Month: June 2025

[ad_1] Goa's Health Minister, Vishwajit Rane, addressed criticism after publicly reprimanding a Goa Medical College chief medical officer. While admitting his tone was excessive and promising to avoid similar approaches, Rane defended his intervention, citing a patient denied care. PANAJI: Following heavy criticism of his public castigation of a chief medical officer at Goa Medical College on Saturday, health minister Vishwajit Rane said he “did intervene”, but that his “tone and words could have been more measured”. Rane also said “such an approach will not be repeated”.“Yes, as the health minister, I did intervene and I accept that my tone and words could have been more measured. I’m not above reflection or criticism. I take full responsibility for how I communicated, and I assure you, such an approach will not be repeated,” he said.“However, what I will not apologise for […]

[ad_1] Charred remains of a bus, which was set on fire by a mob, a day after protests erupted over the arrest of a leader of Meitei outfit Arambai Tenggol, in Imphal East district, Manipur. (PTI) NEW DELHI: Protests continued across Manipur on Sunday following the arrest of leaders from the Meitei outfit Arambai Tenggol. Demonstrators defied prohibitory orders and clashed with security forces, prompting the administration to impose curbs and suspend internet services in five districts of the Imphal valley. In response to the unrest, the state governor held a high-level security review meeting with top officials and legislators. Meanwhile, in related news, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Sunday announced the arrest of three insurgents linked to a deadly attack on security forces in Moreh, located in Manipur’s Tengnoupal district, on January 17, 2024. The attack had claimed […]

[ad_1] KOTA: In a miraculous survival that stunned the medical team as well as family members, a 17-year-old boy, playing with other boys in his neighbourhood, was hit by a bullet that pierced his skull through the left ear, tore through the jaw on the other side, and got lodged in the right cheek for five days until he was operated upon in a private hospital in Kota Thursday this week. The boy is now safe and under post-surgery treatment.The incident occurred on Saturday last week when Shlok Gurjar, a Class 10 student and resident of Ramganjmandi police station area in Kota district, was playing with other boys in the neighbourhood. Suddenly, he collapsed and fainted, bleeding from his ear. Assuming the bleeding was an injury sustained while playing, family members rushed him to a hospital, where he returned to […]

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: A senior police officer had raised red flags over the lack of security personnel and potential crowd control issues just hours before a stampede killed 11 people outside the M Chinnaswamy Stadium during Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s IPL victory celebration on Wednesday.According to official letter accessed by the TOI, MN Karibasavana Gowda, who oversees legislature security, issued a written warning to the state government on the morning of the event.In a letter addressed to G Sathyavathi, Secretary of the Department of Personnel and Administrative Reforms, Gowda cautioned against holding a felicitation at the Vidhana Soudha due to anticipated large crowds and insufficient police deployment.PollDo you believe that adequate security measures were in place for the RCB IPL victory celebration?“RCB has a fan following nationwide and lakhs of cricket fans will come to Vidhana Soudha if we organise a […]

[ad_1] RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav (PTI file photo) NEW DELHI: RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav on Sunday launched a fierce attack on the BJP-led central government, alleging that all constitutional institutions have been “hijacked” since Narendra Modi became Prime Minister in 2014."You all know that after 2014, since Narendra Modi became PM, all the constitutional institutions have been hijacked. BJP IT Cell knows the dates of elections before the ECI announces. We are keeping an eye on the matter. But the constitutional institutions should function honestly. If they are influenced, there wouldn't be any justice,” said RJD's Yadav, backing Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s recent allegations against the Election Commission.Referring to the 2020 Bihar elections, Yadav added: “In the last 2020 elections, we had formed the government, the ECI did three PCs to justify, why the counting was stopped in evening? Why […]

[ad_1] Elon Musk and Donald Trump (File photo) The fragile peace, following the social media conflict between US President Donald Trump and billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk held steady, as their aides engaged in talks on Friday, according to two White House officials cited by Politico.However, one of the officials addressed Trump's Truth Social hiatus with Musk saying, "He's stopped posting, but that doesn't mean he's happy,""The future of their relationship is totally uncertain," added the official, speaking under anonymity. Both individuals have temporarily ceased their public disagreements, which included Musk's impeachment suggestions and Trump's threats regarding federal contracts for Musk's enterprises. Neither party was keen on this cessation, according to the officials familiar with both men's sentiments.Trump was particularly irritated by Musk's suggestion of presidential connections to Jeffrey Epstein, stating Trump was "in the Epstein files." While Trump's name appears […]

[ad_1] National Guard troops arrive in Los Angeles on Trump's orders to quell immigration protests (Picture credit: AP) National Guard troops began arriving in Los Angeles early Sunday under the direct orders of US President Donald Trump, marking an extraordinary move to assert federal authority amid escalating protests against immigration raids and triggering fierce political and legal pushback.Trump deployed 2,000 troops from the California National Guard without Governor Gavin Newsom’s request, the first such action since 1965, according to the New York Times. That year, President Lyndon B. Johnson federalised the Guard to protect civil rights marchers in Alabama.“This move is purposefully inflammatory and will only escalate tensions,” Newsom said, calling the order a misuse of military power that erodes public trust. He later warned on X, “Federal authorities want a spectacle. Don’t give them one. Never use violence. Speak […]

[ad_1] A view after a Russian attack that hit a residential building in Kharkiv, Ukraine (Pic credit: AP) Russia on Sunday claimed it had advanced into Ukraine's eastern Dnipropetrovsk region for the first time since the full-scale invasion began three years ago, signalling a potentially serious escalation in the conflict amid stalled peace talks and mounting losses on both sides.Moscow's defence ministry said tank forces had breached the western border of the Donetsk People's Republic and were "continuing to develop an offensive in the Dnipropetrovsk region," a vital industrial and mining hub that was previously untouched by Russian ground incursions.If confirmed, the move would represent both a strategic and symbolic blow to Ukrainian forces already stretched thin across a 1,000-km frontline.Viktor Trehubov, spokesperson for Ukraine's Khortytsia forces, told CNN that "the Russians are constantly spreading false information that they have […]