Bal Swachchhta mission to begin on November 14
New Delhi: Having launched the ambitious Swachchh Bharat mission to promote the practice of cleanliness in the country, the Centre has now decided to take special steps to include schoolchildren in the campaign through a ‘Bal Swachchhta Mission' which is to be kicked off on November 14.
join hands against drug menace: Kurien
New Delhi: Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman PJ Kurien has urged the international community to join hands to fight drugs menace as it destroys youth and narco-terrorism threatens national and regional stability. Making this point in his speech at a seminar on Wednesday on drug abuse at the 131st Inter-Parliamentary Union session of UN in Geneva, he welcomed the initiative of the UN General Assembly to hold a special session on drugs in 2016 and said India is a strong votary of international drug control system.
Don’t file rti to know prelims results: upsc
New Delhi: The UPSC has advised candidates not to file RTI applications to know results of civil services preliminary examination. “The Commission puts up the mark sheets of all candidates who takes the civil services examination. Despite this, candidates file RTI applications to know their results. We have been informing them that mark sheets will be uploaded on our website once the entire selection procedure of this year's exam gets over,” a senior UPSC official said.
BJP to celebrate diwali across many countries
New Delhi: Global Convenor of BJP Overseas Affairs Vijay Jolly on Wednesday said that the party will celebrate Diwali simultaneously across several countries and for that HRD Minister Smriti Irani would address the event through Google hangout from New Delhi. Other cities where Diwali celebrations are being organised are at lagos in Nigeria, Kaula lumpur, Macau, Hong Kong, lithuania, Oslo, Hanoi, Kathm-andu, london, Moscow, Port louis, Poland, Toronto, Vancouver, Tel Aviv, Mauritius and the US.
Canada offers tech for house technology
New Delhi: Canada on Wednesday strongly pitched in with the offer of its popular wood-based high density house construction technology to enable India meet its ‘Housing for All by 2022' target. The offer was made by the visiting Canadian Minister of International Trade Ed Fast during his meeting with the Urban Development and Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation Minister M Venkaiah Naidu here. The Canadian Minister also made detailed queries about the new initiatives in urban sector including building of 100 smart cities, Housing for All and infrastructure development in urban areas of the country.
SC asks AIIMS to review Asaram’s reports
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed AIIMS Director to set up a medical board to review medical reports and if required clinically examine self-styled godman Asaram Bapu to ascertain whether interim bail should be granted to him in the Jodhpur rape case. A Bench headed by Justice TS Thakur directed that the board file its report within four weeks.
Govt official moves NGT against DDA
New Delhi: A senior Delhi Government official has filed a petition in the National Green Tribunal against Delhi Development Authority (DDA) vice chairman Balvinder Singh, Secretary Ministry of Forest, Environment and Wildlife, Secretary Urban Development, Union Home Secretary and CR Babu, project in-charge of Biodiversity Park Programme and officials of forest department of Delhi Government against felling of trees in Kamla Nehru ridge between Khaibar Pass and St Stephens college for the sake of development of bio-diversity park.
No vacating stay on I-T cases against HP CM: HC
Shimla: The Himachal Pradesh High Court rejected the plea of Commissioner, Shimla seeking vacation of the stay on his orders for shifting of Income Tax cases of Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh, his family members and others to Central Income Tax circle, Chandigarh. However, the Bench said, “We deem it proper to hear this writ petitions expeditiously.” Division Bench of High Court observed that the counsel for the parties have only addressed arguments on preliminary
issue without entering into the merits of the cases.