NEW DELHI: The National Commission for Women (NCW) on Friday said it had taken suo motu cognisance of a viral video purportedly showing a senior Jammu and Kashmir IAS officer verbally abusing a junior female officer and sought an action taken report (ATR) within seven days.“NCW Chairperson Smt. Vijaya Rahatkar has written to the Chief…
NEW DELHI: The Centre has approved investments worth Rs 1,194.92 crore to upgrade five clusters of Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs) across Maharashtra, Odisha and Jammu & Kashmir, taking the cumulative investment cleared under the PM-SETU scheme to Rs 3,687 crore.The five projects will be implemented in partnership with Tata Steel Foundation, BVG India, Belrise Industries,…
NEW DELHI: The Press Council of India (PCI) has issued guidelines for journalists covering the ongoing protests in Delhi against the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, saying the measures are aimed at “ensuring the safety of media personnel while enabling them to carry out their professional duties effectively.“According to a PCI release, the…
The front of Sri Venkateswara Swami (Balaji) Temple is seen in Aurora, Ill, against which a shooting bid was stopped NEW Delhi: The ministry of external affairs on Friday expressed concern over the foiled mass-shooting plot targeting a Hindu temple in Aurora, near Chicago.“This is obviously a matter of deep concern for us. At the…
NEW DELHI: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Friday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the delay in proroguing the Monsoon Session of Parliament, which ended in August, describing the situation as “unprecedented”.Urging PM Modi not to “bulldoze” another “far-reaching” Constitutional Amendment Bill, Kharge reiterated his demand for an all-party meeting to discuss the government’s…
File photo: Congress’s aim is to change Govt through elections: Pawan Khera hit out at Rajnath Singh’s ‘regime change’ charge NEW DELHI: Congress leader Pawan Khera on Friday accused the BJP of hypocrisy over its objections to calls for “regime change”, arguing that the Opposition’s stated goal was to defeat the government through elections.Speaking at…
CJP calls for a 5pm ‘Lehra Do Tiranga’ march at Connaught Place NEW DELHI: The Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) on Friday called on its supporters and the general public to gather at Central Park in Connaught Place at 5pm for its ‘Lehra Do Tiranga’ march, even as the park has been shut to the public…
SC declines urgent plea against Central Park closure ahead of ’s Tiranga march NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday declined an urgent hearing on a plea challenging the New Delhi Municipal Council’s decision to shut Central Park in Connaught Place ahead of the Cockroach Janta Party’s (CJP) proposed ‘Lehra do Tiranga’ protest, saying it…
Amit Shah targets Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann over law and order after anti-drug activist Parvinder Singh Jhota’s killing in Mansa, says Centre will seek answers from state government NEW DELHI: Union home minister Amit Shah on Friday targeted the Bhagwant Mann-led Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government over Punjab’s law and order situation, citing the killing…
NEW DELHI: Seven research centres across leading Indian institutions have been selected by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) to develop priority medical devices and diagnostic technologies, with projects spanning portable screening for primary healthcare, biomaterials and technologies for eye and vascular diseases.The selected institutions are the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) at Kharagpur,…
