Prashant Kishor takes office as MLA NEW DELHI: Jan Suraaj Party founder Prashant Kishor on Monday took oath as the Bankipur MLA at the Bihar Legislative Assembly, following his victory in the Bankipur Assembly by-election.In Bihar’s urban constituency of Bankipur, a BJP stronghold since 1995, Prashant Kishor secured his first electoral victory, defeating his nearest … Read more
National Medical Commission proposed to link the National Medical Register with state registers to track licence status, suspension, removal and other disciplinary action. (File Photo) NEW DELHI: A doctor’s disciplinary record may soon follow them across the country, with the National Medical Commission proposing to link the National Medical Register with state registers to track … Read more
Shehzad Poonawalla resubmits resignation NEW DELHI: BJP leader Shehzad Poonawalla has once again submitted his resignation from all party posts, urging the party to accept it after his earlier resignation was rejected.In a post on X, Poonawalla said he had “once again submitted” his resignation letter to BJP president Nitin Nabin and requested that it … Read more
Kiren Rijiju said PM was not referring to the opposition after P Chidambaram’s ‘dimagi Naxal’ post. NEW DELHI: PM Modi’s ‘dimagi Naxal’ remark on August 15 became the subject of a political slugfest Sunday, with Congress’s P Chidambaram saying he was “proud to be a dimagi Naxal” to which BJP replied that the ex-home minister’s … Read more
CJI Kant told TOI he ‘never consented to Nalsar’s invitation’. NEW DELHI: Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant has not accepted the invitation to be chief guest at the convocation of National Academy of Legal Studies and Research (Nalsar) University of Law amid a row sparked by a section of students opposing his presence … Read more
An SC bench said the evidence for an accidental drowning was more plausible than homicide. NEW DELHI: Observing that the human mind can sometimes act foolishly, especially in the face of unpredictable adversity, Supreme Court has said that such behaviour cannot be the sole basis of conviction and acquitted two men who had been held … Read more
ED investigation into a Kolkata-based aviation company. NEW DELHI: An ED investigation into a Kolkata-based aviation company has found that the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress allegedly funded Rs 160 crore from the party’s coffers to a little-known firm, Carewell Aviation India Pvt Ltd, to buy an Embraer jet and an Agusta VIP helicopter, which it … Read more
Rahul Gandhi said the upcoming rally in Pune on Aug 22 will be exclusively for girls. NEW DELHI: As part of his “chhatron ki goonj” meetings targeting the youth, Congress’s Rahul Gandhi said the upcoming rally in Pune on Aug 22 will be exclusively for girls.The announcement came along with Rahul’s social media video post … Read more
NEW DELHi: Attacking home minister Amit Shah for demanding an apology over the Vande Mataram row, Congress claimed the minister had insulted Bhimrao Ambedkar’s memory in Rajya Sabha and that he owes allegiance to an organisation that did not unfurl the tricolour at its headquarters till 2002 – in what were allusions to Shah’s controversial … Read more
The latest invitation comes after six rounds of discussions between the Jharkhand government and the protesting students failed to produce a settlement. NEW DELHI: The Jharkhand government has invited students protesting alleged irregularities in recruitment examinations for a fresh round of talks on Monday, August 17, in an attempt to resolve the 23-day-old standoff over … Read more