The junior doctors called an indefinite cease work at the Nil Ratan Sircar Medical College and Hospital from Wednesday afternoon after three of them along with a security guard were beaten up during a rampage by the angry family members of a deceased patient alleging medical negligence.

An attempt by the Ghaziabad district judge to “interfere” in the trial proceedings in a special CBI court under his jurisdiction in the infamous provident fund scam against six former judges, including the three who had retired from Allahabad high court, has landed him in soup with the Supreme Court issuing notice to him asking to explain the reasons.

After hearing a public interest litigation (PIL) of an academician, who sought making yoga a part of the health and physical education in schools, a division bench comprising Delhi high court Chief Justice Dipak Mishra and Justice Manmohan on Wednesday issued notice to the ministry of human resource development (HRD) and the NCERT seeking their replies by September 22.

A portion of the Writers’ Buildings, including chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee’s chamber plunged into darkness for around 15 minutes in the afternoon due to a snag in one of the transformers at the state secretariat.

In a major move that could liberalise adoption laws in the country, giving women equal rights in guardianship and adoption of children, the parliamentary standing committee on law and justice has unanimously recommended a bill which seeks to amend two acts in this regard.

Union minister of state for communications and IT, Gurudas Kamat on Wednesday met environment minister Jairam Ramesh and strongly pleaded for the clearance of Navi Mumbai International Airport. Mr Ramesh is expected to visit Mumbai at the end of this month for a on-the-spot study of the problems faced in re-development of the

Manoj Mahato, the newly-elected secretary of the People’s Committee Against Police Atrocities (PCPA), announced on Wednesday that the PCPA being a “non-violent and apolitical outfit” will also be present in the Lalgarh rally on August 9 where Union railway minister Mamata Banerjee, human rights activist Medha Patkar and social activist Swami Agnivesh will be present.

The Rajya Sabha on Tuesday passed the Industrial Disputes (Amendment) Bill 2009 empowering a workman to approach labour court after 45 days of his dismissal without a reference from appropriate government. In the original Industrial Disputes (Amendment) Bill, the workman had to wait for three months after his dismissal

Paving the way for regulating healthcare costs in the country, the Parliament on Tuesday passed the Clinical Establishments (Registration and Regulation) Bill, 2010. Health minister Ghulam Nabi Azad said that the Centre is hoping that the through the legislation, it will be able to determine the “minimum standards’’ and “range of

Taking serious note of the Karnataka Prevention of Slaughter and Preservation of Cattle Bill 2010, the Janata Dal (Secular) national president and former Prime Minister H.D. Deve Gowda would lead a delegation to President Pratibha Patil on the August 5 to request her to reject the bill.