A tragic fire broke out in the Advanced Medicare & Research Institute (AMRI) Hospital in Kolkata early Friday morning in which 91 persons have died, making it one of the worst tragedies in any hospital in India. Many patients died while asleep.The government has ordered a judicial probe which shall run parallel to the inquiry under police's detective department. AMRI hospital, where the unfortunate incident occurred, is a private hospital and...
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Complex report to avoid passage: BJP
-Express News Service Disagreeing with the parliamentary committee report on the Lokpal Bill, the BJP Friday said the legislation failed to include the citizens’ charter as well as lower bureaucracy within its ambit and that it was a clear deviation from the sense of the House that was agreed upon. Claiming it was the handiwork of a lawyer — the chairman of the committee is Congress’ Abhishek Singhvi — the BJP said...
More »Lokpal search committee must have SC/STs, minorities: House panel
-Express News Service The parliamentary panel studying the Lokpal bill has recommended “appropriate representation” for the weaker sections in the search committee. The standing committee on law and justice has, however, maintained that the choice of the ombudsman “has to achieve the selection of the best and the brightest at the entry point”. The committee, which adopted its final report this evening, has suggested that the search panel must include “certain sections of...
More »Shocked the way Kishenji was killed: Forward Bloc
-IANS Expressing its admiration for slain Maoist leader Kishenji but opposing his brand of politics, The All India Forward Bloc Saturday said it was 'shocked' over the way he was killed by the police. 'We are shocked over the way Kishenji was killed. Many times he had tried to contact us through telephone. I told him clearly that I admire you, but I do not agree with the way you are fighting...
More »Aruna Roy’s NCPRI slams exclusion of lower bureaucracy from Lokpal by Himanshi Dhawan
Aruna Roy-led National Campaign for People's Right to Information (NCPRI) has criticized the exclusion of lower bureaucracy from the draft Lokpal bill terming it as a loss for the common man. It has also demanded that the CBI should be brought out of the administrative control of the government for it to be effective in tackling corruption. The activists have echoed concerns already raised by Team Anna which has demanded...
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