Supreme Court has stepped up efforts to bring greater uniformity to cancer reporting NEW DELHI: With the National Cancer Registry Programme covering only a fraction of India’s population and rural cancer surveillance remaining particularly limited, the Supreme Court has stepped up efforts to bring greater uniformity to cancer reporting. The court on Tuesday asked the…
Rajni Rani, a national-level sportswoman with multiple medals, was denied a promotion in 2013 despite a directive by the Central Administrative Tribunal in Sept 2012 to consider her case. NEW DELHI: A national-level sportswoman, employed as a safaiwala (group D employee) in railways since 2003, has been awaiting promotion to group C level for last…
A content creator moved HC alleging that genuine creators such as him were denied access to the copyright tool NEW DELHI: Delhi high court Wednesday asked Meta to explain the criteria it follows to grant users access to its copyright management tool, Rights Manager, for Facebook and Instagram.A content creator moved HC alleging that genuine…
Brittas said the MP came from the treasury benches, stood behind him, disturbed him and started calling him a “lungi wala” NEW DELHI: CPM MP John Brittas has moved a privilege motion against BJP MP Sushmita Dev, alleging that she addressed him as “lungiwala” during proceedings in Rajya Sabha Monday. Dev denied that she had…
There are around 3,000 ambulances and 1,000 patrol vehicles and cranes each covering nearly 50,000 km of highways under the NHAI NEW DELHI: Ambulances deployed on NHs will face a Rs 10,000 penalty for failing to reach an incident site within 10 minutes, while a similar penalty will apply if they fail to take a…
It also directed the state govt to pay Rs 25 lakh as interim compensation to the family of the deceased NEW DELHI: Accusing top administrative and police officials of Chhattisgarh of trying to “cover up” a custodial death case, Supreme Court on Wednesday expressed lack of confidence in the state administration’s catching the errant officials…
RSS-affiliated Swadeshi Jagran Manch has called for a boycott of American products NEW DELHI: From beverages to social media, Swadeshi Jagaran Manch has sought to turn the latest US tariff threat into a wider “swadeshi” campaign, calling on Indians to boycott American products and platforms.The RSS-affiliated economic body reacted to the US Senate legislation which,…
Chinese manjha is generally made using synthetic or plastic material. NEW DELHI: Delhi Police has found a rather unusual way to join the viral ‘kuchu-puchu’ Gen Z trend, using internet humour to deliver a serious warning about kite-flying strings.In a recent social media post, the police urged residents to enjoy kite flying but stay away…
Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann meets Governor; seeks 10-day parole for Jagtar Singh Hawara on “humanitarian grounds” Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Singh Mann on Wednesday met with the Governor to recommend a 10-day parole for Jagtar Singh Hawara on humanitarian grounds, citing the deteriorating health of the prisoner’s mother.Jagtar Singh Hawara is currently serving a life…
On June 29, SIA filed a chargesheet in the abduction, torture and killing of Bhat SRINAGAR: Sarvanand Kaul Premi was a poet. Sarla Bhat was a nurse. Both were Kashmiri Pandits who stayed behind when militancy erupted and were killed in 1990. More than three decades later, J&K police’s SIA revived unresolved cases from the…
