Soren keeps Home, distributes portfolios
Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren on Friday distributed portfolios among the new ministers, keeping key departments such as Home, Personnel and several others to himself, according to a government notification. Radhakrishna Kishore, a Congress MLA, got Finance, Commercial Tax, Planning and Development Department, and Parliamentary Affairs departments. Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) legislator...
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Speedy trial a right, no indefinite incarceration: SC
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What is in a name, asks HC as it junks govt fiat on naming of social organisations
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Chaura may have acted on his own to fire at Sukhbir: Police
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Over 12 lakh youths waiting for jobs in Odisha: Minister
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Another maternal death in Ballari, total five dead
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All CMs invited to Prayagraj Mahakumbh
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112 died in three years at Gujarat hospital after free treatment under PM-JAY scheme
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Indira peace prize for ex prez of Chile
The Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development for 2024 will be conferred on former Chile president and prominent human rights voice Michelle Bachelet, the international jury for the award chaired by former National Security Advisor Shivshankar Menon announced on Friday. "President Michelle Bachelet is one of the world's...
C-section deliveries linked to income, private heathcare: study
Over one-fifth of deliveries in India are via caesarean section (C-section), with significant regional and socioeconomic disparities, according to a study published in The Lancet Regional Health-Southeast Asia. While this figure may indicate some level of adequate national access to healthcare, it may not capture disparities between different regions or...
Past governments didn’t pay attention to Northeast: PM
Asserting that previous governments weighed development to votes, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said the progress of the North East was not given much emphasis earlier due to fewer population and votes in the region. Inaugurating the Ashtalakshmi Mahotsav here to celebrate the vibrancy of the northeast, he said...
Verify docs of government job candidates in six months: SC
The Supreme Court (SC) has directed police officials of all the statesto check and verify documents pertaining to the character, antecedents, nationality, genuineness produced by the candidates selected for government jobs within six months from the date of their appointment. In an order passed on December 5, a bench of...
Delhi HC seeks MHA stand on Rahul’s citizenship
The Delhi High Court on Friday directed Union Ministry of Home Affairs to place its stand on Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Subramanian Swamy's plea seeking directions to the Ministry of Home Affairs to decide over the complaint on Rahul Gandhi's British Citizenship. A bench of Acting Chief Justice Vibhu...
Hashimpura massacare: SC grants bail to eight
The Supreme Court on Friday granted bail to eight convicts in the infamous 1987 Hashimpura case involving the massacre of 38 persons by the Provincial Armed Constabulary personnel. A bench comprising Justices Abhay S Oka and Augustine George Masih took note of the submissions of senior advocate Amit Anand Tiwari,...
Opposition marches in Parliament in protest against Adani issue
Wearing black masks with "Modi, Adani bhai-bhai" printed on them and holding a copy of the Constitution, several Opposition MPs led by the Congress held a protest march inside the Parliament complex on the Adani issue on Friday. The protest saw several leaders from some of the INDIA bloc parties...
