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Kolkata: A case of death due to negligence was initiated against Nicco Park authorities following a complaint lodged by the father of the 18-year-old BBA student who died during an outing with friends at the water park on Wednesday. While the preliminary post-mortem report hinted at a possible cardiac arrest and haematoma at the back of the head, the police said they had started a full-fledged probe, collected all CCTV footage, and recorded statements from the boy's friends and on-duty staffers ...Read More >
Shimla, Jul 17 (PTI) Himachal Pradesh High Court has directed the state government to remove encroachments on forest lands, including the fruit-bearing trees, all across the state and not limit it to some areas. The order was passed by a division bench consisting of Justices Vivek Thakur and Bipin C Negi on Wednesday after the Advocate General placed on record fresh instructions issued by Principal Chief Conservator of Forests, informing that 2,456 apple and other fruit trees have been felled f ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: The US embassy in India has warned that "committing assault, theft, or burglary in the United States won't just cause you legal issues -- it could lead to your visa being revoked and make you ineligible for future US visas". The warning was issued days after a video of an Indian woman who tried to leave a store with a cart full of items without paying went viral. This also prompted the embassy to say, "The US values law and order and expects foreign visitors to follow all US laws."Res ...Read More >
Jammu, Jul 17: Junior doctors in Government Medical College (GMC) hospital Jammu Thursday continued to be on strike amid protests for the second day against alleged assault on a couple of their colleagues by the attendants of a patient on July 16. An FIR was registered in the case on Wednesday after the incident yet the junior doctors refused to join their duties till the arrest of the main accused in the alleged assault case. Though senior doctors, all faculty members and Consultants performe ...Read More >
Pune: Nurses at Sassoon General Hospital staged a protest on Thursday, in response to a strike call by Maharashtra State Nurses' Association (MSNA), demanding that the authorities address discrepancies in their salaries and stop recruitment on contract.Eknath Pawar, dean, BJ Medical College and Sassoon General Hospital, however said that services remained unaffected as the "majority of the nurses were working.""Of the 939 nurses working at the hospital in all three shifts, 345 nurses were on str ...Read More >
Mumbai: Healthcare services in state-run hospitals are set to face significant challenges as around 30,000 nurses will launch an indefinite strike starting July 18. The nurses had staged a one-day token strike on July 17, demanding immediate recruitment for vacant posts, an end to contractual hiring, and equal implementation of 7th Pay Commission benefits for all nursing staff. However, they did not receive any concrete response from the state government following the strike. According to the M ...Read More >
Kollam: Mithun, the 13-year-old who died after being electrocuted at Thevalakkara Boys Higher Secondary School, had joined the school only a month ago. He had transferred from Pattakadavu School as part of his high school admission this academic year. According to school authorities, the incident occurred during playtime. Mithun reportedly used a classroom bench to climb onto the rooftop of the school's cycle shed to retrieve a sandal. He lost his balance and came in contact with a live wire, s ...Read More >
In the letter, the association said the Kashmiri women students have been systematically targeted. This incident follows the 2022 Karnataka hijab ban, currently under Supreme Court review after a split verdict. Bengaluru: The Jammu and Kashmir Students Association (JKSA) on Tuesday, July 15 wrote to Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah stating that Muslim students wearing hijab were barred from attending classes and threatened with expulsion at a Bengaluru college. The alleged case of re ...Read More >
Jammu: A female doctor was thrashed by attendants of a patient, who died of brain hemorrhage at GMC Jammu in Jammu and Kashmir. The hospital administration has lodged FIR against the attendants even as junior doctors have gone on a flash strike. The incident is said to have taken place on Wednesday July 16 in the emergency section of GMC Jammu where the patient identified as Rajinder Kumar, referred from PGI Chandigarh, succumbed at the hospital. In a press statement, GMC Jammu Principal, Dr A ...Read More >
Panchkula: The Haryana health department is accelerating efforts to improve the healthcare infrastructure and services, and enhance the workforce across the state. Altogether 720 new doctors have been hired and the dept is actively working to fill the remaining vacancies in hospitals.All such govt plans and more were shared by health and family welfare minister Arti Singh Rao during a press conference held here Tuesday. She said 785 medical facilities across the state -- including PHCs, CHCs, su ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jul 15 (PTI) YouTuber Samay Raina appeared before the National Commission for Women (NCW) in Delhi on Tuesday, months after he was summoned in connection with allegedly offensive and sexist content aired during his show "India's Got Latent", officials said. Raina was also among the five social media influencers who appeared before the Supreme Court in a case seeking action against them for ridiculing persons suffering from disabilities. Raina submitted his statement in response to t ...Read More >
