report of unemployment rate misleading: MIn
New Delhi: Union Minister Santosh Kumar Gangwar on Monday said that reports about high unemployment rate in the country are misleading and asserted that employment generation is the priority of the government. For the 2018-19 period, under the Prime Minister’s Employment
Generation Programme (PMEGP), jobs were generated for 5,86,728 people as on March 1, 2019, according to data provided in a written reply.
PM hails CA role towards nation
New Delhi: On the occasion of Chartered Accountants’ Day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday hailed their role in furthering the culture of honesty in society. He also congratulated doctors, on their Day, for their round the clock efforts to make the society fit and healthy.
SC rejects PIL seeking sit probe in official’s death
New Delhi: The Supreme Court Monday refused to entertain a PIL seeking a direction to the Punjab Government to set up a special investigation team (SIT) to probe the death of a Government official whose body was found on railway track near Jalandhar Cantt station in November 2017.
PM to meet newly recruited Ias officers
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will give a pep talk to 169 newly recruited IAS officers here on Tuesday. These officers have taken over as assistant secretaries in different Central Government departments for three months, beginning July 1.
SC defers centre’s decision on EWS quota
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday deferred to July 16 a hearing on a bunch of pleas challenging the Centre’s decision to grant 10 per cent reservation in jobs and admissions to candidates of economically weaker sections.
SC refuses to hear plea for FIR in marital rape
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday refused to entertain a plea seeking a direction to the Centre to frame appropriate guidelines for registration of FIR for marital rape and frame laws for making it a ground of divorce.
serve people with compassion: V-P to Docs
New Delhi: Interacting with a delegation of Delhi Medical Association on the occasion of Doctors Day on Monday, Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu reminded them of the reverent manner in which doctors are treated by the people and urged the medical fraternity to serve people with empathy and compassion.
SC sets aside HC’s fee fixation of eng colleges
New Delhi: The Supreme Court Monday set aside the Telangana High Court’s orders fixing fee structure of unaided minority and non-minority institutions for engineering courses for 2016-17 and 2018-19 academic years and restored the fees fixed by Telangana Admission and Fee Regulatory Committee (TAFRC).