Each year, 200 Soldiers become disabled: Doc
New Delhi: Nearly 200 armed forces personnel become disabled every year, lt Gen Bipin Puri, Director General of the Armed Forces Medical Service has said, citing road accidents and snow avalanche, especially in hilly terrains, and battle injuries as the prime reasons. He said the disability armed forces personnel suffer are not only related to spinal cord and limbs — one of the most commonly noticed but also crippling of intestine and lungs due to injury to abdomen and chest.
SP accuses PM of diverting attention
New Delhi: The Samajwadi Party on Monday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of “diverting” people’s attention from “rising” cases of rape and crime against women across the country. “Not even Sambhal, cases of crime against women and rape are rising steadily across India. The Prime Minister is trying to divert the attention of the people,” SP general secretary Ram Gopal Yadav told reporters here.
Ensuring education for minority girls: Naqvi
New Delhi: Minority Affairs Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Monday said that for the first time a campaign has been started on “war-footing” to provide basic amenities for ensuring educational empowerment of girls from minority communities in 308 districts across the country. He was addressing a conference here of principal secretaries and secretaries in-charge of States and Union Territories (UTs) dealing with minority affairs.