Kolkata, Feb 13 (IANS) A division bench of the Calcutta High Court, on Thursday, directed the West Bengal government to form a “review team” on the safety of women at the workplace especially those engaged in night duty. The division bench of Calcutta High Court’s Chief Justice T.S. Sivagnanam and Justice Bivas Pattanayak gave the … Read more
New Delhi, Feb 13 (IANS) AAP MLA Amanatullah Khan, who has been booked for allegedly leading an attack on a police team and threatening them in the national Capital’s Jamia Nagar, on Thursday secured interim relief from a court here, which shielded him from arrest till February 24. After hearing the arguments on Amanatullah Khan’s … Read more
Bengaluru, Feb 11 (IANS) Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh inaugurated the prestigious Global Investors’ Meet (GIM) in Bengaluru on Tuesday. In his inaugural speech, the Defence Minister said that the state and the Centre are working with the true spirit of Team India. Addressing the gathering at the Palace Grounds in Bengaluru, Singh emphasised, “When … Read more
Agartala, Jan 31 (IANS) Officials of the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT), along with Tripura Police, seized pirated NCERT books that were being sold to students in bookshops in Agartala, officials said on Friday. A team of NCERT officials led by its Chief Business Manager Amitabha Kumar conducted raids in several bookshops … Read more
Agartala, Jan 28 (IANS) The 16th Finance Commission headed by Chairman Arvind Panagariya would hold a series of meetings simultaneously with the Tripura government and various stakeholders such as political parties, rural and urban local bodies, and representatives of trade, Industries, and Commerce here during its four-day visit to the state from Wednesday, an official … Read more
New Delhi, Jan 27 (IANS) Amid the rising cases of Guillain Barre Syndrome (GBS) in Maharashtra’s Pune, the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Monday deputed a seven-member team to support public health interventions and management in the state. Pune has so far reported 111 cases of GBS — a potentially paralysing nerve … Read more
Srinagar, Jan 9 (IANS) Ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s scheduled visit to Jammu and Kashmir on January 13 to physically inaugurate the Z-Morh tunnel in Ganderbal district, a team of the Special Protection Group (SPG) is arriving here on Thursday. The SPG team will visit the venue of the inauguration of the Z-Morh tunnel … Read more
Guwahati, Jan 9 (IANS) The efforts to rescue trapped labourers from a coal mine in Assam’s Umrangso locality in the Dima Hasao district continue but the pouring of water into the tunnel is creating hurdles for the rescue team, officials said on Wednesday. Harmeet Singh, Special DGP of Assam Police, who has been looking after … Read more
New Delhi, 8 Jan ( IANS) The Indian Navy has mobilized a specialised team to assist in the rescue of miners trapped in Umrangso, a remote industrial town in the Dima Hasao district of Assam. So far the body of one of the trapped labourers has been recovered by the para divers. The Navy took … Read more