New Delhi: Retired Supreme Court Judge Justice Arun Kumar Mishra on Wednesday took over as the Chairman of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC). He had retired from the Apex Court in September last year. Justice Mishra enrolled as a lawyer in 1978. He was elected youngest Chairperson of Bar Council of India in 1998-99….
New Delhi: Olympic medallist Sushil Kumar was suspended by Railways yesterday after his arrest in the kidnapping and murder of a 23-year-old wrestler inside Chhatrasal Stadium in Delhi. The wrestler, who had been on the run for close to three weeks, was arrested along with his aide Ajay from northwest Delhi’s Mundka on Sunday. “Sushil…
New Delhi: As the current spring season draws to an end, climbers and expedition organisers have reported more COVID-19 cases on the world’s tallest peak, Mt. Everest, while an official from the Nepali Department of Tourism has denied it, saying no written reports were presented yet. Damian Browne, a former Irish professional rugby player who…
New Delhi: Wrestler Sushil Kumar, India’s two-time Olympic medallist, was arrested this morning over alleged involvement in the murder of a fellow wrestler in Delhi. He had been evading arrest for nearly 20 days, Delhi Police said. Sushil Kumar was arrested along with a co-accused from northwest Delhi’s Mundka, police officials said. Police were on…
New Delhi: Padma Shree awardee and former National President of the Indian Medical Association (IMA) Dr. K.K. Aggarwal (62) passed away at 11.30 pm on May 17 in New Delhi. He was admitted to AIIMS here and was on ventilator support for the past few days. Ever since he became a doctor, Dr. Aggarwal had…
New Delhi: A plea has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking directions to cancel the CBSE and ICSE board examinations of Class 12 amid the raging second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic. In the plea, petitioner advocate Mamta Sharma said, “step-motherly arbitrary, inhuman directions” have been issued to the innocent students to postpone the…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hold review meetings with Deputy Commissioners (DCs) of high COVID-19 burden districts over video-conference on May 18 and May 20 in the presence of the Chief Ministers of respective States. The DCs of 46 districts from nine States would meet Modi on May 18 and those of 54…
New Delhi: Ajit Singh (82), former Union Minister and Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) chief passed away this morning, according to a tweet from his son Jayant Chaudhary. “He battled his condition till the very end and breathed his last today morning,” he said. Prime Minister Narendra Modi was among those who paid tribute to the…
New Delhi: Former Attorney General, senior lawyer and Padma Vibhushan awardee Soli Sorabjee (91), passed away at a private hospital here this morning following brief illness. He is survived by his wife, a daughter and two sons. Chief Justice of India N.V. Ramana, who paid tribute to Sorabjee, said, “Sad news. One of our legal…
New Delhi: The Government of India has slashed the price of Remdesivir from Rs. 5,400 to Rs. 3,500 for the benefit of Corona patients and has supplied 6.69 lakh bottles to various States in the last five days, said Union Minister for Chemicals and Fertilizers D.V. Sadananda Gowda (DVS). He held a meeting with Mansukh…
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