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Delhi LG V.K. Saxena distributes 1,500 appointment letters

April 20, 2023

Lt Governor V K Saxena on Wednesday handed over appointment letters to nearly 1,500 newly recruited Delhi government employees, including 324 school principals and 500 fire fighters. Speaking at a function organised by the Delhi government’s Services Department at the Vigyan Bhawan here, Saxena congratulated the new appointees, and said...

3 arrested for portraying Atiq, Ashraf as ‘martyrs’

April 20, 2023

Three people have been arrested in Maharashtra’s Beed district for displaying a banner that sought to portray slain gangster-turned-politician Atiq Ahmad and his brother Ashraf Ahmad as “martyrs”, police said on Wednesday. The incident took place at Majalgaon in the district on Tuesday, following which many locals gathered around the...

RPSC member arrested for bribery in paper leak case

April 20, 2023

Rajasthan Public Service Commission (RPSC) member Babulal Katara, one of the three persons arrested recently in connection with the 2022 teacher recruitment paper leak case, allegedly received Rs 60 lakh for leaking the question paper, a senior police official said on Wednesday. The Special Operations Group (SOG) of the state...

Will resign if proven I dialed Shah over TMC’s national status: Mamata

April 20, 2023

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday said she will resign if it is proven that she dialled Union Home Minister Amit Shah after TMC lost its national party status. Banerjee, who was speaking to reporters at West Bengal’s state secretariat, said that her party’s name will remain All...

Andhra CM lays foundation stone for Mulapeta Port

April 20, 2023

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy on Wednesday laid the foundation stone for the Rs 4,362 crore Mulapeta greenfield port in Srikakulam district, which is expected to be completed within two years. Besides the port, the Chief Minister also laid the foundations for a fishing harbour at...

PM Modi to visit Kerala for two-days

April 20, 2023

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will arrive in Kerala on 24 April for a two-day visit and attend a host of programmes, including the flagging off of the much-awaited Vande Bharat Express train here. The BJP state unit, which is making all arrangements to accord a grand reception to the PM,...

4% quota in promotions for divyangs

April 19, 2023

The Maharashtra government on Wednesday approved a four percent quota in promotion for divyang (differently abled) employees in the service. In December 2022, Maharashtra became the first state in the country to set up a Divyang department for the welfare of differently abled people. A statement from the Chief Minister’s...

MP govt orders review of illegal institutions teaching fanaticism

April 19, 2023

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Wednesday ordered a “review” of illegal madrasas and institutions in the state where “fanaticism” is taught. The chief minister tweeted about the decision after holding a meeting at his official residence to review the law-and-order situation ahead of festivals. It was attended...

Country ‘too large’ and fertility rate ‘too high’

April 19, 2023

Population anxieties have seeped into the lives of many Indians, with about 63 percent of those surveyed identifying various economic issues as their top concern in terms of change in population. However, the growing number should not trigger anxiety or create alarm, said the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) in...

Anxieties as India becomes most populous nation

April 19, 2023

As India surpassed China to become the world’s most populous nation on Wednesday, people like Khan believe it is becoming increasingly difficult to maintain a balance between the rising population and the available resources. India now has a population of 142.86 million, a little more than China’s 142.57 million, according...

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