New Delhi, Feb 21 (IANS) Private sector output in India increased at the fastest pace in six months during February, amid a quicker expansion in services activity, according to HSBC’s flash PMI data survey released on Friday. The data also indicated stronger growth of aggregate sales, which exerted upward pressure on operating capacities and prompted … Read more
Bengaluru, Feb 20 (IANS) Downplaying his Delhi visit, Karnataka Home Minister G. Parameshwara claimed on Thursday that his trip was a private affair, and he did not discuss anything related to state politics. Sources, however, said his visit was part of an agenda to replace Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar as the state president of … Read more
Bhubaneswar, Feb 18 (IANS) The Bhubaneswar Police in Odisha on Tuesday arrested five persons including three directors of KIIT University on the charges of assaulting students hailing from Nepal following a protest over the suicide of a female student from the Himalayan country. The security guards of the private university – Ramakanta Nayak (45) and … Read more
Shimla, Feb 13 (IANS) Himachal Pradesh BJP Vice President and former minister Rajeev Saizal on Thursday accused the Congress government in the state of constructing a boundary wall by spending Rs 8.75 crore for a private company in the industrial belt of Baddi by using funds from the centrally-sponsored PM Gati Shakti scheme. “The government … Read more
Chennai, Feb 12 (IANS) A 43-year-old private school teacher was arrested on the charges of sexually assaulting a Class 9 boy in Ashok Nagar, Chennai. The accused, identified as Sudhakar (43), was a Tamil teacher at the school. He was arrested after a case was registered against him under three sections of the Protection of … Read more
Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 11 (IANS) The Kerala CPI-M after resisting private institutions of higher education for several years has now greenlighted setting up of private universities in the state and the move is being welcomed by those who were advocating for this for decades. At a special Cabinet meeting held on Monday night the Pinarayi Vijayan … Read more
New Delhi, Feb 7 (IANS) Rajya Sabha Member of Parliament (MP) Satnam Singh Sandhu has introduced a private member bill — Recognition of Legal Person Status of Rivers Bill, 2024 — during the ongoing Budget session of Parliament. The bill aims to grant rivers the status of “legal persons,” entitling them to rights similar to … Read more
Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 5 (IANS) The Kerala government’s proposed Private Universities Bill hit a roadblock at the state cabinet meeting on Wednesday with the ruling LDF’s second-biggest constituent – the Communist Party of India (CPI) – expressing its strong reservation to the measure. As State Agriculture Minister and senior CPI leader P. Prasad expressed his doubts … Read more