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Lucknow: Additional Director General of Police (ADG), Special Task Force (STF) Amitabh Yash has blamed the basic education department for not effectively pursuing court cases against teachers, identified for having submitted forged documents to get government jobs. In a letter to the department bosses, Yash has pointed out that out of 228 fraudulent teachers, the […]

Surat: As per plan, Shiv Sena’s rebel MLAs were to be flown to Guwahati at Tuesday midnight, but as per news reports, the rebel MLAs have not left the hotel, though three buses have arrived at the Le Meridien Hotel an hour before to drive them to the Surat airport. According to sources, a charter […]

Surat: The dissident group of Shiv Sena MLAs finally boarded a chartered flight from the Surat airport after keeping the chartered plane waiting for hours. Before boarding the flight, rebel Shiv Sena leader and Maharastra Cabinet Minister Eknath Shinde said that Sena MLAs have not revolted against the party but their only wish is forming […]

Hyderabad: The deepening political crisis in Maharashtra is further accentuated by the deft moves of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which apparently does not want to lose an opportunity to topple the Maha Vikas Aghadi government to take control of the reins of the State. The fast-paced developments on Tuesday in which Eknath Shinde raised […]

Mumbai/Surat: Maharashtra Cabinet Minister and Shiv Sena strongman Eknath Shinde plunged the ruling alliance in the State into a political crisis on Tuesday as he rebelled against his party and landed in a Surat hotel along with some Sena MLAs, putting a huge question mark on the stability of the two-and-a-half-years old MVA dispensation. Though […]

The BJP on Tuesday chose former Jharkhand Governor and tribal leader Draupadi Murmu as its candidate for the post of President, against opposition candidate Yashwant Sinha for the election to be held on July 18. Draupadi Murmu Murmu, who hails from Odisha, becomes the first woman tribal leader to contest for the country’s highest constitutional […]

New Delhi: The BJP parliamentary board on Tuesday named Draupadi Murmu, a tribal leader of the party from Odisha, as the ruling NDA’s candidate for the presidential election. BJP president J P Nadda announced her name at a press conference following a meeting of the party top brass. Murmu (64), a former Jharkhand governor, will […]

New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi left the Enforcement Directorate’s (ED) headquarters at around 8 p.m. on Tuesday after being questioned for about nine hours in connection with the National Herald issue. Sources said he has been given a dinner break. Gandhi is expected to return to the ED office after dinner. He was questioned […]

Hyderabad: The Telangana government on Monday issued a Covid advisory urging children less than 10 years and elders above 60 years to avoid venturing outdoors, unless it is necessary and all individuals must wear face masks when they venture out of the house. “There is higher incidence of Covid in the age group of 20 […]

Hyderabad: The ruling TRS will support former Minister Yashwant Sinha, named as the joint Opposition parties candidate for the President polls. TRS President and Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao took a decision in this regard, following the intervention of Nationalist Congress Party chief Sharad Pawar. After much deliberations, the Opposition leaders who gathered at the […]

Hyderabad: The National Testing Agency (NTA) is all set to conduct the first session of the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) Main in 501 cities including 21 cities in the State from June 23 to 29. The entrance test will be conducted in 22 cities outside India as well. The NTA on Tuesday released admit cards […]

Hyderabad: Sunstone, one of India’s higher education service providers, on Tuesday announced scholarships to the children of Indian Armed forces enrolled in any of the 35 universities with Sunstone’s edge. A scholarship of up to Rs 50,000 for students from martyr families and up to Rs.30,000 for students from families where a blood relative is […]

Hyderabad: Amity University’s RICS School of Built Environment is inviting applications for its full-time built environment specialization courses for the academic year 2022, which will be delivered from Noida and Mumbai. The programme is for students who are looking for a career in field of the built environment which includes real estate, infrastructure, and construction […]

Hyderabad: Imagine someone painting your life-size portrait on a wall. It is a rare accomplishment even for celebrities. Recently, this gesture of love and appreciation was bestowed upon actor and philanthropist Sonu Sood in Hyderabad. Known for his humanitarian work during the pandemic, Sood is touted to be the problem-solver and ‘angel’ for many in […]

New Delhi: The opposition parties on Tuesday announced former Union Minister Yashwant Sinha as their consensus candidate for the post of President, election for which is to be held on July 18. “We (opposition parties) have unanimously decided that Yashwant Sinha will be our common candidate for the Presidential election,” Congress leader Jairam Ramesh told […]

Hyderabad: What do employees in the country prefer? Is it a more flexible working schedule where they are gauged on their work and not the number of working hours or is it a four-day work week as being implemented in some other countries. A new survey points out that even the idea of four-day work […]

Anantnag (Jammu and Kashmir): The Indian Army on Tuesday celebrated the 8th International Yoga Day at the Amarnath Holy cave in the Pahalgam region of the Union Territory. The Indian Army informed that around 450 soldiers performed various asanas, pranayama and mediation at an altitude of 13,000ft including the Holy cave, Brarimarg, Sangam, Baltal and […]

Hyderabad: GMR Infrastructure Limited (GIL), a listed entity of GMR Group, on Tuesday announced that it would give priority in jobs to Agniveers in its subsidiary Raxa Security Solutions Ltd. Raxa Security Solutions Ltd is a premier security company of the GMR Group and provides man-guarding services, techno security solutions, fire services and cyber security […]

Hyderabad: Continuing his blistering attack on the Union government charging it with cheating people with false promises, Municipal Administration and Urban Development Minister KT Rama Rao said Prime Minister Narendra Modi, while assuring a Ram Rajya, has only ended up unveiling the horrors of Ravana’s rule. Inaugurating the Kaithlapur Road over Bridge (RoB) here on […]

Farrukhabad (UP): A 23-year-old zardozi artist from Farrukhabad fell in love with a girl on Facebook. After their love blossomed, he learnt that the girl was a Pakistani. Mohd Jamal, however, was undeterred and he went to Pakistan earlier this month and married the girl, Eram, on June 17. Jamal’s father Alimuddin said, “Now, we […]

New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday appeared before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) for the fifth round of questioning in connection with the National Herald case. He is being questioned by a three-member team and will be given a lunch break in the afternoon. On Monday, the Congress MP from Wayanad in Kerala was […]

Kolkata: The West Bengal government, on Tuesday, heaved a sigh of relief after a single-judge bench of the Calcutta High Court ruled out a CBI probe into the mysterious death of the student leader Anis Khan. Expressing trust on the Special Investigation Team (SIT) formed by the state police in the matter, Justice Rajasekhar Mantha, […]

Mumbai: The Maha Vikas Agadhi government on Tuesday faced its worst political crisis as at least one Shiv Sena Minister along with other ministers and several MLAs veered towards a revolt and are now parked in Gujarat. Sena MP and Chief Spokesperson Sanjay Raut, however, dismissed speculation that a ‘political earthquake’ is in the offing in […]

New Delhi: India witnessed a significant decline in fresh Covid cases with 9,923 infections being registered in last 24 hours against previous day’s 12,781 count, the Union Health Ministry said on Tuesday. In the same period, 17 fatalities took the nationwide death toll to 5,24,890. Meanwhile, the active caseload has risen to 79,313 cases, accounting […]