New Delhi, Sep 14 — The Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) has constituted a four-member committee to investigate an incident of alleged presence of a lizard in a student’s food bowl at the mess of the university's school hostel, an official said on Monday. The incident had sparked protests. Hundreds of…
Jaipur, Sep 14 — The Rajasthan State Election Commission on Monday ordered re-polling at select polling stations in Jaipur, Jodhpur, Kota and Suket following technical malfunctions in electronic voting machines (EVMs) during the concluded urban civic body elections in the state. According to the…
Chandigarh, Sep 14 — With the objective of creating public awareness against drugs in Punjab and taking a resolve to make the state drug-free, Punjab Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will organise four ‘Nasha Mukt Punjab Yatras’ from September 18 to 30. In connection with these yatras, a delegation…
Chandigarh, Sep 14 — Major Bhupinder Singh Dhillon Badal, a close relative of the late Parkash Singh Badal, who served for 25 years as Political Secretary to the former Punjab Chief Minister and as a Minister in the Akali government from 1997 to 2002, on Monday, joined the Bharatiya Janata Party…
Dehradun, Sep 14 — Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Monday directed officials to ensure that all roads across the state are made pothole-free at the earliest. Reviewing various public interest issues at the Secretariat, he instructed that repair and improvement of roads damaged during the…
New Delhi, Sep 14 — The Commerce Ministry is setting up a new Central Processing Department in the Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) to roll out a faceless trade facilitation system, with the aim of promoting ease of doing business for exporters and importers.A DGFT office memorandum…
Kozhikode, Sep 14 — The CPI-M's three-day extended Kerala State Committee meeting has witnessed unusually sharp criticism and self-criticism of both the central and state leaderships following the party’s electoral defeat, state Secretary M.V. Govindan openly acknowledged on Monday, signalling an…
Palampur, Sep 14 — Chaudhary Sarwan Kumar Himachal Pradesh Krishi Vishvavidyalaya (CSKHPKV) and Savannah Seeds, a leader in rice seed technology, on Monday announced results from a multi-year study showing that direct-seeded SAVA-134 FullPage can help make rice production more climate-smart and…
New Delhi, Sep 14 — India and Canada on Monday began their fourth round of talks here for the proposed Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) as the two countries aim to seal the deal by the end of this year, a senior official said.The issues that would figure in the five-day talks…
Ahmedabad, Sep 14 — More than 1,000 young volunteers from across the country will take part in a 21-day Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) Seva Yatra connecting Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s childhood home town of Vadnagar in Gujarat with his parliamentary constituency Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh,…
Hyderabad, Sep 14 — Telangana Governor Shiv Pratap Shukla on Monday called for further strengthening cooperation between the state and the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) in the areas of education, healthcare, urban development and community welfare.The Governor welcomed Prince Rahim Aga Khan…
Guwahati, Sep 14 — Assam Congress president and Jorhat Lok Sabha MP Gaurav Gogoi on Monday said that the upcoming Nagaon Lok Sabha by-election would essentially be a direct political contest between the BJP and the Congress and described the poll as a test of whether the ruling party’s alleged…
New Delhi, Sep 14 — India is the world’s largest producer of coir and accounts for more than 80 per cent of global coir fibre production, but the industry is also closely linked with women's livelihoods as they account for nearly 80 per cent of those engaged in fibre extraction and spinning. This…
New Delhi, Sep 14 — The Opposition Congress took a dig at the government over the increase in inflation based on the wholesale price index (WPI), official figures for which were released on Monday. Congress general secretary in-charge of communications Jairam Ramesh said, “Official data just…
New Delhi, Sep 14 — The debate over the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) intensified on Monday, a day after Union Home Minister Amit Shah announced that it would be implemented in all 21 states governed by the BJP-led NDA before 2029, with BJP leaders and the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) backing the move…
New Delhi, Sep 14 — India’s approach to counterterrorism gained a decisive edge after 2014, when Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government came to power, with a firm resolve to respond strongly to any act of terror. Counterterrorism operations in Jammu and Kashmir received fresh momentum, while…
New Delhi, Sep 14 — Disha Salian’s father Satish Salian on Monday doubled down on his charge that his daughter’s death was not a mere accident but a premeditated murder and the city’s mighty and privileged people involving the likes of former minister Aaditya Thackeray, actor Dino Morea and more,…
Prayagraj, Sep 14 — Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday announced the distribution of tablets to all 400 government law officers and offered a Rs 5 lakh cashless medical insurance to all practicing lawyers in the state. In an effort to retain the support of the legal community,…
Chandigarh, Sep 14 — Ahead of the Punjab Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) launching four state-wide 'Nasha Mukt Punjab Yatras' from September 18, Leader of Opposition (LoP) and senior Congress leader Partap Singh Bajwa on Monday criticised both the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)-led state government and the…
Patna, Sep 14 — A day after Union Home Minister Amit Shah announced that the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) would be implemented in all BJP-ruled states before 2029, NDA constituent LJP-Ram Vilas President and Union Minister Chirag Paswan on Monday called for wider consultations before any decision on…
New Delhi, Sep 14 — The National Testing Agency (NTA) office has relocated from Okhla in south Delhi to a new office on Minto Road in central Delhi, an official announced on Monday. In a circular, the NTA’s Director, Administration, said, “The National Testing Agency (NTA) hereby informs all…