The Bengal government has written to the junior doctors protesting against the rape-murder of a colleague, asking them to participate in  a discussion. The email came as the doctors marched to the health secretariat today and is camping out there, seeking immediate resignation of several senior officials and the city police chief. In the e-mail […]

Vehicles equipped with Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) On-Board Units (OBUs) will have the capability to automatically pay tolls based on the distance they cover. In a development that could fast track highway travel, the government has notified updates to the existing National Highways Fee (Determination of Rates and Collection) Rules, 2008. The centre wants […]

The Centre has directed deployment of two fresh CRPF battalions comprising about 2,000 personnel for security duties in ethnic strife-torn Manipur, official sources said Tuesday. The battalion number 58 is being moved from Warangal in Telangana while the one numbered 112 is being sent from Latehar in Jharkhand. The first unit will have its headquarter […]

Looking to defend the Communist Party of India (Marxist) bastion of Kulgam, which he has won since 1996, Mohammed Yousuf Tarigami is now facing a very different challenge in the form of a candidate backed by the Jamaat-e-Islami.  Speaking exclusively to NDTV on Tuesday, Mr Tarigami said this is not the first time the Jamaat […]

The debate, hosted by US broadcaster ABC, will be aired live at 6:30 am IST with no audience present in the room. ABC anchors David Muir and Linsey Davis will moderate it. It will run for 90 minutes and have two commercial breaks. The candidates’ mics will be on only when it is their turn to […]