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Scores of resident doctors in Delhi on Wednesday evening lit up 'diyas' in the campus of a medical college here to register their protest over the delay in NEET PG 2021 counselling, even as patient care remained affected at various facilities in the city.

A doctored image showing pop superstar Rihanna purportedly holding up a Pakistan flag has been widely circulated after she expressed solidarity with farmers protesting in India against the agricultural laws.

Hours after the Allahabad High Court quashed the detention of Dr Kafeel Khan under the stringent NSA and ordered his immediate release, his elated mother Nuzhat Parveen said it will be after a long time that she will be able to "see, touch and feel" him.

Shabista Khan, wife of Dr Kafeel Khan who was detained under the National Security Act for alleged inflammatory statements during an Anti Citizenship (Amendment) Act protest, has written a letter to the Chief Justice of the High Court requesting security to her husband, claiming his life might be in "danger".

The maternal uncle of Dr Kafeel Khan, who was recently arrested for allegedly making inflammatory statements during anti-Citizenship Law protests, was shot dead in front of his house at Uttar Pradesh's Gorakhpur, police said on Sunday.

Junior Resident Doctors of Lala Lajpat Rai Memorial Medical College (LLRMM) on Saturday sat on protest against the Head of ENT Department alleging that he molested a junior resident doctor of his department.

A draft legislation seeking to punish people who assault on-duty doctors and other healthcare professionals by imprisoning them for up to 10 years, has been finalised and will be made public soon for feedback, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said on Tuesday.

Doctors' Strike Live Updates: The protesting doctors in West Bengal on Monday agreed to withdraw their week-long stir after Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee announced steps to scale up security at hospitals.

Health services in Bengal may be headed for a total shutdown today as senior doctors at the state-run hospitals join the protest called by the junior doctors. Services at the state-run institutions across Bengal were hit on Tuesday after junior doctors launched a protest against attack on an intern at a Kolkata hospital over alleged negligence by f...

Tripura Health Minister Sudip Roy Burman has surrendered his police protection as a mark of protest against the repeated attacks on doctors in the state in the recent weeks.

Government doctors in Uttar Pradesh under the banner of Provincial Medical Services Association-UP announced on Monday their decision to wear black bands on October 1 in support of their demands including promotion issues and non-practice allowance.

The Bombay High Court today pulled up the resident doctors of government hospitals in Maharashtra for abstaining from duty and observed that their conduct was "shameful".

Hardik Patel's allegation that caste reservation in admissions to medical colleges in Gujarat deals a grave blow to the prospects of aspiring doctors from his Patel community, does not seem to hold up to a scrutiny of data.

The Uttar Pradesh government has failed to placate the thousands of doctors who are on strike to protest the attack and arrest of their colleagues in Kanpur last week after clashes with a Samajawadi Party MLA. Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav held talks with the doctors on Tuesday and promised to take action against the MLA "if found guilty". The Alla...

Thousands of doctors at hospitals across Uttar Pradesh are on strike to protest against what they describe as the "goonda raj" or lawlessness of the ruling Samajwadi Party. They allege that on Friday, several doctors of a government hospital were mercilessly beaten and dragged by policemen after a confrontation with a legislator of Chief Minister ...

Scores of resident doctors in Delhi on Wednesday evening lit up 'diyas' in the campus of a medical college here to register their protest over the delay in NEET PG 2021 counselling, even as patient care remained affected at various facilities in the city.

A doctored image showing pop superstar Rihanna purportedly holding up a Pakistan flag has been widely circulated after she expressed solidarity with farmers protesting in India against the agricultural laws.

Hours after the Allahabad High Court quashed the detention of Dr Kafeel Khan under the stringent NSA and ordered his immediate release, his elated mother Nuzhat Parveen said it will be after a long time that she will be able to "see, touch and feel" him.

Shabista Khan, wife of Dr Kafeel Khan who was detained under the National Security Act for alleged inflammatory statements during an Anti Citizenship (Amendment) Act protest, has written a letter to the Chief Justice of the High Court requesting security to her husband, claiming his life might be in "danger".

The maternal uncle of Dr Kafeel Khan, who was recently arrested for allegedly making inflammatory statements during anti-Citizenship Law protests, was shot dead in front of his house at Uttar Pradesh's Gorakhpur, police said on Sunday.

Junior Resident Doctors of Lala Lajpat Rai Memorial Medical College (LLRMM) on Saturday sat on protest against the Head of ENT Department alleging that he molested a junior resident doctor of his department.

A draft legislation seeking to punish people who assault on-duty doctors and other healthcare professionals by imprisoning them for up to 10 years, has been finalised and will be made public soon for feedback, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said on Tuesday.

Doctors' Strike Live Updates: The protesting doctors in West Bengal on Monday agreed to withdraw their week-long stir after Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee announced steps to scale up security at hospitals.

Health services in Bengal may be headed for a total shutdown today as senior doctors at the state-run hospitals join the protest called by the junior doctors. Services at the state-run institutions across Bengal were hit on Tuesday after junior doctors launched a protest against attack on an intern at a Kolkata hospital over alleged negligence by f...

Tripura Health Minister Sudip Roy Burman has surrendered his police protection as a mark of protest against the repeated attacks on doctors in the state in the recent weeks.

Government doctors in Uttar Pradesh under the banner of Provincial Medical Services Association-UP announced on Monday their decision to wear black bands on October 1 in support of their demands including promotion issues and non-practice allowance.

The Bombay High Court today pulled up the resident doctors of government hospitals in Maharashtra for abstaining from duty and observed that their conduct was "shameful".

Hardik Patel's allegation that caste reservation in admissions to medical colleges in Gujarat deals a grave blow to the prospects of aspiring doctors from his Patel community, does not seem to hold up to a scrutiny of data.

The Uttar Pradesh government has failed to placate the thousands of doctors who are on strike to protest the attack and arrest of their colleagues in Kanpur last week after clashes with a Samajawadi Party MLA. Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav held talks with the doctors on Tuesday and promised to take action against the MLA "if found guilty". The Alla...

Thousands of doctors at hospitals across Uttar Pradesh are on strike to protest against what they describe as the "goonda raj" or lawlessness of the ruling Samajwadi Party. They allege that on Friday, several doctors of a government hospital were mercilessly beaten and dragged by policemen after a confrontation with a legislator of Chief Minister ...