India

New Delhi, Jun 16: The government has proposed to impose a penalty on insurance companies for delay in payment to hospitals for settlement of claims under its ambitious Ayushman Bharat National Health Protection Scheme (NHPS). Under the scheme, if an insurance company delays the claim payment beyond 15 days, then it would have to pay a penalty of one per cent interest on the claimed amount per

Lucknow, Jun 16: It was not Akbar but Rajput king Maharana Pratap who was great, Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath has said. Speaking at a function to mark the Maharana Pratap Jayanti on Thursday, he asserted, "It was not the Mughal emperor Akbar, but Maharana Pratap who was great for he displayed exemplary courage in the face of the might of the Mughal army." "It is not important as to

Patna, Jun 16: Bihar Governor Satya Pal Mallik asking girls studying in state universities to report directly to the Raj Bhavan any complaints of molestation or sexual harassment on campuses has triggered a political spat between Opposition RJD and ruling JD(U) over prevailing law and order situation. At a function organized by office-bearers of students unions of various universities here on

Kasaragod/ Ahmedabad, Jun 15: Eid-ul-Fitr was celebrated in Kerala and Gujarat a few other parts of India on Friday whereas in most of India the festival will be celebrated on Saturday. Eid-ul-Fitr marks the culmination of the holy month of Ramadan or Ramadan. Thursday was the last day of Ramadan in Kerala as Shawwal moon was sighted in Kozhikode last evening. In Gujarat, people celebrated Eid by

Mumbai, Jun 15: Two minor boys from a backward community were allegedly beaten up and paraded naked in a village in Maharashtra's Jalgaon district for swimming in a well that belonged to a person of a different caste, police said on Friday. The teenagers were paraded by two men, one of whom owned the well. Police have arrested the men, identified as Ishwar Joshi and Prahlad Lohar, in connection

Srinagar, Jun 15: The Srinagar Police on Friday released image of the fourth person, suspected to have killed veteran journalist and Rising Kashmir Editor Shujaat Bukhari. The police sought help of the general public to identify the suspect for further investigation. "The name of the person providing any clue or information regarding the suspects will be kept confidential," said the police. The

New Delhi , Jun 15: India is suffering from 'the worst water crisis' in its history with about 60 crore people facing high to extreme water stress and about two lakh people dying every year due to inadequate access to safe water, Niti Aayog said in a report on Thursday. The report, titled 'Composite Water Management Index' released by Minister for Water Resources Nitin Gadkari, further said the

Kolkata, Jun 15: The West Bengal government is working on a new law to tackle the menace of fake news and posts on social media, a move which comes against the backdrop of such posts stirring trouble and unrest in many parts of the country. A Home Department official told PTI that the state government intends to bring more clarity on the nature of the offence and punishment for those responsible

New Delhi, Jun 15: Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday condemned the killing of Rising Kashmir editor Shujaat Bukhari in Srinagar and termed it an "act of cowardice". The veteran journalist and his PSO were shot dead by unidentified gunmen outside the newspaper's office in Press Enclave near Lal Chowk in Srinagar on Thursday. Expressing shock at the journalist's death, the home minister

Srinagar, Jun 15: English newspaper 'Rising Kashmir' published its daily edition today even after losing its editor-in-chief Shujaat Bukhari yesterday in an assassination which also left two of his two personal security officers (PSOs) dead. Bukhari and his two PSOs were shot dead by unidentified gunmen outside Rising Kashmir office in Press Enclave near the city centre Lal Chowk here in Srinagar