Jeevan Prakash Sharma

Fate of 4,000 students uncertain as 32 private colleges fail Medical Council of India test

Just two colleges passed MCI’s inspections in November and December last year

Nearly 4000 medical students left in lurch as 32 private colleges fail MCI test

These are among 34 colleges approved by a Supreme Court-appointed oversight committee in May 2016, but debarred by the country’s medical education regulator for failing to meet required standards.

Ahead of UP elections, income tax dept summons Mayawati’s brother and his wife

BSP supremo Mayawati’s brother, Anand Kumar, and his wife Vichiter Lata were asked to appear before taxmen on January 31.

Over 2000 seats vacant in medical schools as infra, cost keep students away

In bad health: RTI query reveals over 2,000 MBBS seats vacant

Axis Bank under I-T scanner for Rs 30-crore hawala link

With the Income Tax conducting searches after two men who were reportedly caught with Rs 3.5 crore new currency notes alleged that they got the money exchanged at the Kashmiri Gate branch of Axis Bank after paying gold bricks as commission to two managers.

Before Indore-Patna Express tragedy: In 5 yrs, railways saw 2 dozen near-misses

About three months before the Indore-Patna Express derailed and killed 147 people on Sunday, a packed train from Varanasi hurtled down the same tracks towards another stationed just off Lucknow. In the falling darkness, a tragedy was about to unfold.

Unscrupulous builders slap false charges, intimidate homebuyers

For standing up against unscrupulous builders, homebuyers face charges of rape, murder and criminal intimidation

From politicos to gangsters’ kin, Delhi Police provide security to 468 people

The Delhi police have deployed nearly 1,500 personnel to guard hundreds of people, from

Gangsters’ kin among 146 who get personal security cover in Delhi

More than 300 PSOs are protecting 146 lives in Delhi, reveals a reply on an HT application under the RTI Act to the Delhi Police.

Farmers allege harassment under Land Reforms Act

MCI, SC panel warns students on 4 institutes

MCI, SC panel advises students not to enroll in 4 institutes over degree doubts

The Medical Council of India (MCI) and the Supreme Court-appointed Oversight Committee has asked students not to enroll for post graduate courses in modern medicine from Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital and Medical Research Institute, Bhubaneswar-based AMRI Hospital, National Institute for Education and Research, Delhi, and Indira Gandhi National Open University (Ignou), Delhi.

Review of Inside Unreal Estate by Sushil Kumar Sayal

MD of Bharti Realty, Sushil Kumar Sayal, has tried to show that realtors do not have to resort to illegal means to grow in business

No faculty, zero facilities, half-built classrooms at new medical colleges

Medical colleges approved by Supreme Court on the sick bed, gasping for life

After receiving complaints from a section of senior medical practitioners that some medical colleges approved by the SC-appointed oversight committee lacked infrastructure to train students, HT conducted an independent investigation in five colleges. Before that, HT also obtained the MCI’s inspection report and colleges’ affidavit for compliance (filed between June 15 to June 22) through an application under RTI.

No faculty, zero facilities, half-built classrooms at new medical colleges

Empty intensive care units (ICUs), no faculty, locked operation theatres (OTs), and under-construction departments and buildings. This is what awaits a fresh batch of students in at least 5 out of 57 medical colleges permitted by the Supreme Court-appointed oversight committee to admit MBBS students in 2016-17.

ATC hit by staff crunch, near-misses rise in air

Air collision risks in a steep climb

Trouble in the air: Near-misses rise to a new, alarming high

An HT investigation based on RTI data between 2011 and 2016 has found a 78% rise in the incidents of potential mid-air collisions between January and May this year, when compared to the same period last year.

Delhi mall vulnerable to possible terror attacks

Frisking and vehicle checks are thorough but the Capital’s popular shopping mall is not prepared for an armed attack or hostage situation.

62 pilots grounded in 6 months for violating air safety norms

62 pilots grounded in 6 months for violating air safety norms

Officials get Rs 1.5 lakh just for answering the phone

Govt staff draw Rs 1.5 lakh for taking calls, paying bills

These employees — belonging to the Central Secretariat Stenographer Services (CSSS), Railway Board Services, Armed Forces Headquarter Services and the Ministry of External Affairs — serve as principal private secretaries (PPS), senior PPS and principal staff officers (PSO). Their job profile requires them to attend phone calls, arrange files, pay office bills and even perform personal tasks for the officials they are attached to.

ED to quiz Karti in Aircel-Maxis case

Realty bites: Loans taken, repaid behind their backs

Flat owners find home loans taken behind their backs

Greater Noida flat owners find home loans taken behind their backs

When Pranab Bhakta chased the Noida-based Noble Co-operative Bank, which had apparently sanctioned a Rs 30-lakh loan to him, what unfolded was a unique fraud in the real estate sector which is already under scrutiny for large scale scams.

Modi’s Skill India initiative scores low on placements

PM’s Skill India initiative scores low on placements