of the state, said chief minister Mr. Eknath Shinde here, today.The chief minister on Thursday inaugurated the…
NEW DELHI: The Indian Medical Association on Thursday declared a nationwide strike on August 17 after the alleged rape and murder of a women in Kolkata’s RG Kar Medical Collage and Hospital.According to the doctors’ body statement, medical services will be withdrawn from 6 am on Saturday to 6 am Sunday. While all essential services…
NEW DELHI: The Army’s canine soldiers continue to play a stellar role in detecting explosives and tracking terrorists during counter-terror operations. A six-year-old female Labrador named Kent has been posthumously honoured in the list of gallantry awards on Independence Day.The golden-coloured Kent, a special tracker dog with Army number 08B2, laid down her life while…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi delivered his longest Independence Day speech on Thursday, lasting 98 minutes, surpassing his previous record of 96 minutes set in 2016. PM Modi‘s speeches have averaged around 82 minutes, making them the longest of any PM in history.On the 78th Independence Day, PM Modi, in his address, outlined a…
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni congratulated India on 78th Independence Day and highlighted the growing bond between the two nations. Sharing a photo of herself with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Meloni underscored the deepening ties between Italy and India, reflecting on their growing strategic partnership. “On the occasion of the 78th Independence Day, I would…
The Federation of Resident Doctors’ Association (FORDA) has decided to resume their strike in the wake of vandalism incident at the crime scene of brutal rape-murder at R G Kar Medical College and Hospital.The doctors association had called off the strike on Tuesday after the association received assurances from Union health minister JP Nadda during…
