Sonam Wangchuk arrest: SC issues notice to Centre, Ladakh UT on wife’s plea; activist held under NSA | India News

[ad_1] Sonam Wangchuk (File photo) NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday issued notice to the NDA-led central government and the Ladakh Union Territory (UT) on a plea challenging Sonam Wangchuk’s detention after a violent protest in Ladakh in which four people were killed.The top court was hearing a plea filed by Wangchuk’s wife, Gitanjali…

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‘Show me one LoP who … ‘: Kiren Rijiju slams Rahul Gandhi’s remarks in Colombia; rebuts Congress | India News

[ad_1] Kiren Rijiju and Rahul Gandhi (File photo) NEW DELHI: Union minister Kiren Rijiju on Monday accused Congress leader Rahul Gandhi of resorting to the constant “India-shaming & India-bashing” statements, saying “we are worried” about his remarks abroad.Rijiju said he didn’t want to comment on the Congress scion’s personal visits, but his remarks abroad “against…

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Bengal floods: Trajectory change of low-pressure system led to havoc | India News

[ad_1] A portion of a road connecting Siliguri and Darjeeling, damaged after landslide on Sunday KOLKATA: Devastating rain that flooded the plains and hills of north Bengal was brought by an unexpected change in the trajectory of a low-pressure system triggered by the retreating monsoon, meteorologists have said.The system, which formed over the Bay of…

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Cuttack bandh: 36-hour curfew, internet banned; city on edge after violent clashes – Key points | India News

[ad_1] Police personnel at the spot where tensions erupt after a clash between two groups following the incident of stone pelting and a clash between them during Durga Puja immersion (ANI) NEW DELHI: Odisha’s Cuttack witnessed fresh communal tensions and violent clashes on Sunday after police denied permission for a bike rally organised by a…

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Uttar Pradesh: ‘Shoot on sight’ orders for wolves in Bahraich | India News

[ad_1] LUCKNOW/BAHRAICH: Uttar Pradesh’s forest department issued Sunday “shoot on sight” orders for wolves following a spate of attacks in Bahraich district that have left six people, including four children, dead in the past two months. The order coincided with fresh attacks that left three villagers injured.“Given the repeated attacks by wolves on villagers, state…

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Coldrif row: 14 MP kids given banned cough syrup fighting for life in Maharashtra hospitals | India News

[ad_1] NAGPUR: At least 14 more children from Madhya Pradesh’s Chhindwara district who had been administered the now-banned cough syrup Coldrif are battling for life in government and private hospitals in Nagpur after suffering renal failure.Lab reports confirmed the six children who died at GMCH-Nagpur had suffered renal failure due to diethylene glycol (DEG) toxicity….

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Rajasthan high court: Drop ‘Maharaj’ from petition or case will fall | India News

[ad_1] JAIPUR: Princely states are long gone, but the ‘Maharaj’ has lingered. Now, Rajasthan high court has drawn a line.Justice Mahendra Kumar Goyal directed descendants of the former Jaipur royal family to drop the prefixes “Maharaj” and “Princess” from their ongoing petitions or see their 24-year-old case dismissed. The court set Oct 13 as the…

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Coldrif tragedy: Doctor held, SIT set up as Madhya Pradesh’s ‘syrup toll’ rises to 14 | India News

[ad_1] Representative image (Picture credit: ANI) BHOPAL: Three more children died in Madhya Pradesh’s Chhindwara on Sunday after allegedly having cough syrup, taking the toll to 14 on a day a government doctor was arrested, an SIT was formed and the body of a two-year-old girl was exhumed for autopsy – the first among the…

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Cough syrup tragedy: Government urges states, UTs to strictly comply with revised drug norms | India News

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Amid the controversy over deaths of children in parts of Madhya Pradesh, allegedly due to consumption of sub-standard cough syrup, Union health secretary Punya Salila Srivastava on Sunday asked states/UTs to ensure strict compliance with Revised Schedule M – updated Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) — by all drug manufacturers.Srivastava, at a meeting…

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