Kolkata, July 28 (IANS) The Health Department of West Bengal is set to introduce a new standard operating procedure (SOP) that mandates a weekly review of medicine inventories in state-run hospitals and medical college hospitals.State Health and Family Welfare Minister Dr Sharadwat Mukhopadhyay has given the go-ahead for this new SOP, and the main aim behind this move is to eliminate the presence and use of expired medicines in the state-run medical entities, said an insider from the state healt…
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Ranchi, July 27 (IANS) The Criminal Investigation Department (CID), which is probing alleged irregularities in the 14th Jharkhand Public Service Commission (JPSC) Civil Services Examination and several other recruitment tests, has summoned former JPSC Chairman L. Khiangte for questioning on Tuesday.Investigators are expected to question him on various aspects related to the recruitment process and conduct of the examinations.Khiangte said he would fully cooperate with the investigating agency. H…
Ranchi, July 27 (IANS) The Jharkhand High Court on Monday once again expressed strong displeasure over the slow progress in the investigation into the disappearance of a teenage girl from Bokaro, who has been missing for nearly six years.After reviewing the case records and the current status of the probe, the court directed the Superintendent of Police (SP) of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to appear in person before it. The matter will be heard again on Tuesday at 2.15 p.m.During th…
Kolkata, July 27 (IANS) The medical interns and medical students who participated in the free Sebaashray health camps organised by Trinamool Congress leader Abhishek Banerjee within his Diamond Harbour constituency during the previous Mamata Banerjee-led regime in West Bengal, will now be questioned by the investigating officials of the state health department and also by the sleuths of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID).Chief Minister, Suvendu Adhikari, last week, announced on the floo…
Kolkata, July 25 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Saturday launched a sharp attack on Trinamool Congress general secretary and the party’s Lok Sabha MP Abhishek Banerjee over the alleged large-scale irregularities at the Sebashray health camps organised in Diamond Harbour in South 24 Parganas during the previous Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool government.Speaking on the floor of the West Bengal Assembly on the final day of the six-day extended session, Adhikari addressed the H…
Kolkata, July 24 (IANS) The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of the West Bengal Police initiated an investigation into a complaint filed by activist Rajiv Sarkar, citing a threat to his life from Trinamool Congress General Secretary and Lok Sabha member Abhishek Banerjee.In the complaint filed at the Bidhannagar Cyber Crime Police station in North 24 Parganas district of West Bengal, Sarkar has expressed apprehension of being murdered because of his earlier complaint launched against Abhi…
Ranchi, July 23 (IANS) The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of Jharkhand police on Thursday conducted a raid at the Kanke Road residence of L. Khiangte, former Chief Secretary of the state and immediate past Chairman of the Jharkhand Public Service Commission (JPSC), as part of its probe into alleged irregularities in the 14th Combined Civil Services Examination.A CID team, accompanied by police personnel, visited Khiangte’s residence and examined documents and records related to the JPSC…
Hyderabad, July 23 (IANS) Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) working president K.T. Rama Rao on Thursday said he has served a legal notice on Telangana Chief Minister, demanding that he tender an unconditional public apology within 48 hours for falsely branding Globe Arena as his ‘benami’ company and making several other baseless allegations.K.T. Rama Rao strongly condemned the Chief Minister for making what he described as false, malicious and defamatory allegations linking him to the company.K.T. Ra…
Ranchi, July 22 (IANS) The Jharkhand Public Service Commission (JPSC) has postponed the 14th Combined Civil Services Main Examination-2025 until further orders, a statement said on Wednesday.The Commission has also decided to defer all examinations scheduled in the near future under its Examination Calendar-2026.The decision came at a time when the CID is investigating alleged irregularities in the results of the 14th Combined Civil Services Preliminary Examination (PT).In an order issued on Wed…
Ranchi, July 22 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) workers and BJP supporters on Wednesday laid siege to the headquarters of the Jharkhand Public Service Commission (JPSC) in Ranchi, demanding the cancellation of the Combined Civil Services Preliminary Examination over alleged irregularities.The protest led to a confrontation between demonstrators and police, with activists attempting to breach barricades and march towards the Commission’s office. BJP state president and Rajya Sabha MP A…