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FIR against doctors, manager over kidney surgery death

LUCKNOW: Police on Saturday lodged an FIR against two doctors and the manager of a private hospital for alleged medical negligence following the death of a man after a surgery for kidney stone removal in Rae Bareli. Read More

Agusta scam: Michel gets bail in ED case, but to remain in jail

NEW DELHI: A Delhi court on Saturday ordered the release of Christian James Michel from custody in a money laundering case linked to the AgustaWestland VVIP chopper scam, holding that he has already spent the ‘maximum periodR Read More

Maharashtra CM orders SIT probe in Chandrapur kidney racket case

NAGPUR/CHANDRAPUR: The Maharashtra govt has set up a special investigation team (SIT) to probe the Chandrapur kidney racket after allegations surfaced that farmers were coerced by illegal moneylenders into selling their kidneys to rep Read More

9 years after NH-91 horror, UP court convicts 5 in mother-daughter gangrape, sentencing tomorrow

MEERUT/BULANDSHAHR: Nine years after the horrific gang rape of a woman and her young daughter on a stretch of National Highway-91 in Uttar Pradesh as male members of the family, tied and assaulted by robbers, begged and cried for mercy Read More

Man carries baby’s body in bag, takes bus 70km home

JAMSHEDPUR: Fog hung low over the road as a young father stepped out of a govt hospital in Jharkhand’s Chaibasa with nothing left to save. Read More

Fought for MGNREGA earlier, will fight again: Sonia Gandhi

NEW DELHI: Amplifying the threat of agitation coming from Congress in recent days, Sonia Gandhi Saturday said she fought for MGNREGA two decades ago, and is as committed to fight for it again. Read More

Ward boy refills child’s nebuliser with ‘spirit’ at UP hospital, sacked

Representative file photo BAREILLY: A 30-year-old ward boy at Lala Lajpat Rai Memorial (LLRM) Medical College in Meerut was terminated after allegedly mistaking spirit for water while refilling the oxygen chamber of a nebuliser mean Read More

Congress MP-led panel calls meet over G RAM G vs MGNREGS

NEW DELHI: A Congress MP heading a parliamentary committee has called its meeting on Dec 29 to discuss the ‘VB G RAM G’ bill and to compare it with the UPA-era MGNREGS, a move being seen as an escalation of political battl Read More

SIM-linking stays but government may up auto logout time

file photo NEW DELHI: While the govt is firm that department of telecommunications’ (DoT) Nov 28 direction mandating continuous SIM-binding of messaging apps like WhatsApp is a critical security intervention to check cyber cri Read More

4th elephant death on rail tracks this year, toll rises to 94 since 2019

NEW DELHI: The death of at least seven elephants after being hit by a high-speed passenger train in Assam on Saturday has taken the toll of such fatalities since 2019-20 to 94. This was the fourth such accident this year. Read More

High court seeks report from chief secretary on steps to unclog Shimla traffic

file photo SHIMLA: Himachal Pradesh HC has directed the chief secretary to submit a detailed affidavit on what has been done to solve Shimla’s traffic congestion. Read More

2,961 signalling failures a year in South Western Railway: Auditor

Image: IANS NEW DELHI: Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has flagged 2,961 annual failures in signalling system in the South Western Railway (SWR) in a recent report and has sought more effective maintenance mechanisms to preven Read More