NEW DELHI:In an interim direction, the Supreme Court on Friday stayed a decision of the Allahabad High Court which had struck down the Uttar Pradesh Board of Madarsa Education Act, 2004 as unconstitutional and violative of the principles of secularism. A Bench headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI), DY Chandrachud, observed that the Allahabad […]
SRINAGAR:One terrorist was killed after the Army foiled an infiltration bid from across the Line of Control (LoC) on Friday in the Uri sector of J&K’s Baramulla district. Officials said that in the early hours of Friday morning, suspicious movement was detected on the LoC in Sabura Nala of the Uri sector in the district. […]
NEW DELHI:Dr Raju Narayana Swamy, an IAS officer popularly known as Kerala’s anti-corruption crusader has created one more record – for performing a record number of duties namely 38 as Central Observer of the Election Commission of India – including a duty as International Observer in the 2018 Zimbabwe Elections. This record has been achieved […]
BANDA (UP):The Senior Superintendent of Banda jail, where gangster-politician Mukhtar Ansari was lodged before he died last week, received a death threat on his phone, the police said. The call was made on his official mobile number in the early morning hours of Friday (March 29) and an FIR was lodged late on Sunday night […]
SRINAGAR:The Indian Air Force (IAF) successfully carried out an emergency trial landing of Chinook helicopters in the early hours of Tuesday on NH-44 in J&K’s Anantnag district. The emergency trial landing and take off exercise was carried out on the specially laid 3.5 km long stretch on the Srinagar-Jammu national highway (NH-44) in the Bijbehara […]
NEW DELHI:Prof. Krishnamurthy V. Subramanian, Executive Director, International Monetary Fund, and 17th Chief Economic Adviser (2018-21), Government of India, today unveiled OMI Foundation’s report, ‘Social Protection in India’s Platform Economy: Unpacking Supply Dynamics’. This pioneering report culminating from a 10-month-long study, meticulously outlines the diverse range of social protection benefits available to platform workers in […]
NEW DELHI:Three people have been injured after a leopard entered a house in a village in Delhi on Monday, police said. A fire department official said that after four hours of operation, the leopard was caught. The three injured have been identified as Mahender, Akash, and Rampal, all residents of Jagatpur village. Deputy Commissioner of […]
MUMBAI:The RBI on Monday directed all banks to provide adequate incentives to their branches in financing the Self Help Groups (SHGs) and establish linkages with them, making the procedures simple and easy. “The group dynamics of working of the SHGs need neither be regulated nor formal structures imposed or insisted upon. The approach towards financing […]
JAIPUR:Rajasthan School Education Minister Madan Dilawar has ordered an inquiry into a state Education Board workbook that has the British flag printed on its cover. Minister Madan Dilawar on Tuesday instructed the Director of Secondary Education, Bikaner, to investigate the matter and directed him to take adequate action against those found guilty. The minister said […]
SIDDARTHNAGAR (UP_;Two Chinese nationals, including a woman, were arrested at Siddharthnagar’s Kakrahwa post on the Indo-Nepal border after they were found entering Uttar Pradesh illegally. The man was identified as Zhou Pulin, 27, a native of Sichuan in China, while the woman was identified as Yuan Yuhan, 22, a native of Chongqing in China. They […]