Tag: Misconduct

Nabarangapur: In a shocking incident, a doctor allegedly slapped a patient’s attendant at the Districts Headquarters Hospital here on Sunday. According to the reports, Renuta Khura, daughter of Rajendra Khura from Semala village was hospitalised with sickle-cell disease and was undergoing treatment here. An altercation ensued between the doctor at the DHH, Chinmay Bala and […]

Bhubaneswar: After remaining silent on the Niladri Bije incident last Sunday, which witnessed manhandling of media persons and physical assault on Puri Collector Aravinda Agarwal by ‘unruly’ servitors, senior Biju Janata Dal (BJD) leader Surya Narayan Patro on Thursday suggested that the Sri Jagannath temple in Puri should be managed by a Trust on the […]

Bhubaneswar: The National Commission for Women (NCW) will summon the Odisha Home secretary on the issue of alleged insult of its member Sushama Sahu by the Director General of Police (DGP) KB Singh. Sources said the Commission’s move is based on the complaint lodged by its member Sushama Sahu on the incident. Briefing the media […]

Singapore: A 32-year-old Indian-origin doctor in Singapore has been fined Singapore dollars 2,000 for administrating a drug to a patient in wrong way at the Singapore General Hospital in July 2012. The Singapore Medical Council (SMC) said, Dr Garuna Murthee Kavitha injected the chemotherapy drug into the patient’s spinal canal, rather than a vein. This […]

New Delhi: BCCI Ombudsman D.K. Jain has asked all-rounder Hardik Pandya and opener K.L. Rahul to pay a sum of Rs 1 lakh each, to widows of 10 constables in paramilitary forces who have lost their lives on duty. They have also been asked to deposit Rs 10 lakh each in the fund created for promotion […]

New Delhi: Before he quit ostensibly over curbs imposed in Kashmir, IAS officer Kannan Gopinathan was issued a show cause notice in July by the Union Home Ministry for indulging in various acts of “omission and commission” which constitute “misconduct” as well as “dereliction of duty”. The Ministry cited “dereliction” of duty in the administrative […]