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…
File photo: Former Tamil Nadu minister V Senthil Balaji NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Monday refused to entertain former Tamil Nadu minister V Senthil Balaji’s plea seeking clarification that the apex court had not barred him from holding public office saying that the order was very clear and he can file application in case he…
File photo: Security personnel stand guard on a road near the statue of King Sengge Namgyal amid a curfew, in Leh, Ladakh. (Picture credit: PTI) SRINAGAR: Leh Apex Body (LAB), a grouping of religious and political organisations in Ladakh, rejected Monday government’s claims of normalcy in the region and accused authorities of harassing village heads…
There are perhaps only two things older than Bandra Medical Store in its immediate vicinity: an ancient peepal tree outside the shop’s glass door and the one-storey, tile-roofed building called Alves Baug, whose ground floor the store has occupied for nearly 80 years. But this Hill Road, Bandra (West)-located medical shop is famous not just…
File photo: J&K CM Omar Abdullah SRINAGAR: The National Conference government in Jammu & Kashmir on Monday removed the chief education officer of north Kashmir after he issued a circular warning teachers against posting comments related to policy matters on social media.J&K education secretary Ram Niwas Sharma issued an order attaching the officer, Bashir Ahmad…
HYDERABAD: A 23-year-old man was arrested by the Fort Worth police in Dallas, Texas, in connection with the incident wherein a youth from Hyderabad was shot dead at a gas station on Oct 3.The victim, Pole Chandrasekhar, from Teacher’s Colony at BN Reddy Nagar, LB Nagar in Hyderabad, was working at the Fort Worth Express…
VARANASI: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday announced that Rs 16,000 to Rs 20,000 would directly be credited to sanitation workers’ accounts, according to a statement. Adityanath attended the Swachhata Mitra Samman ceremony at Saroj Palace, Piplani Katra, honouring sanitation workers who contributed significantly during the Swachhata Hi Seva Pakhwada. He said preparations,…
