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NEW DELHI: The National Medical Commission’s Medical Assessment and Rating Board (MARB) has withdrawn the Letter of Permission (LoP) granted to the Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Institute of Medical Excellence to run an MBBS course with 50 seats for the 2025-26 academic year, after a surprise inspection found serious violations of minimum standards.The January 6…
NEW DELHI: Nearly three decades after Supreme Court’s Vishaka judgment mandating a mechanism against the sexual harassment of women at workplaces, it remains unimplemented by many high courts, including Calcutta, Patna, Orissa, Kerala, Chhattisgarh, Allahabad and Uttarakhand.Appearing for PIL petitioner Geeta Rani, senior advocate Sonia Mathur told SC that, significantly, district courts in Delhi, Punjab…
NEW DELHI: A day after Supreme Court rejected the bail plea of activists Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam by holding that delay in trial and long incarceration cannot be the sole ground to grant relief, another bench of the court on Tuesday held that an accused has fundamental right to speedy trial and it is…
NAGPUR: National Green Tribunal (NGT) ordered criminal proceedings against the administration of an ordnance factory in Bhandara, Maharashtra, holding that “safe practices were not adopted” at the defence explosives unit where a massive blast killed nine workers and injured several others on January 24, 2025.In a detailed judgment pronounced on Monday, NGT (western zone) bench…
BOLPUR/KOLKATA: An SIR notice summoning Nobel laureate Amartya Sen to a hearing over a discrepancy that Election Commission has since identified as a “spelling error” led Trinamool Congress to claim on Tuesday that it was an “affront to Bengal and an icon who brought global recognition to India”.EC clarified that Sen needn’t report at the…
Additional solicitor general S V Raju informed a bench of Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi that since SC had stayed the framing of charges, Haryana govt has not yet made a decision on granting sanction for Mahmudabad’s prosecution.In its order, the CJI-led bench said, “Though the chargesheet had been filed in Aug…
NEW DELHI: The road transport and highways has given its “in-principle” approval for the Atal Progress-way, also known as the Chambal Expressway. The project will connect the Delhi–Mumbai Expressway with the Bundelkhand Expressway and will pass through parts of Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, and Madhya Pradesh.The 420-km expressway, a mix of expansion of existing highway stretches…
Smoke at La Carlota airport after explosions and low-flying aircraft were heard in Venezuela (AP photo) US forces killed at least 55 Venezuelan and Cuban military and security personnel during the raid that led to the capture and ouster of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, according to official tolls released by Caracas and Havana on Tuesday.Venezuela’s…
NEW DELHI: The Election Commission on Tuesday told the Supreme Court that it has both the power and constitutional competence to carry out a Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, arguing that it is duty-bound to ensure that no foreigners are included in voter lists.The submissions were made by senior advocate Rakesh Dwivedi, appearing…
AAP leaders protest in Delhi assembly The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) staged a protest at the Delhi assembly premises on Tuesday, highlighting the rising air pollution and deteriorating AQI levels in the national capital. Leader of the Opposition in the Delhi assembly and AAP leader Atishi alleged that the BJP is “running away” from addressing…
