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V-P Dhankhar questions certain NGOs’ silence on Kolkata medic’s rape, murder
Dehradun: Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankhar on Sunday questioned the silence of certain NGOs on the violence against a “health warrior” at Kolkata’s RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, terming the incident as “barbarity expressed in extremity”.Addressing students and faculty members at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in…
Read More »Prez Murmu flags delay in rape case verdicts, calls for end of ‘culture of adjournments’
New Delhi: President Droupadi Murmu on Sunday said delay in court decisions in heinous crimes, like rape, forces the common man to think that the judicial process lacks sensitivity, even as she called for a change in ‘culture of adjournments’ in the judiciary.She said longstanding pendency and backlog of…
Read More »High court has power to quash FIR even when the charge sheet is filed : Supreme Court..
SRINAGAR ÷ The India’s apex court on Wednesday (Aug 28) emphasised that the high court, under Section 482 CrPC, is empowered to quash an FIR even when the charge sheet is filed. This, the apex court said should be done when the court believes that continuing the proceedings would…
Read More »Paralympics: Golden girl Avani leads shooting’s medal rush; landmark track bronze from Preethi Pal
Chateauroux/Paris: The extraordinary Avani Lekhara became the first Indian to win two successive Paralympic gold medals with a record-breaking performance that cemented her place as one of the finest para-shooters in the world on a history-making day for the country, which also snared its maiden track medal through Preethi Pal.The…
Read More »Transgender identity certificate will be treated as valid documentation for PAN: Centre to SC
New Delhi, Aug 29: The Centre has told the Supreme Court that a ‘certificate of identity’ issued by the district magistrate under the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act, 2019 will be treated as valid documentation for applying for a PAN card. A bench of Justices Sudhanshu Dhulia and…
Read More »Govt bans 156 fixed dose combination drugs over health risk concerns
The ministry stated that the use of the said FDCs is likely to involve risk to human beings whereas safer alternatives to the said drug are available. Thursday, Aug 29: The government on Thursday banned 156 fixed dose combination (FDCs) medicines, which included antibiotics, painkillers and multivitamins, after a…
Read More »Seasoned Bureaucrat Govind Mohan to take charge as Union Home Secretary on Thursday
NEW DELHI, Aug 21: Senior IAS officer Govind Mohan on Thursday will take charge as the new Union Home Secretary from Ajay Kumar Bhalla, who completes his five year tenure at the sensitive post, official sources said.Mohan, a B.Tech from Banaras Hindu University and PG Diploma from IIM, Ahmedabad, was…
Read More »151 sitting MPs and MLAs face cases of crimes against women, 16 charged with rape: ADR
NEW DELHI, Aug 21: As many as 151 sitting MPs and MLAs have declared cases related to crimes against women in their election affidavits, with West Bengal having the highest number of lawmakers facing such cases, according to a recent report by a poll rights body. For the report, the…
Read More »Amarnath Yatra successfully completed; record 5.12 lakh pilgrims visited: Amit Shah
NEW DELHI, Aug 21: The pilgrimage to holy shrine of Amarnath was successfully completed and a record number of more than 5.12 lakh pilgrims visited it, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said on Wednesday. The pilgrimage to the Amarnath shrine, located at a height of 3,880 metres in the south…
Read More »HCI invites online application for Hajj 2025
SRINAGAR, AUGUST 13 : The aspirants who wish to undertake Hajj journey during 1446(H)—2025(CE) have been informed that the Hajj Committee of India (HCI) has invited online application forms with effect from 13 August, 2024. As per a notification, the aspirants are being informed that before filing the application form…
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All Schools Shut Across Kashmir on April 21 amid inclement weather
In light of the prevailing inclement weather conditions across the Kashmir Division, authorities have …
