Centre conducts root cause analysis of public grievances received by select govt departments
New Delhi: Root cause analysis of the public grievances was conducted against seven government departments/ministries: Central Board of Direct Taxes (Income Tax), Home Ministry, Housing and Urban Affairs, Department of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare, Department of Financial Services (Insurance
BY PTI / Wednesday, 3 August, 2022
Opposition records ‘deep apprehension’ over SC upholding PMLA amendments, seeks review
New Delhi: In a joint statement, their leaders said the judgement will strengthen the hands of a government that "indulges in political vendetta" to target its opponents and expressed hope that this "dangerous verdict will be short-lived"
BY PTI / Wednesday, 3 August, 2022
SC agrees to hear plea seeking to declare ‘Ram Sethu’ a national heritage monument
New Delhi: A bench comprising Chief Justice N V Ramana and Justices Krishna Murari and Hima Kohli, which had agreed to list the plea for hearing on July 26, said it could not do so as one of the
BY PTI / Wednesday, 3 August, 2022
‘Flood tourism’ will not be permitted: Kerala Minister
Pathanamthitta: As rains continued in Kerala, state Revenue Minister K Rajan on Wednesday said that people should strictly avoid going to areas which are inundated or flooded, he also warns that police would be used to remove such persons
BY PTI / Wednesday, 3 August, 2022
India records 17,135 fresh COVID-19 cases, 47 fatalities
New Delhi: India crossed the grim milestone of 2 crores on May 4, 3 crores on June 23 last year and 4 crores on January 25 this year
BY PTI / Wednesday, 3 August, 2022
Assam to set up check posts along Arunachal border to prevent illegal liquor trade
Guwahati: Chairing a review meeting of the Excise Department on Tuesday evening, Sarma also asked senior officials to fill up vacancies in grade-3 and grade-4 categories so that the department functions with full capacity and efficiency
BY PTI / Wednesday, 3 August, 2022
Embezzlement of MGNREGA funds worth Rs 21 lakh in Haryana’s Nuh district
Nuh (Har): Local villagers filed a series of complaints to the government's public grievances and Haryana CM window portals, alleging that under the MGNREGA scheme in Nuh, funds are being released to people who had died about two-three years
BY PTI / Wednesday, 3 August, 2022
In the 1st Lok Sabha speech, ‘Nirahua’ demands including Bhojpuri in Eighth Schedule
New Delhi: Dinesh Lal Yadav spoke in Lok Sabha about Bhojpuri being spoken in 16 different countries and proposed that it be included in the Eights Schedule of the Constitution as an official language
BY PTI / Tuesday, 2 August, 2022
SC to set up a bench to hear pleas against Karnataka HC order refusing to lift the ban on hijab
New Delhi: The supreme court announced it would set up a bench to hear petitions challenging the ruling of the Karnataka High Court not to lift the ban on hijab in education institutions in the state, and said one
BY PTI / Tuesday, 2 August, 2022
TET to be made mandatory for recruitment of teachers in UP madrassas
A proposal is being prepared for implementing Teacher Eligibility Test (TET), Minister of State for Minority Welfare, Danish Azad Ansari told PTI on Sunday
BY PTI / Sunday, 31 July, 2022
Three police personnel arrested for extortion
All three have been suspended and a departmental inquiry has been initiated against them
BY PTI / Sunday, 31 July, 2022
10 years and counting: India’s poor elderly wait for monthly pension to go up from Rs 300
The last increase was in 2012 when pensions under the Indira Gandhi National Old Age Pension Scheme, Indira Gandhi National Widow Pension Scheme and Indira Gandhi National Disability Pension Scheme went up from Rs 200 to Rs 300 per
BY PTI / Sunday, 31 July, 2022
