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The Federation of Resident Doctors' Associations called off its nationwide strike on Tuesday after receiving assurances from Union health minister JP Nadda. FORDA president Aviral Mathur told ANI that after meeting with the minister, they were assured that their demands for a safer working environment would be addressed promptly. Strike crippled health services nationwide Resident doctors across India had launched …

President appoints 6 new Governors including Om Prakash Mathur, Santosh Gangwar, reshuffles 3 others | LIST

President Droupadi Murmu has appointed Governors in various states including Assam, Punjab and Jharkhand. Lakshman Prasad Acharya has been made the governor of Assam with the additional charge of Manipur while Gulab Chand Kataria has replaced Banwarilal Purohit as the governor of Punjab under major gubernatorial appointments, the Rashtrapati Bhavan has announced. "Lakshman Prasad Acharya, Governor of Sikkim, appointed as …

With the BJP government in Rajasthan claiming that the situation is under control amid the searing heat this summer, the Opposition Congress on Friday accused the health authorities of suppressing the number of deaths caused by heat stroke. Pradesh Congress Committee president Govind Singh Dotasra said more than 100 persons have died of heat stroke in the State. While accusing …

In 2004, before the Indian cricket team’s tour of Pakistan, Jagmohan Dalmiya, then President of the Board of Control for Cricket in India, received a call from “a senior ” minister of the government, asking him to call off the tour. The story is told in Amrit Mathur’s Pitchside: My Life in Indian Cricket, which gives us a close-to-the-action feel …

Published : Feb 23, 2023 10:40 IST On February 12, President Droupadi Murmu announced the appointment of new Governors in 12 States and one Union Territory, attracting serious scrutiny for its timing—several States go to the polls this year— and for the choices made. The appointment of Gulab Chand Kataria, Leader of Opposition in the Rajasthan Assembly, as Assam Governor …

Published : Feb 12, 2023 21:01 IST In a sudden but not entirely unexpected move, President Droupadi Murmu on February 12 announced the replacement of Ladakh’s Lieutenant-Governor, R.K. Mathur, with B.D. There was talk in Ladakh’s bureaucratic circles that when Home Minister Amit Shah chaired a high-level meeting on the security situation in Leh and Ladakh on December 28, 2022, …

Justice Nazeer among new Governors appointed by President Murmu; Maharashtra Governor Koshyari’s resignation accepted

Former Supreme Court judge Justice S. Abdula Nazeer is among the six new faces who were appointed as Governors by President Droupadi Murmu on Sunday. The President also accepted the resignations of Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari and Ladakh Lieutenant Governor R.K. Mathur in the latest gubernatorial reshuffle. The former Supreme Court judge, who also headed the five-judge Constitution bench …

Mathura: The priests in Mathura have 'banned' the entry of politicians and officials in all religious ceremonies, following their failure to clean the Yamuna River. A local priest, Radhey Shyam, said, "Several political leaders visit the Yamuna River during elections but disappear after winning polls. National president of Akhil Bhartiya Teerth Purohit Mahasabha, Mahesh Pathak, also said that the river …

Senior Congress leader and former UP legislator Pradeep Mathur on Sunday said it would have been better had Prime Minister Narendra Modi taken the coronavirus vaccine shot on the first day of the inoculation drive, thereby injecting confidence among people. "It would have been better had Prime Minister Narendra Modi presented an example like that of Joe Biden, the president-elect …