Amid allegations of bodies being handed over to relatives after charging Rs 300 at the Banaras Hindu University (BHU) Hospital mortuary, the Yogi Adityanath government ordered for the suspension of four senior officials, including the Chief Project Manager, in connection with Tuesday’s over-bridge collapse tragedy in Varanasi. An FIR was also lodged against UP Bridge Corporation Limited, its officials and contractors.

At least 18 persons were killed and 25 others were injured under the debris when two beams of the under-construction flyover came crashing after a pillar gave way on Tuesday evening.

Senior journalist Mark Tully will be honoured with the Lifetime Achievement Award at the annual Red Ink Awards in Mumbai on May 18. Tully worked with the BBC for three decades and was the broadcaster’s Chief of Bureau for Delhi for 20 years.

In a statement, the Mumbai Press Club, said Tully has been recognised for his “long and outstanding contribution to Indian journalism”.

The RedInk Award for ‘Journalist of the Year’ has been awarded to Faye D’Souza, executive editor of Mirror Now channel, for her coverage of issues that touch the lives of common people. Her passionate and honest style with which she handled subjects like corruption, political opportunism, price rise and communalism in 2017 made her and her programme ‘The Urban Debate’ a must watch.

For those who missed her slot on TV, they would go watch her on social media and smart phones, where her videos are popular and widely shared. 

Manohar, who became the first independent ICC chairman in 2016, will continue for a second two-year term

During the last two years, Manohar has led significant reform of the sport

"It is an honour to be re-elected as the chairman of the International Cricket Council," Manohar said

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has published its first 'essential diagnostics list', a catalogue of tests needed to diagnose the most common conditions as well as a number of global priority diseases. The step was taken to address the problem of people's inability to access diagnostic services, thus failing to receive the correct treatment.

"An accurate diagnosis is the first step to getting effective treatment. No one should suffer or die because of lack of diagnostic services, or because the right tests were not available,” said Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General.

KOHIMA, May 15, 2018: Lieutenant General Sukhdeep Sangwan, Sena Medal and Bar assumed the appointment of Director General Assam Rifles on May 14. He takes over as the 20th Director General of the Force which is popularly called as Sentinels of the North East.

AR in a press release stated that the General Officer is an alumnus of Officers Training School Chennai and was commissioned into the Rajputana Rifles in Aug 1982. He is an alumnus of Defence Services Staff College Wellington, College of Defence Management Secunderabad and the National Defence College.

Reserve Bank of India has imposed restrictions on Allahabad Bank on lending to risky assets and raising high-cost deposits in view of deteriorating financial health even as finance ministry has asked the lender to take away all the powers of its CEO and MD Usha Ananthasubramanian.

Ananthasubramanian has been named in a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) charge-sheet in connection with the alleged Rs 13,500 crore fraud at the Punjab National Bank. Ananthasubramanian was earlier heading the PNB.

The founder of Sulabh International, Dr Bindeshwar Pathak, has been honoured with the Nikkei Asia Prize in Japan for his contribution to Asia's development, an official statement said today.

Pathak is among the three who have been conferred with the award.

According to an announcement made by the Nikkei Asia Prize Secretariat this morning in Tokyo, he has been described as "an Indian social reformer tackling two of his country's biggest challenges -- poor hygiene and discrimination".

NEW DELHI: With Karnataka heading for a hung assembly, the ball is now in the court of state governor Vajubhai Bala.

Even as the BJP emerged the single largest party in the state, it failed to cross the halfway mark. The Congress, learning from its past mistakes in Manipur and Goa where it reacted late, sprung a surprise when it offered support to the JD(S). Deve Gowda's party has accepted the offer of support and will stake claim to form the government in Karnataka.

According to the usual practice, the governor of a state calls the leader of the single-largest party or pre-poll alliance to form the government, and in the event of a hung assembly, asks him to prove the majority on the floor of the House.

New Delhi: Aadhaar card is not mandatory for central government employees to get their pension, Minister of State for Personnel Jitendra Singh has said.

In the 30th meeting of the Standing Committee of Voluntary Agencies in New Delhi recently, he said Aadhaar is an additional facility to enable the use of technology for submission of life certificate without the need for visiting banks.

His assertion assumes significance as there were reports of some retired employees facing difficulty in getting the pension in the absence of Aadhaar linkage with their bank accounts.