Blaming the Maharashtra administration for lapses leading to Monday's riots in Pune which left one dead, NCP President Sharad Pawar on Tuesday appealed for peace. The violence erupted in the village of Koregaon-Bhima on January 1 during the 200th anniversary celebrations of the Anglo-Maratha War between the army of Peshwa Bajirao II with a small...
Pandemonium marred Jammu and Kashmir Governor N.N. Vohra's opening address to a joint session of the assembly here as the opposition raised slogans against the "failure on all fronts" of the PDP-BJP state government and staged a walkout. As Vohra started his address to begin the Budget session, members of the National Conference and Congress stood u...
nion Health Minister J.P. Nadda on Tuesday said he has spoken to the Indian Medical Association (IMA) and also put forth the "perspective" of the government, in view of the 12-hour countrywide strike called by the IMA against the National Medical Commission (NMC) Bill. "I have spoken to the IMA yesterday (Monday). We have heard them...," Nadda sa...
The Pakistan civil and military leadership is to hold an emergency meeting on Tuesday over US President Donald Trumps tweet that accused Islamabad of "lies and deceit". Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi will chair the huddle to discuss the future course of action, the media wing of the PM's Office said. The meeting will be attende...
South Korean authorities on Tuesday proposed a high-level dialogue with North Korea on January 9 in the truce village of Panmunjom. "The government proposes holding a senior-level inter-governmental dialogue of the South and the North (Koreas) on January 9 at the Peace House in Panmunjom," Unification Minister Cho Myoung-gyon told a press confe...
Thousands of out-patients were affected across Karnataka on Tuesday due to a private doctors' strike against a new medical bill. Hundreds of private hospitals across the state shut their Out-Patient Departments (OPDs) to protest against the National Medical Commission (NMC) Bill, 2017, that seeks to replace the Medical Council of India (MCI). Mos...
The government on Tuesday said it is in talks with the Congress for ensuring smooth passage of the triple talaq Bill in the Rajya Sabha, where it is expected to be taken up on Wednesday. ...
The nationwide protest called on Tuesday by the IMA against a new bill seeking to replace the MCI with a new body left many patients in the lurch, as doctors stayed off duty across the state. While the doctors at the state-run medical colleges decided to keep away from the Out Patient Department for an hour from 8-9 a.m. and at the state-run hospita...
Union Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Tuesday attacked the Congress for its "confused" stand on the Triple Talaq Bill and wanted to know why it was sad while the Muslim women were happy. "These days a number of reforms are being brought in. The Triple Talaq Bill is one of them," the Minority Affairs Minister told reporters here. "The Congress takes one...
CPI leader D. Raja on Tuesday said that the Left wants the Triple Talaq Bill to be referred to the Select Committee and accused the government of "bypassing the committees" on crucial bills. ...
