The state government will open generic medicine stores in two medical colleges in Himachal Pradesh on a pilot basis, state Health and Family Welfare Minister Kaul Singh Thakur said Tuesday.
“Initially the generic medicines stores will be opened in the Indira Gandhi Medical College and Hospital in Shimla and the Rajendra Prasad Medical College in Tanda town, and subsequently these will be opened in all zonal hospitals,” he said.
A two-minute silence in memory of late Union Minister of Rural Development Gopinath Munde was observed here Tuesday at the launch of the new Hindi general entertainment channel — Zindagi – Jodey Dilon Ko.
Munde passed away in a car accident here Tuesday morning.
The channel officials and media persons from various media outlets at the event observed a two-minute silence before the launch function took off.
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The driver whose car rammed into Gopinath Munde’s vehicle Tuesday, killing the union minister, was arrested but later released on bail by a court.
Gurvinder Singh, 32, was arrested from the spot, said police.
Singh was driving the Tata Indica car, DL 7C E5459, which hit the senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader’s Maruti Suzuki SX4 DL 8C BF0034 on the side he was sitting.
“We are investigating whether he (Gurvinder Singh) jumped the red light in the morning,” Joint Police Commissioner M.K. Meena told IANS.
Environment seems to be the top priority on the people’s mind with 90 percent Indians believing climate change is a reality, according to TERI’s Environmental Survey 2014 released Tuesday.
The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) survey says 41 percent middle income group people advocate environment should be prioritised compared to development.
In Delhi, over 90 percent respondents said climate change is occuring, 95 percent felt temperatures are increasing and 64 percent said rainfall is declining, the survey revealed.
It also said water is being wasted nationwide.
With the football World Cup fever catching up in India, Portugal star Christiano Ronaldo is the most searched footballer in this cricket-crazy country.
Latest results by Google Search Trends revealed Tuesday that Real Madrid’s Rolando, Ballon d’Or winner, remains the most sought after with a distinctive lead over Argentinian star Lionel Messi and Brazilian Neymar.
English soccer star Wayne Rooney and Spanish star Fernando Torres take the fourth and fifth spot on Google search.
Most of the queries for the 2014 World Cup came from the the soccer mad states of West Bengal and Kerala.
The Imperial Hotel Tuesday clarified that it had “no concern” with the vehicle and the driver involved in the car accident that led to Union Minister Gopinath Munde’s death Tuesday morning.
The driver, 32-year-old Gurvinder Singh, is a resident of Mehrauli area in south Delhi. According to reports, he was working as a driver with the hotel.
However, the hotel issued a clarification that he was not on hotel duty.
The Imperial Hotel Tuesday clarified that it had “no concern” with the vehicle and the driver involved in the car accident that led to Union Minister Gopinath Munde’s death Tuesday morning.
The driver, 32-year-old Gurvinder Singh, is a resident of Mehrauli area in south Delhi. According to reports, he was working as a driver with the hotel.
However, the hotel issued a clarification that he was not on hotel duty.
Music mogul Simon Cowell hopes One Direction’s fans will “stay loyal” to the band following the leaked video showing band members Zayn Malik and Louis Tomlinson smoking cannabis while on tour in Peru.
Cowell is standing by the band – who he put together on the 2010 series of “The X Factor” Britain – following the recent leaked cannabis smoking video shot while on tour in Peru, something which isn’t illegal in the South American country, and is hoping their fans will support them too, reports femalefirst.co.uk.
The remaining two convicts in the Dec 16, 2012 Delhi gang rape case — Vinay Sharma and Akshay Thakur — have moved the Supreme Court, seeking stay on execution of their death sentence.
The petition in this regard was filed by Sharma and Thakur Monday. The two have followed Mukesh and Pawan Gupta who moved the apex court March 15 challenging the March 13 order of the Delhi High Court, upholding their death sentence by a fast track court.
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) will be better placed with economic data and the thinking of the new government by the next review of its monetary policy, said M. Narendra, chairman and managing director of Indian Overseas Bank.
Reacting to the RBI’s monetary policy review Tuesday, Narenda in a statement said: “By the next bimonthly review, the RBI will be better armed with more granular data on the state of the economy as well as the thinking of the new government through its budget to formulate a policy stance in consonance with the expectations of a much anticipated economic rebound.”
With Akshay Kumar on a set, you can’t give some ‘action’ a miss! That’s what happened when the actor visited the set of TV show “Qubool Hai”, where he ended up giving some tips on stunt scenes to actress Surbhi Jyoti.
Akshay visited the set of the Zee TV show to promote his forthcoming film, action thriller “Holiday: A Soldier Is Never Off Duty”.
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa, who met Prime Minister Narendra Modi Tuesday to raise demands concerning her state, said she had got assurances that whatever was necessary would be done.
Jayalalithaa told reporters after the meeting that the prime minister was very receptive to the state’s demands.
“He gave me a patient hearing and promised to do the needful,” she said.
It was Jayalalithaa’s first meeting with Modi since he became the prime minister.
In the government’s first engagement with the Gulf countries, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj met her Oman counterpart Yusuf Bin Alawi Bin Abdullah here Tuesday and discussed various aspects – political, economic and defence – of bilateral ties.
The meeting signalled a “desire for continued engagement at high levels between the two countries”, said an external affairs ministry statement.
The visiting Omani foreign minister congratulated Sushma Swaraj on her assumption of office and hoped to further consolidate the strong bilateral relations between the two countries.
