Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay inspected Institute of Obstetrics and Gynaecology and Government Hospital for Women and Children, Egmore. Chennai: To tighten monitoring of govt hospitals, the Directorate of Medical Education and Research (DMER) has appointed 50 nodal officers to oversee compliance with directives issued to medical institutions across Tamil Nadu.Officers will monitor corrective measures,…
NEW DELHI: West Bengal chief minister Suvendu Adhikari on Tuesday announced a slew of welfare measures, including subsidised meals, monthly financial assistance for women, and new restrictions on liquor shops near educational and religious institutions.Addressing a public gathering, Adhikari said fish-rice meals would be made available for Rs 5 at 400 dedicated canteens across the…
New Delhi: Fourteen people have been arrested in an international cyber fraud call centre bust in Rajapuri area of southwest Delhi’s Dwarka. The accused were allegedly cheating US citizens by pretending to be the tech support staff of a multinational company and security service providers.According to the police, acting on a tip-off, a raid was…
Representative image (AI) US and Iran mediators are now engaged in high-stakes negotiations aimed at ending the conflict, despite a fragile ceasefire in place and months of turmoil in the Middle East triggered by Donald Trump’s ambitious military campaign launched on February 28.The possible truce plan includes key bargaining points between the two sides, including…
Ahmedabad: A migrant labourer was brutally attacked by a mob in Chandkheda on Friday afternoon after being suspected of an alleged attempt to kidnap a child, once again underlining the dangers of rumour-driven vigilantism.The victim, a man in his early 30s from Tundla in Uttar Pradesh, was walking near a residential society in Chandkheda when…
PSL slammed on Social Media The Pakistan Super League (PSL) once again found itself at the centre of criticism after a bizarre selection mix-up saw a replacement player feature alongside the very player he was meant to replace. The incident occurred during Match 26 of PSL 2026 between Quetta Gladiators and defending champions Lahore Qalandars,…
Lucknow: India’s military doctrine has moved beyond the Cold Start strategy to a more flexible response model, allowing it to calibrate military action according to the scale of provocation rather than following a fixed operational template, according to Maj Gen (retd) Bipin Bakshi.Maj Gen Bakshi is a decorated paratrooper and former IG (training), NSG, former…
New Delhi: Delhi High Court has permitted a woman aged 50 years and two months to receive her cryopreserved embryos even after crossing the threshold age, noting that reproductive rights and access to parenthood cannot be reduced to purely technical application of statutory conditions.Justice Purushaindra Kumar Kaurav, in a recent order, said the embryos were…
New Delhi: Residential buildings under 24 metres in height — a category that includes a large number multi-storey homes, such as the ill-fated one in Delhi’s Vivek Vihar — will fall outside the scope of “fire and life safety” provisions under the newly notified National Building Construction Standards (NBCS), which replaced the National Building Code…
Ahmedabad: Mayor Hitesh Barot and standing committee members convened a pre-monsoon preparedness meeting at the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) on Friday. Key directives included identifying chronic waterlogging spots and repairing faulty street light poles to prevent electrocution, a critical issue after two people died from live wires in water puddles during the 2025 monsoon.In a…
