Central government employees living or posted outside the CGHS-covered area can now make a one-time choice to join the Central Government Health Scheme (CGHS), even if there is no CGHS Wellness Centre in their city. NEW DELHI: Central government employees living or posted outside the CGHS-covered area can now make a one-time choice to join…
Students gathered in large numbers at IIT-Bombay main gate to protest against the death by suicide of BTech student NEW DELHI: Student representatives at IIT Bombay have issued an official statement following the death of student Sahil Wakode, saying they do not condone cheating or any form of academic misconduct, while calling for reforms to…
Image credit: X/ Jaishankar NEW YORK: Slovakia on Monday backed India’s bid for a permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council, with foreign minister Juraj Blanár saying India, as a leading country of the Global South and an emerging power in the Indo-Pacific, should have a place at the UN’s top decision-making body.The remarks…
Shivani Chauhan survived a road-rage incident on Gurgaon’s Golf Course Road in which a man in a car chased her and knocked her off her moving bike. Her injuries will heal, but riding a bike will not be the same again for Shivani Chauhan, who survived a road rage incident in Gurgaon last week in…
Supreme Court Friday pointed to five “evils” associated with the ban on liquor NEW DELHI: Holding that fundamental rights guaranteed under the Constitution cannot be interpreted in a restrictive manner, Supreme Court on Monday held that a person’s personal liberty cannot be invaded except in accordance with the procedure established by the Constitution, even if…
An additional financial burden of Rs 7,000 crore wo- uld be imposed on NHAI in creating and managing the shelters New Delhi: National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) Monday moved SC seeking to absolve it from the court-assigned responsibility of creating infrastructure along 72,000-km network of national highways (NHs) to shelter stray cattle and animals,…
NEW DELHI: Frowning upon grossly inadequate infrastructure and huge vacancies in National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) and appellate NCLAT, Supreme Court Monday said the situation is unacceptable as these two tribunals have to daily deal with Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code matters involving thousands of crores of rupees.“They are govt’s lifeline now. All nationalised banks, banking…
NEW DELHI: A Delhi court has set aside a 2025 magisterial order rejecting a plea to probe alleged irregularities in the inclusion of Sonia Gandhi’s name in the electoral rolls. It observed that the “impugned order suffers from manifest errors in law”.Special judge Vishal Gogne of Dwarka courts remanded the matter to the ACJM for…
During the Janta Darshan, people raised various issues A large number of people from different districts of Uttar Pradesh reached deputy chief minister Brajesh Pathak’s residence on Monday for a public grievance hearing, or Janta Darshan.The complaints raised during the hearing included issues related to medical treatment, financial assistance, police matters, revenue, family disputes and…
Mayawati’s chosen one is Ishan Anand. NEW DELHI: Mayawati’s chosen one is Ishan Anand. Or is he? Well, at least for now. There’s another twist in the ongoing succession drama in the BSP chief’s family. Younger nephew Ishan, who was ruled out from getting any position in the BSP only ten days back, has ended…