India

Gurgaon, Sep 6: Patients visiting the two government hospitals in Gurgaon on Saturday were in for a rude surprise, after they found that two of the three mobile ICUs had been sent to Faridabad for the Prime Minister's rally on Sunday. Patients said they were forced to wait for hours for ambulances, and eventually had to hire or borrow cars to reach the hospitals. A team of six doctors, including

Jammu, Sep 5: An Army soldier, who was killed in a gunfight with militants in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kupwara district earlier this week attained martyrdom after killing 10 guerrillas in 11 days, a military official said on Saturday. “Lance Naik Mohan Nath Goswami, a Special Forces Commando of the Indian Army has created a unique history of valour and dedication to duty by eliminating 10 terrorists in

Pune, Sep 5: Home Minister Rajnath Singh today rejected the opposition charges that the RSS was running the government and said he and Prime Minister Narendra Modi are 'Sayamsevaks' of the saffron fountainhead and no one should have any problem in it. "I want to clarify everyone that I am a RSS 'Sayamsevak' (worker), the Prime Minister is a RSS 'Sayamsevak and no one should have any problem in it

New Delhi, Sep 5: The government has decided to implement the One Rank One Pension (OROP) scheme for veterans, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar said here on Saturday. The pension would be refixed every five years and the scheme will be with effect from July 1, 2014. But the ex-servicemen said they were not "fully satisfied" with the government's decision. Maj Gen (retd) Satbir Singh, spearheading

Mumbai, Sep 5: All accused in the Sheena Bora murder case --Indrani Mukerjea, Sanjeev Khanna and Shyam Rai-- whose police custody ends today will be produced in a court here this afternoon. Police is likely to seek extension of their custody today. Till now, 12 days have been exhausted out of the permissible 14-days of police custody. Digital superimposition of the profile of Sheena Bora has

New Delhi, Sep 5: Two international flights were called back while one which was preparing for departure from the Indira Gandhi International Airport here was taken to an isolation bay due to a bomb scare early today, sources said. At 01.30 AM a threat call was received at the Delhi Airport's call centre in Gurgaon. The caller claimed that there were bombs on three international flights – 9W078 of

New Delhi, Sep 4: In a significant judgment, the Delhi High Court on Friday allowed women to get permanent commission in the Navy. This means that women can now stay with the Indian Navy till they retire. The Army and the Air Force allow permanent commission for women but the Navy had been limiting women officers only to short service commission. A group of women naval officers had moved the Delhi

New Delhi, Sep 4: “Dream big”, “think positive”, “you don't need to join the military to serve the nation as the smallest of deeds also help in nation-building”, “make notes on whatever interests you'', “don't be cowed down by criticism or failure'',... were among the lessons Prime Minister Narendra Modi had as he addressed students from across the country through video-conferencing on Friday on

New Delhi, Sep 4: In his Teacher's Day address, Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed children across the country on Friday, encouraging them to get inspired by their teachers. He also mentioned that "students are their teachers' identity." Here are the top quotes: 1. Sometimes people wonder why spend time with students on Teachers’ Day. It is because students are teachers’ identity. 2. A teacher

Mumbai, Sep 4: A fire broke out in the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) building in suburban Bandra-Kurla Complex (BKC) today. There was no immediate report of any causalty, fire brigade sources said. The blaze erupted on the fourth floor of the building at around 8.30 AM, they said. Ten fire engines have been rushed to the spot. The cause of the fire was yet to be ascertained, sources added. An RBI