Smitha Mundasad Health reporter Getty Images More than half of the overall NHS waiting list for non urgent treatment in England is made up of people of working age (19 to 64), the first official deep dive into inequalities in waiting lists has found. The data shows, for those aged 18 to 64, waiting lists … Read more
The ADG directed BSF troops to be ‘extra vigilant’ given the present security situation along the zero-line and to thwart any attempt at trans-border crimes. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu Additional Director General (ADG), Eastern Command, of the Border Security Force (BSF), Mahesh Kumar Aggarwal, reviewed the operational preparedness in the North Bengal frontier … Read more
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis. | Photo Credit: PTI Nearly five months after taking oath as the Chief Minister of Maharashtra, Devendra Fadnavis on Wednesday (April 30, 2025) moved into ‘Varsha’, his official residence in south Mumbai. This is after a gap of nearly five-and-a-half years that Mr. Fadnavis will be residing at the same … Read more
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested two accused persons, including an Indian Revenue Service (IRS) official, on the allegation of attempting to sabotaging the faceless scheme of Income-Tax assessment. They have been identified by the agency as 2015-batch IRS official Vijayendra, who holds the police of Deputy Commissioner in the Income-Tax Department, and … Read more
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested a Senior Auditor in the Office of Principal Controller of Defence Accounts (PCDA) under the Defence Ministry and two private persons on graft charge. The accused persons have been identified as Deep Narayan Yadav, Senior Auditor in the PCDA Office; Akash Kapoor (defence supplier), owner of Akash … Read more
A day after creating a ruckus at the Sunday’s District Review Committee (DRC) Meeting, attended by three ministers, in Karimnagar, Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) MLA Padi Kaushik Reddy was arrested in Hyderabad on Monday by the Karimnagar police. He is being shifted to Karimnagar where he would be presented before the magistrate after questioning. He … Read more
Organisers making arrangements for Drone Show at Punnami Ghat, in Vijayawada on Monday. | Photo Credit: G.N. RAO The State government will prepare the AP Drone Policy by November-end this year, and efforts are being made to develop Andhra Pradesh as the drone capital of India, said Principal Secretary (Infrastructure and Investments) S. Suresh Kumar. … Read more
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MP Sanjay Singh. File | Photo Credit: ANI The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Saturday (October 12, 2024) alleged that no action has been taken against a health official who is accused of sexually harassing a lady doctor in a Delhi Government hospital. AAP’s Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh, in a … Read more
The Local Self Government Department on Saturday suspended an official of the Thiruvananthapuram Corporation for allegedly accepting bribes from a person who applied for an occupancy certificate. LSGD Principal Director Seeram Sambasiva Rao issued orders to suspend K.M.Shibu, who earlier served as the Superintendent of the engineering section of the Corporation for allegedly accepting a … Read more
Mass cremation of the unidentified people who lost their lives in the recent landslides at the Pithumala burial ground, in Wayanad, on Aug. 5, 2024. | Photo Credit: PTI The Kerala government pegged the official death toll in the Wayanad landslide disaster at 222 even as the search for survivors and bodies of victims entered … Read more