NEW DELHI: Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday said that leaders who defected from the party will not be allowed to return.Addressing a rally on Martyrs’ Day in Kolkata, Mamata said she has “many people” to fill the places of leaders who jumped ship after the TMC suffered a huge setback in the Assembly … Read more
Educationist and activist Sonam Wangchuk NEW DELHI: Scientist and activist Sonam Wangchuk on Tuesday received permission from the Delhi high court to be shifted from Safdarjung Hospital to a private hospital, amid his prolonged hunger strike over the alleged NEET paper leak.The court’s decision came after Wangchuk’s wife, Gitanjali Angmo, challenged a single judge’s order … Read more
NEW DELHI: Leader of opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday questioned Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s silence over the police action against student protesters, calling it “un-Indian”.His remarks came a day after a protest led by the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) on Monday saw roads blocked with demonstrators in the national capital. Police … Read more
Representative image (ANI photo) NEW DELHI: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Tuesday conducted searches at eight locations across Bengaluru in connection with an IS recruitment and terror funding case, officials said.The raids, carried out by the ED’s Bengaluru zonal office, began early in the morning and are still under way. The searches are based on … Read more
Sena (UBT) moves SC challenging Speaker’s approval of MPs’ merger with Shinde faction (ANI, PTI images) NEW DELHI: The Shiv Sena (UBT) on Tuesday approached the Supreme Court challenging Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla’s decision to approve the merger of its six MPs with the Shiv Sena led by Maharashtra deputy chief minister Eknath Shinde.Senior … Read more
Mahua Moitra takes aim at Dharmendra Pradhan during NEET protests. NEW DELHI: Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra took a dig at education minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Tuesday, saying he probably does not know how to write a letter of resignation. The comment comes amid ongoing protests organised by Cockroach Janta Party demanding his resignation over … Read more
PM Modi, according to Rijiju, also said that “security and future of youth” is the government’s priority. NEW DELHI: Union minister Kiren Rijiju Tuesday said PM Narendra Modi, during the NDA’s parliamentary party meeting, retierated government’s stance to ensure “stringent punishment” for those involved in the NEET paper leak.Rijiju, who is the minister of parliamentary … Read more
Two Premier Hospital RDAs Seek President’s Intervention Over Wangchuk Case (ANI images) NEW DELHI: A day after the Resident Doctors’ Association (RDA) of AIIMS wrote to President Droupadi Murmu over the Jantar Mantar crackdown and the continued hospitalisation of climate activist Sonam Wangchuk, the RDA of VMMC and Safdarjung Hospital on Tuesday also sought the … Read more
The biggest event is being organised by the Mamata Banerjee-led faction of the Trinamool Congress near Birla Planetarium. NEW DELHI: West Bengal’s annual July 21 Martyrs’ Day observance has turned into a major political showdown this year, with three rival groups set to hold separate programmes within a 2.5-km stretch in central Kolkata. What was … Read more
“Sonam Wangchuk being continuously monitored, kidney risk if fasting continues,” said Safdarjung Hospital’s statement. NEW DELHI: Climate activist Sonam Wangchuk continues to decline intravenous fluids and glucose administration despite repeated medical advice, even as his blood sugar levels remained on the lower side, serum potassium dropped to 3.2 mEq/L and laboratory tests showed persistent pancytopenia, … Read more