New Zealand school abolishes gendered uniforms
A New Zealand primary school has abolished gendered uniforms for its pupils and replaced them with shorts, a kilt and trousers that can be worn by either sex, a media report said on Tuesday. The move came after female students from the Dunedin North Intermediate school, South Island, in 2015 complained about having to wear […]
'Not office-of-profit': Sidhu insists on appearing on TKSS
[India] Mar. 21 (ANI): Cricketer-turned-politician Navjot Singh Sidhu, insisting to participate as a celebrity-judge on a popular TV show even after becoming a cabinet minister in Punjab, on Tuesday asserted that it was not office-of-profit.”An office-of-profit is when the government is paying you money, employing you or giving you remuneration. A government office is a […]
Delhi CM Kejriwal granted bail in DDCA case
[India], Mar. 21 (ANI): Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday was granted bail by a Delhi court in connection with a criminal defamation case filed by the Delhi District Cricket Association (DDCA).Kejriwal, who appeared in the lower court after being slammed for non-appearance, was granted bailed on furnishing a personal bond of Rs. 10,000 […]
Punjab: Raveen Thukral appointed as media advisor to Capt. Amarinder Singh
[India], Mar. 21 (ANI): Senior journalist Raveen Thukral was appointed as the Media Advisor and Bharat Inder Singh Chahal as Advisor to newly-elected Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh in the ranks of Minister of State (MoS) on Tuesday.Thukral has earlier served as the editor of ‘Sunday Guardian’, assistant editor of ‘Hindustan Times’, associate editor […]
Digital transactions recede, threaten ‘Digital India’
The value of digital transactions nationwide declined marginally (1.5 per cent) to Rs 92.6 lakh crore ($1.4 trillion) in February 2017 from Rs 94 lakh crore in November 2016 ($1.42 trillion), according to representative data (provisional) on electronic payments released by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). The data do not cover all transactions across […]
Lieutenant Governor chairs meeting to discuss condition of air pollution in Delhi
[India], Mar. 21 (ANI): Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal on Tuesday chaired a high level meeting on controlling air pollution in the capital.The meeting saw discussions on the amendment of the Central Motor Vehicle (CMV) rules to introduce a policy for scrapping seized vehicles that are more than 15 years old. It was in continuation to […]
Request owner of property to donate it for temple: Uma Bharti on Ayodhya issue
[India], Mar. 21 (ANI): Following the Supreme Court describing the Ram Mandir issue in Ayodhya as “sensitive” and “sentimental”, Union Minister Uma Bharti on Tuesday expressed happiness and appealed the owner of the contentious property to donate it for the construction of the temple.”I am very happy that the Supreme Court has proposed for the […]
Maharashtra: RBI imposes penalty worth Rs. 2 lakh on Satara bank
[India], Mar. 21 (ANI): The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Tuesday imposed a monetary penalty of Rs. 2 lakh on Harihareshwar Sahakari Bank Ltd. here for violating provisions relating to granting loans against property owned by directors.The Central Bank imposed penalty in exercise of the powers vested in it under the provisions of Section […]
Here’s a list of fake universities and tech institutes, see if yours is on the list
The University Grants Commission has declared 23 universities in the country fake. The southern states of Karnataka and Kerala have one fake university each. New Delhi has seven and Uttar Pradesh with nine tops the list. According to a report in Hindustan Times, MoS for Human Resource Development Mahendra Nath Pandey has said that state governments […]
Babri case is about title and not partnership: Owaisi rejects out-of-court settlement
Virtually ruling out an out-of-court settlement of the Ayodhya dispute as suggested by the Supreme Court on Tuesday, MP Asaduddin Owaisi said the case was about title. “Please remember Babri Masjid case is about title which the Allahabad High Court wrongly decided as a Partnership case. Hence the appeal in apex court,” he tweeted. Owaisi […]
