New Delhi: In a sweeping order examining pricing practices at private super-speciality hospitals in Delhi-NCR, Competition Commission of India (CCI) has raised concerns over how admitted patients are routed towards in-house pharmacies, diagnostics and consumables. The regulator said patients often become “locked-in” once admitted to the facility.The order, related to Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, is…
Pune: Technical issues marred the first day of the first round of Centralised Admission Process (CAP) for first year junior colleges (FYJC) across the state on Thursday.Students and parents, who tried to fill up part 1 and 2 of the online admission form in the morning, found an unresponsive screen when they tried to log…
Mandya: Karnataka govt faced a fresh round of embarrassment Thursday after Upalokayukta Justice B Veerappa said the state ranked fifth among the country’s most corrupt states and warned that graft was “overflowing in every department”.The former Karnataka high court judge, known as the “Judge of the common man” for promoting accessible and speedy justice delivery,…
Adil Agarwal, CEO, Dr Agarwal’s Health Care Chennai: Dr. Agarwal’s Health Care on Thursday reported a 52% rise in Profit after Tax (PAT) at Rs 168 crore in FY26 against Rs 110 crore during previous year (FY25). The total income of the eye care service chain rose by 21% YoY at Rs 2,125 crore in…
Telangana to roll out action plan to make roads safer for children Hyderabad: The state govt is set to introduce a dedicated Road Safety Action Plan for Children 2030, making it one of the first states in the country to launch a child-centric road safety framework.The initiative comes amid growing concerns over fatalities and injuries…
Gurgaon: A day after police registered a case against individuals for the alleged gangrape and abetment to suicide of a 19-year-old girl in Nuh, the authorities have launched a hunt for five people after constituting multiple teams.Police on Thursday identified all five accused: Amaan, Sahrukh and Talha are the other suspects besides Arshad and Jahul,…
Kolkata: The Bengal govt informed the National Green Tribunal (NGT) that several mega surface water-based drinking water projects aimed at tackling arsenic contamination in North 24 Parganas are running behind schedule because of fund shortages, land acquisition hurdles and delays in securing clearances from multiple agencies. Earlier, green-crusader Subhas Datta said that most of the…
Noida: The family of a 24-year-old woman who died after falling from the third floor of her in-laws’ house in Greater Noida’s Jalpura village has demanded a fast-track court trial. They alleged Deepika Nagar was tortured for dowry and pushed off the terrace following a dispute on the night of May 17.Police have arrested four…
Panaji: Nine years after he founded a hyper-local party that stood on anti-migrant plank, Revolutionary Goans’ combative president Manoj Parab announced his resignation from the party and said he was also quitting active politics as he had failed to control internal politics and groupism.Throwing RG into a turmoil that threatens to douse its ‘uzzo’ (the…
Victim, Deepak with his wife and daughter Bahraich: In a tragic incident, a 30-year-old man was allegedly dragged into the Ghaghara river by a crocodile while he was attending his mother-in-law’s funeral in Gonda on Wednesday noon.The victim, Deepak, a resident of Greater Noida, had travelled to his in-laws’ village with his wife and daughter…
