August 26, 2024 6:24 PM

Polygraph Test Being Conducted on R G Kar Medical College Officials

Polygraph test is being conducted on the former principal of the R G Kar Medical College and Hospital at CGO Complex of Kolkata. CBI is interrogating the former Medical Superintendent cum Vice Principal MSVP Dr Sanjay Vashist and Dr Debashis Som of the Forensic Department of the R G Kar Medical Coll...

August 26, 2024 5:58 PM

Maharashtra Market Committees Call Off Bandh

All market committees across Maharashtra have called off the 'bandh' scheduled for tomorrow, August 27. This decision came after a meeting between merchants' representatives and Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, which was also attended by Minister of Skills, Employment, Entrepreneurship, and ...

August 26, 2024 5:31 PM

Indian Coast Guard Rescues 11 Crew Members from Sinking MV ITT Puma Near Sagar Island

The Indian Coast Guard today rescued eleven crew members from the distressed MV ITT Puma during a challenging night-time Search and Rescue operation. The Mumbai-registered general cargo vessel was en route from Kolkata to Port Blair when it reportedly sank near Sagar Island of West Bengal. Defence M...

August 26, 2024 4:29 PM

BJP Issues List of 16 Candidates for J&K Assembly Elections

BJP today issued a list of 16 candidates for the upcoming Jammu and Kashmir assembly elections. The party has given tickets to Syed Showkat Gayoor Andrabi from Pampore, Javed Ahmad Qadri from Shopian, Arshid Bhat from Rajpora, Advocate Syed Wazahat from Anantnag, Sushri Shagun Parihar from Kishtwar,...

August 26, 2024 4:13 PM

CBI Probes into Financial Irregularities at Kolkata’s R G Kar Hospital

Central Bureau of Investigation, CBI is conducting its investigation into the financial irregularities at R G Kar Hospital in Kolkata. The agency is searching at various places in the city as well as interrogating Debashis Som of the Forensic Department of the R G Kar Medical College and other perso...

August 26, 2024 3:55 PM

Bird flu outbreak: Thousands of chickens culled in Odisha

In Odisha, thousands of chickens are being culled in Pipili of Puri district following the outbreak of bird flu.   According to reports, the state government has started culling about 20,000 poultry birds and they are buried after being culled as per the protocol and the farms are being sanitised...

August 26, 2024 2:01 PM

Unique features of UPS will benefit 23 lakh central govt employees: Delhi Divisional Railway Manager

Delhi Divisional Railway Manager- DRM Sukhvinder Singh today said that the unique features of the Unified Pension Scheme (UPS) will benefit 23 lakh central government employees including employees of the Indian railways.   Addressing the media in New Delhi, DRM Singh noted that the employees ...

August 26, 2024 1:52 PM

Kolkata: CBI conducts searches over alleged financial irregularities in RG Kar Hospital

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) continued its searches in Kolkata for the second day today in connection with the investigation into the alleged financial irregularities at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital.   The central probe agency is also interrogating the former principal of ...

August 26, 2024 1:30 PM

Heavy rain disrupts normal life in Gujarat

In Gujarat, several districts received torrential rainfall today, disrupting normal life. Akashvani correspondent reports that over 150 tehsils of the state received light to very heavy rainfall since morning.    Meanwhile, Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel held a telephonic conversation with t...

August 26, 2024 1:18 PM

Maharashtra School Education Minister says govt plans to install panic buttons in schools

Maharashtra's School Education Minister, Deepak Kesarkar, announced today that the government plans to install panic buttons in schools across the state.   Addressing a press conference in Mumbai, Mr. Kesarkar said that this proposal was discussed in a meeting with Chief Minister Eknath Shind...