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], July 15 (ANI): The Jammu and Kashmir Students Association (JKSA) on Tuesday wrote to Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, seeking his immediate intervention in an incident of alleged religious discrimination faced by Kashmiri female students at a nursing college in Bengaluru. The students, who wear the hijab or burkha in accordance with their religious beliefs, have reportedly been barred from attending classes and threatened with expulsion by the managem ...Read More >
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], July 15 (ANI): The Jammu and Kashmir Students Association (JKSA) on Tuesday wrote to Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, seeking his immediate intervention in an incident of alleged religious discrimination faced by Kashmiri female students at a nursing college in Bengaluru. The students, who wear the hijab or burkha in accordance with their religious beliefs, have reportedly been barred from attending classes and threatened with expulsion by the managem ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: The execution of Kerala nurse Nimisha Priya, scheduled for July 16 in Yemen, has been postponed,. The move follows sustained appeals and diplomatic interventions, with the Centre confirming on Monday it was doing "utmost possible" to save the 38-year-old from Palakkad, Kerala.Priya, convicted of murdering her Yemeni business partner Talal Abdo Mahdi in 2017, has been on death row since 2020. Yemen's Supreme Judicial Council upheld her sentence in November 2023. She remains imprisoned ...Read More >
New Delhi: In cricket, some defeats leave a scar that generations remember. Something like that happened on Monday as India's narrow loss at Lord's in the third Test against England brought back the vivid memories of another heartbreaker. The match took us back to 26 years ago when in Chennai India fell agonisingly short against arch rivals Pakistan despite Sachin Tendulkar's brilliance. Mohammed Siraj's dismissal stirred the deja vu of Chennai. On a tense final day at Lord's, India needed 21 m ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], July 14 (ANI): Counsel for Nimisha Priya, the Kerala nurse facing the death penalty in Yemen, on Monday has thanked Attorney General of India R Venkataramani, who appeared before the Supreme Court and detailed the challenges faced by the Union Government in her case. The 37-year-old nurse from Kerala is set to be executed on July 16. The trial court in Yemen convicted her of killing a Yemeni national, a decision that the country Supreme Judicial Council upheld in November 202 ...Read More >
Kerala Nurse On Death Row in Yemen: Can India Save Nimisha Priya From Execution on July 16? 34-year-old Nimisha Priya, a nurse from Kerala, is facing execution in Yemen on July 16. Arrested in 2017 for the murder of her Yemeni partner, Nimisha claims she was a victim of abuse and never intended to kill. Her lawyers say it was a tragic accident during an attempt to escape. But Yemen's courts sentenced her to death by execution, and the clock is ticking. Now, there's one way out: 'Blood Money', a ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar/Balasore: The All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Bhubaneswar, has constituted a high-level expert committee to oversee and monitor the treatment of the Fakir Mohan (Autonomous) College student who attempted self-immolation. The woman student was admitted to the institute following her self-immolation bid before the principal's chamber Saturday over alleged harassment by the Head of Department (HOD). As per the office order issued by the Medical Superintendent of AIIMS ...Read More >
Gurgaon: The investigation into the murder of a 25-year-old former international tennis player, allegedly by her father, has revealed a sudden deterioration in their relationship. The apparent reason was a disagreement over the academy she ran near their house, but the roots clearly run deeper, with the father telling interrogators he was troubled by questions about her daughter's "character" that some of his associates had raised. Deepak Yadav, who shot Radhika at their Sector 57 house on Thurs ...Read More >
GURGAON: The investigation into the murder of a 25-year-old former international tennis player, allegedly by her father, has revealed a sudden deterioration in their relationship. The apparent reason was a disagreement over the academy she ran near their house, but the roots clearly run deeper. The father, who claims to have spent Rs 2 crore on his daughter's tennis career, told interrogators he was troubled by questions about her "character" that some of his associates had raised.Deepak Yadav, ...Read More >
