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Maharashtra invokes MESMA against striking doctors

Maharashtra invokes MESMA against striking doctors

Rediff.com2 Mar 2006

The strike has been declared illegal under MESMA and the process to deregister the resident doctors with the Mumbai University would be initiated if they do not report to duty within four hours of receiving the notice.

'It's Not Possible That Some Warning Was Not There'

'It's Not Possible That Some Warning Was Not There'

Rediff.com21 Jul 2025

'If anything happened out of the normal, there would be instantaneous ECAM, EICAS warnings, the master caution or master warnings going off.' 'It would be like a Christmas tree in the cockpit if things start going wrong.'

What Husain Painting's Record Sale Will Fund

What Husain Painting's Record Sale Will Fund

Rediff.com21 Mar 2025

Proceeds from the sale will support the training of future generations of doctors at the Oslo University Hospital. The fascinating story behind the Husain painting which set a new record for modern Indian art.

LaLiga PIX: Getafe stun Atletico

LaLiga PIX: Getafe stun Atletico

Rediff.com9 Mar 2025

Atletico had no shots on target until the referee awarded them the penalty for a handball by Getafe defender Omar Alderete which Sorloth netted with a low strike to the goalkeeper's left.

Doctors resorting to strike illegal: Delhi HC

Doctors resorting to strike illegal: Delhi HC

Rediff.com21 Feb 2011

The Delhi high court on Monday held that doctors of government hospitals are not allowed to go on strike and directed the All India Institute of Medical Sciences authorities to find out and punish those medical practitioners who had resorted to such a method of protest in recent years.

Doctors in 14 Delhi hospitals withdraw strike

Doctors in 14 Delhi hospitals withdraw strike

Rediff.com16 May 2006

With the Delhi government terming the strike by medicos as "totally illegal" and threatening action against them, doctors of 14 hospitals in Delhi on Tuesday withdrew their strike even as services continued to be affected in other hospitals.

Junior doctors in AP end strike

Junior doctors in AP end strike

Rediff.com14 Jul 2005

300 medical college teachers resign, doctors continue strike

300 medical college teachers resign, doctors continue strike

Rediff.com3 Mar 2014

Nearly 300 teachers of a medical college on Monday submitted their resignation to Uttar Pradesh government, even as the agitation by doctors against arrest of 24 junior doctors entered the fourth day.

4,500 resident doctors in Maharashtra call off strike

4,500 resident doctors in Maharashtra call off strike

Rediff.com3 Jul 2015

The doctors affiliated to Maharashtra Association of Resident Doctors on Friday withdrew their strike following an assurance from the government that their demands would be fulfilled.

Talks fail, 3500 govt doctors on strike in Bihar

Talks fail, 3500 govt doctors on strike in Bihar

Rediff.com15 Jan 2013

The strike called by Bihar Health Services Association has paralysed the working in hospitals and public health centres across the state.

Strike called off in Maharashtra, but doctors still to resume work

Strike called off in Maharashtra, but doctors still to resume work

Rediff.com24 Mar 2017

Resident doctors in Maharashtra are yet to resume work despite an appeal by an association representing them to join duty and intervention of the Bombay high court.

AI plane crash death toll hits 270 as families wait for bodies

AI plane crash death toll hits 270 as families wait for bodies

Rediff.com14 Jun 2025

The process of identification of victims by matching the DNA samples is currently underway, and the bodies will be handed over to their relatives once the process is complete.

Why Nitish-Tejashwi Sacked 81 Doctors

Why Nitish-Tejashwi Sacked 81 Doctors

Rediff.com27 Jan 2023

Some doctors were absent from duty for 20 years, others for 15, some for 12. About 64 doctors remained absent from duty for more than five years.

AI 171's blackbox recovered from rooftop of building

AI 171's blackbox recovered from rooftop of building

Rediff.com13 Jun 2025

The ministry of civil aviation clarified that, contrary to circulating reports, a video recorder that had been recovered at the crash site was not the DFDR.

Maratha quota activist to decide today on continuing hunger strike

Maratha quota activist to decide today on continuing hunger strike

Rediff.com12 Sep 2023

Addressing the media, Jarange, on an indefinite hunger strike since August 29 at Antarwali Sarati village in Jalna district in central Maharashtra demanding reservation in jobs and education for the Maratha community, asserted he would not succumb to pressure from either the government or the opposition on the quota issue.

