New Delhi, Apr 25 (UNI) The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed a petition filed by the State of Punjab challenging the regular bail granted to Shiromani Akali Dal leader Bikram Singh Majithia in a high-profile drug case. A Bench comprising Justice J.K. Maheshwari and Justice Aravind Kumar upheld the Punjab and Haryana High Court’s August…
New Delhi, Apr 25 (UNI) India today sent a consignment of medicines and vaccines for patients with Thalassemia and Sickle-Cell Disease, worth $2 million, on a request from Nepal. The MEA spokesperson said in a post on X, that the first tranche of 17,030 vials of Vaccines for Immunization of patients with Thalassemia was handed…
New Delhi, Apr 25, (UNI) The United Doctors Front (UDF) has moved the Supreme Court of India with a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking urgent intervention into what it describes as “exploitative and inhuman” working conditions faced by resident doctors across medical colleges and teaching hospitals in the country. The PIL highlights widespread non-compliance with…
New Delhi, Apr 25 (UNI) The Supreme Court on Friday stayed the trial court’s order issuing summons to Congress leader Rahul Gandhi over his controversial remarks against freedom fighter Vinayak Damodar Savarkar. However, the apex court issued a stern warning to the Leader of Opposition, cautioning him against making any further derogatory statements about national…
Kathmandu/New Delhi, Apr 25 (UNI) The body of a Nepalese man killed in the Pahalgam terror attack has been taken back to Nepal by his family, the Nepalese Ambassador in India Shankar P Sharma has said. In a post on X, the Ambassador also appreciated India for providing high-priority swift response to Nepal in helping…
Jerusalem, Apr 25 (UNI) An Israeli tank driver was killed by sniper fire in the Gaza Strip, the Israeli military said in a statement on Thursday. The soldier, who served in the 79th Battalion of the “Machatz” Armored Brigade, was killed “during combat in northern Gaza,” the military said, adding that his family had been…
Moscow, Apr 25 (UNI) Russia is prepared to conclude an agreement on the settlement of the conflict with Ukraine, but certain provisions of the deal still require fine-tuning, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said in an interview on Thursday. “The statement by the (U.S.) president (Donald Trump) mentions a deal, and we are ready to…
Moscow, Apr 25 (UNI) The UK is likely to abandon the idea of sending thousands of troops to Ukraine, which was what France wanted, because the risks are too high, the Times newspaper reported citing British sources. “The risks are too high and the forces inadequate for such a task. This was always the UK’s…
Bangkok, Apr 25 (UNI) A small police plane crashed near the shore of Thailand’s resort town of Hua Hin on Friday morning, killing six people, the Thai police said. The Thai national police said on its social media page that the aircraft of the police aviation division crashed into the sea off Cha-am District, Phetchaburi…
Gaza, Apr 25 (UNI) The death toll from Israeli strikes on the Gaza Strip since Thursday morning has reached 52 people, 39 of whom have been killed in strikes on Gaza City and northern areas of the enclave, Al Jazeera broadcaster reported, citing Palestinian medical sources. The strikes were also carried out on the cities…
