Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh and his wife were on Friday charge-sheeted by the CBI in a special court in a disproportionate assets case, hours after the Delhi High Court denied him any relief and removed the interim stay on his interrogation or arrest. The charge sheet was filed[Read More…]
A lady warden of Kasturba Gandhi residential school in Muzaffarnagar in Uttar Pradesh allegedly forced 70 students to strip to check if any of them were menstruating, after blood was found in one of the bathrooms. According to reports, the girls were allegedly also made to sit in the classroom[Read More…]
China on Friday warned India of serious damage to bilateral ties if it allows the Dalai Lama to visit Arunachal Pradesh as Beijing asked New Delhi to honour its political pledges on the Tibet issue. “We are seriously concerned about the news. On the eastern section of the China—India border,[Read More…]
Fondly known as Bauji, Om Prakash Jindal’s life is indeed inspiring. Born to a farmer in Haryana on August 7, 1930, Jindal’s determination and vision was incredible. He always wanted to see country developing economically – but the journey from a village boy to building up a multi-billion dollar empire[Read More…]
ihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Friday said that students belonging to backward classes (BC), extremely backward classes (EBC), scheduled castes (SC) and scheduled tribes (ST), will continue to receive the post-matric scholarships in order to pursue higher studies. “Misgivings are being spread vis-a-vis post-matriculation scholarship. It will continue till[Read More…]
On Friday, the Apex Court rejected BJP leader Subramanian Swamy’s plea seeking an early hearing on the Ayodhya-Babri case. “You didn’t tell us you were not a party to the case, we only got to know that from the press,” a bench comprising of Chief Justice of India J.S. Khehar[Read More…]
In order to connect the country’s under-served and unserved airports under the Centre’s Regional Connectivity Scheme (RCS), five airlines, including SpiceJet and an Air India subsidiary, have won bids to operate on 128 routes. The routes will connect 70 airports, including 31 unserved and 12 under-served ones under the scheme[Read More…]
Women empowerment is a need for a healthy society. In view of this, the government of Karnataka has taken effective measures to develop a healthy ecosystem dedicated to advance women entrepreneurship. By sustaining this culture, the women entrepreneurs in Karnataka have received an ideal platform which now invites global investments[Read More…]
In Maharashtra, two persons lost their lives as the first phase of summer in India hits the state on Friday. Maharashtra has also received warning from the Met department of a “moderate heat wave” in some areas. Many parts of Maharashtra recorded a maximum of 40 degree Celsius and[Read More…]
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government on Friday enacted a harsher law for those found involved in cow-slaughtering in Gujarat. Now, there will be a life-term imprisonment for those involved in this crime. Interestingly, the decision is being taken just ahead of the assembly polls in the state. The BJP has set[Read More…]
The All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) has decided that a “co-ed institution” will no longer means an institution that admits just boys and girls but from now on, it will also include transgender students. The AICTE has included new definition for educational institutions in its 2017-18 approval process[Read More…]