DHALAI: “Are you receiving 35 kg rations per family….and do you check if it’s actually 35 kg?” “Have all of you received your Ayushman scheme cards?”. “Does the school in your settlement here have teachers?” Home minister Amit Shah, here on Sunday to visit a Bru village in Bruha Para, put these queries to members…
KOLKATA: Friends and family of a married woman staying at the house of her husband against his will for a long period can amount to cruelty, Calcutta high court said on Dec 19 while granting divorce to a man on grounds of cruelty.“Such imposition of friend and family by the woman on her husband at…
MEERUT: A Dalit post office employee in Bulandshahr allegedly ended his life by jumping in front of a train early Sunday morning, a day after CBI questioned him in connection with a Rs 2.5 crore embezzlement case.Rahul Kumar (28), a sub-postmaster at Lakhaothi block post office and a resident of Bulandshahr city area, was found…
NEW DELHI: The Consortium of National Law Universities (NLUs) has delayed the release of first admission list for Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) 2025, originally scheduled for Dec 26, 2024. The decision follows Delhi HC’s directive to revise the merit list after discrepancies were identified in the final answer key for the undergraduate examination.Candidates were…
KOPPAL: Two days after a 13-year-old boy drowned during a school trip in an open well in Bhatkal, in Karnataka’s Uttara Kannada, the education department suspended six teachers of Gandaal govt higher primary school charging them with negligence.Sources said the school took 100 students and 11 teachers on a tour to coastal Karnataka in two…
Narendra Modi’s visit to Kuwait, the first by an Indian Prime Minister in 43 years, was marked by the two sides signing a significant agreement to boost defence cooperation and also elevate relations to a strategic partnership. The defence agreement is in line with efforts by Indian govt in recent times to boost security and…
JAMMU: The govt of Jammu and Kashmir is mulling to increase the disability pension from Rs 1,000 to Rs 3,000 per month, said Sakeena Itoo, minister of Health and Medical Education, Social Welfare and Education, Sunday.“We are working to increase the disability pension,” she said, adding, “The present Omar-led govt is committed to address all…
JAMMU: After a massive drive across several districts in Kashmir to curb potential misuse of SIM cards for anti-national activities on Saturday, J&K police on Sunday launched a similar drive in Samba and Kishtwar districts of Jammu.“The initiative is aimed at ensuring compliance with mandatory Know Your Customer (KYC) guidelines and preventing misuse of SIM…
NEW DELHI: Aam Aadmi Party national convener Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday criticised the central government for its decision to exclude Delhi’s tableau from next year’s Republic Day parade, accusing the BJP-led government of playing politics over presenting state tableaus.Kejriwal questioned the rationale behind the move, asking why Delhi, as the capital of India, was continuously…
NEW DELHI: Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and sister Priyanka Gandhi Vadra came together for a family lunch at the Kwality restaurant in New Delhi. They were joined by their mother Sonia Gandhi, Priyanka’s husband Robert Vadra, their daughter Miraya Vadra, and Robert Vadra’s mother, making it a full family affair.The Gandhi family relished the restaurant’s…
