Thu, 16 Dec 2021 19:30:49
BEIJING: Twenty-two people were trapped when a coal mine was flooded in the Chinese city of Xiaoyi, as a result of illegal mining, local authorities said on Thursday.
The accident took place at around 11 p.m.on Wednesday at a coal mine in Duxigou Village, Xixinzhuang Township in Shanxi province.
Quoting officials, state-run Xinhua news agency said that an initial investigation showed that a
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Thu, 16 Dec 2021 19:15:21
The Karnataka High Court on Thursday directed the state government not to insist on making Kannada a compulsory language in higher education.
A division bench of Chief Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi and Justice Sachin Shankar Magadum passed the interim order after hearing the counsels of the petitioners who have challenged the state government's decision to make Kannada a compulsory language in unde
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Thu, 16 Dec 2021 19:13:05
Karnataka government schools have a vacancy of 53,700 teachers and staff including primary and secondary schools, Karnataka Primary and Secondary Education Minister B C Nagesh said on Thursday.
In a written reply to a question raised by Bailahongal MLA Kaujalgi Mahantesh Shivanand, Nagesh said there are 41,869 posts vacant in primary schools, 8,292 in secondary schools and 3,292 in the pre-univ
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Thu, 16 Dec 2021 19:07:53
Terming the Lakhimpur Kheri incident 'a murder', Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday reiterated his demand for removal of Ajay Kumar Mishra as Minister of State (MoS) for Home Affairs and alleged that the Minister who killed farmers should resign and be punished.
MOS Home Ajay Kumar Mishra's son Ashish Mishra is allegedly involved in the Lakhimpur Kheri incident which took the lives of eigh
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Thu, 16 Dec 2021 19:04:04
Noting that net-zero targets are expected to be met through a combination of clean energy sources, including nuclear power, the government said on Thursday that in this context, India's present nuclear power capacity of 6,780 MW is planned to be increased to 22,480 MW by 2031.
Responding to a question in the Rajya Sabha, Minister of State in the Department of Space and Department of Atomic Ener
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Thu, 16 Dec 2021 19:00:07
A parliamentary committee on Thursday recommended widening the scope of proposed data protection legislation to include both personal and non-personal data and sought greater accountability for social media platforms by treating them as publishers.
The Joint Committee on Personal Data Protection Bill, 2019, headed by BJP MP PP Chaudhary, tabled its report in both the Houses on Thursday.
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Thu, 16 Dec 2021 18:56:08
: Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) is planning to provide an Aadhaar enrolment to newborn babies in hospitals soon.
Speaking to ANI, Chief Executive Officer of Unique Identification Authority of India, Saurabh Garg said "UIDAI is trying to tie-up with the registrar of births to give Aadhaar numbers to newborn babies."
"99.7 per cent adult population has been enrolled in Aadha
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Thu, 16 Dec 2021 18:53:37
Belagavi: Karnataka government would take all the necessary measures to provide a steady market and price for weavers' products, Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai said.
According to a statement by the Chief Minister's Office, the chief minister was addressing a meeting to discuss various problems being faced by the weavers.
Responding to the charter of demands of the weavers, Bommai said, vari
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Thu, 16 Dec 2021 18:51:38
New Delhi: Janata Dal (Secular) (JDS) HD Kumaraswamy said that his party won't support the anti-conversion Bill, which the government intends to implement in the Karnataka Assembly.
"Our party clearly opposes this Bill (Anti-Conversion Bill) and all our legislators attending the session are vehemently opposing it," Kumaraswamy said.
While speaking to reporters in New Delhi, Karnataka's form
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