NMC giving facelift to its schools for new academic session
Nagpur: The Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) is revamping its English medium schools that are started in six Assembly constituencies of Nagpur, for the upcoming academic session 2023-24. The work is being supervised by ‘The Akanksha Foundation’ that successfully runs municipality schools...
PM Modi distributes 70,000 appointment letters at Rozgar Mela
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi distributed around 70,000 appointment letters to newly inducted recruits in various government departments and organisations at the Rozgar Mela on Tuesday. He also addressed the new joiners via video conferencing at the event. These...
“Outright lie”: Minister slams Twitter ex CEO’s government pressure charge
New Delhi: The government on Tuesday vehemently rebutted Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey's allegation of receiving "many requests" from India to censor accounts critical of the government and those reporting on farmers' protests, as well as threats of shutting down...
Shinde is more popular than Fadnavis for CM’s post, claims Shiv Sena
Mumbai: Amid the talks of tension between the ruling parties, the Shiv Sena has claimed that Eknath Shinde was the most popular in the State as he was the people's top choice for the Chief Minister's position, followed by...
Will shut Twitter: Jack Dorsey claims ‘pressure’ from India
In a stunning revelation, Twitter co-founder and former CEO Jack Dorsey claimed that the company had received “many requests” from India to block accounts covering farmers' protests and those critical of the government. In a YouTube Show Breaking Points with Krystal...
No data breach on CoWIN: Govt
Union Health Ministry says reports claiming CoWIN data breach are without basis and mischievous in nature; platform completely safe. A report has claimed that sensitive personal information of several politicians, bureaucrats, and individuals -- who had signed up on CoWIN --...
Fire at Ghazipur landfill site in Delhi
A fire broke out at the Ghazipur landfill site in east Delhi on Monday, officials said. A call about the incident was received around 1.30 pm, they said. A total of 13 fire tenders were rushed to the spot along...
First-time peek into power structures within bank bBoards
On May 29, Shaktikanta Das drew attention to an issue that has long been subject to a code of silence. "It is necessary that 'independent' directors are truly independent -- independent not only of the management but also of controlling...
India logs 92 fresh Covid cases
India has recorded 92 fresh coronavirus infections, while the active cases have decreased to 2,350, according to Union health ministry data updated on Monday. The death toll has remained at 5,31,891, the data updated at 8 am stated. On February...
Pune man held for death threat to Sharad Pawar
A man from Pune was arrested for alleged involvement in issuing a death threat to Nationalist Congress Party chief Sharad Pawar, a Mumbai police official said on Monday. Accused Sagar Barve is working in the data feeding and analytics section...
Priyanka to kick-start Cong’s MP poll campaign today
Priyanka Gandhi Vadra will kick off the Congress's campaign for the year-end Madhya Pradesh Assembly polls from Jabalpur on Monday after praying at the banks of the Narmada river, a party leader said. Jabalpur is at the centre of the state's...
Pawar announces Sule, Patel as NCP working presidents
Sharad Pawar on Saturday announced Supriya Sule and Praful Patel working presidents of the Nationalist Congress Party. Pawar made the announcement at the 25th anniversary of the party, founded by him and P A Sangma in 1999. The...
Sharad Pawar gets death threat on social media: NCP
Nationalist Congress Party president Sharad Pawar has received a death threat on social media, NCP claimed on Friday. Taking cognisance of the matter, Mumbai police are in the process of registering a first information report, a senior police official said....
Fire at west Delhi hospital, 20 newborns rescued
Twenty newborns were shifted to other medical facilities after a fire broke out at a hospital in west Delhi's Janakpuri area in the early hours of Friday, officials said. According to the fire department, they received information about the fire...
50% of Rs 2,000 notes in circulation have come back, says RBI
Mumbai: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) said on Thursday that 50 percent of the Rs 2,000 notes in circulation have come back, less than 20 days after their withdrawal was announced. The value of the notes that have been...
RBI keeps repo rate unchanged at 6.5%
RBI Monetary Policy Committee decides to keep repo rate unchanged at 6.5 per cent: Governor Shaktikanta Das....
BSF guns down Pak drone near Amritsar
Border Security Force (BSF) personnel have shot down a Pakistani drone near the international border in Amritsar after it sneaked into the Indian territory, a spokesperson said on Thursday. In a separate development, troops of the border guarding force seized...
Two wagons of goods train carrying LPG derail in Jabalpur
Another day, another rail incident. Two wagons of LPG rake of a goods train derailed in Shahpura Bhitoni of Madhya Pradesh's Jabalpur, Railway officials said on Wednesday. According to the West Central Railway CPRO, the derailment took place while...
Alert Rajdhani driver averts major accident in Bokaro
A major train accident was averted at Jharkhand's Bokaro after a tractor crashed the railway gate near the Santhaldih railway crossing when the New Delhi-Bhubaneswar Rajdhani Express (train no. 22812) was passing from there on Tuesday evening, a railway official...
CBI team at Odisha train crash site as Railways hints at “sabotage”
New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Tuesday took over the investigation into the horrific 3-train crash on Friday in Odisha's Balasore that killed 278. The CBI probe team arrived at the accident site this morning and filed...
Amruta Fadnavis assured bookie of help just 48 hours after FIR: Chargesheet reveals new twist
Mumbai: Amruta Fadnavis, wife of Maharashtra's Deputy Chief Minister, had promised a bookie she would speak to her husband to help him out if the cases registered against him were false, according to media reports citing a police chargesheet. According to...
