KOLKATA: Cops have issued a traffic advisory announcing major road closures, parking restrictions, and vehicular diversions across central Kolkata on Monday in connection with the state’s planned ‘Har Ghar Tiranga’ rally that will be attended by CM Suvendu Adhikari. Traffic movement across key stretches surrounding the Maidan and adjoining commercial corridors will be regulated or…
The FIR was lodged in Oct last year Mumbai: Holding that participation in a programme paying homage to the late Delhi University professor G N Saibaba, who was acquitted in a UAPA case, or downloading books published by Maoist writers alone would not amount to a criminal offence, a sessions court on Friday granted anticipatory…
New Delhi: Delhi govt, in a temporary policy shift amid scrutiny of its health procurement system, has cancelled all pending medicine and medical consumable tenders being processed through the Central Procurement Agency (CPA) and temporarily authorised govt hospitals to procure medicines and other commodities on their own.The health and family welfare department in an Aug…
Chennai: Six faculty members of the Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras) have been selected for Anusandhan National Research Foundation (ANRF) J C Bose Grant, a national research honour for senior scientists and engineers. The awardees are Prof Sujatha Srinivasan, Prof Thalappil Pradeep, Prof Deepa Venkitesh, Prof Jitendra S Sangwai, Prof Ramakrishnan Swaminathan and…
Protesters squat on the tracks near the Buxar-Itadhi railway crossing in Buxar on Friday Buxar: Around 300 protesters led by the Congress and the Dalit Ati-Pichhda Swabhiman Sangharsh Morcha blocked railway tracks in Buxar for about 25 minutes on Friday, disrupting train services and intensifying the agitation for the reopening of the closed Buxar-Itadhi railway…
CM Hemant Soren plants a sapling at Khelgaon Sports Complex on Friday Ranchi: Expressing concern over rapid climate change and recurring climate-related calamities, chief minister Hemant Soren on Friday said balancing development with environmental conservation is the only path to a sustainable future.Soren, who attended the 77th state-level Van Mahotsav at Harivansh Tana Bhagat Indoor…
Saluka Kayam was wanted in 96 criminal cases, police said Jamshedpur: Three Maoists, including zonal committee member Saluka Kayam alias Bhuvneshwar, surrendered before police on Friday, a senior officer at the state police headquarters said.Saluka, who was active in the Saranda region, was wanted in 96 criminal cases and carried a reward of Rs 10…
MEA has dismissed as “fake news” a report claiming India sought a defence pact with Israel after the Pakistan-Saudi-Turkey security agreement. NEW DELHI: The Ministry of External Affairs on Friday rejected a report claiming India had approached Israel for a defence pact following the signing of a new security agreement between Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and…
Kolkata: The state health department on Friday asked all private hospitals in Kolkata to be ready to admit patients under Ayushman Bharat from Aug 16. While most hospitals have been empanelled under the scheme and trained their staff in the new process, the ones that are yet to complete the formalities have to submit a…
The magnets from the child’s toy Mumbai: What appeared to be a stomach infection in a two-year-old boy turned out to be a medical emergency after two tiny toy magnets, which had been swallowed separately, locked onto each other inside his intestines, tearing holes in his bowel and forcing emergency surgery.Swallowing foreign objects is among…
