New Delhi, 17/7: Urging lawmakers to heed to the “call of conscience”, Opposition Presidential candidate Yashwant Sinha on Sunday sought the votes of BJP MPs and MLAs, claiming it is their “last chance” to save the party, as the party once led by AB Vajpayee and LK Advani is “dead and gone”. His call came…
New Delhi:Dalmia Bharat Foundation (DBF) has launched its new DIKSHa (Dalmia Institute of Knowledge and Skill Harnessing) centre in India – at Rajaram Road, Kolhapur, Maharashtra, reinforcingits commitment to India’s next generation workforce on the occasion of World Youth Skills Day, 15th July.This also marks DBF’s social transformation journey to create opportunities for the nation’s…
Bhubaneswar : Over 250 teachers have been appointed to Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences (KISS). They will be posted at five different KISS campuses in Odisha. The newly-recruited teachers were handed over appointment letters today by Dr. Achyuta Samanta, Founder, KIIT & KISS at a special function. They will be entitled to the same benefits…
New Delhi, 17/7:The Opposition candidate for Vice Presidential elections to be held in August is Margaret Alva. Alva has served multiple terms as governor of Rajasthan, Goa and Uttarakhand. Opposition parties on Sunday met to choose the Vice Presidential candidate at NCP chief Sharad Pawar’s residence. Many senior leaders including Mallikarjun Kharge, Shiv…
J&K, 17/7: A CRPF officer was killed in a militant attack in the Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday, an official said. “At about 2:20 pm, terrorists fired upon the joint naka party of police and the CRPF in Gangoo area of south Kashmir,” the official said.
New Delhi, 17/7: A 15-year-old girl was allegedly raped by the manager of a factory here where she worked and forced to drink acid by her tormentor, police said on Saturday. The factory manager Jai Parkash (31) has been apprehended in the case, they said. According to police, Parkash called the victim to…
New Delhi, 17/7: India on Sunday reached the milestone of administering 200 crore Covid-19 vaccine shots in the past one and half years after making a slow start in January 2021. The world’s largest adult vaccination programme began on a low scale initially covering only healthcare workers and front line workers, but expanded slowly…
New Delhi, 17/7: India’s biggest airline, IndiGo, diverted a plane to Karachi in neighbouring Pakistan due to a “technical defect”, local news agencies reported on Sunday, the second such incident involving an unscheduled landing in less than two weeks. The flight was to fly to Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates from Hyderabad. …
London, 17/7:Former India captain M S Dhoni, who is enjoying his time in England for at least two weeks now, was seen being chased by fans for a selfie with him in the streets of London. The 41-year-old cricketer is in England since before his birthday on July 7. He celebrated his birthday…
New Delhi, 16/7: Chief Justice of India N V Ramana on Saturday emphasised an urgent look at the process which led to prolonged incarceration of undertrials while blaming the non-filling up of the judicial vacancies and not improving the judicial infrastructure as major reasons for the huge backlog of cases. “In our criminal justice…
