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Kolkata: Doctors of private hospitals Saturday called for a 48-hour “partial cease work” from October 14 in medical establishments across West Bengal, in solidarity with the agitating junior medics observing a fast-unto-death, demanding justice for the RG Kar hospital victim. The doctors, under the banner...

London: The Global Hunger Index (GHI), a tool used by international humanitarian agencies to measure and track hunger levels with GHI scores based on under-nourishment and child mortality indicators across 127 countries, has ranked India 105th, which places it under the “serious” category of the...

Chandigarh: The swearing-in ceremony of the new BJP government in Haryana will be held on October 17 in Panchkula, the party said in a statement on Saturday. It said Prime Minister Narendra Modi, senior BJP leaders and ChMef ministers of some other states will attend...

Chennai: Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha and senior Congress leader, Rahul Gandhi, Saturday lashed out at the Indian Railways and the central government over the derailment of the Mysore-Darbhanga Bagmati Express train. In a post on social media platform X, Rahul Gandhi said,...

Kolkata: Two more junior doctors have joined six of their colleagues who have been on a fast-unto-death here for the past seven days, demanding justice for the murdered woman medic at RG Kar Hospital, along with other crucial issues. Parichoy Panda from Ramakrishna Mission Seva...

New Delhi: Addressing the Vijayadashami Utsav 2024 in Nagpur, RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat Saturday remarked that when someone touched Draupadi’s garments, the Mahabharata was triggered, the abduction of Sita led to the Ramayana and what happened in Kolkata at the RG Kar Hospital was a...

New York: The United States has sanctioned an Indian ship services company for allegedly being involved in the transport of petroleum from Iran through a "Ghost Fleet" in defiance of restrictions on Tehran. The State Department said Friday that Gabbaro Ship Services Private Ltd based...

Washington: The US has announced sanctions targeting Iran's energy trade in light of the October 1 ballistic missile attack launched by the country against Israel. According to a statement issued by the Department of State, the department "is imposing sanctions on six entities engaged in...

Chennai: An express train rammed into a stationary train at Kavarapettai in Tamil Nadu and several passengers are feared injured, police said. A fire broke out quickly near a coach and only sketchy information is available right now on the accident, railway police said. At...

Kolkata: The health condition of junior doctor Aniket Mahato, who was hospitalised because of deteriorating health due to a fast he began on Sunday, is "critical but stable," RG Kar hospital sources said. Aniket has started responding to treatment, a member of the five-doctor team...