CBI books Konkan Railway Chief Engineer, private company, and its directors on graft charge

CBI books Konkan Railway Chief Engineer, private company, and its directors on graft charge

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has registered a corruption case against a Chief Engineer of the Konkan Railway Corporation Limited and a private company, along with its directors, on bribery charge. The accused persons have been identified as Sumeet Khajuria, a 2005-batch Indian Railway Service of Engineers (IRSE) officer posted as a Chief Engineer … Read more

Sexual assault of nine-year-old girl at Manapparai private school triggers tension

Sexual assault of nine-year-old girl at Manapparai private school triggers tension

Illustration for The Hindu | Photo Credit: Satheesh Vellinezhi An alleged sexual assault on a nine-year-old girl studying in a private CBSE school near Manapparai in Tiruchi district sparked protests in the late hours on Thursday (February 6, 2025) with a group of people vandalising a nearby matriculation school belonging to the same management and … Read more

19 private RO plants in Pune found supplying contaminated water amid GBS outbreak

19 private RO plants in Pune found supplying contaminated water amid GBS outbreak

The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has identified 14 of 30 private reverse osmosis (RO) water plants supplying cans of contaminated water in the city. This comes as the city is witnessing a surge in cases of Guillain-Barre syndrome (GBS), a rare nerve disorder. During a recent water quality inspection in the Kirkatwadi, Nanded, and Nandoshi … Read more

Private hospitals resume Aarogyasri services following Minister’s assurances

Private hospitals resume Aarogyasri services following Minister’s assurances

Minister for Health C. Damodar Raja Narasimha and Health Secretary Christina Z. Chongthu along with members of the Telangana Aarogyasri Network Hospitals Association during a meeting on January 20, 2025. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement The Telangana Aarogyasri Network Hospitals Association (TANHA) has ended its 10-day strike, which saw the suspension of Aarogyasri admissions in … Read more

Gynaecology patients going private to escape NHS waiting lists

Gynaecology patients going private to escape NHS waiting lists

PA Some women have described waiting in “agony” for gynaecological treatment When the BBC reported that waiting lists for gynaecology appointments across the UK had more than doubled since February 2020, many women shared their experiences of how they feel forced to turn to private care. Women waiting in agony for vital gynaecological treatment are … Read more

Police recover ₹1.14 crore from private school in Ranchi

Police recover ₹1.14 crore from private school in Ranchi

Acting on a tip-off, the Ranchi Police on Wednesday recovered ₹1.14 crore in cash stashed at the G.D. Goenka school allegedly for the purpose of ongoing Assembly elections. The money was seized from the private school located in the Namkum area of the State capital. A police team conducted the raids at the school in … Read more

Anbumani criticises T.N. Transport Dept.’s proposal to operate private buses on contract basis during Deepavali

Anbumani criticises T.N. Transport Dept.’s proposal to operate private buses on contract basis during Deepavali

Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) president Anbumani Ramadoss on Tuesday (October 22, 2024) urged the State government to drop the Transport Department’s proposal to hire and operate private buses on a contractual basis during the Deepavali festival, expressing concern that it would lead to privatisation. In a statement, he said the State government had announced last … Read more

Transport officials book cases against private bus operators for ‘fleecing passengers’

Transport officials book cases against private bus operators for ‘fleecing passengers’

With Dasara drawing to a close, people waiting to board a bus at the Pandit Nehru Bus Station in Vijayawada on Sunday. | Photo Credit: G.N. RAO Officials of the Road Transport Authority (RTA) in Andhra Pradesh have cracked the whip on erring private bus operators who fleeced the passengers taking undue advantage of the … Read more

Senior executive of private firm detained for hit-and-run death of food delivery man in Pune

Senior executive of private firm detained for hit-and-run death of food delivery man in Pune

Image used for representation | Photo Credit: The Hindu A food delivery man was killed after a high-end car driven by a senior executive of a private firm hit the two-wheeler he was riding in Pune in the early hours of Friday (October 11, 2024), police said. “Ayush Tayal (34), who was driving the car, … Read more