Appearing in person, the petitioner contended that mandatory safeguards relating to donor screening; health assessment, counselling, consent and record keeping were not followed during the camp. Hyderabad: Telangana high court has sought a response from the state govt on a petition alleging procedural and regulatory violations at a mega blood donation camp conducted on Feb…
Gurgaon: Demolition drives by Department of Town and Country Planning (DTCP) to clear encroachments and reclaim right of way (ROW) in some of the city’s upscale residential colonies have left behind another civic hazard — heaps of debris. In South City-1, waste from a drive in May still lies along internal roads nearly four months…
Kolkata: Several city hospitals have lined up significant investments in cutting-edge technology incorporating AI, next-generation medical equipment, including advanced screening mechanisms and robotic surgical instruments, over the next few months. While one of them entered into a collaboration with a multinational tech giant on Wednesday for integrated critical-care technologies and AI-aided diagnostic methods among a…
Toxic foam floats on the water of the Yamuna River at Kalindi Kunj on Oct 1 Noida: Supreme Court on Wednesday said a Yamuna clean-up plan, drawn up by a high-powered committee headed by the Union home secretary, leaves the definition of its floodplain unsettled and offers no rehabilitation scheme for those living on it.A…
Canacona: Canacona MLA and minister Ramesh Tawadkar on Sunday said elderly people often have no one to care for them, causing distress and loneliness. Referring to the recent death by suicide of two unmarried sisters inside their home at Morkhard, Shristhal, he said it was alarming and unfortunate that elderly people living without support were…
Gorakhpur: BJP MP Ravi Kishan on Wednesday hit out at opposition parties over allegations of electoral malpractice, saying they raise questions on Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) only after losing elections.Addressing a ‘Viksit Bharat Sankalp Sabha’ organised as part of the BJP’s ‘Seva Jyoti Yatra’ in Gorakhpur, Ravi Kishan said Prime Minister Narendra Modi has transformed…
Ahmedabad: A hernia operation that was expected to take just 15 minutes stretched for over two hours, ending with an intestinal perforation, peritonitis and, a week later, the death of a 58-year-old Surat man. Gujarat State Consumer Dispute Redressal Commission has now directed the doctor and hospital involved to pay Rs 65.5 lakh to his…
The demolition was executed by enforcement staff led by the tehsildar and naib tehsildar (periphery), supported by inspection personnel, workers, and trucks provided by the Estate Office Chandigarh: The Chandigarh Administration on Wednesday carried out an early-morning demolition drive against unauthorised constructions on agricultural land in the peripheral area of Shastri Nagar village, Manimajra.During the…
Several arterial roads across the cantonment — Coyaji Road, Col Tarapore Road, Moledina Road and Hindustan Church Road — have deteriorated in recent months, say residents Pune: Battered roads in Pune Cantonment limits may finally be headed for a long-awaited makeover.After months of complaints, bone-rattling rides and growing frustration among residents, Pune Cantonment Board (PCB)…
Lucknow: An art exhibition titled Art for Ability at Kala Srot Gallery on Wednesday featured over 250 paintings, craftworks and creative pieces by artists with disabilities, specially talented artists and underprivileged children.The exhibition features diverse artworks drawn from the artists’ own experiences, imaginations and emotions.A special section has been dedicated to paintings created by underprivileged…
