SC seeks Govt reply on Pvt caoching firms
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday sought a response from the Centre on a PIl filed by the Students Federation of India (SFI), the students front of CPI(M), on mushrooming of “unrecognised” private coaching companies allegedly in violation of Right to Education guidelines.
corporates urged to recruit ex-servicemen
New Delhi: Defence Minister Arun Jaitley on Tuesday urged the corporate sector to utilise the services of ex-servicemen for meeting their requirement for a highly-trained and disciplined work force.
Modi to honour top DRDO scientists today
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday will give away awards to top scientists of Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO). This will be his first visit to DRDO complex here. He will also address the gathering after the awards ceremony, officials said here on Tuesday.
jaitley to lAY FOUNDTION STONE OF nAVY hq today
New Delhi: Defence Minister Arun Jaitley on Wednesday will lay the foundation stone of Nau Sena Bhawan(Navy Headquarters) here. The building will be shifted near the DRDO complex from its current South Block.
three pils against njac bill in sc
New Delhi: Three PIls have been filed in the Supreme Court for declaring the National Judicial Appointments Commission Bill unconstitutional.
MED PANEl TO examine ASARAM BAPU’S HEAlTH
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has constituted a medical board to examine the health condition of self-styled godman Asaram Bapu after he claimed bail on medical grounds in a Jodhpur rape case.
Music video to promote immunisation released
New Delhi: Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan on Tuesday released a music video, “Phool khil jayenge” (“The flower will bloom”) to promote immunisation in the country where 14 lakh children do not live beyond the age of five in want of life-saving vaccines. The lyrics in the five-minutes music video made by Global Health Strategies and the Ministry have been penned by Javed Akhtar with Vidya Balan and Farhan Akhtar playing main roles. Songs in the film that emphasise the importance of providing immunity from disease to a child through timely inoculation have been sung by Sonu Nigam.
separate IAS cadres for Manipur, Tripura
New Delhi: The Government has created separate cadres of Manipur and Tripura for IAS, IPS and IFoS officers. Earlier, Manipur-Tripura acted as a joint cadre for officers of all India services (AIS) — Indian Administrative Service (IAS), Indian Police Service (IPS) and Indian Forest Service (IFoS).
cpi, ncp justify status as national parties
New Delhi: The CPI and the NCP on Tuesday defended their status as ‘national parties’ before the Election Commission, which issued them a show-cause notice for withdrawing their position following their performance in the lok Sabha elections. The EC had called Sharad Pawar’s NCP, CPI and BSP for a personal hearing as their recognition is under review following their failure to fulfill the conditions for retaining recognition as national parties. BSP, which wrote to the poll body defending its national party status, did not turn up.