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Muslims now 40% of Assam population: CM Himanta Biswa Sarma | India News – Times of India
RANCHI: Jharkhand should treat Assam as a cautionary tale of how demographic change caused by “infiltration from Bangladesh” has become “a matter of life and death” for the state’s indigenous population, CM Himanta Biswa Sarma said Wednesday in Ranchi.“In Assam, Muslim population is 40%. It was 12% in 1951. We lost districts due to infiltration…
Fraud accused gets court nod to leave India for Canada job | India News – Times of India
BENGALURU: A special court for CBI cases in Bengaluru permitted a 41-year-old man accused in a fraud case to leave the country to join a private firm in Canada, reports Santoshkumar B.CBI had arrested one Joe Abraham Mathews, a resident of Mysuru, over the charge of obtaining a home loan from a nationalized bank using…
Govt may reduce income cap for PMAY homes in urban areas | India News – Times of India
NEW DELHI: In the next phase of PM Awas Yojna (PMAY) in urban areas, govt is looking to slash the income threshold for middle-income group beneficiaries from Rs 18 lakh to Rs 10 lakh to target it better, while also spreading the disbursement of the subsidy over five years, instead of one-shot payment, to ensure…
10% quota for Agniveers in Haryana jobs | India News – Times of India
CHANDIGARH: In a bid to secure the future of youth from Haryana recruited as Agniveers for a period of four years, the state govt on Wednesday announced 10% horizontal reservation for these soldiers in direct recruitment for posts of constable, mining guard, forest guard, jail warden, and special police officer (SPO).Haryana govt announced that Agniveers…
Setback for Ajit, 25 netas switch to Pawar Sr’s camp | India News – Times of India
PUNE: Over 25 NCP functionaries, including two former mayors, the leader of opposition and 20 former corporators – from Pimpri Chinchwad joined NCP (Sharad Pawar) in Pune on Wednesday. This group includes NCP’s Pimpri Chinchwad president Ajit Gavhane and working president Rahul Bhosale, who had resigned from their posts on Tuesday.Though a major setback to…
Body of Sikkim ex-min, who was missing for 9 days, found floating in Teesta in Bangladesh | India News – Times of India
SILIGURI: The body of 80-year-old Ram Chandra Poudyal, a prominent pro-democratic politician and former Sikkim minister, was found late Tuesday floating in the Teesta in Bangladesh, nine days after he had gone missing from his hometown in Sikkim’s Chhota Singtam.Poudyal had been deputy speaker of the first Sikkim assembly – from 1975 to 1977 –…
Coalition reality? All Cabinet ministers from allies part of reconstituted Niti Aayog, members of Cabinet panels | India News – Times of India
NEW DELHI: Even as the Modi govt signalled continuity in governance by retaining key ministers and officials in its third term, it is also waking up to the new reality of giving due space to allies. This is reflected in two recent moves when all five Cabinet ministers from its allies were made “special invitees”…
Maharashtra government announces ‘Ladla bhai yojana’ for unemployed youth | India News – Times of India
NEW DELHI: The state government of Maharashtra on Wednesday announced a new scheme called ‘Ladla bhai yojana‘on the occasion of Ashadhi Ekadashi, to provide financial support to male students who have completed their 12th grade, obtained a diploma, or earned a graduate degree.The Maharashtra chief minister Eknath Shinde made this announcement in Pandharpur, as the…
‘I will first … ‘: What Sharad Pawar said on welcoming back estranged nephew Ajit into party fold | India News – Times of India
NEW DELHI: Sharad Pawar is back with a bang. Almost a year after he lost control of his Nationalist Congress Party following a rebellion led by his estranged nephew Ajit Pawar, the Maratha strongman is once again on the centrestage of Maharashtra politics.The recent surprise visit of Maharashtra minister and NCP leader Chhagan Bhujbal, who…