Puducherry: Fifty days after N Rangasamy took over as the Chief Minister of Puducherry, five MLAs including two from the BJP are taking over as ministers in the Union Territory. The long power-sharing talks between the NR Congress and the BJP concluded earlier this week and the announcement was made on Friday, ending the suspense […]
New Delhi : Slamming the Centre over rising fuel prices, former petroleum minister M Veerappa Moily on Saturday said the government is solely responsible for the “illogical price regime” and demanded that petrol and diesel be brought under the purview of the GST regime. Moily said India levies one of the highest taxes on petrol […]
Mumbai : Jayashreekrishna Parisara Premiti Samiti, one of the leading NGOs working for the development of Undivided Dakshina Kannada District remembers it’s Patron, Guide and Philosopher, Late George Fernandes on his 91 st Birth Anniversary on 3rd June, 2021. More than 50 members, well wishers of the Samiti and representatives of various Community Organizations have […]
New Delhi: There will be no exams this year for CBSE Class 12 students due to the continuing COVID-19 pandemic across the country, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said today. The decision, he said, was taken in the interest of students. “Health and safety of our students is of utmost importance and there would be no […]
New Delhi : Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday announced a number of welfare measures for children who lost their parents to COVID-19, including ensuring a corpus of Rs 10 lakh when they turn 18 and providing for their education. Chairing a meeting to deliberate on steps which can be taken to support such children, […]
New Delhi : A committee led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and comprising Chief Justice of India NV Ramana and Congress Lok Sabha floor leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Tuesday appointed IPS officer Subodh Kumar Jaiswal as the new Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Director. The 1985 batch officer from Maharashtra cadre is currently posted […]
Kolkata : The corona pandemic has increased unemployment in India. More so of the daily wage earners in the unorganised sector and has compelled them to go hungry at times. Birla High School Alumni has started an initiative to feed the needy. Everyday around 2000 people are being provided free food. Keeping in view of […]
New Delhi : Union Education Minister Dr. Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank after charing a high-level meeting today said that both students’ and teachers’ safety, security, and future are supremely important on holding the Class 12 board exams amid pandemic He said,” I’m confident we will be able to arrive at an informed, collaborative decision regarding the […]
New Delhi : India’s two-time Olympic medallist Sushil Kumar, who was on the run for over a fortnight for alleged links with the murder of former international wrestler Sagar Dhankar, was arrested by Delhi Police on Saturday, according to a source. “Kumar has been arrested near Jalandhar. His associate Ajay Kumar, accused in the case, […]
New Delhi : Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday urged bringing medical services closer to COVID-19 patients, coming up with a new mantra — Jahan bimaar, wahin upchaar — at a video conference with doctors where he choked up while speaking of lives lost to the virus. Though the pandemic has been checked to an […]
