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Sonam Wangchuk’s wife says no treatment should be administered to him without her consent

New Delhi, Jul 18 (PTI) The Delhi Police has shifted activist Sonam Wangchuk to the Safdarjung Hospital, his wife Gitanjali J Angmo said on Saturday and asserted that no medical treatment should be administered to the activist without her consent. Wangchuk was shifted from the Jantar Mantar protest site early Saturday, the 21st day of his indefinite hunger strike. “He is at Safdarjung Hospital. I forbid them from administering anything without my consent. No treatment should start without my consent. I hold everybody accountable if anything happens,” Angmo told PTI. I am at Safdarjung hospital in Delhi where @Wangchuk66 has

India moves fasting activist Sonam Wangchuk to hospital, police say

NEW DELHI, July 18 (Reuters) – Authorities in India’s capital Delhi have moved fasting social activist Sonam Wangchuk ​to hospital after his condition worsened on the 21st day of ‌a hunger strike he launched to demand the resignation of the federal education minister. Wangchuk, 59, has been fasting since June 28 in solidarity with India’s youth Cockroach Janta Party (CJP), which is ​demanding Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan step down over exam paper leaks ​in May that affected millions of students. Police in Delhi said Wangchuk ⁠was moved to a hospital “for essential medical care” on court orders after his ​health

CBI files 2nd chargesheet in Reliance Communications loan fraud case

New Delhi, Jul 17 (PTI) The CBI on Friday filed its second chargesheet in the Reliance Communications Limited case, in which banks and financial institutions allegedly lost over Rs 19,000 crore of public money, officials said. In the chargesheet filed before a special court in Mumbai, the CBI named Netizen Engineering Pvt Ltd (erstwhile Reliance Infocomm Engineering Pvt Ltd) and its two directors – Anil Kalya and Tunu Sahu – as accused for offences of criminal conspiracy, criminal misappropriation and cheating, a CBI spokesperson said in a statement. “The second chargesheet is based on the investigation conducted by the CBI,

Gold declines Rs 800 to 3-week low of Rs 1.45 lakh/10g; silver drops Rs 2,000

New Delhi, Jul 17 (PTI) Gold price resumed its downward trend to hit a three-week low in the national capital on Friday, declining by Rs 800 to Rs 1.45 lakh per 10 grams, and silver dropped Rs 2,000 due to sluggish local demand. The yellow metal of 99.9 per cent purity depreciated by Rs 800 to Rs 1,45,500 per 10 grams (inclusive of all taxes) from Thursday’s closing level of Rs 1,46,300 per 10 grams, according to the All India Sarafa Association. Silver also dropped by Rs 2,000 to Rs 2,22,500 per kilogram (inclusive of all taxes). The white metal

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