Amend Constitution to ensure use of Indian languages in SC, high courts: Paswan

New Delhi, Sep 14: Union minister Ram Vilas Paswan on Saturday pitched for all-round promotion of Hindi, saying the Constitution should be amended to ensure the use of Indian languages in the Supreme Court and all high courts of the country. Speaking to reporters, the Lok Janshakti Party leader […]

IJU seeks to intervene in Anuradha Bhasin case, moves SC

New Delhi, Sep 14: The Indian Journalists Union (IJU) has sought to intervene in the petition filed in the Supreme Court by Kashmir Times Executive Editor Anuradha Bhasin seeking removal of restrictions imposed on working of the media after scrapping Jammu and Kashmir’s special status. IJU Secretary General Sabina […]

ASHA volunteers protest in Nashik against low honorarium

Nashik, Sep 14: A large group of volunteers of the Maharashtra government’s ‘ASHA’ programme on Saturday held a protest in Nashik against non-implementation of a promised hike in honorarium, one of the organisers said. The ASHA programme is among the largest community health worker initiatives in the world, and […]

Modi govt netted Udayanraje by land sell enticement: NCP

Mumbai, Sep 14: On a day Udayanraje Bhosale, a direct descendant of Chhatrapati Shivaji, quit the NCP to join the BJP, the Sharad Pawar-led party alleged that Narendra Modi government was “luring” royals by promising them a permission to sell lands in their erstwhile Princely states. Earlier in the […]

FM announces Rs 70,000 cr package for exports, real estate sectors to boost growth

New Delhi, Sep 14: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday announced an over Rs 70,000 crore package for the exports and real estate sectors, including setting up of a stressed asset fund, as the government continued with firefighting measures to pull the economy out of a six-year low growth […]

New Zealand tightens gun laws again after mosque massacre

Wellington, Sep 13: New Zealand unveiled new legislation Friday aimed at ensuring only “fit and proper” people can own guns in the wake of the Christchurch mosque attacks that killed 51 Muslim worshippers. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern had immediately banned military style semi-automatic rifles after the shootings in March […]

Sonia Gandhi meets CMs from Cong-ruled states

New Delhi, Sep 13: Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Friday discussed with chief ministers, general secretaries and PCC presidents of party-ruled states the measures to ensure effective coordination between the organisation and the governments in implementing the commitments made in the manifesto. Party sources said coordination committees or other […]

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella’s father Yugandhar dead

Hyderabad, Sep 13: Former bureaucrat B N Yugandhar, father of Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, died here on Friday. He was 82. Yugandhar had served in the Prime Minister’s Office during late P V Narasimha Rao’s regime and also as director of the Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration […]

Kenya becomes third country to adopt world’s first malaria vaccine

Kenya on Friday became the third country to start routinely innoculating infants against malaria, using the world’s first vaccine to combat a disease that kills 800 children globally every day. The vaccine — lab name RTS,S — targets the deadliest and most common form of malaria parasite in […]

S.African protesters demand crackdown on femicide

With placards stating “Enough is enough”, hundreds of protesters marched in Johannesburg on Friday to protest at gender-based violence in one of the world’s most crime-ridden countries. Demonstrations in South Africa have been mounting over the rising toll of murders, rapes and abuse of women and girls, and […]

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