NEW DELHI — India’s top court on Tuesday set up a national task force of doctors who will make recommendations on safety of health care workers at their workplaces, days after the rape and killing of a trainee doctor that sparked outrage and nationwide protests. The Supreme Court said the doctors’ panel will frame guidelines […]
BAREILLY, UP — After Prime Minister Narendra Modi made a forceful argument for adopting the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) during his Independence Day speech on Thursday, Maulana Shahabuddin Razvi, the President of the All India Muslim Jamaat (AIMJ), claimed that Muslims in the country are not happy with the Prime Minister’s remarks. During his speech […]
NEW DELHI — The Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to grant interim bail to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in a corruption case filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in the alleged excise policy scam and sought a response from the probe agency on his plea challenging his arrest. As the hearing commenced […]
NEW DELHI — The Supreme Court will on Wednesday hear a plea filed by Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal seeking release from jail in connection with the Delhi excise policy case, in which he is under investigation by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). A bench of justices Surya Kant and Ujjal Bhuyan will take […]
KOLKATA — Three junior doctors and one house staff has been summoned by the Kolkata police in connection with the rape-murder of a PG trainee woman doctor at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata. According to the Kolkata Police sources, the summoned junior doctors and house staff were on duty on the night […]
KOLKATA — Facing backlash over the rape and murder of a doctor at state-run RG Kar Medical College & Hospital, principal Sandip Ghosh resigned from his post and government service on Monday morning, days after junior doctors demanded his removal for failing to provide security to the staff. Across the state, hospital services were disrupted […]
NEW DELHI — The Supreme Court on Monday refused to entertain a petition challenging the cancellation of the UGC-NET 2024 (University Grants Commission-National Eligibility Test) examination on the basis of alleged paper leaks. “Nearly two months have elapsed since the examination was cancelled and the fresh examination is now to be held in the course […]
NEW DELHI — Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has petitioned the Supreme Court challenging his arrest by the CBI in the corruption case linked to the alleged liquor policy scam. The special leave petition filed before the apex court challenges the August 5 decision of the Delhi High Court dismissing CM Kejriwal’s plea against CBI […]
NEW DELHI — A petition has been filed before the Supreme Court challenging the cancellation of the UGC-NET 2024 (University Grants Commission-National Eligibility Test) on the basis of alleged paper leaks. The petition filed by a group of UGC NET aspirants seeks immediate intervention from the apex court to halt the decision to conduct the […]
NEW DELHI — A public interest litigation (PIL) has been filed before the Supreme Court seeking direction to the government to consider introduction of much harsher and deterrent punishments for Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS), in the context of further possible expansion of the infamous Golden Crescent and the Golden Triangle to India, a […]