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NEW DELHI: Holding that liberty of an individual is not a trivial matter which could be sacrificed at the altar of bureaucratic lethargy even in case of a prisoner, Supreme Court has awarded Rs 11 lakh compensation to a convict who had to spend 24 days in custody even after the court granted him parole,…
Mamata Banerjee, Abhishek Banerjee and Rahul Gandhi (Images/Agencies) NEW DELHI: Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo Mamata Banerjee claimed that Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha and Congress MP Rahul Gandhi had personally reached out to her following the alleged attack on TMC national general secretary and MP Abhishek Banerjee in West Bengal.Addressing reporters late on…
General Dwivedi (File photo) NEW DELHI: Army chief General Upendra Dwivedi on Saturday said future conflicts would extend beyond conventional battlefields and be fought across multiple domains, including cyber, space and cognitive warfare, and also said that the armed forces are fully prepared for ‘Operation Sindoor 2.0’ if the need arises.Speaking at a press conference…
The proportion of babies being exclusively breastfed for the first six months has dropped from 64% in 2019-21 to about 56% in 2023-24, reversing the rising trend of the decade and more before that. This fact, revealed by National Family Health Survey-6 has alarmed public health and nutrition experts who point out that exclusive breastfeeding…
NEW DELHI: The National Family Health Survey-6 (2023-24) has shown that participation of married women in household decision-making has increased over the years, with data revealing that 89% were involved in decisions about their own healthcare, major household purchases and visits to family and relatives.The participation of married women (15-49 years) in these three household…
NEW DELHI: Women may be living longer than men, but they are also spending far more years battling pain, depression, anxiety and other disabling conditions, according to a major global study published in The Lancet Public Health.The analysis, based on data from 204 countries and territories, found that women bear a disproportionately higher burden of…
DKS with Rahul and Kharge NEW DELHI: Congress’s surgical operation in Karnataka stems from its estimates of gaps after three years of the Siddaramaiah government and its expectations from DK Shivakumar at the helm, with eyes focused on future political battles – 2028 assembly polls followed by Lok Sabha polls.The transition from Siddaramaiah to Shivakumar…
NEW DELHI: Calling for a zero-tolerance approach towards unauthorised encroachments within 0-15 km of the international border, home minister Amit Shah on Friday said the local administration and police in border district should remove all such encroachments and keep a close vigil on centres of radicalisation within this border belt.Chairing a meeting in Bhuj to…
These decisions were taken in a Cabinet meeting held here under the chairmanship of Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann. CHANDIGARH: The Punjab Cabinet on Saturday gave the nod to a roadmap for dismantling the decades-old contractual employment system and also pave the way for the regularisation of more than 65,000 workers across 51 government departments.In…
JAMMU: An old mortar shell was recovered in a park near Sher-i-Kashmir Bridge on the outskirts of Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch. It was safely defused by the bomb disposal squad, officials said on Saturday.The shell was found by a youth who was out for a morning walk. He informed the police. “The police and the…
