Mumbai, Feb 4 (IANS) Amid 163 suspected Guillain-Barre Syndrome (GBS) cases and five suspected deaths in Maharashtra, the Union Minister of Health J.P. Nadda has asked the Health Urban Development and other departments to work together for monitoring and implementation of a slew of measures to keep the outbreak under control. Further, he directed the … Read more
Jaipur, Feb 4 (IANS) The Rajasthan government on Tuesday sought additional time from the High Court to submit its response regarding the postponement of elections in 6,759 Gram Panchayats. The court granted the government two weeks and asked for a clear timeline for conducting the elections. During the hearing, the state government stated that administrators … Read more
Bengaluru, Feb 4 (IANS) The Congress government in Karnataka is treading cautiously in connection with the matter of allowing students to write exams wearing hijab. During the tenure of the previous BJP government, the hijab crisis made international news and created a furore in the state. While answering a question on whether the government will … Read more
Chandigarh, Feb 4 (IANS) Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Tuesday said the government is laying thrust on enhancing the share of recruitment of the youth in the armed forces. Interacting with a delegation here led by Air Marshal Hardeep Bains, Commandant of the National Defence College, the Chief Minister said Punjab has a glorious … Read more
New Delhi, Feb 4 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Tuesday pulled up the Assam government for keeping illegal immigrants in detention centres ‘indefinitely’ and not deporting them back for lack of their foreign addresses. A bench of Justices Abhay S. Oka and Ujjal Bhuyan told the Chief Secretary of Assam, who appeared virtually before the … Read more
Chennai, Feb 4 (IANS) Former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and leader of the AIADMK breakaway faction, O. Panneerselvam (OPS), has strongly criticised the ruling DMK government, alleging that even police personnel are not safe under its administration. In a statement issued on Tuesday, OPS, who now leads the AIADMK Thongargal Urimai Meetpu Kuzhu, expressed concern … Read more
Patna, Feb 4 (IANS) Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Tuesday distributed appointment letters to 6,837 new recruits, including 6,341 junior engineers and 496 instructors across various government departments. The event was held at the Chief Minister’s Secretariat communication room and attended by Deputy Chief Ministers Samrat Chaudhary and Vijay Kumar Sinha, along with several … Read more
New Delhi, Feb 4 (IANS) Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav on Wednesday accused the government of hiding the real death toll numbers in the Maha Kumbh stampede and demanded that punitive action be taken against those officials, whom he claimed conspired and colluded to conceal the real figures. The stampede that broke out on … Read more
Mumbai, Feb 3 (IANS) Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar on Monday said that the government is considering the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in agriculture to increase crop yields and reduce costs. He has directed the Agriculture Department to explore the technical and financial feasibility of using AI in agriculture in collaboration with the … Read more