NEW DELHI: With RJD leader Tejashwi Prasad Yadav yet to furnish the original copy of his elector’s photo identity card (EPIC) flashed at a press conference in Patna but which was later not found by EC to be “officially issued”, the concerned electoral registration officer (ERO) on Wednesday set a deadline of August 8 for…
Congress MP KC Venugopal (File Photo) NEW DELHI: A controversy erupted on Wednesday after Congress MP KC Venugopal accused the govt of removing a Lok Sabha question on the auction of 13 offshore mining blocks around Arabian and Andaman seas at the last minute, alleging it wanted to evade answering if socio-economic impact assessment (SIA)…
Chandigarh: Gurvinder Singh Bahra, Chancellor of the newly approved Rayat Bahra Professional University in Hoshiarpur, has praised the Punjab govt’s decision to establish the institution. He stated that the self-financed university is a significant step toward providing high-quality education and boosting the region’s overall development.Bahra claimed that the university will enhance the skills and employability…
NEW DELHI: Accusing the Election Commission of misleading the country by claiming that there are no complaints over deletion of names from Bihar voters lists, Communist Party of India (M-L) slammed the poll body for not providing booth-level lists of names deleted because of deaths and migration. It said the refusal to provide select lists…
NEW DELHI: The Centre has rejected West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee’s allegation of “deep conspiracy” in flooding the state by centrally administered Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC) and asserted that the water release from two reservoirs in Jharkhand was carried out “scientifically” so that the risk of floods can be avoided in the downstream region.Responding to…
NEW DELHI: The Punjab government has launched a statewide drive against food adulteration and substandard consumables, with extensive inspections and legal action taken over the past three years. The campaign, led by the department of food safety, has involved mass testing of products including milk, paneer, ghee, spices, sweets, fruits, and vegetables. According to official…
Uttarakhand health secretary R Rajesh Kumar Following the recent cloudburst-triggered disaster in the Dharali region of Uttarkashi district, the Uttarakhand health department has swung into action on the instructions of chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami. Health teams have reached ground zero and are treating the injured. Additional medical teams will soon join the relief operations….
Rahul Gandhi (File photo) NEW DELHI: Congress party leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday called US President Donald Trump‘s extra 25 per cent tariff on India an “economic blackmail” to bully New Delhi into an unfair trade deal.“Trump’s 50% tariff is economic blackmail – an attempt to bully India into an unfair trade deal. PM Modi…
An organisation representing central secretariat service (CSS) officers has flagged concerns that the open layout of a newly-constructed Central government office building would adversely impact confidentiality and efficiency of those working there.In a letter to principal secretary to the prime minister, the central secretariat service forum (CSSF), which represents CSS Group B and CSS Organised…
Junior and senior doctors along with Citizen Forum take out a silent rally against RG Kar Medical College rape and murder in Kolkata (ANI image) NEW DELHI: Over a year after the brutal rape and murder of a postgraduate doctor at RG Kar Medical College in Kolkata, the victim’s father has once again voiced his…
