Manipur CM clarifies apology, says opponents seeking unrest amid ethnic conflict
Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh on Friday claimed that those who are indulging in politics over his apology to the people on the 20-month-long ethnic conflict are seeking unrest in the northeastern state, and said his government’s priority is to restore peace. Claiming that “past is past”, he appealed to...
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Gurugram traffic police to wear body cameras to enhance road safety and transparency
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Top leaders pay tribute to former PM Manmohan Singh at prayer meet
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Protests intensify in Bihar over BPSC exam controversy, rail and road traffic disrupted
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MEA rejects Washington Post report linking New Delhi to plot against Muizzu
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SC upholds order saying Haryana Congress MLA Panwar’s arrest illegal
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SC agrees to examine CBI’s plea against acquital of Ram Rahim
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Right to property a Constitutional right, says SC
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India protests China’s creation of two new counties in Hotan, asserts area part of Ladakh
India on Friday said it has lodged a "solemn protest" with China over creation of two new counties in Hotan prefecture, asserting that such moves will not lend legitimacy to Beijing's "illegal and forcible" occupation in the region. In a strong reaction, External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said parts of...
SC to devise effective mechanism to combat caste-based discrimination in educational institutions
Terming it as a sensitive issue, the Supreme Court on Friday said it will devise an effective mechanism to combat caste-based discrimination in educational institutions in the country. A bench of Justices Surya Kant and Ujjal Bhuyan directed the University Grants Commission (UGC) to notify draft regulations to ensure no...
Bangla infiltration: BJP whitewash Didi ‘blueprint' claim
As Bengal politics sparked over Bangladeshi infiltration the State BJP on Friday hit back at Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee after she accused the Centre and BSF for encouraging infiltrations. The State BJP said the infiltrators were Banerjee's vote bank. Launching a scathing attack on Banerjee for her "malicious campaign" junior Union...
Tikait meets Kejriwal ahead of Delhi polls
Ahead of the Delhi assembly elections, farmer leader Rakesh Tikait met former Delhi Chief Minister and AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal on Friday evening over the issue of welfare of advocates and farmers. Senior AAP leader and Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh was also present at the meeting, who shared that a...
Faiz Ahmed Kidwai becomes DGCA chief
Senior IAS officer Faiz Ahmed Kidwai has been appointed the chief of Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) as part of a senior-level bureaucratic reshuffle effected by the Centre on Friday. The 1996-batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre is currently Additional Secretary in the Department of...
EPFO to launch new software system
Union Labour Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Thursday said that the Employees Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) will launch its new software system EPFO 3.0 by June this year to be followed by distribution of ATM cards to its subscribers. “The new system will be equivalent to the banking systems in the...
India and Maldives agree on local currency use for trade
India and the Maldives have finalised a framework to promote the use of local currencies for cross border trade with External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar asserting that New Delhi has always stood by the island nation. He made these remarks here on Friday at a meeting with his Maldivian counterpart Abdulla...
