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Take action against hospital if found to have derogated in its duty: Delhi HC

Take action against hospital if found to have derogated in its duty: Delhi HC

New Delhi: The Delhi High Court has directed the Delhi government to carry out an investigation against the Primus Super Speciality Hospital after hearing a petition alleging serious carelessness by the hospital in the treatment of a patient. A bench of Justice Navin Chawla, after hearing the petition, observed that the allegations made by the petitioner against Primus […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Sacrifice of Galwan Valley braves will never go in vain: IAF chief RKS Bhadauria

Sacrifice of Galwan Valley braves will never go in vain: IAF chief RKS Bhadauria

Air Chief Marshal RKS Bhadauria said on Sunday the “gallant action” of the 20 Indian Army personnel, who were killed in a violent face-off with Chinese troops in eastern Ladakh’s Galwan Valley, have shown the forces’ resolve to protect “India’s sovereignty at any cost”. The Indian Air Force (IAF) chief’s comments came after he made […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Build global pressure on China, keep talks going: ex-diplomats

Build global pressure on China, keep talks going: ex-diplomats

India must build up international pressure on China, both politically and economically, while working towards a resolution of the Galwan valley standoff, former diplomats have said. Calling this standoff one of the biggest challenges faced by the NDA government, K C Singh, a former diplomat, said it calls for a complete rethink of India’s China policy. […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Country still in dark about crucial aspect of India-China border tension: Sonia Gandhi

Country still in dark about crucial aspect of India-China border tension: Sonia Gandhi

Congress chief Sonia Gandhi on Friday said that the country is “still in dark about many crucial aspects of the India- China border crisis”. In her introductory remarks at an all-party meeting convened by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the situation along the Line of Actual Control (LAC), Gandhi posed a set of questions to the government, asking specifics about when Chinese troops […]

 Crescent Kashmir

This is how govt plans to trim Class 10, 12 syllabus to ease lockdown blow for students

This is how govt plans to trim Class 10, 12 syllabus to ease lockdown blow for students

New Delhi: The proposed syllabus cuts for Class 10 and 12 students, to make up for missed classes due to the Covid-19 lockdown, will not result in the deletion of entire chapters, ThePrint has learnt. Instead, the experts tasked with the exercise have been asked to trim the syllabus by eliminating repetitions in themes and topics, government […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Positivity rate rises nationwide, pointing to faster spread of Covid-19

Positivity rate rises nationwide, pointing to faster spread of Covid-19

The average rate of samples testing positive for Covid-19 across the country has risen from 4.6% for the week ending May 17 to 7.8% for the week ending June 17, but the rise has been alarming in states such as Delhi and Haryana — a trend experts said is suggestive of an expanding outbreak. In […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Covid fear cuts Amarnath Yatra to 2 weeks, pilgrimage will be only via helicopter

Covid fear cuts Amarnath Yatra to 2 weeks, pilgrimage will be only via helicopter

Srinagar: The central government, in consultation with the Jammu and Kashmir civil administration, has decided to curtail this year’s Shri Amarnathji Yatra in view of the growing number of Covid-19 cases across the country, ThePrint has learnt. An official announcement is likely to be made next week, along with standard operating procedures that need to be […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Galwan Valley face-off: Indian, Chinese military officials meet to defuse tension

Galwan Valley face-off: Indian, Chinese military officials meet to defuse tension

Indian and Chinese military officials met on Thursday morning to resolve the issues related to the violent face-off in Galwan Valley area in which 20 Indian soldiers were killed. The Major General-level officers met at Patrol Point 14, which witnessed the seven-hour-long clash on Monday night. A meeting was held on Wednesday too. This is […]

 Crescent Kashmir

‘Exaggerated’: India’s late night rebuttal to China’s new claim over Galwan Valley

‘Exaggerated’: India’s late night rebuttal to China’s new claim over Galwan Valley

India on Wednesday responded sharply to the Chinese foreign ministry claiming Galwan Valley, asserting that this was an “exaggerated and untenable” claim. New Delhi also reminded Beijing about the phone conversation between the foreign ministers of the two countries who had agreed that the overall situation “should be handled in a responsible manner” and the […]

 Crescent Kashmir

‘PM should tell how Chinese occupied Indian territory’: Sonia Gandhi on Ladakh face-off

‘PM should tell how Chinese occupied Indian territory’: Sonia Gandhi on Ladakh face-off

Congress president Sonia Gandhi asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi straight up on Wednesday as to how did the country lose 20 soldiers and urged him to tell the nation when did the Chinese “occupied Indian territory”. “The PM should tell nation how Chinese occupied Indian territory, why 20 brave soldiers were martyred,” said Sonia Gandhi. […]