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“Additional achievement”: Uttar Pradesh CM inaugurates Charitable Blood Centre; praises IMA’s healthcare efforts in Gorakhpur (Photo: ANI). GORAKHPUR: Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday lauded the contribution of medical professionals towards public welfare, highlighting the Indian Medical Association (IMA) for extending its role beyond clinical practice by establishing charitable blood banks and free…

Priyank Kharge questions delay in Umar Khalid’s trial NEW DELHI: Karnataka home minister Priyank Kharge on Wednesday alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah were “afraid” of jailed student activist Umar Khalid and challenged them to conduct his trial.“Why are they (BJP government) not bringing up the trial? It’s been…

Businesses should bear modest UPI transaction costs, govt cannot subsidise everything: NITI Aayog VC Lahiri NEW DELHI: NITI Aayog vice chairman Ashok Kumar Lahiri on Wednesday defended the Centre’s decision to introduce a Merchant Discount Rate (MDR) on high-value UPI transactions, saying businesses must find ways to become self-sustaining rather than depend on government subsidies.Quoting…

NEW DELHI: Actors Preity Zinta, Pankaj Tripathi and Suniel Shetty, filmmaker Priyadarshan and musician Ricky Kej are among 18 members named to the reconstituted Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC), bringing prominent faces from cinema, television and music to the film certification body.The appointments take effect immediately and will remain valid for three years or…

Delhi HC calls the incident ‘callous and criminal’ conduct NEW DELHI: Delhi high court on Wednesday said the collapse of a multi-storey hostel building in Satya Niketan, which killed seven people including students, was “not an ordinary incident.“A bench of Chief Justice D K Upadhyaya and Justice Tejas Karia said four students who died had…

Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav inspects flood-affected areas from a bridge to assess the ground situation, in Bihar. = NEW DELHI: Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav on Wednesday hit out at the Centre over the flood situation in Bihar, alleging that the government had no money for flood-affected people but was…

Anant Nag will receive the Dadasaheb Phalke Award NEW DELHI: Veteran actor Anant Nag, whose career spans Kannada cinema, Hindi films and the much-loved television series ‘Malgudi Days’, will receive the Dadasaheb Phalke Award for 2024, the government announced on Wednesday, recognising more than five decades of work across languages.The 78-year-old actor will be presented…

India summons Pak envoy over vessel collision, while condemning Houthi attack near Mecca (Photos: ANI). A Pakistani naval ship collided with an Indian Navy vessel in international waters, prompting India to lodge a strong diplomatic protest over what it called unprofessional conduct. A woman was hit by a car and dragged on its bonnet following…

Moitra claims that BJP workers pelted eggs at her NEW DELHI: Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra on Wednesday claimed that BJP workers pelted eggs at her in her constituency in West Bengal, and took a dig at Supreme Court Justice Dipankar Datta over his earlier remarks on her.Moitra shared a video on X in which…

As per the study, an average household in Chandigarh spends nearly Rs 19 lakh annually. Chandigarh has emerged as India’s highest-spending city on a per-household basis, according to The Many Urban Indias, a report by People’s Research on India’s Consumer Economy (PRICE) and Tata Sons. An average household in the city spends nearly Rs 19…