New Delhi, Sep 25 (IANS) Rajasthan’s Alwar will get India’s first world-class educational institute for poor, backward and minorities by 2020, Minority Affairs Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said on Tuesday. The foundation stone for the institute would be laid on October 1 and it would start functioning in 2020, he[Read More…]
New Delhi, Sep 25 (IANS) The All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) on Tuesday became the first hospital in Delhi to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with National Health Agency in Ayushaman Bharat PM-JAY Scheme. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Septemeber 23 launched the flagship scheme in Ranchi[Read More…]
New Delhi, Sep 25 (IANS) A day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi claimed his government dedicated 35 airports in last four years, the Congress on Tuesday described it as “new rhetoric of fake credit seeking” and said that the government had inagurated only seven airports in the last four years.[Read More…]
Chandigarh, Sep 25 (IANS) The Haryana government will develop five new cities over an area of 50,000 hectares on each side of the Kundli-Manesar-Palwal (KMP) expressway. The expressway, which will provide an alternative route to vehicles to go towards Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan without entering Delhi, is likely to be[Read More…]
Madrid, Sep 25 (IANS) Real Madrid announced on Tuesday that Spain midfielder Isco Alarcon had successfully undergone surgery for acute appendicitis. Isco’s injury will likely sideline him for a month, and was discovered when he arrived at the Valdebebas sports city early Tuesday morning with severe abdominal pain and was[Read More…]
New Delhi, Sep 25 (IANS) On an average, 18 children per day were reported missing in 2017, and their count per day is 19 so far this year, data collected by Delhi Police has revealed. In 2017, 6,450 children were reported missing, among whom 2,535 were boys and 3,919 girls.[Read More…]
Mumbai, Sep 25 (IANS) Yes Bank on Tuesday said it has set up a committee to select a new MD and CEO, but added that it would seek more time for Rana Kapoor in the post, at least till April 30, 2019. The bank’s board in its meeting on Tuesday[Read More…]
Judgement so far – Private companies can’t demand Aadhaar – Children can’t be denied any benefit due to not having Aadhaar. So no Aadhaar is needed for school admissions or any other government scheme which benefits children. – You have to link your PAN card with Aadhaar but don’t have[Read More…]
Supreme Court in a landmark decision has ruled out any reservation in promotions of SCs, STs in government jobs on Wednesday. The court clearly refused to review the 2006 order on SC/ST quota in promotions and stated that there is no need to refer the matter to a seven-judge bench.[Read More…]
Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani promised on Tuesday to bring in a law to for manufacturing and service sector entrepreneurs to hire 80% of their workforce are Gujaratis. “The proposed law will also make it compulsory for industries to recruit 25 per cent of the required manpower from the area[Read More…]
By Venkatachari JagannathanChennai, Sep 25 (IANS) The fifth seeded Indian women’s team defeated 55th seeded Venezuela 4-0 in the second round of the 43rd World Chess Olympiad underway at Batumi in Georgia. The team captain and coach Jacob Aagaard on Tuesday rested top player Koneru Humpy and brought in Harika[Read More…]
New Delhi, Sep 25 (IANS) The Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) chaired by Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday accorded approval for procurement of 1,000 engines for T-72 tanks that would improve the tanks agility and acceleration. The engines of 1,000 bhp each would be procured under “Buy and Make” category[Read More…]
New Delhi, Sep 25 (IANS) OYO Hotels on Tuesday said it has raised $800 million in its latest funding round led by SoftBank Investment Advisers. It has also confirmed a commitment of an additional $200 mn, bringing the total funding to $1 billion in this round, OYO said in a[Read More…]
Mumbai, Sep 25 (IANS) Actress Shraddha Kapoor, who is gearing up for her forthcoming film based on the life of Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal, has said she feels lucky to be part of the film of an athlete who won the bronze for the country in 2012 London Olympics. Shradhha[Read More…]
Two lions including a lioness and a lion cub were found dead in Dalkhaniya range of Gir (East) forest on Monday September 25, taking the total death count of Asiatic lions in the area to 13 in past 10 days. The unusual occurrence that has forced the state’s forest department[Read More…]
In a hilarious yet shocking development, the names of some retired as well as a deceased policeman had made it to the list of the 2,500 police personnel transferred through the newly introduced Automatic Personnel Placement Software (APPS), on Monday September 22. Later on, the names of around 45 names, including[Read More…]
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal who chairs the manual scavenging panel meet, directed the Social Welfare Minister Rajendra Pal Gautam to investigate why no meeting was held since December 2017 whereas the panel was supposed to meet every six months. The Delhi government Panel meeting held for the first time[Read More…]
In a shameful incident, Uttar Pradesh police abused a girl who they themselves rescued and shot a video to boast what they were doing. The video of the girl being orally and physically assaulted by the police is going viral on social media. The girl belonged to a Hindu community[Read More…]
Seems like the district football association is more interested in elections that’s why the players themselves had to fund for organising football tournaments in Sopore. For the first time, people are witnessing a football matches being played under floodlights. Football, world’s most popular game, kick-started with its inaugural match on[Read More…]
The Kerala High Court allowed a lesbian couple to live together as life partners in Kochi on Tuesday. The decision came in a view of the recent judgment passed by the Supreme Court that allows consensual same-sex relationships. The division bench comprised of Justice CK Abdul Rehim and R Narayana[Read More…]
External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj met nine leaders from across the globe in a whirlwind of bilateral interactions and spoke at the Nelson Mandela Peace Summity. She began her day on Monday by attending the high-level event on counter-narcotics convened by US President Donald Trump, where she was seated at[Read More…]
The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed political parties to post on their websites and publicise in the media full details of the criminal charges the candidates they are fielding in elections are facing. Pronouncing the judgment, a five-judge Constitution Bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra also urged Parliament to[Read More…]
In a world beset by terror and hateful ideologies, “the wisdom of pioneering leaders like (Nelson) Mandela should remain as our moral compass”, according to Extenal Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj. Speaking on Monday at the Nelson Mandela Peace Summit here, she declared, “We Indians consider Mandiba one of our own.[Read More…]
The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed a plea seeking a ban on members of Parliament and legislative assemblies from practising as advocates. A bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra, Justice D.Y. Chandrachud and Justice A.M. Khanwilkar dismissed the plea saying there is no bar on lawyers, who are members of[Read More…]
As Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PMJAY) on September 23 to provide health benefits to the poor, not all the states find it worth implying to their states. So far five states in the country have declined from opting the Centre’s healthcare insurance scheme[Read More…]