New Delhi: The students of Jawaharlal Nehru University staged a demonstration outside the Dean of Students (DoS) office on Monday demanding an immediate allotment of the hostel and its renovation. The protest was organised by a student group named Democratic Students Federation (DSF). They also demanded that hostel elections that have not been conducted for […]
NEW Delhi: Srinagar: Satyendra Prakash assumed charge as Principal Director General of Press Information Bureau (PIB) today. Shri Prakash is an Officer of the Indian Information Service, Batch of 1988. Prior to this he held the position of Principal DG, Central Bureau of Communication. Satyendra Prakash has a wide experience in Central Government in the […]
New Delhi: The judicial institution has to give up resistance to adopting modern means of communication in order to reach out to the masses and earn the respect of the community at large, or else it will “lose the game”, Supreme Court judge DY Chandrachud said on Sunday, referring to tools like social media platforms. […]
New Delhi: National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval on Saturday said some people try to create animosity in the name of religion and ideology, which affects the entire country and everyone, especially religious leaders, will have to work together to counter this. Doval also said efforts are required to clear misunderstandings and make all the […]
New Delhi: Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi participated in the Grand Finale marking the culmination of ‘Ujjwal Bharat Ujjwal Bhavishya – Power @2047’ today via video conferencing. During the programme, he launched the Revamped Distribution Sector Scheme. He also dedicated and laid the foundation stone of various green energy projects of NTPC. He launched the […]
Mumbai: Activist Arun Ferreira, an accused in the Elgar Parishad-Maoist links case, told a special court here on Friday that the electronic evidence (emails), relied on by the prosecution as evidence in the case, was obtained without proper authorisation . The National Investigation Agency (NIA), however, contended that the emails were not intercepted, but were […]
New Delhi: The new National Education Policy (NEP) is in sync with the nation’s roots and has gained unprecedented acceptance from the entire country, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said on Friday. Noting that the NEP is rooted in “Bharatiyata” while assimilating global perspective, Shah said the policy enriches knowledge and culture and is aligned […]
Chennai: No criminal proceedings can be initiated against Indian medicine practitioners if they use/prescribe allopathic medicines too, the Madras High Court has ruled. Justice RMT Teekaa Raman gave the ruling recently while allowing a criminal original petition from Dr R Senthil Kumar, who sought to quash the chargesheet registered against him before the Judicial Magistrate […]
New Delhi: The disposal rate of cases in the National Green Tribunal is higher than the filing rate, the government said on Friday while listing out steps taken by ministries to improve efficiency in tribunals and quasi-judicial bodies. In a written reply, Law Minister Kiren Rijiju said the NGT has delivered a number of significant […]
New Delhi: Though India’s tiger conservation efforts have yielded favourable results, the rise in poaching and man-animal conflict due to shrinking prey base is a cause for concern, experts said on Friday. According to the 2018 tiger census, India has a tiger population of 2,967. There were 1,411 tigers in 2006. The National Tiger Conservation […]