New Delhi: Central Higher Education Institutions (CHEIs) have collectively filled 25,777 posts, including 15,139 faculty positions, as of Oct 29, 2024, education minister Dharmendra Pradhan informed Lok Sabha on Monday.Of these, 1,869 were reserved for SCs, 739 for STs, 3,089 for OBCs and 254 for PwDs, he said. His response was to a question by…
AMRITSAR: The five Sikh high priests pronounced Monday their punishment or tankhah for Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president and former Punjab deputy CM Sukhbir Singh Badal and other politicians of the party, three months after he was declared tankhaiya, meaning guilty of religious misconduct.The priests, led by Akal Takht Jathedar Giani Raghbir Singh, directed Sukhbir…
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Monday refused to relax restrictions imposed under the Graded Action Response Plan (Grap) Stage 4 to check air pollution in Delhi and indicated that conditions would be relaxed only when pollution levels continue to show a downward trend.A bench of Justices Abhay S Oka and Augustine George Masih took exception…
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Monday decided to examine a plea seeking recall of its Sept 26 bail order to DMK‘s Senthil Balaji on the ground that witnesses may not feel free to depose against a cabinet minister. Balaji was granted bail in a money laundering case linked to a cash-for-jobs scam. In what can…
NEW DELHI: The US State Department has authorised a potential sale of equipment and ongoing support for MH-60R Seahawk helicopters to India, valued at approximately $1.17 billion, according to a statement from the Pentagon accessed by Reuters on Monday. Lockheed Martin has been named as the primary contractor for the deal.( More details awaited) Source…
NEW DELHI: Is the Election Commission powerless to disqualify a foreign national, who has got elected as a gram panchayat Mukhiya, despite unimpeachable evidence about his nationality?This question of law was raised by Bihar state election commission before the SC on Monday. A Nepalese citizen had written to the Nepal govt to cancel his citizenship….
NEW DELHI: In another statement of the BJP leadership’s endorsement of ‘The Sabarmati Report‘, PM Narendra Modi joined his cabient, BJP leaders and NDA contingents to watch the special screening of the film based on the communal conflagration triggered by killing of 59 Hindu pilgrims and karsevaks.“Joined fellow NDA MPs at a screening of ‘The…
NEW DELHI: Allaying apprehensions about the likely impact of the incoming Trump administration on business ties, external affairs minister S Jaishankar said Monday that while there will always be some give and take between major economies, strategic convergences between the two countries have grown deeper creating an environment for further intensifying cooperation.The minister said that…
NEW DELHI: Farmers from across Uttar Pradesh, demanding fair compensation for land acquired by the government, staged a massive protest at the Noida-Delhi border on Monday. They were eventually stopped at the Noida-Delhi border, where they staged a sit-in protest and warned that if their demands were not met within seven days, they would resume…
NEW DELHI: With the Rs 32,350 crore contract with the US for 31 armed MQ-9B `Predator’ drones done and dusted, India is now firmly on course to soon ink another two mega defence deals for 26 Rafale-Marine fighter jets and three additional Scorpene submarines, collectively worth around Rs 1 lakh crore, with France.“Both the deals…
