They were banned by Health Ministry Popular painkiller Saridon will be available in medical stores across the country, with the Supreme Court on Monday allowing the sale of the drug and three other banned fixed dose combinations (FDCs). A Bench of Justices R.F. Nariman and Indu Malhotra issued notice to …

Petitioners, including Maneka Gandhi, seek better care for Bandula A campaign for the freedom of an old and feeble elephant chained in Colombo’s Dehiwala Zoo for the past 66 years has garnered support from New Delhi. Union Minister Maneka Gandhi, who is known for her activism for animal rights, has …

Sixteen died and many sustained grievous injuries in the 1991 suicide attack The Supreme Court on Monday decided to hear families of the victims of the bomb blast which killed former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi at Sriperumbudur in 1991, and gave them permission to file additional documents. Sixteen died and …

There should be a set of rules so that our indigenous rights are protected, says a student leader Less than two months after a Meghalaya tribal council tabled a bill to strip a Khasi woman married to a non-Khasi man of her tribal status, an apex students’ body in Arunachal …

Anna Rajam Malhotra, 91, joined civil services in 1951 and opted for the Madras cadre India’s first woman IAS officer after Independence, Anna Rajam Malhotra, who served in the Madras State under then Chief Minister C. Rajagopalachari and at the Central government, died in Mumbai on Monday. She was 91. …

There has been a 10% decline in the number of Chinese transgressions this year, a senior government official told The Hindu The official said the presence of Chinese troops along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) has also reduced by around 30%. The manpower has been substituted with powerful surveillance …

MoS V.K. Singh responds to Islamabad’s Foreign Minister’s comments during Kabul visit India on Monday urged Pakistan to create a ‘conducive’ environment for restarting dialogue. The Indian response came from the Minister of State for External Affairs V. K. Singh, days after Pakistan’s new Foreign Minister spoke about holding talks …

In a relief for the nearly 70 lakh two-wheeler riders in Delhi, the Supreme Court on Monday stayed a National Green Tribunal order making the odd-even vehicle rotation scheme applicable to all, including scooters and motorbikes. A Bench led by Justice Madan B. Lokur also exempted women driving four-wheelers from …

The Centre on Monday proposed the amalgamation of state-owned Bank of Baroda, Dena Bank and Vijaya Bank to create India’s third-largest bank. The decision was taken at the meeting of a ministerial panel, headed by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, which oversees merger proposals of state-owned banks. The other members of …

Poor response to tenders called for on two earlier occasions As there is poor response to taking up extraction of sand in the non-Coastal Regulatory Zone areas, the district administration is considering relaxing norms and allowing people from outside the district to extract sand, said Minister in-charge of Dakshina Kannada …