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NEW DELHI: For the first time in over a decade, the Centre has revised the price list for nearly 2,000 tests and procedures for CGHS beneficiaries with the increase in some cases adding up to seven times the current level.The move is expected to help over 40 lakh CGHS beneficiaries who often faced difficulties in…
Hasina issue needs consultations, says Vikram Misri NEW DELHI: India firmly supports a free, fair, inclusive and participatory national election in Bangladesh at the earliest possible time, foreign secretary Vikram Misri said Monday while noting that matters related former PM Sheikh Hasina are “judicial and legal” in nature and requires “consultations” between the two neighbours.In…
Supreme Court issues notice to Centre, UT on wife’s plea NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Monday issued notice to Centre and Ladakh UT on a petition filed by Sonam Wangchuk’s wife Gitanjali J Angmo, challenging his detention under the stringent National Security Act, but refused to pass interim order to the authorities to give her…
NEW DELHI: Cutting across political lines, prominent netas on Monday condemned the attack on CJI BR Gavai, with PM Narendra Modi calling him and saying there is no place for such reprehensible acts in society. The opposition led by Congress expressed anguish over the incident, calling it “unprecedented, shameful and abhorrent”.“Spoke to Chief Justice of…
2 police officers brave flames to rescue patients JAIPUR: Two brave cops went beyond their regular duties to evacuate critically ill patients from the raging flames at SMS Hospital’s Institute of Traumatology and Orthopaedic Medicine late Sunday.Constables Hari Mohan and Lalit Sharma, posted with SMS Hospital PS, were at the facility for a routine medical…
File photo: CJI B R Gavai NEW DELHI: A lawyer tried to attack CJI B R Gavai inside an SC courtroom on Monday, but alert security personnel restrained him the moment he removed his sports shoes in a bid to hurl them at the CJI. Gavai remained calm and composed and went ahead with court…
SILIGURI: Eight bodies were found Monday as flood waters started receding in north Bengal, taking the toll in one of the worst calamities in the region to 36. Many more are still missing.Till Sunday, 28 bodies were recovered in north Bengal’s hills and plains. Five of the victims were Nepalis.CM Banerjee, who arrived in north…
NEW DELHI: In the high-stakes showdown for Bihar assembly polls, NDA, helmed by BJP and CM Nitish Kumar’s JDU, is expecting a resounding endorsement of its “double engine” governance, claiming to have lifted the state from ‘Jungle Raj’ quagmire to the cusp of ‘Viksit Bihar’. Home minister Amit Shah said on Monday that NDA government…
BHOPAL/NAGPUR: Madhya Pradesh government on Monday transferred the state drugs controller and suspended three of his subordinates, holding them accountable for the deaths of children, allegedly after consuming Coldrif cough syrup, in Chhindwara district, as the toll mounted to 15, with one more girl undergoing treatment in Nagpur succumbing on Monday.Following CM Mohan Yadav’s instructions,…
BJP MP & MLA assaulted during flood tour JALPAIGURI/SILIGURI: A group of around 50 villagers assaulted BJP MP from Malda North, Khagen Murmu, and BJP MLA from Siliguri, Sankar Ghosh, and ransacked their cars on Monday at Bamandanga in Jalpaiguri’s Nagrakata, where the legislators had gone to inspect flood-hit areas. The attack left Murmu bleeding…
