GUWAHATI: Politics over Rajya Sabha (RS) election took a new twist in Assam after chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Sunday reached out to suspended Congress MLA Sashikanta Das at his Raha residence in central Assam’s Nagaon district. From Das’s residence, Sarma announced that the Congress legislator will vote for a BJP-supported candidate in the…Continue Reading
Hyderabad: A hospital superintendent and a duty doctor at a community health centre (CHC) in Achampet of Nagarkurnool district were on Wednesday suspended for “denying” admission to a pregnant woman, who had tested positive for COVID-19. After being denied admission at CHC Achampet, the woman delivered her baby on the road outside the hospital on…Continue Reading
All MPs must observe parliamentary etiquette Topics Parliament | Business Standard Editorial Comment | Rajya Sabha The dramatic dharna by the 12 suspended members of the Rajya Sabha under a statue of Gandhi and further disruption in both Houses of Parliament on their behalf have only served to highlight a chronic problem in the conduct of legislative business in…Continue Reading