The officers of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) seized clones of several computer hard discs, documents and other related things after conducting marathon search operations in the three medical college hospitals in Durgapur of West Burdwan district
Six other medical students in the car sustained injuries, while a few passengers on the bus suffered minor injuries.
It sounds absurd initially but it happened officially. An MBBS doctor preferably with postgraduate (PG) degree like MD or DNB in paediatric medicine, an ayah and a chowkidar are in a uniformed bracket of monthly salary Rs 12,000 each.
About two months ago, the NMC had fined most of the government medical colleges for not following the mandatory Aadhaar enabled biometric attendance system (AEBAS).
Commenting on the alleged irregularities in the results of the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test for admission to medical colleges, Rajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal has criticised Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his "silence" on the issue and urged him to accept that "corruption is prevalent" in the country.
The DDHS responded to the PDA after the association urged the health department to include BAMS doctors to provide medical certificates of fitness.
The commission has also warned medical colleges that are choosing a limited number of rural health centres for the purpose of internship training.
Deputy commissioner, Jammu, Anshul Garg said that 37 residents and students from Jammu district have returned safely and 21 others are in Transit while 2 are still in Ukraine.
For government medical colleges, it takes hardly Rs 75,000 (Rs 6000 per semester) for a candidate to complete the course comprising nine semesters in four and a half months. With memorandums issued by the state health department to the director of medical education (DME) for five private medical colleges on 3 February there has been a steep hike in course fees for the new entrants.
The SIA filed the chargesheet against nine persons including the chairman of the Salvation Movement, Zaffar Akbar Bhat, in a case related to 'selling' of MBBS seats in Pakistan to Kashmiri students.
