The row over a controversial book in Jammu and Kashmir’s government school libraries escalated on Saturday after Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha suspended eight School Education Department officials, removed a contractual employee, and ordered a departmental inquiry into the selection and procurement of two library books found to contain “inappropriate content”.The LG also blacklisted the books’…
The proverb reminds us that friendships and relationships are built on trust, which once broken, is never quite the same. (AI-generated representative image) The words of the 16th-century poet Abdul Rahim Khan-i-Khana continue to resonate centuries after they were written. His famous doha reminds us that trust and affection are among the most delicate things…
‘Trust & confidence were no longer there’: Chandrima Bhattacharya on quitting TMC; party calls move ‘pre-planned’ NEW DELHI: Former West Bengal state president Chandrima Bhattacharya on Saturday said that she decided to resign from all posts in the Trinamool Congress after losing the confidence and trust of party chief Mamata Banerjee, while rejecting questions over…
NEW DELHI: The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Saturday reportedly issued a notice to K Kavitha over her use of “TRS” for her newly launched party, Telangana Rakshana Sena.The development comes after the poll body reportedly received more than 1,100 complaints over the party’s originally proposed name, Telangana Rashtra Sena. Among those who objected…
Police said the group consists of 44 men and six women who had been lodged at the special detention camp. NEW DELHI: Fifty Bangladeshi nationals who were staying in a detention camp in Tamil Nadu have been sent to West Bengal as part of the process to deport them to Bangladesh. They are travelling under…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday unveiled development projects worth around Rs 1.06 lakh crore during his visit to Rajasthan. The projects included the inauguration of the new terminal building at Jodhpur Airport, the launch of the Modified UDAN scheme, the dedication of India’s first greenfield integrated refinery-cum-petrochemical complex to the nation, and…
Congress MP Jairam Ramesh claimed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah were very angry after the Delimitation Bill lapsed because the government failed to secure a two-thirds majority in Parliament in the Budget Session. NEW DELHI: Congress on Saturday alleged that the Bharatiya Janata Party is taking “revenge” on the…
New Terminal Building of Jodhpur Airport (X) Prime Minister Narendra Modi, during his a day-long visit to Rajasthan on Friday, inaugurated the new terminal building at Jodhpur Airport. Built at a cost of Rs 480 crore, the terminal has the capacity to handle up to 20 lakh passengers annually, as per PIB.On Friday, while sharing…
NEW DELHI: Cockroach Janata Party founder Abhijeet Dipke on Saturday said that Sonam Wangchuk, who has been on a hunger strike for the past six days demanding the resignation of education minister Dharmendra Pradhan, has lost more than 5 kilograms of body weight.In a video, Dipke said Wangchuk had undergone a medical check-up, which revealed…
National Medical Commission (TNN) NEW DELHI: The National Medical Commission (NMC) has asked all medical colleges across the country to encourage faculty, doctors, researchers and students to patent healthcare innovations through a government-funded Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) initiative aimed at helping turn medical research into healthcare products and technologies.In an advisory issued on…
