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National Medical Commission still to act on junketeering doctors | India News

National Medical Commission (NMC) is yet to act against 30 doctors found guilty of accepting a foreign trip funded by pharma company AbbVie as the matter is still “under consideration”. An audit committee of the department of pharmaceuticals had in Dec last year found them guilty, and their names were sent in July to the […]

Cyclone Shakti, season’s 1st over Arabian Sea | India News

PUNE: The season’s first cyclonic storm over the Arabian Sea has intensified into ‘Cyclone Shakti’ on Friday, the IMD stated. Currently centred about 250km west-southwest of Gujarat’s Dwarka, the system is expected to strengthen into a severe cyclonic storm by Saturday. While forecasters said it is unlikely to have a significant impact on the Indian […]

‘Won’t maintain restraint like Op Sindoor 1.0’: Army chief’s big ‘geography’ warning to Pakistan – watch | India News

NEW DELHI: Army chief General Upendra Dwivedi issued a stark warning to Pakistan on Friday saying that armed forces would not exercise any restraint “like in Operation Sindoor 1.0” if the neighbouring nation did not stop “state-sponsored terrorism.” “This time we will not maintain the restraint that we did in Operation Sindoor 1.0… this time […]

‘4-5 F-16s destroyed’: IAF chief on what turned tables in Operation Sindoor; calls Pakistan’s narrative ‘manohar kahaniya’ | India News

NEW DELHI: Indian Air Force Chief Air Chief Marshal Amar Preet Singh has said Operation Sindoor will be remembered as a conflict that achieved its objectives with speed and precision, bringing Pakistan “to their knees”. Singh said that India struck multiple targets in Pakistan and also destroyed 4-5 Pakistani fighter jets.Speaking at a press conference […]

5 yrs on, India, China to restart direct flights later this month | India News

NEW DELHI: In the middle of Dussehra festivities, India Thursday announced resumption of direct air services with China from late Oct, marking another significant step in efforts to normalise the relationship that saw PM Narendra Modi visiting Tianjin last month for the SCO summit and also having a bilateral meeting with President Xi Jinping.This is […]

Uttar Pradesh: Sambhal mosque razed; 2nd demolition in 4 months | India News

MEERUT: Sambhal district administration Thursday demolished a mosque and a 30,000-sq-ft marriage hall allegedly built on govt land that was earlier a pond in Raya Buzurg village. Both structures, erected a decade ago, had been declared illegal encroachments during a recent survey. This is the second mosque to face demolition in Sambhal within four months.Sambhal […]

Spying for Pakistan: Haryana police arrest YouTuber Wasim Akram in Palwal; chats under investigation | India News

NEW DELHI: Police in Haryana’s Palwal district have arrested a YouTuber, Wasim Akram, on charges of spying for Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) and its High Commission, officials said on Thursday.Akram, a resident of Kot village who posted videos on the history of Mewat on YouTube was taken into custody on Wednesday. Police said he had […]

FM seeks to broaden NPS coverage: Move to rope in gig workers; consultations on | India News

Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman (PTI photo) NEW DELHI: While pitching National Pension System as an attractive investment option, finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman Wednesday sought broadening its coverage, with a special focus on gig and platform workers & women, and suggested that its best get subscribers when they are young so that the full impact […]

Bhopal: Fearing job loss over 2-kid policy, MP couple dump newborn; duo booked | India News

BHOPAL: Fear of losing his job under MP’s two-child policy allegedly drove a govt school teacher and his wife to bury their three-day-old son alive in a forest in Chhindwara district. The baby boy, the couple’s fourth child, miraculously survived after villagers heard his cries from beneath stones, pulled him out and rushed him to […]

‘Haven’t spoken to husband till now’: Sonam Wangchuk’s wife writes to President Murmu; seeks ‘unconditional release’ | India News

NEW DELHI: Climate activist Sonam Wangchuk‘s wife Gitanjali Angmo on Wednesday wrote a letter to President Droupadi Murmu seeking an “unconditional release” of her husband who was detained and moved to Jodhpur for allegedly inciting a violent protest in Ladakh.Angmo accused the federal agencies of launching a “full scale witch hunt” against Wangchuk for the […]