Salem: A woman sanitary worker at the government hospital has been suspended for allegedly demanding money from a pregnant woman to get herself treated. The 24-year-old pregnant woman labourer from Andhra Pradesh was unable to pay Rs 1000 bribe was reportedly assaulted by her and later delivered the baby at a bus stand in Salem.
The sanitary worker was suspended after District Collector Magarabhusanam paid a surprise visit to the Mohan Kumaramangalam Medical college hospital, conducted an inquiry with doctors and staff and identified her from CCTV footage. College dean Dr Valliappan said no staff member came forward to state the facts despite his best efforts.He said the worker had been suspended and the inquiry would be
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02:05 AM, Apr 17, 2013
Chennai: Opposition DMK MLAs, including MK Stalin, the leader of the its Legislature Wing, were on Monday suspended for two days from the Tamil Nadu Assembly for unruly behaviour in the House. Stalin and party MLAs Govi Chezhiyan, Thangam Thennarasu and Moideen Khan had to be physically removed by marshals after they squatted in front of the Chair of Speaker P Dhanapal. At the end of a discussion on the...
01:53 PM, Apr 08, 2013
Six Opposition DMDK MLAs were on Monday suspended from the Tamil Nadu Assembly for one year in connection with the assault on a dissident DMDK legislator inside the House in February. ...
01:30 PM, Mar 25, 2013
Judicial custody of suspended IAS officer Y Srilakshmi, an accused in the Obulapuram Mining Company (OMC) scam, is set to end on Monday. Srilakshmi surrendered on Thursday before a special Central Bureau Investigation (CBI) court in following the expiry of her interim bail in the scam that also involves former Karnataka minister Gali Janardhana Reddy. ...
09:29 AM, Mar 25, 2013
Two of the five Maharashtra MLAs, who were suspended for thrashing Assistant Police Inspector Sachin Suryavanshi, have been sent to 14 days of judicial custody. While Vidhan Shabha has opposed the decision demanding that the suspension of Ramdas Kadam and Kshitij Thakuar be revoked, the court hearing the case has reserved its order on the bail plea of the MLAs till Monday. ...
05:10 PM, Mar 22, 2013
Five MLAs have been suspended till December 31 by the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly for assaulting a policeman in the Assembly building. Police has booked 16 MLAs for assault and is likely to make some arrests as well. ...
06:56 PM, Mar 20, 2013
The Delhi BJP unit on Sunday suspended Yogesh Attrey from the party following charges of rape against him. "We got the first hand information through media and we have suspended him. It's our moral responsibility to suspend him. He will not be a party member till he is acquitted in the case," said Delhi Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) unit chief Vijender Gupta. ...
12:23 AM, Jan 07, 2013
The Noida police on Sunday suspended five constables for dereliction of duty in the rape and murder of a 21-year-old girl. The constables were suspended for failing to register a missing complaint when the victim's family approached them for help. The girl's body was later found in Noida, Sector 63. She was in a semi-nude state and appeared to have been strangulated. ...
07:34 PM, Jan 06, 2013
After the government put on hold the Rs 26.50 hike on non-subsidised LPG cylinders, Petroleum Minister Veerappa Moily said it was the oil companies' decision and not the ministry's, as had been reported. The minister further added that the public sector oil firms will take a call on raising the cap on subsidised LPG cylinders. ...
12:39 PM, Nov 03, 2012
Burdwan: The principal of the Polytechnic College of Asansol was on Saturday suspended in the wake of the alleged sexual harassment of a girl student by three student union members. Rituparno Basu, Principal of Nazrul Satabarsha Polytechnic College, Rupnarayanpur, has been placed under suspension on the charge of lapse on his part with regard to the reports, state Technical Education Minister Rabiranjan Chattopadhyay said. Meanwhile, the security guard, arrested in...
