sc nod FOR admission in medical colleges
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday allowed medical college across the country, whose recognitions could not be renewed by Medical Council of India due to some deficiencies, to admit students after the institutions assured that the shortcomings will be removed. A bench, headed by AR Dave, allowed the colleges to run and directed the heads of the colleges to give an undertaking that there is no defect in the medical colleges run by them.
sc to examine kids’ death at rly crossings
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday decided to examine the “serious” issue of children’s safety at unmanned railway crossings saying it is necessary to address the matter to protect them from becoming victims of accidents. “A serious issue has been raised about unmanned railway crossings where children have died in accidents. lot many illustration of children being killed at unmanned railway crossing has been given,” a bench headed by Chief Justice RM lodha said.
N-E states askedto brace for rain
New Delhi: The Union Home Ministry on Friday asked West Bengal, Assam, Meghalaya and Sikkim to take all possible steps for safety of people in the wake of forecast of heavy to very heavy rainfall in some places in these States in the next two days. The Home Ministry has advised the State Governments to keep a close watch, monitor the situation in their areas regularly and take appropriate precautionary measures, an official spokesperson said.
work to improve roads in u’khand soon
New Delhi: The Centre on Friday assured that the work to improve the condition of roads in Uttarakhand will be launched on war footing. The assurance was given by Union Minister for Road and Surface Transport Nitin Gadkari to BJP MP from Haridwar Ramesh Pokhariyal Nishank in Delhi. Former chief minister Nishank met the Union minister on Friday to seek help to speed up work in the state.
free News SMS service launched
New Delhi: Minister of Information and Broadcasting Prakash Javadekar on Friday launched the free News SMS service in five Indian languages Hindi, Marathi, Sanskrit, Dogri and Nepali of AIR News Services Division. The Minister said the SMS service aimed at providing important news to the subscribers in their preferred language on their mobile phones. He suggested that AIR should aim to disseminate news in other regional languages through the SMS service and run a campaign through newspapers and Doordarshan News to create awareness about the service.
Meet on Disaster management begins
New Delhi: India is a disaster-prone country and for the last one-and-half decade, disasters have become more frequent and intense, Union Minister of State for Home Kiren Rijiju said on Friday. Inaugurating a day-long national-level consultation on ‘Post-2015 Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction’ here, Rijiju said the 2013 Uttarakhand flood and the recent flood in Jammu & Kashmir have overwhelmed the coping capacity of our community, Government and society.
b’desh delegation calls on president
New Delhi: President Pranab Mukherjee on Friday said India and Bangladesh need to work on “increasing connectivity” between the two countries as the visiting Bangladeshi Foreign Minister called on him here. The President told a delegation led by the Minister Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali that there is a need for speedy implementation of decisions.
Irani lauds bSF wives welfare association
New Delhi: Human Resource Development Minister Zubin Irani on Friday commended the role of BSF Wives Welfare Association (BWWA) for ensuring various welfare activities for the force’s personnel. “BSF is a versatile force and BSF personnel are playing a vital role in the Security of the country and BWWA has undertaken the important role of the upliftment and welfare of families of BSF”. September 19
is celebrated as BWWA Day every year.