New Delhi, 18/10: Ahead of the festive season, the central government on Wednesday decided to hike the dearness allowance for its employees by 4 percentage points to 46 per cent of the basic salary and pay 78 days of salaries as bonus for non-gazetted railway staff. Briefing reporters about the Cabinet decisions, Information and Broadcasting…
Dhaka, 7/1: Bangladeshis on Sunday began voting in the general elections expected to be won by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in the absence of the main Opposition BNP which is boycotting it. Voting began at 8 am local time and will continue till 5 pm. A total of 119.6 million registered voters are eligible to…
Himachal Pradesh, 12/12: Senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader and former Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Shanta Kumar has said that caste based reservation in government jobs should be completely abolished. He said in his post on Facebook today i.e. Sunday morning that the time has come to end the caste based reservation system and give reservation…
Guwahati, 23/1 (AO bureau): In the latest development India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday launched a drive to distribute one lakh land ‘pattas’ in AssamSunday. PM visited Sivasagar in Assam where he distributed land allotment certificates to the indigenous people. He said, lakhs of Adivasis, indigenous Assamese families were deprived of land ownership rights…
New Delhi, 25/7: Droupadi Murmu on Monday took oath as the 15th President of India at 10:15am at a ceremony in Parliament’s Central Hall in New Delhi on Monday. The former Jharkhand governor, who represented the BJP-led ruling NDA in the July 18 presidential polls, defeated joint opposition’s candidate, ex-Union minister Yashwant Sinha, securing 64%…
Islamabad, 5/3: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan is likely to be arrested in Toshakhana case on Sunday as the Islamabad police reached Lahore with the deposed premier’s arrest warrant, local media reported. A non-bailable arrest warrant had been issued against Khan by a district and sessions court in the federal capital on February 28….
Mumbai, 7/3 (AO Bureau): Due to Coronavirus, the Indian women’s cricket team returned to the field after almost a year. A five-match ODI series between India and South Africa started on Sunday. In the first ODI, South Africa won the toss and invited India to bat first. The Indian women’s team landed on the field…
New Delhi, 26/1:India plans to slash tariffs on cars imported from the European Union to 40 per cent from the present 110 per cent, in the biggest opening yet of the country’s vast market as the two sides close in on a free trade pact Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government has agreed to immediately reduce…
Malkangiri : – New Year’s Resolutions. 44 Maoist , including Nine women, have left the dark world of Lalgarh and returned to the mainstream of society. They have surrendered to the Sukuma district police in the state of Chhattisgarh, bordering Malkangiri.44 Naxals have surrendered to Sukuma district SP Sunil Sharma, attracted by the government’s development…
New Delhi, 2/11: Renowned women’s rights activist and founder of the Self Employed Women’s Association (SEWA) Ela Bhatt passed away here on Wednesday due to age-related ailments, her associates said. She was 89. “It is with profound grief that we announce the passing away of our beloved and respected founder, Smt. Elaben Bhatt,…
