New Delhi, May 5 (IANS) The Delhi High Court has modified its earlier order granting interim bail to Baramulla MP Abdul Rashid Sheikh, popularly known as Engineer Rashid, and permitted him to visit his ailing father, admitted to AIIMS in the national capital. In its latest order, a Bench of Justices Prathiba M. Singh and Madhu Jain permitted Rashid to go to AIIMS daily from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. till May 10.Earlier, the Delhi High Court had granted interim bail to Rashid to enable him to visit his fa…
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New Delhi, April 30 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Thursday issued notice on a contempt petition alleging non-compliance with its earlier order permitting medical termination of a 15-year-old minor’s pregnancy, warning that contempt of court charges could be framed if its directions were not implemented.A Bench of Justices B.V. Nagarathna and Ujjal Bhuyan, while hearing a contempt plea filed by the minor’s mother, directed the Union Health Secretary and the Director of AIIMS, New Delhi, to appe…
New Delhi, April 25 (IANS) While reiterating the need for trained personnel, standardised protocols, and technology-driven access to emergency care across the country, the Supreme Court has directed all states and Union Territories (UTs) to initiate a time-bound exercise to implement minimum standards for Intensive Care Units (ICUs). In its order, a Bench of Justices Ahsanuddin Amanullah and R. Mahadevan recorded that a consensus-based “foundational document” laying down guidelines for the o…
New Delhi, April 25 (IANS) A 32-year-old man was seriously injured after an alleged brutal assault over a payment dispute in Vijay Enclave area of Dwarka in the national capital, police said on Saturday.According to officials, a PCR call was received on April 24 at around 8:30 p.m. reporting that a man’s hands were allegedly cut using a grinder by few known persons in Delhi’s Vijay Enclave.Police from Dabri Police Station rushed to the spot and found the victim, Lokesh Gupta, a resident of Vijay…
Jaipur, April 24 (IANS) Vice-President C.P. Radhakrishnan will visit Jaipur on Saturday to attend the 35th Convocation of the University of Rajasthan and other events, an official said on Friday. “Apart from attending the Convocation, the Vice-President will also attend the 23rd Cancer Survivors’ Day, organised by Bhagwan Mahaveer Cancer Hospital and Research Centre in Jaipur,” said the official in a statement.Earlier on Thursday, Vice-President Radhakrishnan chaired the sixth convocation ceremo…
Jaipur, April 16 (IANS) Rajasthan Pradesh Congress Committee President Govind Singh Dotasra on Thursday criticised the state government’s decision to remove four books from the school curriculum for the 2026-27 academic session.Dotasra said that the removal of books such as Rajasthan’s Freedom Movement and Gallantry Traditions (Class 9), History and Culture of Rajasthan (Class 10), Golden India After Independence (Class 11), and Golden India After Independence – Part 2 (Class 12) would result …
Nagpur, April 15 (IANS) President Droupadi Murmu on Wednesday said that the present era marks a phase of rapid transformation in the healthcare sector, and stressed that technological advances must be used to reduce the gap between rural and urban healthcare access, ensuring quality care for all.Addressing the convocation ceremony at AIIMS Nagpur, the President noted that unprecedented global progress in medicine is being driven by technologies such as artificial intelligence, digital health ser…
Rajkot, April 13 (IANS) President Droupadi Murmu on Monday said that skilled and socially conscious doctors can bring about “profound change in society”, as she addressed the first convocation ceremony of All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Gujarat’s Rajkot. Addressing graduating students, the President said that several AIIMS institutions have been established across the country to provide world-class tertiary healthcare at an affordable cost.She said they are playing a pivot…
Chandigarh, April 7 (IANS) Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) President Sukhbir Badal on Tuesday said the party would chart out a programme to help distressed farmers whose standing crop had been damaged across 1.25 lakh acres as they had been completely abandoned by the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government in Punjab. Addressing a rally in Budhlada town as part of the party’s Punjab Bachao campaign, the SAD President said, “We are making a programme to provide wheat as well as green and dry fodder to aff…
New Delhi, April 6 (IANS) The All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, on Monday launched the VR training centre for medical and nursing education, a step towards adopting immersive technologies in healthcare learning.The prominent health institute set up the facility at the SET Facility of AIIMS in collaboration with MediSim VR, and will enable structured, simulation-based training for students and healthcare professionals.The partnership will focus on researching and evaluat…