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New Delhi, Mar 27: Parliament today passed a bill that seeks to decriminalise suicide attempt by mentally ill people and provides for the right to better healthcare for people suffering from mental illness. 'The Mental Healthcare Bill' also has a provision to protect and restore the property right of the mentally ill people, Health Minister J P Nadda said in the Lok Sabha, just before it was

New Delhi, Mar 27: The row over Shiv Sena MP Ravindra Gaikwad assaulting an Air India employee today raged both within and outside Parliament, prompting Speaker Sumitra Mahajan to suggest an amicable resolution of the issue. Shiv Sena MPs denounced the blanket ban imposed on Gaikwad by domestic airlines which, they claimed, violated the Constitution and the law. They demanded that the ban be

Chennai, Mar 27: The Madras High Court, Monday, came down hard on a man, who claimed to be the 'secret son' of former Tamil Nadu chief minister Jayalalithaa. Justice R Mahadevan directed the arrest of Erode resident J Krishnamoorthy saying that he not only cheated the court but also prepared forged documents. Krishamoorthy had moved the court seeking help to declare him as Jayalalithaa's son and

New Delhi, Mar 27: The issue of assault of an Air India staffer by a Shiv Sena MP resonated in the Lok Sabha today, with his party demanding revocation of a ban on his flying but it got no positive response from the government which justified the action by the airlines. Members of the Shiv Sena, an ally of the ruling BJP, created uproar in the House and at one point of time, engaged in a verbal

Mumbai, Mar 27: Supporters of Shiv Sena MP Ravindra Gaikwad, who assaulted an Air India staffer in Delhi last week, today called for a bandh in Osmanabad's district to protest his "humiliation" over the incident. "We have called for the Osmanabad bandh to protest the humiliation of our leader by the airlines who have denied him flying rights," Sena district vice president Kamlakar Chavan told PTI

New Delhi, Mar 27: AAP MLA Ved Prakash Satish resigned from the party to join the BJP today, saying the Aam Aadmi Party has "failed" to deliver on the promises it had made in the run up to the 2015 assembly elections. The Bawana MLA said he would also resign from the assembly and other government-run bodies. "I am going to give my resignation letter to the Assembly Speaker," he said. The move is

Bhopal, Mar 27: In yet another instance of healthcare horror in Madhya Pradesh, dogs have eaten up the body of a 70-year-old woman who went missing from a government hospital in Rajgarh on March 22. This is the fifth such incident in the state in less than 10 months. Some sanitation workers chanced upon the grisly remains when they went looking for the source of the stench that had been troubling

New Delhi, Mar 27: Aadhaar cannot be made mandatory by the government for extending benefits of its welfare schemes, the Supreme Court said today. The government, however, cannot be stopped from using Aadhaar in other schemes like opening of bank accounts, the court said. A seven-judge bench has to be set up to hear petitions challenging Aadhaar but right now it is not possible, says said the

Lucknow/New Delhi, Mar 27: Meat sellers across Uttar Pradesh would go on an indefinite strike from today against the crackdown on illegal and mechanised slaughterhouses. Fish vendors were also claimed to have resolved to join the stir which has seen non-vegetarian delicacies go off the menu in several parts of the state. "We have decided to intensify our strike from tomorrow. All shops will remain

New Delhi, Mar 26: Terrorism has thrown a big challenge to humanity and people should draw inspiration from ancient scriptures to take on the menace, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said today. "Terrorism has gripped the entire world. It has thrown a challenge to humanity. If we try to analyse incidents mentioned in ancient scriptures and set those in the present context, I would say that Jatayu was