Pushkar Singh Dhami (ANI) DEHRADUN: The Uttarakhand government on Monday provided 10 per cent horizontal reservation to Agniveers who retire from the Indian Army in the uniformed services of various government departments. The Personnel and Vigilance Department formally issued rules on Monday for providing 10 per cent horizontal reservation to Agniveers retired from the Army,…
NEW DELHI: US President Donald Trump’s trade adviser Peter Navarro on Tuesday said that “it is a shame” Prime Minister Narendra Modi shared the stage with the “two biggest authoritarian dictators” in the world during the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit in China.While talking to reporters, Navarro said that PM Modi needs to step up and…
NEW DELHI: As the deadline to file claims and objections in Bihar ended Monday, BJP became the third party, after CPI(ML) Liberation and RJD, to file claims and objections on the draft electoral roll, reports Bharti Jain.As per EC’s update at 10 am Monday, a total of 144 claims and objections were received from booth…
NEW DELHI: BJP Monday said Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has been continuously lowering the dignity of the position of the leader of opposition in Lok Sabha that he holds as his remarks like “atom bomb” and “hydrogen bomb” in context of voters and elections are unfortunate and disturbing.At a press conference, BJP MP Ravi Shankar…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday did not extend the Sept 1 deadline for filing claims and objections to Bihar Draft Voters List prepared after special intensive revision (SIR) as the Election Commission said such submissions can be made by people till the last date of nominations for the Assembly elections. “Most importantly, the…
NEW DELHI: Expressing serious doubts about its own 2014 verdict delivered by a five-judge constitution bench, which held that provisions of Right to Education (RTE) Act were not applicable to religious and linguistic minority educational institutions, Supreme Court has said the ruling “strikes at the heart of good quality universal elementary education, its consequences are…
JAMMU: Taking stock of the devastation caused by the recent spell of heavy rains and related disasters in Jammu, Union Home minister Amit Shah on Monday said the Centre had spared no efforts in ensuring prompt rescue and relief, and that PM Narendra Modi had spoken to J&K LG Manoj Sinha and CM Omar Abdullah.The…
NEW DELHI: Any foreigner entering India without valid passport or visa will now face up to five years’ jail and a fine of up to Rs 5 lakh. If such entry, stay or exit is on basis of a forged passport or travel document, punishment will range from two to seven years in jail and…
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court Monday rebuffed political parties’ clamour for a directive to EC to accept Aadhaar card as standalone proof of citizenship to enable people to enroll in the Bihar voter list prepared after special intensive revision (SIR) and said the status of Aadhaar cannot be enhanced beyond what has been laid down in…
NEW DELHI: Russia is studying potential investments plans to manufacture its Sukhoi Su-57 fifth-generation fighter jets in India, defence sources told ANI, amid growing bonhomie between New Delhi and Moscow.India had earlier expressed the need for at least two to three squadrons of fifth-generation fighter aircraft, with both Russia’s Su-57 and America’s F-35 in the…
