Politics

Delhi CM Rekha Gupta directs district administration to inspect Shalimar Bagh’s Fortis Hospital (Photo credit: ANI) NEW DELHI: The Delhi government will initiate action against Fortis Hospital in Shalimar Bagh after a district administration inquiry found multiple alleged ‘irregularities’, including alleged lapses in patient care, an official statement said on Thursday.In a statement, Fortis Hospital…

In a complaint emailed to the NCW chairperson in New Delhi, Waghmare sought the immediate registration of a criminal case against Raut NEW DELHI: Shiv Sena Rajya Sabha MP Jyoti Waghmare has approached the National Commission for Women (NCW) against Shiv Sena (UBT) Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Raut, accusing him of repeatedly using abusive language,…

Photo credit: X/ @FitRaheIndia New Delhi: Minor procedural lapses by hospitals and clinics will now attract administrative penalties instead of criminal fines under amendments to the Clinical Establishments (Registration and Regulation) Act, 2010 notified by the Union health ministry, as the Centre pushes ahead with its Jan Vishwas reforms to promote trust-based regulation.The amendments, notified…

Photo credit: Medicaldialogues.in New Delhi: Fertility clinics and sperm banks that are not registered under the Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) and Surrogacy Acts will no longer be allowed to procure key laboratory materials used in IVF procedures, with the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) directing that such products be supplied only to registered centres.The…

Tamil Nadu chief minister C Joseph Vijay joins thousands during the ‘Start Run, Stop Drugs’ anti-drug awareness run at Chennai’s Marina Beach on the International Day against drug abuse and illicit trafficking. (Photo: X/@CMOTamilnadu) NEW DELHI: Tamil Nadu chief minister C Joseph Vijay on Friday flagged off the “Start Run, Stop Drugs” anti-drug awareness run…

NEW DELHI: PM Narendra Modi Thursday led NDA’s attack on Congress on the Emergency’s 51st anniversary, slamming the measure as an assault on the Constitution and emphasising his govt’s commitment to constitutional values.Several other members of the BJP-led governing alliance contrasted the irony of Congress championing the cause of Constitution while accusing govt of undermining…

NEW DELHI/BENGALURU: Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan Thursday justified the inclusion of a chapter on the 1975-77 Emergency in the NCERT class IX social science textbook, saying future generations must know the “dark deeds” of that period.Speaking in Chandigarh on the inclusion of the Emergency section, Pradhan asserted, “… NCERT has done the right thing….

NEW DELHI: A unique land dispute that dragged through the tenures of all past PMs was finally decided by a Supreme Court bench of Justices Prashant Kumar Mishra and N V Anjaria – both of whom were not born when the case originated from a 1957 sale deed.The 70-year-old dispute was over 15.5 bighas in…

NEW DELHI: Describing the amendments to FCRA rules as designed “not to regulate but to strangulate” independent civil society, Congress leader KC Venugopal Thursday wrote to PM Narendra Modi demanding that they be withdrawn.Venugopal called the recently notified rules an “overt and systemic assault on India’s civil society”, warning that they would financially and operationally…

New Delhi: Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation has imposed a Rs 1 lakh penalty and slapped a show-cause notice for termination of the licence of a food vendor after a passenger alleged a fly was found in the veg biryani served on Tejas Express.Officials said he was attended to immediately by the train captain…