India, All india, 29th Aug 2018, News & Stories from India

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Dabla (37) of northwest Delhi had a boil on his right thigh that got swollen and he visited the hospital on February 9, 2011, for treatment, according to the complaint. (Representational Image)

Delhi Hospital asked to pay Rs 25 lakh as man dies due wrong treatment

Delhi Consumer Commission asked Jaipur Golden Hospital to pay Rs 24 lakh compensation and Rs 1 lakh litigation to family of Nitin Dabla.

29 Aug 2018 9:22 PM

Indian poet and activist Varavara Rao enters a police vehicle after being arrested in Hyderabad. (Photo: File | AFP)

Activists intolerant to political system, plan to target highest functionaries: Cops

Joint Commissioner of Pune Police also claimed to have evidence to suggest that arrested people had links with Kashmiri separatists.

29 Aug 2018 8:49 PM

RJD Chief Lalu Yadav gave the statement in Patna on Wednesday before leaving for Ranchi. (Photo: Twitter | ANI)

Country heading towards dictatorship: Lalu Yadav on activists' arrest

Condemning arrest of five activists, Lalu Yadav said, 'there is an emergency like situation in the country'.

29 Aug 2018 8:27 PM

Filmmaker Vivek Agnihotri had earlier hailed the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government's crackdown against Naxals. (Photo: File | PTI)

Filmmaker Vivek Agnihotri asks for list of #UrbanNaxals, draws flak on Twitter

Following Agnihotri's tweets, thousands of users condemned him and volunteered to be part of list of people defending alleged Naxals.

29 Aug 2018 8:06 PM

Supreme Court sought the response of Maharashtra Government in the writ petition filed challenging the arrest of five activists for their alleged Maoists links from Delhi, Faridabad, Mumbai, Thane and Hyderabad. (Photo: File)

Allow dissent in democracy, else pressure cooker will burst: SC on activists’ arrest

The Pune police said the activists are linked to Maoist groups and have shown 'intolerance to present political system'.

29 Aug 2018 7:30 PM

Sudha Bharadwaj, along with several other Left-wing activists, was arrested on Tuesday in multi-city raids. (Photo: PTI)

Present regime arresting those fighting for human rights violation: Sudha Bharadwaj

Trade unionist and lawyer Sudha Bharadwaj, who was picked up by the Maharashtra Police for her suspected links with Maoists

29 Aug 2018 6:35 PM

The Supreme Court said, 'Dissent is the 'safety valve of democracy'. If you don't allow these safety valves, it will burst.' (Photo: PTI)

Five arrested activists to be kept under house arrest till Sept 6, says SC

SC asked Maharashtra govt to file response to petition challenging arrest of activists by Pune police on terror charges.

29 Aug 2018 5:53 PM

Bharipa Bahujan Mahasangh leader Prakash Ambedkar said, 'With these raids, the government is trying to silence the masses, but I doubt whether the NGOs will be silent.' (Photo: File)

Arrests of Left-wing activists an attempt to silence masses: Prakash Ambedkar

Ambedkar said those raising voices against the government were NGOs and non-political organisations, but had their roots in the masses.

29 Aug 2018 5:14 PM

Four policemen on board the vehicle were injured. They were rushed to a nearby hospital where all of them succumbed, the officials said. (Photo: Twitter | ANi)

Jaish-e-Muhammad claims responsibility for killing 4 policemen in J&K's Shopian

Sneak attack was carried out hours after security forces had gunned down top commander of Hib-ul-Mujahideen and his accomplice in Anantnag.

29 Aug 2018 4:57 PM

Alphons is currently visiting Beijing, Wuhan and Shanghai along with about 20 leading Indian travel agents to woo Chinese tourists. (Photo: File | PTI)

KJ Alphons blames ‘biased’ reports on women safety for decline in tourism

Incidents like lynching are bad for India’s reputation; however, they are not affecting tourism ‘big time’, KJ Alphons said.

29 Aug 2018 4:41 PM

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley clarified confusions posed due to allegations on the Rafale aircraft deal saying the government has maintained complete transparency in the matter and the negotiations have helped bring down the costs of the fighter jets. (Photo: ANI)

Here's what Arun Jaitley said about Cong, Rahul Gandhi in his interview

Arun Jaitley emphasised that Congress and Rahul Gandhi were making truth into a victim and compromising national security.

29 Aug 2018 3:44 PM

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Wednesday met her Cambodian counterpart Prak Sokhonn and discussed bilateral, multilateral and key international issues. (Photo: Twitter | @indembcam)

Sushma meets Cambodian counterpart, holds wide-ranging talks

Swaraj, who is in Cambodia on the concluding leg of her four-day two-nation tour, was received by Sokhonn.

29 Aug 2018 3:03 PM

. As schools reopened today, teachers welcomed children by singing songs. (Photo: File)

Schools, colleges re-open after flood mayhem in Kerala

Schools and colleges were also cleaned up and sanitised as flood waters had entered them, destroying books and furniture.

29 Aug 2018 2:55 PM

'I am asking these questions as his misadventure is impairing national interest and I hope Rahul Gandhi and the Congress party would respond immediately,' Finance Minister Arun Jaitley wrote on Facebook. (Photo: ANI)

Every word in Cong's allegation on Rafale pricing 'factually false': Jaitley

Jaitley accused Cong of 'peddling untruth' on Rafale, saying 'false campaign' was seriously compromising national security.

29 Aug 2018 2:46 PM

Rahul Gandhi, who is on a two-day visit to flood affected regions of Kerala, said he was not here for 'politicising the situation.' (Photo: Twitter | @INCIndia)

‘Sad’ Centre hasn't provided adequate help to flood-hit Kerala: Rahul Gandhi

Rahul Gandhi said he was in favour of accepting foreign aid from countries like UAE for rebuilding Kerala.

29 Aug 2018 1:44 PM

Ten months before he fled India, Mehul Choksi got the Mumbai passport office in early 2017 to give him a clearance which certified there was no adverse information against him. (Photo: File)

PM's office 'facilitated' Mehul Choksi's escape, claims Congress

The PMO 'blatantly overlooked' the complaints and 'facilitated the runaway' of the Rs 23,484 crore PNB fraud accused, it alleged.

29 Aug 2018 12:38 PM

Delhi HC had said that for the time being Navlakha will be confined to his residence in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

Delhi HC to hear activist Gautam Navlakha's plea challenging arrest today

Advocate Nithya, appearing for Navlakha, said matter could be heard on Thursday. The court, however, said it will hear it at 2:15 pm.

29 Aug 2018 12:29 PM

Parrikar was admitted to Lilavati Hospital in Mumbai for a review health checkup on August 23, a day after he returned from the US, and was scheduled to return to Goa today. (Photo: File)

Manohar Parrikar to fly to US again for medical treatment: Official

Parrikar, 62, underwent treatment in the US for three months earlier this year for a pancreatic ailment and returned in June.

29 Aug 2018 11:49 AM

The hapless incident took place near Buda Kedar area of the village. (Photo: ANI | Twitter)

4 dead, 8 feared trapped after landslides in Uttarakhand village

A search and rescue operation helmed by a team of State Disaster Response Force and several district administration officials is underway.

29 Aug 2018 11:27 AM

Dayalu Ammal, wife of late DMK patriarch M Karunanidhi, is the mother of DMK chief MK Stalin. (Photo: PTI | File)

Dayalu Ammal, wife of late DMK patriarch Karunanidhi, hospitalised in Chennai

Dayalu Ammal was hospitalised late on Tuesday night, but declined to comment on her health condition.

29 Aug 2018 10:52 AM

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