Bengaluru: Following the delay in the announcement of seat matrices for courses such as medical and dental, Karnataka Examinations Authority (KEA) is considering holding a preliminary round before the actual first round for courses whose matrices are available. The seat matrices for engineering, veterinary, agriculture, bachelor of physiotherapy, and allied health science courses have been released. Option entry has been initiated, and candidates can enter their choices through the official link ...Read More >
GUWAHATI, July 11: Assam Governor Lakshman Prasad Acharya on Friday chaired a review meeting with security agencies at Taralangso in Karbi Anglong to assess the law-and-order situation and ongoing security measures in the region. Acharya also expressed his satisfaction over the pace of development of Karbi Anglong, stating that the prevailing peace has led to overall progress of the council areas. As a part of his two-day tour of Karbi Anglong, the Governor also visited a Jal Jeevan Mission pr ...Read More >
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], July 10 (ANI): In a strong message to private nursing colleges, the Karnataka government has announced that there will be no fee hike for nursing courses this academic year, reiterating its commitment to protecting students from economically weaker sections. Karnataka Medical Education and Skill Development Minister Sharanaprakash Patil made this clear during a meeting with the Association of Nursing Colleges held at Vikasa Soudha on Thursday. Also Read | Patna M ...Read More >
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], July 10 (ANI): In a strong message to private nursing colleges, the Karnataka government has announced that there will be no fee hike for nursing courses this academic year, reiterating its commitment to protecting students from economically weaker sections. Karnataka Medical Education and Skill Development Minister Sharanaprakash Patil made this clear during a meeting with the Association of Nursing Colleges held at Vikasa Soudha on Thursday. The government will ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jul 10 (PTI) 'Nistar', the first indigenously constructed diving support vessel that can undertake deep-sea diving and rescue operations, is set to be inducted into the Indian Navy on July 18, officials said on Thursday. The ship will be commissioned at a ceremony to be held at the Naval Dockyard, Visakhapatnam, in the presence of Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, they said. Also Read | Newborn Kidnapping Bid in Raichur: Group Disguised as Women Tries To Abduct Infant From Hospital in ...Read More >
Kochi, July 10 (SocialNews.XYZ) In yet another setback for the Pinarayi Vijayan-led Kerala government, the High Court on Thursday upheld the cancellation of the Kerala Engineering Architecture and Medical (KEAM) entrance exam results, marking the second consecutive day of legal blow for the state. The division bench dismissed the state government's appeal challenging the single bench's verdict issued on Wednesday, which had annulled the KEAM rank list published on July 1. The court maintained ...Read More >
Manipal (Karnataka) [India], July 10: The Manipal College of Nursing (MCON), of Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE), Institution of Eminence Deemed to be University, in collaboration with the Faculty of Nursing, University of New Brunswick (UNB), Canada, successfully inaugurated the Manipal International Conference on "Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) in Health: Envisioning a Future of Global Collaboration for Education, Research & Practice" at the Dr. TMA Pai Auditorium, KMC, Manipa ...Read More >
Bengaluru: The arrest of a psychiatrist and two others by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) has exposed a disturbing underbelly of the Bengaluru Central Prison: An illegal mobile phone racket allegedly fuelling terror and crime from within the jail.Preliminary investigation revealed that Dr Nagaraj, the prison's psychiatrist, had earned nearly Rs 1 crore by selling and renting mobile phones to hardened criminals, who used the devices to orchestrate extortions, abductions, murders, and even ...Read More >
New Delhi/Thiruvananthapuram, July 9: Kerala nurse Nimisha Priya, who has been convicted of the murder of Yemeni citizen Talal Abdo Mehdi, is set to be executed on July 16. Priya has been in a Yemeni prison for the last three years. According to the negotiator S.J. Bhaskaran, after the news of the execution came on Tuesday, he will leave for Yemen. Priya's husband, Tomy Thomas, and their daughter are expecting that they will be able to prevail upon the family of Mehdi to resolve the case by payi ...Read More >
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New Delhi: A mother sits in Kochi. Wrinkled fingers clutch a photo. Her daughter smiles in it - a nurse in crisp white. The daughter, Nimisha Priya, now waits in a prison cell in Yemen. On July 16, she is scheduled to die by execution. She moved to Yemen in 2008, carrying a stethoscope and hope. Her parents were aging. She needed to support them. For years, she worked in hospitals. She treated wounds. She took blood pressure. She spoke Arabic with nurses. She earned trust. Then she opened her o ...Read More >
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