New Delhi: An expert committee formed by Supreme Court has laid down minimum standards for intensive care units (ICUs), defining what hospitals must have to qualify as possessing an ICU – covering infrastructure, equipment and staffing. The framework mandates a dedicated ICU space with access to emergency services, operation theatres and laboratories, along with power…
Mumbai: A growing number of wealthy Indian families, often nudged by younger members, are adopting a “family constitution”, a document that lays out the principles governing wealth creation, philanthropy, succession planning, and the family’s larger sense of purpose. Part legal blueprint, part moral compass, these charters attempt to codify not just money matters, but also…
New Delhi: A court can reject anticipatory bail of an accused but it has no jurisdiction to direct him to surrender before the trial court, Supreme Court has said. A bench of Justices J B Pardiwala and Ujjal Bhuyan made the observation while hearing a plea filed by a man accused of cheating and forgery….
Dharmendra Pradhan (File photo) New Delhi: Signalling the next phase of reforms to be undertaken by the National Testing Agency, Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan told TOI the focus will be on creating a “stress-free exam”, alongside developing a global-standard SOP for conducting “zero error exams”.“This (stress-free exam) is the biggest challenge before the NTA,…
New Delhi: The next round of discussions between the home ministry and Ladakh representatives on safeguards for the region will resume on May 22 – as announced by Ladakh LG VK Saxena in a post on X Sunday – and may look at ways to strengthen elected local bodies with legislative powers and offer further…
NEW DELHI: The govt on Sunday ordered an NIA probe into the seizure of 79 crude bombs the previous day in Bhangar, a minority pocket and flashpoint near Kolkata where TMC is locked in a high-stakes duel with a smaller rival in the April 29 polls. The bomb haul needs to be probed for a…
Arvind Kejriwal (File photo) NEW DELHI: Getting to know that his party’s MPs in Rajya Sabha could break away to join BJP only towards the end, AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal made last-ditch efforts to salvage the situation by reaching out to most of them, but it proved a case of too little too late.That Sandeep…
Rahul Gandhi (File photo) NEW DELHI: Congress’ Rahul Gandhi on Sunday alleged it is not democracy but “TMC’s reign of terror” that prevails in West Bengal today. “Intimidating, attacking, and eliminating opposing voices after votes are cast – this has become TMC’s defining character,” he said, ahead of the second phase of assembly polls in…
West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee Kolkata: West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee on Sunday asked Trinamool workers to be alert against “EVM capture” and said complaints of power-cuts were pouring in from EVM strongrooms after the first phase of the assembly polls in the state.“Look at EC! It is your job to ensure EVMs are not…
In this screengrab from a video posted on April 26, 2026, Prime Minister Narendra Modi offers prayers at ‘Thanthania Kalibari’ amid the ongoing West Bengal Assembly elections, in Kolkata. NEW DELHI: PM Narendra Modi on Sunday prayed at Thanthania Kalibari – one of the few abodes of goddess Kali where meat is offered as ‘prasad’…