NEW DELHI: Facing a backlash, the ministry of information and broadcasting (MIB) quickly revised its order holding back salaries of employees who had not completed the mandated Karmayogi training courses on the iGoT platform.The order issued on Monday related to all employees who were identified to be part of the National Learning Week – including…
NEW DELHI: Anmol Bishnoi, the younger brother of notorious gangster Lawrence Bishnoi, is learnt to have applied for asylum in the US through his counsel. Bishnoi, detained last week, has been lodged at the Pottawattamie County prison in Iowa, sources said.Known as ‘Squirrel Cage Jail’, the prison was referenced in an old radio programme called…
NEW DELHI: Jammu & Kashmir recorded the highest unemployment rate of 32% among jobseekers in the 15-29 age group in urban areas, followed by Odisha at 30.4%, according to the latest quarterly Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS). Delhi had the lowest joblessness rate among the youth in this age category at 4.3%, followed by Gujarat…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi was honoured with Dominica’s highest award on Wednesday in recognition of his support during the COVID-19 crisis and his efforts to strengthen India-Dominica ties. President Sylvanie Burton of Dominica conferred the “Dominica Award of Honour” on PM Modi during the India-CARICOM Summit in Guyana, marking the completion of his three-nation tour.“Honoured…
THANJAVUR: A 26-year-old woman, who taught in a school in Tamil Nadu‘s Thanjavur, was stabbed to death by her boyfriend on the school premises on Wednesday morning after she refused to marry him without her parents’ permission.M Ramani, a temporary Tamil teacher at Mallipattinam Govt Higher Secondary School, was stabbed on the neck with a…
RANCHI: Jharkhand saw a vibrant conclusion to its assembly elections Wednesday, with tribal women in bright saris singing and dancing on their way to polling booths. EC reported a turnout of nearly 68.5% across 38 constituencies at 5pm in the final phase, marking a marginal increase from 67% in these seats in 2019. Maheshpur (ST)…
NEW DELHI: Delhi suffered its fifth consecutive ‘severe’ day on Wednesday, making it the longest streak of very hazardous air quality in the capital in three years. While visibility was markedly better and it was sunny for most part of the day, the Air Quality Index (AQI) improved from severe-plus level (460) on the previous…
NEW DELHI: India on Wednesday strongly rejected Canadian media reports alleging that Prime Minister Narendra Modi was aware of a plot to kill pro-Khalistan separatist Hardeep Singh Nijjar in Canada, calling the claims “ludicrous” and urging their dismissal with the “contempt they deserve.”The Ministry of External Affairs dismissed the allegations, highlighting that such “smear campaigns”…
NEW DELHI: The BJP is all set to retain power in Maharashtra with its Mahayuti allies – Shiv Sena and NCP- and could be in for a very close contest in Jharkhand, according to exit poll predictions for the two states. The poll of polls projects clear lead for the Mahayuti with 155 seats while…
NEW DELHI: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Wednesday lodged an FIR in the alleged Maharashtra Bitcoin scam, news agency ANI reported quoting sources.The central agency booked Amit Bhardwaj, Ajay Bhardwaj and four others for allegedly collecting 80,000 Bitcoins and diverting the funds worth Rs 6,606 crore through nine overseas firms to purchase properties…
