Month: January 2019

Banking ops partially affected due to trade union strike

New Delhi :  Banking operations Tuesday have been affected in some parts of the country as a section of employees refrained from work in support of the two-day strike call given by 10 central trade unions to protest against alleged anti-labour policies of the government. All India Bank Employees’ […]

Body found hanging from tree

Muzaffarnagar (UP) :  A body of a 26-year-old man was found hanging from a tree in Uttar Pradesh’s Muzaffarnagar district, police said Tuesday. The deceased worked as a servant in a former village head’s house for the past five months. His body was found hanging in Sardhan village in […]

Gujarat BJP leader shot dead in moving train

Ahmedabad :  Senior Gujarat BJP leader and former MLA Jayanti Bhanushali was shot dead by unidentified persons while he was travelling in a train in the wee hours of Tuesday, police said. The incident took place around 2 am in the Bhuj-Dadar Express trainwhen Bhanushali, 53, was returning to […]

SC reinstates Alok Verma as CBI Director

New Delhi :  The Supreme Court on Tuesday set aside the Centre’s October 23 decision divesting CBI Director Alok Kumar Verma of his powers and sending him on leave. The top court reinstated Verma but restrained him from taking any major policy decision till the Central Vigilance Commission inquiry […]

Rajya Sabha adjourned till 2 pm amid SP protests

New Delhi : Rajya Sabha proceedings were adjourned till 2 pm on Tuesday without transacting any business as the Samajwadi Party members protested amid reports that the CBI might quiz former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Akhilesh Yadav in an illegal-mining case . No sooner had official listed papers presented […]

SC reinstates Alok Verma as CBI Director

New Delhi :  The Supreme Court on Tuesday reinstated Alok Kumar Verma as CBI Director and set aside the Centre’s decision divesting him of his powers and sending him on leave. The top court, however, restrained Verma from taking any major policy decision till the Central Vigilance Commission inquiry […]

National Tribal Festival/Carnival Organised by Ministry of Tribal Affairs

National Tribal festival/carnival has been organized as an annual feature by the Ministry of Tribal Affairs (MoTA) since the year 2015 as detailed below. This serves to showcase the glimpses of rich cultural heritage of tribal people across the country through unique forms of folk dances, songs, cuisine, […]

Reservation for Scheduled Tribes

open view web desk Ministry of Tribal Affairs is the nodal Ministry for specification of a community as Scheduled Tribes (STs) under Article 342 of the Constitution. Responsibility for issuance and verification of STs Certificate and social status rests with concerned State Government / UT Administration. The Government […]

SAIL expected to supply 10 lakh tonnes of steel for railways track in 2018-19

open view web desk Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) expects to supply 10 lakh tonnes of steel in 2018-19 and 12 lakh in 2019-20 to the Indian Railways for doubling of rail lines, gauge conversion, new lines and track renewal works. Railways have indicated its demand   of approximately 14 lakh […]

NFAI to screen archival sports footage tomorrow

open view web desk As Khelo India 2019 kickstarts in Pune, NFAI has organized a special screening of some of the archival sports footage from its collection tomorrow 8th January at 6 PM. The footage includes a clip of ceremonial cricket match played in Kolhapur in the 1940s. […]

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