Bayern battle past 10-man Augsburg, but Musiala goes off injured

Bayern battle past 10-man Augsburg, but Musiala goes off injured

Rediff.com5 Apr 2025

Bayern Munich came back from a goal down to beat 10-man Augsburg 3-1 away on Friday and move nine points clear at the top of the Bundesliga, but Jamal Musiala went off injured and looks unlikely to be fit for next week's Champions League quarter-final.

Fasting farmer leader advised hospitalisation

Fasting farmer leader advised hospitalisation

Rediff.com16 Dec 2024

Jagjit Singh Dallewal, a 70-year-old Punjab farmer leader, is on his 21st day of a hunger strike demanding the Indian government address farmers' concerns, including a legal guarantee of MSP on crops. His health has deteriorated, and doctors have recommended immediate hospitalization. However, Dallewal, a cancer patient, has refused medical treatment.

LaLiga PIX: Barcelona go three points clear

LaLiga PIX: Barcelona go three points clear

Rediff.com28 Mar 2025

Undefeated since late December, Barca are the only team in Europe's top-five league who have yet to lose in 2025.

AP doctors continue strike, govt invokes ESMA

AP doctors continue strike, govt invokes ESMA

Rediff.com19 Dec 2007

Despite the government setting a deadline of Wednesday for the junior doctors to resume duty and warning that ESMA would otherwise be invoked, the agitators continued their stir at all government teaching hospitals.

SC praises protesting farmer leader as he breaks fast

SC praises protesting farmer leader as he breaks fast

Rediff.com28 Mar 2025

Farmer leader Jagjit Singh Dallewal, who was on an indefinite hunger strike in support of various demands, has broken his fast after the Punjab government intervened and dispersed protesting farmers at Khanauri and Shambhu borders. The Supreme Court lauded Dallewal's efforts and acknowledged the government's action, while also asking for a status report on the situation. Contempt proceedings against the Punjab chief secretary and Director General of Police for not complying with the court's order of providing medical aid to Dallewal were dropped.

Indian Military's Awesome 3

Indian Military's Awesome 3

Rediff.com28 May 2025

Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw Field Marshal K M Cariappa Marshal of the Indian Air Force Arjan Singh The three highest-ranking military heroes of the Indian Armed Forces. They were the rarest of the rare. The bravest of the brave.

Kerala woman doctor stabbed to death by man she was treating

Kerala woman doctor stabbed to death by man she was treating

Rediff.com10 May 2023

A 23-year-old doctor was stabbed to death on Wednesday at a taluk hospital in Kottarakkara area of Kollam district in Kerala allegedly by a man, a school teacher under suspension, who was brought there by police after being involved in a fight with his family members.

Bengal: 3rd medic on fast rushed to hospital

Bengal: 3rd medic on fast rushed to hospital

Rediff.com13 Oct 2024

Another junior doctor, who was observing a fast-unto-death in protest over the rape and murder of a woman medic at RG Kar Medical College was rushed to a hospital on Saturday evening after his health condition deteriorated, an official said.

RG Kar case: Junior medics continue fast-unto-death

RG Kar case: Junior medics continue fast-unto-death

Rediff.com7 Oct 2024

Agitating junior doctors in West Bengal continued their fast-unto-death for the third consecutive day on Monday, demanding justice for the rape and murder of a woman medic of the RG Kar hospital and workplace safety even as the state government remained silent to address their issues.

Hunger strikes to begin across Maharashtra from Sunday: Jarange

Hunger strikes to begin across Maharashtra from Sunday: Jarange

Rediff.com28 Oct 2023

Activist Manoj Jarange, who is observing an indefinite fast for the Maratha quota demand, on Saturday said a series of hunger strikes will begin in every village in Maharashtra from October 29 if the government fails to grant the reservation immediately.

SC refuses to stay doctors' nation-wide strike

SC refuses to stay doctors' nation-wide strike

Rediff.com25 Jun 2012

A bench of justices H L Gokhale and Gyan Sudha Misra, however, hoped the doctors would desist from going ahead with the proposed strike in the interest of the general public.

