New Delhi, Feb 7 (IANS) Union Minister for Health & Family Welfare JP Nadda on Saturday urged youth to work responsibly and to give back to society.Addressing the convocation ceremony 2025-26 of Manav Rachna Educational Institutions (MREI), Nadda said it is not just the culmination of an academic journey but the beginning of a new phase of responsibility towards the nation and society. He emphasised that the graduating cohort is privileged to be entering their professional lives during the s…
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New Delhi, Feb 5 (IANS) Member of Parliament Hema Malini met Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta at the Delhi Secretariat on Thursday and discussed various issues related to development. In a message on social media, the Chief Minister’s Office said, “On this occasion, a meaningful discussion took place on various contemporary issues.”The CMO also shared photographs of the meeting.Earlier, on the occasion of World Cancer Day, the Chief Minister joined Union Minister of State for Health and Fa…
New Delhi, Feb 5 (IANS) Doctors at AII India Institute of Medical Sciences successfully performed a complex medical procedure to save the life of a 14-month-old girl who had swallowed a 2-inch-long metal spring, it said on Thursday.The metal spring stuck in the oesophagus, also known as the food pipe, was successfully removed after an endoscopic surgery, AIIMS said in an official statement. he child, a resident of Yamunanagar, was brought to the hospital after suffering from continuous vomiting …
Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 5 (IANS) Union Minister of State for MSME, Labour and Employment Shobha Karandlaje, who is also the BJP’s co-incharge for the Kerala Assembly elections, on Thursday alleged that the state government, while raising demands for an AIIMS, had failed to utilise three medical colleges already allotted to Kerala — two in Wayanad and Kasaragod and an ESI medical college in Kollam.As part of a nationwide outreach by Union Ministers to explain the Union Budget, Karandlaje accus…
Chennai, Feb 5 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to inaugurate the long-awaited first phase of the AIIMS campus at Thoppur in Tamil Nadu’s Madurai on February 28, marking a significant milestone for one of the state’s most debated healthcare projects, Bharatiya Janata Party sources said on Thursday. The institute, announced ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, has faced repeated delays over land acquisition and funding issues, turning it into a persistent political flashpoint between …
Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 4 (IANS) Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Wednesday moved a resolution in the Kerala Legislative Assembly under Rule 118, expressing deep concern and strong protest over what he described as the Centre’s “continued neglect and discriminatory” approach towards Kerala on a range of critical issues.Moving the resolution, the Chief Minister said a nation can command respect globally only when all its constituent states are secure, developed and prosperous.Weakening states…
New Delhi, Feb 3 (IANS) The Central Government has clarified that there is no proposal to establish a new All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Jabalpur or elsewhere in the Mahakaushal region of Madhya Pradesh. This was stated by Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare Prataprao Jadhav in a written reply to a Rajya Sabha question on Tuesday. Responding to queries raised by Congress MP Vivek K. Tankha regarding the establishment of an AIIMS-like institution of national repute…
New Delhi, Feb 3 (IANS) The Delhi High Court has set aside the cancellation of a medical aspirant’s candidature for admission to the DM Critical Care Medicine programme at the AIIMS, holding that completion of the mandatory three-year postgraduate residency can be counted cumulatively even if undertaken across multiple institutions. Allowing a writ petition filed by Meet Bhadresh Shah, who secured an All India Rank of 4 in the Institute of National Importance Super-Specialty (INI-SS) January 2…
Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 3 (IANS) The Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) has announced a statewide ‘Black Day’ on Tuesday to protest what it describes as the Central government’s “complete disregard” of Kerala in the Union Budget 2026-2027, party sources said. CPI-M workers will raise black flags at all booths, stage demonstrations, and mobilise public outrage over allocations that, they say, ignore the state’s long-standing developmental needs, they added on Monday.Irony is not lost on obs…
New Delhi, Feb 2 (IANS) A Delhi court on Monday directed that a copy of the chargesheet be supplied to the accused, Gaganpreet Kaur, in the high-profile Dhaula Kuan BMW road accident case, which claimed the life of a senior Finance Ministry officer. Judicial Magistrate First Class Ankit Garg passed the order after Gaganpreet Kaur appeared before the Patiala House Court pursuant to a summons issued earlier. The matter has been listed for scrutiny of documents on February 20. The court had, on Jan…