'How can you shoot somebody raising a white flag, even if he's a fighter, when he's surrendered?'
The opposition has called for a Patna bandh on Wednesday to protest against the increase in abductions.
... while learning from past tech revolutions, suggests Ajit Balakrishnan.
The Left Democratic Front government in Kerala on Wednesday approved an ordinance that provides for stringent punishment, including imprisonment of up to seven years and a maximum fine of Rs 5 lakh for those found guilty of causing grievous bodily harm to doctors, medical students, and others working in the health services sector in the state.
The strike called by All-India Institute of Medical Science doctors in protest against the passage of a bill restricting the retirement age of its director at 65 years saw muted response with the medicos backing institution head P Venugopal abstaining from work while those opposing him attending OPD and other services.
As per the will, Hardik has Rs 50,000 in his bank account, of which Rs 20,000 will go to his parents and the rest to a Panjrapole near his native village in Gujarat.
'There is no safe spot in Gaza.' 'Israeli airstrikes are targeting everything, everywhere.' 'Hospitals, mosques, churches, schools have been bombed. These are places where people were taking shelter.'
Medical seats for under-graduates and post-graduates remaining vacant in the NEET era, together with the Centre 'freezing' the number of medical colleges and seats in (Dravidian) Tamil Nadu and the launch of the PM's 'Vishwakarma Scheme' for the nation's craftsmen, are all seen as a bid to further reverse the state's progressive socio-economic agenda of and its achievements of the past hundred-plus years, argues N Sathiya Moorthy.
Sam Bahadur is a mechanical summary of his life, ticking off one chapter after another without bothering to pause or ponder over their significance and influences, observes Sukanya Verma.
The strike called by the medical college teachers association in Kerala has crippled the functioning of the government medical colleges, with patients not receiving any kind of treatment, even in the outpatient department of the hospitals.In Thiruvananthapuram, a leading cardiologist who is a professor of the Government Medical College in the city has started private practice at his home, as the strike gives him ample time for private consultations throughout the day.
The announcement to end the stir, which began on January 27 to press for payment of their dues, was made by the Swatantra Mazdoor Vikas Sanyukt Morcha -- an umbrella body of 38 unions of sanitation workers and class IV employees of East and North Delhi Municipal corporations.
Following court directions and Opposition's appeal, junior doctors in Andhra Pradesh on Friday decided to partially withdraw their agitation across the state from Sunday but strike will continue at Niloufer hospital where legislator Afsar Khan had allegedly attacked the medicos.
A vacation bench comprising Justice Arijit Pasayat and Justice L S Panta said if the strike is called off, the government should appropriately consider the feelings of students and not take any punitive action.
'Yellow Bus is a heart-breaking story based on a real incident and will strike a chord with mothers across the world.'
He was nearly within striking distance of Nassar before court guards tackled him roughly to the ground in front of his shocked daughters.
Angry over killing of three Hindus, the community members on Wednesday observed a shut down in Pakistan's southern province of Sindh as part of an indefinite strike to protest the deaths, as police arrested 13 people in the case.
'What's happening in Gaza is another ethnic cleansing, a repeat of what happened in 1948.' 'That is why people do not want to evacuate. Either you evacuate or you die.'
Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud on Tuesday said the State has an obligation to recognise unions entered into by queer couples and grant them benefit under the law.
On day 8 of the strike in protest against the punishment in connection with the event during which anti-national slogans were allegedly raised, five students withdrew from the protest citing deteriorating health conditions.
He was arrested and during questioning, he confessed to his involvement in the labourer's killing.
The condition of six Air India pilots who are on a hunger strike for the past three days deteriorated as they continued the protest despite medical advice.
'The Israeli government is saying, "OK, leave northern Gaza, because we're going to fight Hamas there".' 'But Hamas is not stupid. They are going to put militants in southern Gaza too. And then what's Israel going to do?' 'At some point are they going to say, 'Leave southern Gaza too because we want to fight Hamas there? Go across the border to Egypt"'? 'That's what people are worried about. Because they fear that once they cross the border into Egypt there will be no coming back.'
Dominic Xavier stands in solidarity with the protesting doctors and asks why the government wants to put patients's lives at risk.
Directing the Centre, states and Union Territories (UTs) to ensure the queer community is not discriminated against, the CJI, who is heading the constitution bench, said queer is a natural phenomenon known for ages and is neither urban nor elitist.
"Kanhaiya was back on campus last night and due to his health condition doctors advised him to discontinue with the fast. He has been advised bed rest for few days and also has to undergo some medical tests. While he has withdrawn the fast, he will continue with the agitation," a statement from the JNU Students Union said.
'The impact of merely innocent clouding on radar waves is not expected to be significant on air defence radars of either country to affect operational profiles in modern day context. '
Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia wondered why the MCDs were not seeking Rs 1,600 crore owed to them by Delhi Development Authority.
At least 14 persons including two paramilitary Central Reserve Police Forces troopers and two local cops were wounded in a powerful handgrenade explosion in the Batmallo locality of the summer capital this afternoon.
Rohit shot down suggestions that India had rolled out a 'doctored pitch' for the contest.
Zawahiri served three years as a surgeon in the Egyptian Army, but his journey from an eye surgeon to becoming a most wanted global terrorist started after he met Laden in 1986, and joined Laden as his personal advisor and physician.
Addressing a rally in the Balpur area in Gonda in Uttar Pradesh on the completion of nine years of the Narendra Modi government, Singh skipped any direct reference to the wrestlers' protest for his arrest and chose to target the Congress over the Emergency, Ram temple, the 1984 anti-Sikhs riots and other issues.
The massive protest has been called by the All India Government Nurses Federation and the Delhi Nurses Federation seeking redressal of issues related to pay and allowances.
Doctors at government hospitals in the Bihar capital were left in a daze when they realised that a young man knocking at their doors past midnight was none other than Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Prasad Yadav.
Despite the Congress having nearly four times as many members in the Rajya Sabha as the TMC (48 to 13), Derek O'Brien has been informally leading the coordination of Opposition parties, rallying other parties to demand a discussion on electoral reforms and to protest the government's disinvestment plans, report Rahul Jacob and Archis Mohan.
What is noticeable in both movies is the willingness with which both the ageing stars -- Kamal is 68 and Rajini, four years older at 72 with a kidney transplant that he has not shied away from acknowledging -- have learnt to respect their age and bodies, notes N Sathiya Moorthy.
'When a common man's house is on fire, he is infused with extraordinary strength.' 'He will go to any length to save his home and family even if he is not as big and strong as Sunnyji.'
The father of the 16-year old girl, who has accused Asaram Bapu of sexually assauting her, called off his fast-unto-death in nearby Shahajahanpur district soon after the arrest of the godman in Indore.
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