Good Samaritans to be awarded Rs 5000 for rushing road accident victims to hospitalIn a letter to principal and transport secretaries of all states and union territories, the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH)...
04 Oct, 2021, 11.07 PM IST
Delhi govt launches scheme to honour good samaritans who take accident victims to hospitalsUnder the scheme, the city government will incur the treatment expenditure of eligible road accident victims and give incentives to those w...
07 Oct, 2019, 10.23 PM IST
59% of good samaritans face cop harassment: ReportThe survey found that though the general willingness to help victims had risen from 26% in 2013 to 88% in 2018.
27 Nov, 2018, 12.30 PM IST
President gives assent to India's first good samaritan bill of KarnatakaThe president has given his asset to the Karnataka Good Samaritan and Medical Professional (Protection and Regulation during Emergency Situ...
30 Sep, 2018, 12.53 PM IST
Now, Police can't examine a Good Samaritan witness more than onceThe affidavit of Good Samaritan, if filed, shall be treated as complete statement by police while conducting the investigation, said Road a...
06 Oct, 2016, 11.00 AM IST
Why vilify jungle raj and its denizens?Since the courts are increasingly showing a green conscience, this is the time for them to pronounce on the needless vilification of the wo...
11 May, 2016, 04.31 AM IST
Good Samaritans who rush an accident victim to a hospital not to be forced to reveal identityA circular, re-notified to all states by the Home Ministry, made it clear that a good Samaritan shall not be liable for any civil and crimi...
24 Apr, 2016, 05.03 PM IST
Supreme Court approves Centre's guidelines to protect good samaritansThe Supreme Court today approved the Centre's guidelines to protect Good Samaritans, who help road accident victims, from being unnecessari...
30 Mar, 2016, 12.10 PM IST
New SOPs: Now Good Samaritans can opt not to become police witnessA set of new SOPs aim to put an end to police harassment of 'Good Samaritans' who choose to assist an injured person or a person in distres...
24 Jan, 2016, 08.22 PM IST
Good Samaritans helping accident victims not to be harassed: Nitin GadkariGood Samaritans saving lives of road accident victims need not fear harassment by police or other authorities now, Union Minister Nitin Gad...
11 Jan, 2016, 11.05 PM IST
'Good Samaritans helping accident victims not to be harassed'This good 'Samaritan; guidelines form part of a notification by the Road Transport and Highways Ministry.
07 Jun, 2015, 01.57 PM IST
Kirron Kher cites Nirbhaya case, pushes for Good Samaritan lawThe Chandigarh MP, who moved a private member's Bill on this in Lok Sabha last week, submitted a petition, signed by over 80,000 people, to...
16 Dec, 2014, 11.50 AM IST
Kirron Kher submits a petition supporting Good Samaritan Law to Health Minister J P NaddaThe objective of the Bill is to ensure that ordinary people who help injured persons do not face harassment & intimidation," said BJP MP Ki...
15 Dec, 2014, 06.50 PM IST
SC: Pass executive order to protect Good SamaritansThe SC order will remain effective till Parliament enacts a law to provide protection to Good Samaritans.
30 Oct, 2014, 12.49 PM IST
- Geeks log in as good samaritans
Thousands of online volunteers are contributing the untapped power of their PCs to a mammoth project that is studying the behaviour of prot...
22 Nov, 2009, 07.51 AM IST
The future of good SamaritansOften, the opposite of ‘dispassionate’ is not ‘passionate’ but ‘compassionate’. To illustrate this point, Henry S Thompson of the Universit...
31 Jul, 2009, 12.01 AM IST
- ULFA turns good samaritan
ULFA pitching in with relief material for thousands displaced by floods.
19 Sep, 2008, 12.01 PM IST