Kolkata: A 51-year-old patient who went missing from RG Kar Medical College and Hospital shortly after being admitted on Aug 6 was found dead 10 days later at the Kolkata Police morgue, triggering allegations of severe negligence and lack of coordination between police stations and state-run medical facilities.Bimal Ghosh from Baranagar went missing from the…
The FDA has mandated statewide compliance for the edible oil industry, banning loose sales. MUMBAI: FDA on Thursday issued a statewide 14-clause compliance and enforcement order for the edible oil industry, binding the entire supply chain—from manufacturers and distributors to retailers, online sellers and the labelling industry.The order mandates sale only in “sealed, tamper-evident and…
The bigger idea of the fourth undergraduate year being a direct route to a PhD programme is yet to take root. NEW DELHI: At the Jantar Mantar protest in July, closely competing with anger on paper leaks was frustration about the four-year undergraduate programme (FYUP).The country’s first and predominantly Delhi University batch to graduate this…
Called the move ‘anti-national’ Chennai: Union home minister Amit Shah on Thursday launched a direct attack on Congress, labelling its decision to restrict the singing of Vande Mataram to just two stanzas as “anti-national.”Responding to Congress Working Committee’s resolution on the national song, Shah accused the party of reviving its decades-old “politics of appeasement.” Shah…
Sustainable Development Goals conference Patna: The state needs stronger inter-departmental coordination, wider use of data and greater investment in human development to accelerate progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), speakers said at the Bihar SDG Conclave 2026 on Thursday. The theme of the conclave’s opening day was “Accelerating SDGs through Human Development and Social…
Rahul Gandhi asks Congress to track leaders’ social media push on social justice issues NEW DELHI: Congress MP Rahul Gandhi is learnt to have asked the party to monitor social media of functionaries if they are amplifying the party line on social justice issues.The direction came after Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge at CWC meeting Wednesday…
Florence Mansion on Free School Street Kolkata: Florence Mansion at 15G, Mirza Ghalib Street used to be a residential building with 24-25 flats, many of them occupied by Sindhis. Over the years, as residents sold off their properties amid the commercialisation of the neighbourhood, the new owners made a series of changes and the building…
BMC officials said the issue is still being deliberated and a mechanism for calculating and collecting the fee has not yet been finalised Mumbai: BMC is exploring ways to make its Solid Waste Management (SWM) operations generate significantly more revenue, including by introducing user fees for bulk waste generators, as the civic body’s earnings from…
New Delhi: Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested Jitendra Pathak, who had been absconding for nearly 10 years, in connection with a case involving allegations that he impersonated an employee of Lok Sabha Secretariat and cheated a private individual with the promise of securing him a job in Parliament.CBI registered the case on July…
Chennai: Union Home Minister Shri Amit Shah batted for early resolution of water sharing disputes among southern states through dialogue involving the Union govt. Shah also pitched for interlinking of rivers from Brahmaputra to Cauvery and Godavari to ensure that India faced no water shortage for the next 100 years.“We have succeeded in making water-related…