Bollywood thespian Dilip Kumar’s biography finally has a title and it will be released by singing legend Lata Mangeshkar at a grand event here June 9.
Said author Uday Tara Nayar: “The title ‘Substance & The Shadow’ was suggested by Dilip saab. The ‘substance’ refers to the actual person behind the legend and the ‘shadow’ is the mythical image that has come to surround his persona.”
“Substance And The Shadow” would be released in the presence of all the biggest actors and directors of Hindi filmdom.
Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today paid rich tributes to Rural Development Minister Gopinath Munde, who died during a road accident here, describing him as a “distinguished” political leader who was a “good friend” of her country.
In a condolence message to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Hasina said Munde?s “untimely demise is a huge loss for your government, the country, the people, and the party.
Shah Rukh Khan was delayed by two hours but that did not take any sheen off the felicitation of IPL champions Kolkata Knight Riders in the presence of about one lakh spectators and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee at the Eden Gardens here today.
Taking bows repeatedly as a gesture of gratitude to fans, KKR co-owner SRK made a lap of the packed Eden, waving and blowing kisses with his entire squad in tow with loud cries of team slogan ‘Korbo, Lorbo, Jeetbo Re… Ami Kolkata, we rule’.
Holding aloft the trophy, skipper Gautam Gambhir led the victory lap along with co-owner Juhi Chawla.
The Indian mission in Ukraine has been facilitating the evacuation of nearly a thousand Indian nationals, particularly students, from the restive eastern region of Lugansk in the country, the Indian embassy in the Ukraine capital said.
A total of 27 students were received in Kiev by the Indian embassy till Tuesday afternoon, the embassy said in a statement available on its website.
“All the Indian nationals including students being evacuated from Lugansk would be lodged at Hotel Ramada Encore Kiev,” the embassy said.
Colombia’s key player Radamel Falcao has been ruled out of the World Cup after failing to recover from a serious knee injury.
At a press conference here Monday, a tearful Falcao could not hide his pain at missing the June 12-July 13 tournament, reports Xinhua.
The 28-year-old ruptured the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee while playing for Monaco Jan 28. He underwent surgery three days later and had been given until the last moment to prove his fitness by Colombia coach Jose Pekerman.
Tibetan contestant Tenzin Yangzom from Sikkim will be crowned Miss Tibet 2014 here June 8, an event organiser said here Tuesday. Yangzom won the pageant unopposed.
“We received eight applications for this year’s pageant. Five were confirmed, but four withdrew at the last minute citing personal reasons,” pageant director-producer Lobsang Wangyal told IANS.
“Since the Miss Tibet Pageant is to empower young Tibetan women, we see it important to respect and appreciate the commitment and enthusiasm of the lone contestant,” he added.
South Africa has appointed batsman Hashim Amla as its new test cricket captain, succeeding longtime leader Graeme Smith who retired in March.
Cricket South Africa named Amla on Tuesday ahead of wicketkeeper-batsman AB de Villiers, who appeared to be the front-runner to replace Smith.
The 31-year-old Amla has previously shied away from the captaincy role when approached to do the job in limited-overs cricket but had a change of heart after Smith’s retirement.
Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh Tuesday expressed grief over the death of Union Minister Gopinath Munde, describing him a dynamic mass leader.
Virbhadra Singh offered his heartfelt condolences to Munde’s family.
Governor Urmila Singh said Munde always worked for the common man throughout his life.
The 64-year-old Munde died in a car accident Tuesday in Delhi.
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A cook at a police chowki in Uttar Pradesh’s Bahraich district, who allegedly attempted rape on a 15-year-old girl, was arrested and two policemen were removed from duty and sent to Police Lines after they initially refused to register an FIR.
Kotwal of Begnapur police chowki Shrawan Ram Saroj and in-charge Vinay Yadav were today sent to Police Lines after a preliminary inquiry.
According to police sources, the girl was collecting firewood near the police chowki yesterday afternoon when Chedi Lal, who used to cook for policemen, lured her to a room and tried to molest her.
Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa has ordered the release of 29 Indian fishermen arrested by his country’s navy, announced Indian external affairs ministry spokesperson Syed Akbaruddin Tuesday.
The development came on the day Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J.Jayalalithaa met Prime Minister Narendra Modi here.
The fishermen, who are from Tamil Nadu, were arrested last week allegedly for poaching in Sri Lankan waters off Thalaimannar in the north of the country and handed over to the fisheries department.
After launching Intimate Apparel store for women in May, online shopping destination Amazon.in has now expanded its fashion portfolio by introducing men’s apparel.
It has launched The Denim Hangout and men’s innerwear stores.
It offers over 1,500 styles in men’s denim wear and more than 1,300 styles in men’s innerwear from popular brands like Levis, Lee, Wrangler, French Connection, V.I.P and Lee Cooper, said a statement.
The Denim Hangout is a concept store that has more than just the blue jeans. Denim shirts, jackets, waistcoats, T-shirts, leggings and more are available.
Secretariat in Hyderabad has come to life once again after a political hiatus of nearly four months with the first Chief Minister of Telangana K Chandrasekhar Rao, and his cabinet colleagues assuming their respective offices.
There was a flurry of activity in the A, B, C and D blocks, which constitute the Secretariat of newly-formed Telangana state, with the KCR government getting down to business since yesterday.
The C block, which houses the office of Chief Minister, in particular is abuzz with activity as bureaucrats and political leaders queued up to meet Chandrasekhar Rao.