Punjab, 13/2: A doctor who is said to be Pakistan’s first Hindu female civil servant is now the assistant commissioner and administrator in Punjab province’s Hassanabdal city, the first in the town’s history, the media reported on Monday. Dr Sana Ramchand Gulwani, 27, joined the Pakistan Administrative Service (PAS) after passing the Central Superior…
Bhubaneswar, 13 /2:: A momentous occasion for the people of Keonjhar district today. The eagerly awaited Dharani Dhar Sports Complex was inaugurated today by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik adding a lot of pride for the sports afficionados of the region. Keonjhar has produced many national and international players and this sports complex will play a…
Indore, 13/2: The third Test between India and Australia scheduled to be played from March 1-5 has been shifted from Dharamsala to Indore, owing to poor outfield conditions, BCCI said on Monday. That the match will be shifted was confirmed on Sunday itself after BCCI curator Taposh Chatterjee’s report deemed the re-laid outfield as unfit…
New Delhi, 12/2: Railways, Ministry of Home Affairs and Defence (Civil) are among five ministries or departments that account for close to 90 per cent of the 9.79 lakh vacancies in the union government, according to data tabled in Parliament. According to the latest data available with the government, there are 9,79,327 vacancies…
New Delhi, 12/2: SoftBank Group Corp’s chip technology firm Arm Ltd’s China joint venture laid off 90-95 employees last week to cope with a challenging business outlook this year, according to two sources familiar with the situation. The layoffs come as SoftBank tries to set up a public listing for Arm this year….
Delhi:President Droupadi Murmu accepts the resignation of Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari, and appoints Ramesh Bais as the new governor, officials said on Sunday. Rashtrapati Bhavan spokesperson informed that President Murmu also accepted the resignation of Ladakh LG R K Mathur accepted, and Brig B D Mishra was appointed in his place. Former Supreme Court…
New Delhi, 11/2: Government nominees’, including AAP leader Jasmine Shah, appointed to the boards of power discoms in Delhi by the Arvind Kejriwal-led dispensation have been replaced with senior officials, sources at the Lieutenant Governor’s office said on Saturday. Besides Shah, a spokesperson of the AAP, those removed from the boards include Naveen Gupta, son…
Mangalore, 11/2: The Mangalore University campus, situated near here and spread over 353 acres, hosts a variety of bird species including three near-threatened species mentioned in the red list of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), a study has revealed. The study, ‘A checklist of avifauna of Mangalore University’ by five…
New Delhi, 11/2: Aviation regulator DGCA imposed a financial penalty of Rs 20 lakh on Air Aisa for violation of applicable DGCA Civil Aviation Requirements, ANI reported. According to the DGCA, few mandatory exercises of the pilots of Air Asia were not done during Pilot Proficiency Check as per schedule. A penalty of…
Beijing, 10/2: Chinese company Alibaba is learnt to have sold 3.16 per cent direct stake in digital financial services firm One97 Communications, which operates under Paytm brand, for about Rs 13,600 crore in a block deal, according to sources. With this deal, Alibaba has sold the entire direct stake in the company. Alibaba had a…
