Days after debating whether the epidemic act needs to be invoked in Goa during the tourist season to control the spread of swine fly, health minister Vishwajeet Rane ..
Police laxity is a term that most would be familiar with. But ‘deficiency in service’ on part of the police when it comes to maintaining law and order may also enter the common lexicon soon. When Dadumajra Colony ..
Members of the Allahabad High Court Bar Association (HCBA) on Tuesday observed `Sankalp Diwas' and resolved to protest unanimously on any move of bifurcation of Allahabad high court. Presiding over the meeting, HCBA president, VC Mishra while quoting ..
The State Bank of India (SBI) was not correct in denying an unrecognised SC/ST employees organisation's right to hold a dharna at its regional office here, though it had allowed a similar protest by some other forums earlier, the Madras High Court ha ..
The Madras High Court has asked the Tamil Nadu government to consider locating all cracker shops in Chennai at places like Island Ground and some other appropriate places during the Diwali season. A suggestion to this effect was made by the first be ..
The Madras High Court has refused to interfere with the Puducherry government's decision to pay Rs 25 lakh to the family of the former lieutenant-governor Govindsing Gurjar, who died in April 2009 while in office. Gurjar was appointed lieutenant gov ..
A total of 36 bonded labourers working in stone crushing units in Karur and Salem districts have walked free, thanks to a timely intervention of the Madras high court, which asked the authorities to rescue these labourers and rehabilitate them. A div ..
The government on Tuesday got some much-needed relief in dealing with the power crisis. The high court has stayed for six weeks the August 17 directive of the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC), asking KPTCL to grant open access for exp ..
Do you have an Employees' State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) membership? Then swipe your way to good health. The first set of `Pehchan' identity cards to ESIC beneficiaries was released on Tuesday by Union labour and employment minister Mallikarjun M ..
National Consumer Commission has directed a hospital to pay Rs 17 lakh compensation to kin of a patient who lost her life during an operation due to medical negligence. The commission, comprising members R C Jain and P D Shenoy, also imposed a fine ..