The National Health Agency (NHA) on Wednesday called on public and private hospitals to get empaneled under the Ayushman Bharat programme, popularly known as Modicare, with the "motto of service to mankind" to achieve universal health coverage.
Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Wednesday urged the Centre to amend laws to provide for death penalty even for first-time drug smugglers and peddlers.
"I am very keen to see Ministers Zameer Ahmed Khan and UT Khader. Where are they? Call them, said Speaker Ramesh Kumar.
Terming the idea of holding simultaneous polls to the Lok Sabha and the state assemblies as "inherently anti-democratic", CPI-M General Secretary Sitaram Yechury in a letter to the Law Commission on Wednesday said it "negates the principles of federalism which is a fundamental feature of Indias Constitution".
Five persons returning from a wedding engagement program died on the spot after the car they were travelling collided with a lorry coming from opposite direction at Keregala Palya village near Madhugiri on Wednesday, July 4.
In a message to Lt Governor Anil Baijal and Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, the Supreme Court in its Wednesday ruling on who administers the capital warned against obstructionism and cautioned against anarchy and absolutism in the power tussle between the Delhi government and the Centre.
The Madhya Pradesh Congress on Wednesday slammed the Shivraj Singh Chouhan-led Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government and said the state is passing through a "scary phase" of economic crisis.
A 92-year-old woman accused of fatally shooting her 72-year-old son over his plans to put her in an assisted living facility has been arrested on suspicion of murder, police said on Tuesday.
BJP chief Amit Shah on Wednesday said the Central government's decision to enhance the Minimum Support Price (MSP) by Rs 200 per quintal is a "Diwali gift" for millions of farmers.
The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved the transfer of a 5.99 acre Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) plot in Tawang to the Arunachal Pradesh government for constructing a multipurpose ground.
