Atishi distributes first ever DCPCR award for children rights

New Delhi, 26/3: Delhi Education Minister Atishi on Saturday conferred the first DCPCR Children’s Champion Awards in the field of child rights and development to the changemakers from all over the country.     The newly constituted award by the Delhi Commission for the Protection of Child Rights (DCPCR) recognises individuals and institutions who have…

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Sanjay Raut’s breach of privilege notice sent to Rajya Sabha

Mumbai, ,25/3: In a significant development, the Maharashtra Legislature has referred the breach of privilege notice to journalist-politician Sanjay Raut over his “chor-mandal” remark to Vice President Jagdeep Dhankar, the chairperson of Rajya Sabha.     Raut, a close aide of former Maharashtra chief minister Uddhav Thackeray and a four-term Rajya Sabha member, described the…

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At least 19 dead in Mississippi tornado, storms

Mississippi, 25/4: At least 19 people were killed when a tornado and severe storms swept through the US state of Mississippi late Friday, authorities told ABC News. Search and rescue operations were underway in Sharkey and Humphreys counties, about 70 miles (110 kilometers) north of state capital Jackson, the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency said, according…

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J&K govt bars staff from criticising its actions, policies on social media

Kashmir, 25/3: Tightening the noose around its employees further, Jammu and Kashmir administration on Friday issued a circular barring its staff from criticising the government, its actions and policies on social media or in the public.     According to a set of rules and guidelines, a government employee can neither criticise nor discuss any…

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My name is not Savarkar, it is Gandhi and Gandhi won’t apologise: Defiant Rahul slams BJP

New Delhi, 25/3:”My name is not savarkar, it is gandhi and gandhi never offers apology,” said a defiant rahul gandhi after a journalist asked him if it would be easier had rahul paid heed to bjp’s demands for an apology over his remarks in uk. Rahul Gandhi while addressing a press conference at AICC headquarters…

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PM inaugurates much awaited Whitefield Metro line in Bengaluru

Bangalore, 25/3: Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the 13.71-km Whitefield (Kadugodi)-KR Pura metro line in eastern Bengaluru on Saturday.     Modi reached the terminal station — Whitefield (Kadugodi) — around 1 pm and walked around the premises. He then bought a ticket and boarded a train to the Sadaramangala (Satya Sai Hospital) metro station,…

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