Raj govt increases women’s reservation in Grade III teacher recruitment to 50 pc
Jaipur, June 14 (IANS) The Rajasthan government on Friday announced an increase in women’s reservation in Grade III teacher recruitment examination from 30 per cent to 50 per cent. Chief Minister Bhajanlal Sharma made the announcement on the eve of completing six months in office after taking oath on December 15, 2023. An official note […]
Looking forward to working together with all political parties, says Minister Kiren Rijiju
New Delhi, June 15 (IANS) Union Minister of Parliamentary Affairs Kiren Rijiju on Saturday appealed to the newly elected MPs to jointly work together and run the Parliament smoothly In a post on X, he said, “Govt is positively looking forward to work- together with all the Political parties and hon’ble members to run the […]
Congress holds ‘Matka Phod’ protest in Delhi over water crisis
New Delhi, June 15 (IANS) The Congress on Saturday held a ‘Matka Phod’ protest in all 280 blocs of the national capital over the water crisis and accused the AAP government of failing to tackle the tanker mafia. Congress, a constituent of the INDIA bloc alongside the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), has slammed the state […]
Fresh Raj Bhavan-Bengal secretariat tussle surfaces over swearing-in of newly elected MLAs
Kolkata, June 15 (IANS) A fresh tussle has evolved between the Governor’s House and the state secretariat in West Bengal over the oath ceremony of the two elected Trinamool Congress legislators in the recently concluded bypolls to two Assembly constituencies namely Bhagawangola in Murshidabad district and Baranagar in North 24 Parganas district. Sources said that […]
NEET protests: Police lathicharge NSUI activists in Kota; ABVP demands re-test, CBI inquiry
Jaipur, June 15 (IANS) The Rajasthan Police on Friday resorted to lathicharge to disperse the NSUI activists, who while protesting against the alleged irregularities in the NEET-UG 2024 exam, tried to enter inside the Collectorate in Kota. Earlier, around 300 NSUI activists gathered outside the Circuit House in Kota and from there, they took out […]
Kashmiri separatist leader Shabir Shah gets bail; to stay in jail in other cases
New Delhi/Srinagar, June 15 (IANS) A court in Delhi granted statutory bail to the separatist Kashmiri leader, Shabir Shah recently in a money laundering case, but he will continue to remain in jail because of other cases pending against him. Shah was arrested in 2017 and he sought bail on the ground that he had […]
NEET re-exam should be done, awarding grace marks bad practice, says K’taka CM
Bengaluru, June 15 (IANS) Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said on Saturday that a re-examination for the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) should be conducted. “Students have been treated unfairly in NEET exams. Many have been assigned ranks, which is a great injustice to those who had worked hard,” he said. Speaking to reporters in […]
CM Vijayan mulls cabinet rejig after Minister becomes MP
Thiruvananthapuram, June 15 (IANS) With Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan having to find a replacement for the state Minister for SC/ST, K. Radhakrishnan, the only Left candidate to win the Lok Sabha election, talks have started within the CPI(M) for a possible reshuffle of portfolios too. The decision to do this will be made during a […]
Eid eve shopping subdued, but festivities on in Kashmir
Srinagar, June 15 (IANS) Even when markets had more than usual presence of shoppers in J&K’s Srinagar and other cities and towns of Kashmir on the eve of the holiest Muslim festival of Eid-ul-Azha on Saturday, the traditional high-pitch buying and selling has not been witnessed this time. The sacrificial animal markets in the Eidgah […]
Indian Army prepares for future drone wars with deadly ‘Nagastra-1’
New Delhi, June 15 (IANS) When tech billionaire Elon Musk says that future wars will be won by nations with the most effective drones, he is not bluffing at all. The Indian Army has received the first batch of ‘suicide drones’ called ‘Nagastra-1’ which can strike enemy training camps and launch pads in border areas […]
