New Delhi, 26/4: The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved National Medical Devices Policy with an aim to increase domestic production and reduce imports of such equipment. Briefing media after the Cabinet meeting, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said it will promote domestic production of medical devices. Last year, the government had floated an approach…
Balodabazar (Chhattisgarh), 23/6: A gruesome serial murder spree orchestrated by a “psycho killer” gripped a village in Chhattisgarh’s Balodabazar district, where a shopkeeper allegedly used lethal doses of borax powder to poison eight men over a period of four months. The 46-year-old accused, Ram Sahay Jaiswal, evaded suspicion for months by helping grieving families and…
New Delhi, 22/3: The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to examine a plea by Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal against his arrest by the Enforcement Directorate on March 21 in the Delhi liquor policy scam case. A special bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna, M M Sundresh and Bela M Trivedi would take up the matter…
Baripada: President Droupadi Murmu and Prime Minister Narendra Modi are scheduled to offer prayers at ‘Gosani’, a sacred site of the Santali community, in Odisha’s Mayurbhanj district June 20, officials said Wednesday.The PM will visit Pahadpur village, the native place of Murmu’s in-laws, and participate in traditional Santali rituals on the president’s 68th birthday.Modi is…
New Delhi, 21/7: The government on Tuesday said it is ready to discuss all issues relating to the NEET exam and the movement associated with it in Parliament, after Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi sat on a dharna outside Prime Minister Narendra Modi.Minister of State in PMO Jitendra Singh, who along with…
Bahraich,14/10: Police have booked a man and detained around 30 people in connection with the communal violence that broke out in a village here and led to the death of a 22-year-old, officials said on Monday. The face-off occurred on Sunday in the Mahrajganj area of Mansoor village when a Durga idol immersion procession passed…
New Delhi, 27/2: The CBI has filed an appeal in the Delhi High Court, challenging a special court’s order discharging former chief minister Arvind Kejriwal, former deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia and others in the liquor-policy case, officials said on Friday. The central agency flagged several points that were ignored and not considered at the…
Goa, 31/8: The Goa Crime Branch on Thursday arrested state Aam Aadmi Party president Amit Palekar for allegedly misrepresenting facts in connection with an accident wherein a Mercedes car mowed down three people near Panaji earlier this month, an official said. Palekar has been accused of misrepresenting facts by introducing a wrong person as the…
Mumbai, 12/8: Once criticised for favouring the company of Bollywood stars and celebrities instead of Shiv Sena leaders, Aaditya Thackeray has hit the road to connect with the party’s base since the fall of the Uddhav Thackeray government in Maharashtra. The Thackeray scion has been touring various parts of the state, especially the constituencies of…
New Delhi, 20/3:Suspended BSP leader and Lok Sabha MP Danish Ali on Wednesday joined Congress, PTI reported. Earlier on March 14, Ali had met Congress president Sonia Gandhi at her 10 Janpath residence and sought “blessings” from the Congress parliamentary party chief. PTI citing sources said Ali is likely to be the Congress candidate from…
