The passenger ferry service between Nagapattinam in India and Kankesanthurai (KKS) near Jaffna in the Northern Province of Sri Lanka, which was earlier launched in October 2023, resumed on Friday, Indian High Commission in Sri Lanka said.
The Indian Health Ministry on Saturday assured doctors that a Committee will be constituted to suggest all such possible measures for ensuring the safety of healthcare professionals in the country. amid nationaiwde protests over the rape and murder of a PG trainee doctor at a state-run hospital in Kolkata.
New Delhi/IBNS: The long-awaited expansion of Terminal 1 (T-1) at Delhi's Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport commenced operations from Saturday (August 17), weeks after operations from the T1 had been suspended due to a canopy collapse.
Kolkata/IBNS: Former Indian cricket captain and ex-BCCI chief Sourav Ganguly faced a massive backlash on social media after he called the rape and murder of 31-year-old post graduate medical student at Kolkata's major state-run RG Kar Medical College and Hospital a "stray incident" while condemning the crime that has sent shockwaves across the country and ignited public fury.
Kolkata/IBNS: The Kolkata Police has come out with a list of fact checks after several information, which the administration claims to be fake, have started trending on social media related to the rape and murder of 31-year-old post graduate medical student at Kolkata's RG Kar Hospital.
New Delhi/IBNS: In a major reshuffle at the bureaucrat level, the central government has appointed Rajesh Kumar Singh, who is currently serving as the secretary for the department for promotion of industry and internal trade, as the new defence secretary, media reports said.
Indian Air Force (IAF) and Indian Army have jointly carried out a first-of-its-kind precise para-drop operation of the Aarogya Maitri Health Cube at a high-altitude area close to 15,000 feet.
Bengaluru/IBNS: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah will be prosecuted in the alleged irregularities in the land allocation by Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) after Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot's approval, media reports said.
Kolkata/IBNS: Popular travel influencer Tanya Khanijow has defended her controversial statement where she asked people to "avoid India" while travelling in the wake of the rape and murder of 31-year-old post-graduate medical student at Kolkata's major state-run RG Kar Medical College and Hospital.
Kanpur/IBNS: Twenty-two coaches of Sabarmati Express passenger train on Saturday derailed between Kanpur and Bhimsen Station in Uttar Pradesh after its engine hit an object on the tracks, media reports said.
Kolkata/IBNS: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is quizzing former RG Kar Medical College and Hospital principal Dr. Sandip Ghosh for the second consecutive day on Saturday in connection with the probe into the rape and murder of a 31-year-old lady trainee doctor, media reports said.
The Indian Medical Association is observing a 24-hour nationwide strike and withdrawal of non-emergency medical services on Saturday to protest against the rape and murder of a PG trainee doctor in Kolkata's RG Kar Medical College and Hospital and the vandalism incident at the state-run medical facility on the eve of Independence Day.
New Delhi: The Centre Friday announced a big reshuffle of senior bureaucrats in key departments. The latest appointments, which include new postings across finance, defence, and minority affairs, reflect the government's emphasis on experience and continuity, media reports said.
Kolkata/IBNS: The parents of the trainee doctor who was brutally raped and murdered at Kolkata's RG Kar Medical College and Hospital informed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) that several interns and physicians from the organisation may be involved in the crime, an officer was quoted as saying the media reports on Friday.
New Delhi/IBNS: The Jammu and Kashmir Assembly election, to be held for the first time since 2014, will be held in three phases, on September 18, September 25, and October 1, with results to be announced on October 4, the Election Commission said Friday.
Kolkata/IBNS: Hours after the Calcutta High Court slammed the West Bengal government and the police over the vandalism at the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, where a trainee doctor was brutally raped and murdered last week, Kolkata Police Commissioner Vineet Goyal has admitted that there was an "assessment failure".
Kolkata/IBNS: Hours after the Calcutta High Court slammed the West Bengal government and the police over the vandalism at the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, where a trainee doctor was brutally raped and murdered last week, Kolkata Police Commissioner Vineet Goyal has admitted that there was an "assessment failure".
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday led a protest march in Kolkata to demand justice for the PG trainee doctor who was raped and murdered in a state-run hospital last week.
Bangladesh Interim Government head Muhammad Yunus on Friday assured Indian PM Narendra Modi that the safety and security of Hindu community members and other minorities will be ensured.
New Delhi/Washington/IBNS: A year before Sheikh Hasina was deposed last week in a student uprising, Indian officials started to lobby their United States counterparts to stop pressuring the then Bangladeshi Prime Minister, reports The Washington Post, citing US and Indian officials.
New Delhi: Jammu and Kashmir will vote to elect a new Assembly in three phases for the first time since Article 370 was scrapped by the Indian government in 2019.
Kolkata/IBNS: The death of a first-year student of Jadavpur University by falling after facing severe ragging had triggered widespread protests across the state last year.
The Central Bureau of Investigation officials on Friday took former RG Kar Medical College and Hospital principal Sandip Ghosh to CGO complex in Salt Lake for questioning in the PG trainee doctor's rape and murder case.
Kolkata/IBNS: The Calcutta High Court on Friday questioned the West Bengal government over it urgency to carry out a renovation work near the crime scene at Kolkata's RG Kar Medical College and Hospital where a 31-year-old lady trainee doctor was raped and murdered last week.
Kolkata/IBNS: The Calcutta High Court has asked the West Bengal government to back their claims that the crime scene at Kolkata's RG Kar Medical College and Hospital is intact in spite of the vandalism with pictures, media reports said.
Kolkata/IBNS: The father of the 31-year-old lady trainee doctor, who was raped and murdered at Kolkata's RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, has turned down West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's offer of compensation worth Rs. 10 lakh.
Kolkata/IBNS: The Calcutta High Court on Friday slammed the West Bengal government for its "absolute failure of state machinery" in tackling the vandalism of Kolkata's RG Kar Medical College and Hospital by miscreants on Wednesday late night, media reports said.
Kolkata/IBNS: The political rallies and protests are set to take the centre stage of West Bengal on Friday with the SUCI's 12-hour state-wide bandh against the vandalism, which was carried out by miscreants at Kolkata's RG Kar Medical College and Hospital on Thursday late night.
Kolkata/New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation's Kolkata office summoned five doctors and hospital staff for questioning in the RG Kar Hospital rape and murder case.
A nurse was raped and killed while she was returning from a private hospital in Uttarakhand to her home near the Uttar Pradesh border.
