If you search for #solotravel on Instagram today, there are 5M posts, with the number steadily moving towards the next million. Evidently, planning a holiday is no more seen as complex or bothersome. It is not hard to find places to stay at and cities no more daunting labyrinths to navigate through. What’s more […]
Peon teaching Sanskrit in Bhopal school to be awarded ‘CM’s Excellence Award’
A peon in a Bhopal school has been selected for the Chief Minister’s Excellence Award for teaching Sanskrit to students for the past 23 years and securing recording 100 per cent result in the subject. Vasudev Panchal (53) is a peon at the Government High School in Girota village of […]
Skilling of youth should become a national movement, says Vice President
Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu on Wednesday said that skilling of youth should become a national movement and urged all stakeholders to participate in a mission- mode to accomplish this objective. Speaking at the National Institute of Personnel Management Personnel (NIPM) 2019 conference on ‘India’s Changing Paradigm: Skills and Entrepreneurship […]
J-K: Government to establish 16 degree, 4 Professional, one Administrative College in the valley
In a bid to uplift the education sector in the state, Jammu and Kashmir government will soon establish 16 degree and four professional colleges in the valley. Department of Information and Public Relations (DIPR) stated that one administrative college will also be established here. The Division Commissioner on Wednesday reviewed […]
EC issues order to remove billboards with PM’s photo at petrol pumps, bus terminals in Pune
The Election Commission has asked for advertisements carrying prime minister Narendra Modi’s photograph to be removed from petrol pumps, and public transport stations, following a complaint from the Congress. Pune deputy collector Surekha Mane issued the removal order in view of the model code of conduct ahead of the Maharashtra […]
Nick Kyrgios serves underarm but collapses to meek first-round exit
Nick Kyrgios served underarm once again but the fiery Australian fell away dramatically in the second set in a limp first-round exit at the Zhuhai Championships on Wednesday. The 24-year-old Australian, who has been accused of tanking matches in the past, led the veteran Italian Andreas Seppi 4-1 in the […]
Yogi Adityanath orders Rs 6,000 assistance for victims of triple talaq
In an outreach to Muslim women, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday announced a government benefit for all women handed out triple talaq, an act now criminalised, or abandoned by their husbands. “A new scheme should be introduced under which victims of triple talaq as well as women […]
Maharashtra Elections: If not for Pulwama, could BJP cross 300 in LS?: Shiv Sena
After attacking the BJP for making abrogation of Article 370 an election issue in Maharashtra, Shiv Sena has now in an editorial in mouthpiece ‘Saamna’ asked if the national party could have crossed the 300-seat mark in the Lok Sabha elections had the Pulwama attack followed by the retaliatory Balakot […]
Children in this Maharashtra village take a train to fetch water
As their classmates set off to play after school each day, nine-year-old Sakshi Garud and her neighbour Siddharth Dhage (10) are among a small group of children who take a 14-km return train journey from their village in Maharashtra to fetch water. Their families are some of the poorest in […]
Chinmayanand, arrested after rape allegation, no longer with BJP, says party
Chinmayanand, who was arrested last week over rape allegations, is no longer a BJP member, the Uttar Pradesh unit of the part said Wednesday. “Chinmayanand isn’t a BJP member anymore,” UP BJP spokesperson Harish Srivastava confirmed after his accuser, a 23-year-old law student from Shahjahanpur was arrested on charges of extortion by […]
Soon, 6 cr EPF subscribers will get interest credited. Here’s how to check
More than 6 crore subscribers of the retirement fund body EPFO will find the interest credited for the year 2018-19 into their bank accounts after the Labour Ministry notified 8.65% interest rate on Employees Provident Fund (EPF). Rs 54000 crore will be credited into the accounts of more than 6 […]
More sops from Delhi CM Kejriwal, this time for house tenants
After power, water tariff sops for Delhiites, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday announced a scheme for house tenants in the city just months ahead of the assembly elections scheduled early next year. “Government has come up with a scheme for tenants ‘Mukhyamantri Kirayedaar Bijli Meter Yojna’ under which prepaid […]
Jasprit Bumrah reacts after being ruled out from South Africa Test series, says ‘Comeback will be stronger than setback,’
A day after being ruled from the three-match Test series against South Africa due to an injury, India’s pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah vouched to return to stronger. Bumrah took to twitter to state that injuries are part and parcel of the game and also thank his well wishers. “Injuries are part […]
India vs South Africa: Opener Rohit Sharma big focus as Board President’s XI take on Proteas
India will try out a new opening combination in Test matches – after impressing in ODIs, Rohit Sharma will now open the innings even in the longest format. He will be challenged by Kagiso Rabada and company with the new ball in Tests, but before that examination, he needs to […]
Pak terror groups use Chinese drones to airdrop 80 kg weapons in Punjab for J&K
At least eight drone sorties, carrying a total of 80 kg of weapons (arms and ammunition), were sent across the border into Punjab by Pakistan-based Khalistani terror groups between September 9 and 16, officials in security agencies and the Punjab Police have confirmed on condition of anonymity. The entire […]