Kolkata: Agitating junior doctors defied the Supreme Court’s directive to join duties by 5 PM on Tuesday, saying they would continue with their agitation till their demands were fulfilled and the rape and murder victim of the RG Kar Hospital was given justice. The top court on Monday directed the protesting residents doctors to resume…
Lucknow: Latching on to Rahul Gandhi’s remarks on the issue of reservation, BSP chief Mayawati on Tuesday claimed that the Congress is conspiring to end reservation and asked people belonging to the deprived sections to be cautious in the wake of his “dangerous” statement. The former Uttar Pradesh chief minister was reacting to Gandhi’s remarks…
New Delhi: Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Tuesday slammed the BJP over the teachers recruitment case, alleging that it was playing a “double game” with the youth from both reserved and unreserved categories and harming them socially, economically and mentally. Her remarks come a day after the Supreme Court stayed the Allahabad High…
New Delhi: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge has said there should be no retirement age in politics, and those with ideological conviction and a will to serve the people and the country should do so till their last breath. The 82-year-old leader was speaking here on Monday at the launch of Congress veteran Sushil Kumar Shinde’s…
Pune: Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat has said some elements who don’t want India to grow are creating hindrance in the path of its development. However, there is no need to be scared as a similar situation prevailed during the times of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, but it was tackled using the power of…
Kanpur (UP): A major train accident was averted as the Bhiwani-Prayagraj Kalindi Express was brought to a screeching halt after hitting an LPG cylinder placed on the tracks here, police said on Monday, adding a bottle of petrol and matchboxes were also recovered from the site hinting at a sabotage bid. They said the incident…
Gonda (UP): A 17-year-old Dalit girl was allegedly raped by two persons in a moving car here, with police saying the accused fled after the vehicle hit an electric pole as they harassed teenager. City Police Station in-charge Manoj Kumar Pathak said they have registered a case and arrested the two accused based on a…
RajouriI/Jammu: Two heavily armed terrorists were killed in a gunfight as alert Army troops thwarted an infiltration bid along the Line of Control (LoC) in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said on Monday. The gunfight broke out late Sunday night in the Laam sector of Nowshera after the troops picked up the movement…
New Delhi: National Security Advisor Ajit Doval is travelling to Russia this week against the backdrop of calls for India’s possible role in finding a solution to the Ukraine conflict following Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visits to Moscow and Kyiv. Doval is visiting Russia primarily to attend a conclave of national security advisors of the…
Jammu: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday asked the residents of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) to come and join India as “we consider you our own unlike Pakistan which treats you as foreigners”. Addressing an election rally in the Ramban assembly constituency in support of BJP candidate Rakesh Singh Thakur, the Union minister asserted there is…
