NEW DELHI: Expressing serious concern over the attack on a Durga Puja mandap at the Tanti Bazar area in Dhaka and the theft at Jeshoreshwari Kali temple at Satkhira, the govt deplored the events, saying these follow a “systematic pattern” of desecration and damage to temples and deities that has been witnessed over several days…
PANAJI: After 10 years, a Panaji court acquitted engineer Devu Chodankar for his social media posts against Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the 2014 general elections.The court stated that the benefit of the doubt had to be given to him as the prosecution couldn’t establish offences against him, partly due to the testimony of the…
CHANDIGARH: Nayab Singh Saini will take oath as Haryana CM for a second term on Oct 17 at a grand ceremony in Panchkula, with PM Narendra Modi and senior BJP functionaries in attendance.The swearing-in of Saini, along with his cabinet, will take place at Dusshera grounds in Sector 5 at 10am. The event was finalised…
NEW DELHI: The portal for registration for the PM Internship scheme went live on Saturday, a scheme that has attracted several large companies and is aimed at enhancing the employability of young men and women entering the workforce.Over 190 companies ranging from Reliance Industries, Larsen & Toubro, Maruti Suzuki, Jubilant Foodworks, Eicher Motors, ONGC, HDFC…
NAGPUR: RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat said on Saturday in his annual Vijaya Dashami speech that “being unorganised and weak is like inviting atrocities by the wicked”. Hindus should take lessons from the events in Bangladesh, he said as his organisation enters its 100th year.On society, and the country in general, he said there is a…
NEW DELHI: Giving impetus to water conservation efforts, Centre has decided to construct one million rainwater harvesting structures, including check dams, percolation tanks and recharge wells, under a new initiative to enhance groundwater replenishment across the country before the onset of next year’s monsoon.The new initiative – Jal Sanchay, Jan Bhagidari (JSJB) – will strengthen…
MUMBAI: Anticipating she will join Ajit Pawar-led NCP, MPCC president Nana Patole on the instructions of AICC general secretary Ramesh Chennithala Saturday expelled Amravati MLA Sulbha Khodke from the party for six years for anti-party activities. Incidentally, Khodke will join NCP Sunday in the presence of Ajit Pawar. She is likely to be NCP nominee…
NEW DELHI: Election Commission is likely to announce the dates of assembly polls in Maharashtra and Jharkhand in the coming week, with polling likely to be scheduled in the second or third week of Nov.EC – keeping in mind the slew of festivals ahead, starting with Diwali, a five-day affair from Oct 29 to Nov…
NEW DELHI: Highlighting serious concerns in the functioning of madrasas across the country and their failure to connect Muslim children to the mainstream, the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights has written to all states and Union Territories recommending that state funding to madrasas and the Boards running them be stopped and the latter…
ISLAMABAD: Pakistani police have registered a case against human rights activist Dr Mahrang Baloch on the charge of aiding separatist groups in the country’s restive Balochistan province, officials said Saturday. A fierce critic of Pakistan’s military, Baloch denied the charges, saying the case showed “how the state has grown increasingly uncomfortable” with her activism.She was…
