National Medical Commission (NMC) has yet again issued a public notice threatening to take action against medical colleges that do not pay stipends to interns and resident doctors.With no evidence of any action being taken after similar threats in 2023 and 2024, it remains to be seen whether change in chairman of the commission leads…
Kottayam: Is there a connection between jackfruit and detection of alcohol in one’s breath? A breathalyser test at a Kerala State Road Transport Corporation depot in Pathanamthitta apparently found one.A bus driver who consumed jackfruit before joining duty failed a breathalyzer test at the Pandalam KSRTC depot on Friday. An official, who did not wish…
Justice Yashwant Varma and Kiren Rijiju (right) NEW DELHI: Parliamentary affairs minister Kiren Rijiju on Sunday said over 100 MPs have signed a notice to bring a removal motion against Justice Yashwant Varma, crossing the threshold to bring the motion in Lok Sabha.“The signature (exercise) is underway and it has crossed 100 already,” Rijiju told…
NEW DELHI: The Centre on Sunday expressed its readiness to discuss all “important issues” in the monsoon session of Parliament raised by opposition parties, including Operation Sindoor and repeated claims by US President Donald Trump that he had facilitated the ceasefire between India and Pakistan.At the customary floor leaders’ meeting ahead of the session beginning…
MUMBAI: Even as MNS chief Raj Thackeray maintained a studied silence on an alliance with Sena UBT after their ‘victory rally’ earlier this month, Uddhav Thackeray on Sunday reiterated that the two cousins are together. “Whoever has a problem with two brothers coming together should deal with it. We will fulfil Maharashtra’s dream together. The…
NEW DELHI: The new alternative 130-km road to the country’s strategically located Daulat Beg Oldie (DBO) military outpost in eastern Ladakh is now in the final stages of construction in the forbidding high-altitude region, with the entire stretch likely to be fully operational by Oct-Nov next year.The Border Roads Organisation (BRO) has been working hard…
NEW DELHI: The Union govt has informed SC that it plans to set up Artificial Intelligence-based facial recognition systems at seven major railway stations, including Mumbai CST and New Delhi, to curb crimes against women. The number of sexual offenders recorded in the National Database on Sexual Offenders (NDSO) has crossed the 20-lakh mark, it…
J&K CM Omar Abdullah (File photo) JAMMU: J&K CM Omar Abdullah urged Sunday the external affairs ministry (MEA) to intervene urgently in securing the release of Ranjeet Singh, a resident of Ramban district, who was allegedly abducted by terrorists in Niger following an attack on July 15.Abdullah tagged external affairs minister S Jaishankar on X…
JAMMU: A gunfight broke out Sunday between security forces and terrorists following a cordon-and-search operation launched on specific intelligence in Dachhan area of J&K’s Kishtwar district. At least three terrorists, suspected to be affiliated with Pakistan-backed banned outfit Jaish-e-Mohammad, are believed to be trapped.“Security forces came under intense fire during the search, triggering a gunfight,”…
NEW DELHI: A 43-year-old man from Mumbai has been arrested after his pet pit bull attacked and injured an 11-year-old boy in Mankhurd. According to the FIR filed by the boy’s father, the child was playing inside a stationary auto-rickshaw on Thursday night when Sohail Hasan Khan allegedly set the dog loose on the boy,…
