Follow Us on Google News New Delhi, Aug 19 (IANS) The Indian government’s National Overseas Scholarship (NOS) Scheme, aimed at supporting students from marginalised communities, has come under the spotlight as the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment provided details on its operations. The information, presented in a written response by Minister of State for … Read more
Follow Us on Google News Srinagar, Aug 15 (IANS) Peoples Conference President and MLA Handwara, Sajad Lone, strongly reacted to Chief Minister Omar Abdullah’s Independence Day announcement of launching a statehood signature campaign, warning against “making a mockery” of the cause and urging a “dignified, constitutional route”, a party statement said on Friday. “We will … Read more
Follow Us on Google News New Delhi, Aug 15 (IANS) In a moment that fused symbolism with stamina, Prime Minister Narendra Modi etched his name into the annals of Indian political history by delivering the longest-ever Independence Day speech from the ramparts of the Red Fort. Clocking in at an unprecedented 1 hour and 43 … Read more
Follow Us on Google News New Delhi, Aug 10 (IANS) The Election Commission of India (ECI) has filed an affidavit in the Supreme Court opposing the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR)’s demand to disclose constituency and booth-wise details of about 65 lakh electors whose enumeration forms were not submitted. The ADR’s application had sought two … Read more
Follow Us on Google News Kolkata, Aug 7 (IANS) The office of Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) West Bengal, has communicated to the Election Commission of India (ECI) on Thursday that the ground work is ready to begin the process of beginning the special intensive revision in the state. An insider from the CEO’s office said … Read more
New Delhi, Aug 6: Jammu and Kashmir MP Engineer Rashid, accused in alleged terror funding case, on Wednesday informed the Delhi High Court that he was unable to represent his constituency owing to a rider imposed on him to pay daily costs to attend the parliamentary session. Appearing before a bench of Justices Vivek Chaudhary … Read more
Follow Us on Google News New Delhi, Aug 3 (IANS) The number of bank accounts for the poor under the Prime Minister’s Jan Dhan Yojana have crossed the 55 crore mark with “most of these accounts belonging to people who had never even seen the door of a bank”, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on … Read more
Follow Us on Google News Kolkata, Aug 2 (IANS) The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) has provided valuable information to the Kolkata Police regarding the visa of Santa Paul, the Bangladeshi model arrested from Kolkata earlier this week on charges of illegally staying in the country after securing fake Indian identity documents, the MEA said … Read more
Follow Us on Google News Nagpur, Aug 1 (IANS) Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Friday asked the administration to establish a world-class Sanskrit university at Waranga near Nagpur in a time-bound manner on the lines of the nearby National Law University. He was speaking at inauguration of Dr Keshav Baliram Hedgewar International Gurukul and … Read more