Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat on Sunday announced to start smart classes in all 1200 secondary schools to cater better education to students in Uttarakhand. Speaking at a religious event in Ukhimath, Singh said, “In the coming time, smart classes will be started in all 1200 secondary schools of the […]
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HC stays government order cancelling MLA’s citizenship
The Telangana high court on Friday stayed for four weeks the Union home ministry’s (MHA) order cancelling the citizenship of Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) MLA Chennamaneni Ramesh. Posting the case for December 16, a high court bench headed by Justice Challa Kodandaram issued interim orders directing the Union home ministry […]
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Manisha Kulshreshtha wins 28th Bihari Puraskar
Noted writer from Rajasthan, Manisha Kulshreshtha, was awarded the 28th Bihari Puraskar for 2018 for her novel ‘Swapnapash’, on Friday. The award is presented by the KK Birla Foundation and is for writers of Rajasthani origin. It is given annually to an outstanding work in Hindi or Rajasthani published in […]
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Can even drop Tribune flyover plan to save trees: UT adviser
UT administration is open to examining all options in order to save trees, which includes avoiding the Tribune flyover altogether, UT adviser Manoj Kumar Parida said on Friday. Parida’s statement came two days after the Punjab and Haryana high court (HC) stayed the transplanting and axing of 473 trees for the […]
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Gujarat police continues hunt for self-styled godman Nithyananda
Even as Gujarat police are on the hunt to locate the controversial self-styled godman Nithyananda – following a complaint by a Bengaluru-based couple that their two daughters have been illegally detained and tortured in the Ahmedabad branch of his ashram – Ramanagara police have said that he has not been […]
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Gurugram district slips from 5th to 25th in rural cleanliness survey
Due to its failure to construct community toilets in villages and submit self-assessment reports of the ongoing sanitation projects under Swachh Bharat Mission in a timebound manner, Gurugram district has slipped to 25th position this year in the Swachh Survekshan Grameen (SSG) 2019 survey, after being ranked fifth in 2018. […]
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21-year-old from Jaipur set to become India’s youngest judge
Jaipur boy Mayank Pratap Singh, has made history by cracking the Rajasthan judicial services 2018 exam at just 21 years of age, which has set him on the path of becoming the youngest judge in the country. “I was always drawn towards the judicial services going by the importance and […]
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Over 67 thousand schools functioning without electricity in Madhya Pradesh
A primary school in Sarotipura, Bhopal does not have electricity or water connection, however, it is not alone as there are 67,902 such schools which are lacking in basic amenities in the state. “There is no arrangement for electricity or water. There is only one room for standard 1st to […]
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Amit Shah targets Congress over Ayodhya, Kashmir issue
Union home minister Amit Shah on Thursday accused the Congress of stalling the decades-old Ayodhya land title case in the Supreme Court and “doing nothing” to resolve the Kashmir issue for 70 years in order to protect its vote bank. Kick-starting the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) campaign for the upcoming […]
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Digital India: No need to worry about carrying cash at this Patiala village
If you are visiting Gajju Majra village, located around 30km from the district headquarters and running out of cash, you don’t have to worry about making payments. Every shopkeeper here is accepting digital payments. Even the street food vendors in the village are accepting payments through digital platforms. The uneducated […]
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Gauhati HC orders Nagaland govt to pay Rs 25 lakh compensation for death of pregnant woman, unborn child
The Kohima bench of Gauhati High Court has ordered the Nagaland government to pay Rs 25 lakh as compensation to the family of a 30-year-old pregnant woman, who died with her unborn child three years ago due to lack of proper medical facilities. In an order passed last week, the […]
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Women shine in Rajasthan judicial service results, 127 out of 197 successful candidates are women
In the results of Rajasthan Judicial Service (RJS) announced earlier on Wednesday morning, women have shined, with 127 women among the 197 successful candidates, according to the results uploaded on the website of Rajasthan High Court, which conducts the exam. The result of Civil Judge Cadre 2018 under the Rajasthan […]
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BHU students on protest for 2 weeks over Muslim professor for Sanskrit dept
A group of students on Tuesday continued to agitate against the appointment of a Muslim teacher in the faculty of Sanskrit Vidya Dharma Vijnan (SVDV) of the Banaras Hindu University (BHU). The group of students, which has been staging a dharna against the appointment of Dr Firoz Khan as assistant […]
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After a brief respite, stubble fires rage again in Punjab
After a brief lull, farm fires rage again in Punjab with 1,289 incidents being reported from different parts of the state on Tuesday, according to government data. The number of stubble burning cases had remained consistently low in the past four days with 521 incidents on November 18, 352 on […]
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Woman gang-raped on Yamuna Expressway, two arrested
Two men who had gang-raped a Delhi resident on the Yamuna Expressway on Monday night have been arrested after an encounter with the police in Greater Noida’s Chuharpur underpass near Sector Chi V. Both accused suffered bullet injuries in the their legs when they tried to flee after being signalled […]