Author: Joymala Bagchi

KOLKATA: Expressing concerns, Trinamool Congress (TMC) will demand suspension of the Agnipath Scheme at Parliament Advisory Committee for Defence scheduled on July 8. Sources in TMC told The New Indian that they are not alone as opposition parties will close ranks to strongly oppose the scheme in the meeting. Trinamool Congress MP Saugata Roy has […]

KOLKATA: The political rivalry between the ruling Trinamool Congress and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is getting hotter by the day ahead of the scheduled panchayat election in 2023. Under fire for its leader Mahua Moitra’s comments defending a derogatory documentary film poster of Goddess Kali, TMC leaders on Thursday met Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar demanding […]

  KOLKATA (WEST BENGAL): Jan Sangh founder Syama Prasad Mookerjee, whose sacrifice in Jammu and Kashmir region where he died in detention, has often been invoked by his outfit’s by-product BJP, was not a religious zealot who sought to establish the Hindutva in India, his 93-year-old nephew has asserted on his 121st birth anniversary. As […]

NEW DELHI: In a bid to put a check on decontrolled drugs, National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) fixed the retail price of 84 essential drug formulations. It includes type-2 diabetes, high blood pressure, headache, cholesterol and widely used painkillers. As per the notification, a single tablet of Voglibose and (SR) Metformin Hydrochloride will cost Rs […]

NEW DELHI: Opposition presidential candidate and veteran politician Yashwant Sinha on Thursday condemned the gruesome killing of Kanhaiya Lal Teli in Udaipur last Tuesday. In a dastardly act of violence, Teli, who was a tailor by profession, was brutally murdered by Mohammed Rafiq and Abdul Jabbar in broad daylight. The duo are, apparently, killed over […]

KOLKATA: Raising question on central government’s request to provide jobs to Agniveers West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee denounces the move saying ‘why should we?’ The central government in a letter to state governments has urged to provide jobs to Agniveers once they complete their tenure of four years. Banerjee, during […]

NEW DELHI: Comorbid Women were relatively at a higher risk of mortality as compared to males having the same comorbid conditions, finds a study at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital. A total of 2586 COVID patients, who were admitted to the hospital from April 8, 2020, to October 4, 2020 (first Phase), were studied to observe […]

NEW DELHI: It might not leave a good taste but, historically, India has a long cultural association with cannabis. It was one of the most common drugs used in the country. However, in recent times cannabis seems to have fallen out of Indians’ favour with heroin becoming a preferred choice. Opioid category drugs, like heroin, […]

NEW DELHI: While Union health minister Dr Mansukh Mandaviya directed officials to focus on surveillance and Genome Sequencing and to monitor hospitalisation amid rising cases of COVID-19 in the country, health experts feel that the actual numbers may be much more as people are self-doctoring. Dr Mandaviya held a high-level review meeting following an escalation […]

NEW DELHI: As fire rages over the ambitious Agniveer scheme — a first-of-its-kind enrollment of youth in the defence services — by the Indian government, with some political parties sparring with Centre, a one-year-old cub has become the roll-out’s early symbol of ferocity. In a statement of sorts, Union minister of state for environment, forest and […]