Fri, 11 Dec 2020 19:34:08
Members of the public suffered as thousands of employees of state-owned transport corporations continued their strike for a second day here on Friday pressing various demands resulting in disruption of services.
Thousands of government buses did not operate due to the stir by transport corporation employees demanding salaries on par with state government employees among others.
Meanwhile, Ch
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Fri, 11 Dec 2020 19:28:06
The state government’s joy of getting its ambitious Cow slaughter Bill passed in the Legislative Assembly turned out to be a short-lived one as the bill failed to get the approval of the Upper House (Legislative Council) on Thursday.
The Council was adjourned sine die on Thursday even before the government could table the bill for discussion. Unable to get the bill cleared in the Council, the g
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Fri, 11 Dec 2020 19:23:30
India and Uzbekistan are standing together firmly against terrorism and have similar concerns over separatism, extremism and fundamentalism, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Friday at a virtual summit with Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev.
In his opening remarks, Modi also said that India wants to further deepen its development partnership with Uzbekistan, and cited growing cooperation b
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Fri, 11 Dec 2020 19:21:29
Jeans and t-shirt may mean stress-free wear for some, but they are no longer suitable 'Doffice attire' for government employees in Maharashtra.
And the government may do a policy `flip-flop' once in a while, but the employees are not allowed to wear the humble slippers to the office as per the new dress code.
Also, all government employees must wear khadi clothes at least on Fridays to enco
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Fri, 11 Dec 2020 19:18:32
The launch of communication satellite CMS-01 onboard the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C50), is scheduled on December 17 from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre at Sriharikota, the Indian Space Research Organisation said on Friday.
"PSLV-C50, which is the 52nd mission of PSLV, will launch CMS-01 from the Second Launch Pad (SLP) of Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) SHAR, Sriharikota. The laun
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Fri, 11 Dec 2020 19:16:06
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday attacked the government, alleging that it wants the income of farmers in the country to be as low as that earned by those in Bihar.
The former party chief cited a media report that claimed that an agricultural household in Punjab earns the highest in a year, while it was lowest in Bihar.
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Fri, 11 Dec 2020 19:15:01
Asserting that the judiciary cannot be asked to take over the roles of the legislature and the executive, the Supreme Court on Friday refused to entertain a PIL seeking a direction to the Centre to ascertain the feasibility of making laws to confiscate ‘benami’ properties, disproportionate assets and black money.
A bench headed by Justice SK Kaul, however, permitted Delhi BJP leader and lawyer
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Fri, 11 Dec 2020 19:11:31
In unlikely collaborations, rivals Congress and BJP came together at two places in Rajasthan to thwart local Bhartiya Tribal Party (BTP) and Rashtriya Loktantrik Party (RLP) leaders in the elections for zila pramukhs and panchayat samiti pradhans.
The BTP, a Congress ally which supported Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot during the revolt in his party earlier this year, is upset that the ruling party
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Fri, 11 Dec 2020 19:08:48
The ruling TMC in West Bengal Friday hit out at the union home ministry for summoning the state chief secretary and director general of police for the attack on BJP national president J P Nadda's convoy and accused the saffron party of trying to create a situation where the central government can interfere in matters related to the states.
Senior TMC MPs Saugata Roy and Kalyan Banerjee alleged
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