Ex-CJI Khehar, dancer Shobana Chandrakumar among 68 personalities conferred with Padma awards

New Delhi, 28/5: Former Chief Justice of India Jagdish Singh Khehar, dancer Shobana Chandrakumar, actor Anant Nag and Vice Chancellor of prestigious King George’s Medical University Soniya Nityanand were among 68 eminent personalities conferred with the coveted Padma awards by President Droupadi Murmu. A total of 139 distinguished persons were named for the country’s civilian…

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Legal fight will continue, but fresh recruitment will start as per SC order: Mamata on teaching jobs

Kolkata, 27/5: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday said her government will start the fresh recruitment process of teachers as per the Supreme Court directive, while simultaneously pursuing a review petition seeking reinstatement of those who lost their jobs.Addressing a press conference, Banerjee said the teachers who lost their jobs will be given…

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Operation Sindoor: BSF targeted 76 Pak posts, 42 FDLs, destroyed three terror launch pads in retaliatory action

Jammu, 27/5: The Border Security Force on Tuesday said it targeted 76 Pakistani border outposts and 42 forward defence locations (FDLs) and destroyed three terrorist launch pads in strong retaliation to unprovoked firing and shelling by Pakistani Rangers along the International Border (IB) in the Jammu frontier during Operation Sindoor.. The BSF action came after…

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India’s 5th-gen stealth fighter jet project takes off: Rajnath Singh okays AMCA project

New Delhi, 27/5: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has approved the “execution model” to implement a mega project to indigenously develop a fifth generation deep penetration advanced medium combat aircraft for the Indian Air force India has been working on the ambitious AMCA project to develop the medium weight deep penetration fighter jet with advanced stealth…

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Prepare for any Covid situation: Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah to officials

Bengaluru, 27/5: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Monday said the rising Covid cases in the state were not a cause for panic even as he impressed upon officials the need to ensure all necessary infrastructure was in place to handle any situation that my arise. This comes after Karnataka, particularly Bengaluru, reported an uptick in…

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Bihar CM Nitish Kumar places flowerpot on bureaucrat’s head at Patna event, RJD questions his mental state

Patna,26/5: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Monday placed a flowerpot on the head of a senior IAS officer who gifted it to him during a programme, prompting the opposition RJD to raise questions about his “mental state”. The incident happened at the LN Mishra Institute in Patna, where the CM laid foundation stones for…

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