09:57 AM, Oct 14, 2012
Patna: Eighteen policemen - seven inspectors and 11 constables - were suspended on Sunday for failing to prevent the attacks on Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's cavalcade during his Adhikar Yatra. The Bihar police on Saturday formed a Special Investigation Team (SIT), headed by a superintendent of police, to probe the protests. The SIT filed an FIR against 75 named and 600 unknown people. There were protests in Motihari, Begusarai and...
01:21 PM, Sep 30, 2012
Chennai: Though he was supposedly suspended by Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh for irregularities in awarding contracts, a top official of the Airports Authority of India (AAI) is believed to have attended a pre-bid meeting at the airport here on Friday, drawing flak from unionists in the airport. According to well-placed sources in AAI, L L Krishnan, Executive Director (Commercial), flew into the city and attended a pre-bid meeting held...
12:42 PM, Sep 25, 2012
Hyderabad: Alleging that ACB deputy superintendent of police Srikrishnudu had manhandled him in the name of investigation into the Gali Janardhan Reddys bail scam, suspended judge K Lakshmi Narasimha Rao has written to the chief justices of the Supreme Court and the AP High Court, and chairman of the AP State Human Rights Commission (APSHRC) among others seeking justice. He alleged that minister for law and courts Erasu Pratap Reddy...
10:56 AM, Jul 24, 2012
New Delhi: A Jet Airways pilot and two cockpit crew members have been suspended for two and a half months for allowing a trainee pilot to take over from the co-pilot and land the aircraft in Mumbai, endangering the lives of all on board. The suspension comes after Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) asked the airlines to take action against the pilot and the chief of its flight safety...
08:24 AM, Feb 15, 2012
Munich: Former Force India driver Adrian Sutil was convicted of causing grievous bodily harm to a Formula One team owner in a night club confrontation in China and given an 18-month suspended sentence on Tuesday. The Munich district court passed the verdict and the sentence after a two-day trial. The prosecutors had asked for a 21-month suspended sentence. Sutil was also fined $262,200, to be paid to charities. "The defendant...
06:37 PM, Jan 31, 2012
Chandigarh: A disco-loving Chandigarh police officer who got embroiled in a row after misbehaving with two young women at a discotheque here has been suspended from his post, police said Thursday. Jaswinder Singh, an inspector with the security wing of Chandigarh Police, has been withdrawn from present duties and posted at the Police Lines. The inspector had created a ruckus at Score discotheque in Sector 8 here Saturday night. Allegedly...
04:47 PM, Sep 22, 2011
New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate has suspended the officer in-charge of Hasan Ali probe for allegedly conducting a shoddy probe. ED officer Amrinder Kumar Singh was suspended on Thursday for conducting a "shoddy probe", ED sources said on Friday. The agency will also conduct an inquiry against Singh, they said. The ED is likely to file a charge sheet against Khan and co-accused Kashinath Tapuriah, a Kolkata-based businessman, in a ...
09:38 AM, May 06, 2011
New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate has suspended the officer in-charge of Hasan Ali probe for allegedly conducting a shoddy probe. ED officer Amrinder Kumar Singh was suspended on Thursday for conducting a "shoddy probe", ED sources said on Friday. The agency will also conduct an inquiry against Singh, they said. The ED is likely to file a charge sheet against Khan and co-accused Kashinath Tapuriah, a Kolkata-based businessman, in a...
09:38 AM, May 06, 2011
London: Britain's House of Lords on Thursday endorsed the recommendation of its Privileges Committee and suspended for varying periods three members of Asian-origin after concerns had been voiced about a possible racial bias in the decision. The House unanimously approved sanctions against Lord Swraj Paul, who remains suspended for four months, Baroness Manzila Pola Uddin, who remains suspended for 18 months, and Amirali Alibhai Bhatia, who remains suspended for 8...
08:14 PM, Oct 21, 2010
In all, the government suspended nine Food Corporation of India (FCI) offic ...
10:13 AM, Jul 22, 2010
