-The Hindu Say youths, accused of involvement in Jaipur blasts, declared innocent now Two-and-a-half years ago, Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot announced in a national conference on internal security in New Delhi that the horrifying case of serial blasts in Jaipur on May 13, 2008 — in which 69 persons were killed — stood resolved with the arrest of “radical youths” in Delhi and Uttar Pradesh as well as some Students Islamic...
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Supreme Court awards Rs. 2 lakh for illegal custody by J Venkatesan
Teacher running coaching centre wins appeal against M.P. Government The Supreme Court has directed the Madhya Pradesh Government to pay a compensation of Rs. 2 lakh to a teacher running a coaching centre for handcuffing and keeping him in police custody without any valid reason. A Bench of Justices Aftab Alam and Ranjana Desai, however, rejected appellant Hardeep Singh's plea for prosecution of the Jabalpur Collector and other government officials for want...
More »Rural docs to be trained in emergency procedures by Snehlata Shrivastav
-The Times of India State government finally seems to be taking the issue of lack of trained staff in public health sector seriously. Doctors posted in rural areas, sub-district hospitals and district hospitals will now be in specialties like paediatrics, emergency services like trauma, and gynaecology at the government medical colleges (GMCs) under specialists. The plan has support of directorate of medical education ( DMER). Public health department had been working...
More »Harassment glare after Dalit campus suicides by Basant Kumar Mohanty
Manish Kumar could not take it any more. The harassment he had been suffering for three years only because he was a Dalit was showing no signs of abating. So, the IIT Roorkee student killed himself. That was on February 13 this year. Manish had been a third-year BTech student and was the only hope of his family, his shattered father Rajinder Kumar said. “Manish was my only son and the future...
More »Free medical treatment for govt school students
-The Hindustan Times After providing the right to education to underprivileged children in the city, it is time for them to avail their right to health. Delhi has become the first Indian state to bring schoolchildren under such a scheme with the launch of ‘Chacha Nehru Sehat Yojna’ on Saturday. Delhi chief minister Sheila Dikshit launched the ambitious scheme under which nearly 14 lakh school children in the city will be provided free medical...
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