SILIGURI: Eight bodies were found Monday as flood waters started receding in north Bengal, taking the toll in one of the worst calamities in the region to 36. Many more are still missing.Till Sunday, 28 bodies were recovered in north Bengal’s hills and plains. Five of the victims were Nepalis.CM Banerjee, who arrived in north…
BHOPAL/NAGPUR: Madhya Pradesh government on Monday transferred the state drugs controller and suspended three of his subordinates, holding them accountable for the deaths of children, allegedly after consuming Coldrif cough syrup, in Chhindwara district, as the toll mounted to 15, with one more girl undergoing treatment in Nagpur succumbing on Monday.Following CM Mohan Yadav’s instructions,…
NEW DELHI: In the high-stakes showdown for Bihar assembly polls, NDA, helmed by BJP and CM Nitish Kumar’s JDU, is expecting a resounding endorsement of its “double engine” governance, claiming to have lifted the state from ‘Jungle Raj’ quagmire to the cusp of ‘Viksit Bihar’. Home minister Amit Shah said on Monday that NDA government…
IMA condemns doctor’s arrest Indian Medical Association on Monday condemned a doctor’s arrest in connection with cough syrup deaths, describing it as a classic example of the legal illiteracy of officials and police. “The prescribing doctor has no way of knowing whether a medicine is contaminated until adverse outcomes are reported,” it said. Source link
BJP MP & MLA assaulted during flood tour JALPAIGURI/SILIGURI: A group of around 50 villagers assaulted BJP MP from Malda North, Khagen Murmu, and BJP MLA from Siliguri, Sankar Ghosh, and ransacked their cars on Monday at Bamandanga in Jalpaiguri’s Nagrakata, where the legislators had gone to inspect flood-hit areas. The attack left Murmu bleeding…
NEW DELHI: As part of its ongoing investigation into the Mysore Urban Development Authority (MUDA) land scam case, ED Saturday attached 34 more properties worth over Rs 40 crore, taking the total value of assets attached so far to over Rs 440 crore. Based on an FIR registered by the Karnataka Lokayuktha, the Enforcement Directorate…
Hospital staff ignored early warnings and fled when fire spread, say patients’ kin (Picture credit: ANI) JAIPUR: Families of the victims who died in the Sawai Man Singh Hospital fire accused the hospital staff of disregarding their warning about smoke and fleeing the premises when the blaze broke out.The attendants of the patients alleged that…
Rajasthan has ordered a fire & safety audit of all government hospitals Short-Circuit Suspected To Be Cause Of Fire Rajasthan has ordered a fire & safety audit of all government hospitals Short-Circuit Suspected To Be Cause Of Fire Rajasthan has ordered a fire & safety audit of all government hospitals JAIPUR: A fire at the…
Bihar assembly elections: BJP, Tejashwi eye spring in autumn of the patriarchs NEW DELHI: Election Commission on Monday announced two-phase assembly polls in Bihar on Nov 6 and 11, setting the stage for what is likely to be largely a straight contest between traditional foes – the Nitish Kumar-led BJP-JD(U) governing coalition and the Tejashwi…
CEC Gyanesh Kumar, while announcing the Bihar poll schedule, said 7.4cr electors in the state reposed confidence in EC with full participation in SIR NEW DELHI: Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, when asked on Monday to share the number of illegal foreign immigrants deleted from the Bihar electoral rolls on account of the special intensive…
