Supreme Court had held suo motu hearings over the earlier ‘judicial corruption’ chapter NEW DELHI: A new NCERT textbook has described the judiciary as an “impartial and independent institution”, months after the Supreme Court objected to a section on alleged “corruption in the judiciary” in an NCERT Class 8 textbook.The Class 9 social science textbook…
Union minister Kiren Rijiju (File photo) NEW DELHI: Union minister Kiren Rijiju on Friday drew a parallel between Rahul Gandhi and AAP national convenor Arvind Kejriwal after the Congress MP expressed “regret” before the Madhya Pradesh high court over his remarks on Union minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan’s son, Kartikey Singh Chouhan.In a post on X,…
“Birthday wishes to Union minister Shri Dharmendra Pradhan Ji,” PM Modi wrote on X. NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Friday received a community note on his X post after he wished Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan on his birthday, days after the NEET retest, which was necessitated by the leak of the question paper…
India’s Operation Amistad for Venezuela (Image courtesy: https://x.com/adgpi) NEW DELHI: India on Friday launched Operation Amistad (“friend” in Spanish) to support earthquake-hit Venezuela, with two Indian Air Force (IAF) C-17 aircraft carrying a field hospital unit and more than 35 tonnes of relief supplies.Announcing the operation in a post on X, external affairs minister Subrahmanyam…
Yesterday, eight people named in an FIR over the alleged embezzlement of temple donations were arrested. NEW DELHI: Champat Rai has resigned as general secretary of the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust on moral grounds amid ongoing row over the alleged embezzlement of donations received by the Ram Temple in Ayodhya, news agency ANI…
Nihang Sikhs interact with officials and a delegation from Punjab after ending their standoff at Nagrasu Gurudwara, in Rudraprayag. Five Nihangs, who had remained stationed on the roof of the gurdwara since Saturday, relented after talks with a delegation of Nihangs from Punjab and local authorities. (PTI photo) NEW DELHI: A standoff between a group…
Delhi CM Rekha Gupta directs district administration to inspect Shalimar Bagh’s Fortis Hospital (Photo credit: ANI) NEW DELHI: The Delhi government will initiate action against Fortis Hospital in Shalimar Bagh after a district administration inquiry found multiple alleged ‘irregularities’, including alleged lapses in patient care, an official statement said on Thursday.In a statement, Fortis Hospital…
Photo credit: Medicaldialogues.in New Delhi: Fertility clinics and sperm banks that are not registered under the Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) and Surrogacy Acts will no longer be allowed to procure key laboratory materials used in IVF procedures, with the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) directing that such products be supplied only to registered centres.The…
Tamil Nadu chief minister C Joseph Vijay takes part in the ‘Start Run, Stop Drugs’ anti-drug awareness run at Chennai’s Marina Beach. (Video credit: X) Tamil Nadu chief minister C Joseph Vijay joins thousands during the ‘Start Run, Stop Drugs’ anti-drug awareness run at Chennai’s Marina Beach on the International Day against drug abuse and…
New Delhi: Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation has imposed a Rs 1 lakh penalty and slapped a show-cause notice for termination of the licence of a food vendor after a passenger alleged a fly was found in the veg biryani served on Tejas Express.Officials said he was attended to immediately by the train captain…