Gorakhpur: Doctors at BRD Hospital call off strike

Gorakhpur: Doctors at BRD Hospital call off strike

Rediff.com11 Nov 2011

The residents or junior doctors went on strike on Tuesday when agitated relatives of a patient, who had died during treatment, clashed with the medicos.

Maha: Doctors, medical students call off strike

Maha: Doctors, medical students call off strike

Rediff.com20 Apr 2008

Resident doctors and medical students in Maharashtra called off their six-day-old strike on Sunday after an assurance by the state government to meet their demands, including increasing the number of post-graduate seats."The state government has agreed to meet all our demands and promised to increase the number of seats for post graduation courses within a month," Maharashtra Association of Resident Doctors spokesperson Ravikant Singh said.

SC asks protesting Bengal docs to return to duty

SC asks protesting Bengal docs to return to duty

Rediff.com9 Sep 2024

A bench headed by Chief Justice DY Chandrachud directed the protesting doctors to get back to work by 5 pm on Tuesday and assured them that there will be no adverse action if they resume duty.

Patients turned away as 4,000 Maharashtra doctors go on strike

Patients turned away as 4,000 Maharashtra doctors go on strike

Rediff.com2 Jul 2015

The doctors will not provide emergency services until all 10 demands are fulfilled.

Kolkata hospital principal resigns amid massive protests over doc's rape-murder

Kolkata hospital principal resigns amid massive protests over doc's rape-murder

Rediff.com12 Aug 2024

"I cannot take this insult anymore. All the allegations raised against me are false and fabricated. A student movement has been incited to remove me. There is a political mind behind this. I had informed police within an hour of the incident. CCTV footage has been handed over to police," Ghosh said.

'Unpardonable non-cooperation': Centre moves SC against WB govt over Kolkata horror

'Unpardonable non-cooperation': Centre moves SC against WB govt over Kolkata horror

Rediff.com3 Sep 2024

Terming the alleged non-cooperation of the Trinamool Congress (TMC) government as an example "symptomatic of a systemic malaise", the Union Ministry of Home Affairs has sought a direction to West Bengal authorities to extend full cooperation to the CISF.

Patients suffer as junior doctors continue strike at Assam medical college

Patients suffer as junior doctors continue strike at Assam medical college

Rediff.com13 May 2014

Protesting the murder of their colleague and the lack of security at the Assam Medical College Hospital, junior doctors continued their strike for the fourth consecutive day. Anurag Kashyap reports on the matter.

Docs hold rallies for security ahead of SC hearing on RG Kar case

Docs hold rallies for security ahead of SC hearing on RG Kar case

Rediff.com29 Sep 2024

The rallies were organised from R G Kar hospital, Sagore Dutta Hospital, SSKM Hospital, Calcutta Medical College, and Jadavpur in south Kolkata.

The Mystery Of Woh Kaun Thi

The Mystery Of Woh Kaun Thi

Rediff.com5 Apr 2025

Dinesh Raheja looks back at Manoj Kumar's brilliant 1964 thriller Woh Kaun Thi, and explains just what made it an audio-visual treat.

Atishi's health falling, docs advise hospitalisation: AAP

Atishi's health falling, docs advise hospitalisation: AAP

Rediff.com24 Jun 2024

Delhi Water minister Atishi's health condition has deteriorated on the fourth day of her indefinite fast on Monday and doctors have advised her to be admitted to a hospital, the Aam Aadmi Party said.

Rejoin duty or lose 6 months' pay: Government warns striking doctors

Rejoin duty or lose 6 months' pay: Government warns striking doctors

Rediff.com22 Mar 2017

Nearly 4,000 doctors have been on strike in various government and municipal hospitals since Monday demanding security at work place in the wake of a string of attacks on their colleagues.

Special central law must to curb attacks on medical staff: IMA

Special central law must to curb attacks on medical staff: IMA

Rediff.com13 Aug 2024

The association said that 25 states have laws on attacks on doctors and hospitals but these are mostly ineffective on the ground and do not serve the purpose of deterrence.

'Protest will continue till...': Healthcare services crippled in Bengal

'Protest will continue till...': Healthcare services crippled in Bengal

Rediff.com23 Aug 2024

The Supreme Court on Thursday reiterated its appeal to the doctors protesting over the rape and killing of the medic to resume work and directed that no coercive action would be taken against them.