While the debate over cow vigilantism intensifies after repeated instances of violence across the country, the Centre has now decided to create Aadhaar-like UID for approximately 47 million indigenous and crossbred cows across the country. The Centre has made this proposal to the Supreme Court, said reports on Monday. The[Read More…]
Top Indian IT firms namely TCS and Infosys have been accused by the US of unfairly cornering the majority of H-1B visas by putting extra tickets in the lottery system, which the United States administration wants to replace by giving more scope to immigrants on the basis of their merit.[Read More…]
Chief Minister K Palaniswami on Monday said that he has raised issued, insisting on the exclusion of NEET test at the Niti Aayog meeting held in Delhi headed by PM Modi on Sunday. Notably, Tamil Nadu has been resisting the National Entrance Cum Eligibility Test (NEET) for MBBS and BDS[Read More…]
After a week’s closure of all educational centres, the authorities on Monday ordered the opening of universities, colleges and higher secondary schools in Jammu and Kashmir. This was declared after an official statement issued in summer capital Srinagar by the provincial administration said all universities, colleges and higher secondary Class[Read More…]
In a significant move, the Election Commission (EC) has anticipated disqualification of sitting MPs and MLAs chargesheeted for the crime of bribery or excessive influence in polls under Sections 171B and 171C of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). EC learnt to have sent a letter to the secretary, ministry of[Read More…]
Former Border Security Force (BSF) jawan Tej Bahadur Yadav, who was dismissed from his duty because of a video he shared highlighting the poor food quality for jawans, is likely to appeal to a Delhi court on Monday. He was dismissed by the Summary Security Force Court (SSFC) on April 19. Yadav[Read More…]
Soon after the unrest in the valley Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister, Mehbooba Mufti will call on Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday to discuss the situation and possibly formulate a solution. The CM is also scheduled to meet Union Minister Rajnath Singh. Considering the brutality on Kashmiri students in[Read More…]
In order to cater to the maximum number of passengers during the summer rush, the Indian Railways have taken steps to optimise accommodation. Also, focusing providing a smoother travel experience to rail travellers, it has taken various measures for improved passenger experience. As per a senior official, passengers who are[Read More…]
Bharatiya Janta Party Spokesperson Shaina NC on Saturday registered a complaint with Mumbai Police alleging that she has been abused on Facebook after she posted an interview with a private channel on her page. According to HT reports, she was informed by her personal assistant Sagarika Shinde about the unacceptable[Read More…]
On Sunday, two Chief Ministers namely, West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee and Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal skipped the third Governing Council meeting at Rashtrapati Bhavan. “West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal could not come to attend the Governing Council meeting today at Rashtrapati Bhavan,”[Read More…]
Opening the third governing council of NITI Aayog, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that having been a Chief Minister in the past, he was convinced that “the vision of New India can only be realised through the combined effort and cooperation of all States and Chief Ministers.” “The NITI Aayog[Read More…]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be addressing all the 13 BJP chief ministers on Sunday evening and he is probably to discuss on the agenda of focusing on “good governance and development”. This meeting will be attended by party chief Amit Shah and other top Union ministers. Besides the 13[Read More…]
On 23rd April, MCD elections are to be held in Delhi. It began at 8 AM and will continue till 5 PM. The main parties fighting the elections are Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Indian National Congress (INC), Swaraj India, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), and Samajwadi Party[Read More…]
In Jharkhand, a glitch revealed the digital identities of more than a million citizens on a website maintained by Jharkhand Directorate of Social Security. Throwing many’s privacy into confusion, the glitch also revealed their names, addresses, Aadhaar numbers and bank account details of the beneficiaries of Jharkhand’s old age pension[Read More…]