NEW DELHI: In a major policy shift, the Centre will now screen all children from birth to 18 years for diabetes and provide free, lifelong treatment through the public health system, expanding its flagship Rashtriya Bal Swasthya Karyakram (RBSK) to address a growing burden of the disease in younger age groups.The guidance document, released by…
Counting of votes is under way for four states and one union territory. NEW DELHI: As counting got under way for high-stakes elections across 823 constituencies in four states and one Union Territory, early postal ballot trends showed the Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance ahead in West Bengal while wildcard entrant Vijay’s Tamilaga Vettri…
NEW DELHI: A day after a 30-year-old judge allegedly died by suicide at his residence in south Delhi’s Green Park, police registered a case of abetment on Sunday following a complaint from his father alleging harassment by the in-laws. Police were tight-lipped on whether anyone was named in the FIR.The deceased, Aman Sharma, was secretary…
Police disperse people who blocked the Pune-Bengaluru highway during protest PUNE: A shutdown brought western Maharashtra’s Bhor-Rajgad belt in Pune district to a halt Sunday as outrage mounted over the rape and murder of a three-year-old girl, with her family refusing to meet politicians until the 65-year-old accused is sentenced to death.Shops remained closed after…
Mamata Banerjee vs Suvendu Adhikari 2.0 in West Bengal. NEW DELHI: All eyes are on the high-stakes battle between West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee and the assembly’s opposition leader Suvendu Adhikari as counting of votes take place on Monday.All India Trinamool Congress (TMC) chief Banerjee re-contested from Bhowanipore seat, which went to polls in…
Heart donated in Panchkula gives Sudanese teen in Delhi new life NEW DELHI: A 14-year-old boy from Sudan, who had come to Delhi for treatment, got a second chance at life after a donor heart was flown in from neighbhouring Haryana’s Panchkula, where a 41-year-old woman was declared brain dead and her family consented to…
NEW DELHI: Two days after government issued a detailed note on the ambitious Great Nicobar Project, clarifying certain questions raised by Rahul Gandhi, Congress countered its stance on Sunday by saying Centre had failed to address serious concerns raised by affected local communities, environmentalists, anthropologists, academics and civil society voices regarding the project. The opposition…
NEW DELHI: The India-Nepal border dispute could see another flare-up with the new government in Kathmandu officially objecting to India’s decision to resume Kailash Mansarovar Yatra, with support from China, through the Uttarakhand state crossing at Lipulekh Pass that is claimed by Nepal.Indian government later dismissed Nepal’s territorial claims, saying India has consistently maintained that…
Solicitor General of India, Tushar Mehta. NEW DELHI: Extraordinary courtroom reverence shown worldwide by lawyers to judges has afflicted some judges with a false sense of divinity, turning a few ‘My Lords’ into bullies, senior advocate and solicitor general Tushar Mehta says in his upcoming book — a take that avoids contempt but may still…
From teachers to medicos, SIR deletions have stripped people of voting rights in Bengal (File photo) KOLKATA: A senior central government officer in a PSU, an assistant teacher in a govt school, a medical professional preparing for a national entrance exam and an insurance agent whose licence hinges on his voter status – all moved…